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WOULD MAKE BRITAIN PAY.
Editor Every Evsning--Ruskin said
nt ono time. that for every thousand
who can talk, there In but one who can
think, and for every thousand who can
think. there liz but one who can see.
BY that, I mean 1 am not In favor OF
II sales tax, at a time like this. for
this simple reason. II Wilson had
not been trlckod In tho World War
by Balfour. the bonus question would
never arise; any school boy or girl
knows tho trouble that led to the
World War and that was pigs" be-
cause Servia could not ind a market
with Austria 10 sell her pigs, and
also knowing that Turkey had no
use for them. An iS-year-old student
shot and killed Ferdinand and his
wife In corner OF the southeast OF
Europe, Sarojeva, but that is not the
real explanation OF tho World War;
here wan England's chance to proclaim
that she was the defender OF small ma
tons. knowing that Germany and
Austria had formed treaties. 80 Eng
land claims sho had gone TO war on
account Of Belgium neutrality, but
England never hesitated 20 break her
obligations whenever she considered
30. There was a treaty Of peace be-
tween Germany and Portugal, which
was broken on England's bidding.
There was the Triple Alliance. which
was severed at English solicitation.
/ Egypt was sovereign state, yet the
| khcdive had 20 Danish the German
minister and even the judges OF the
mixed tribunal az Englands command.
China was neutral country, yet she
/ had been invaded by the Allies. Moroc-
co had pacts binding England as well
AZ Germany. yet the German diplo-
out Of tho country.
Why the new treaties, II the old
ones held good. England wants "a
be free and independent. though she
always managed TO have her fighting
done for her by others, from the tims
she trafiicked In Hessians; and thai
Is why she has not had a standing
army such as Lord Roberts. and hi,
friends have always demanded
Though there IL fighting spirit 81
the English army. It IL mostly Irish
and so are the leaders, Lord Roberts
ford Beresford. Sir John French, Ad
rnirsl Jellicoe. and Lord Kitchner 0
khartum. The way ia which sh
cares for the little nations whose In
terest she had so much at heart wa
10 allow her fghtins 10 be done b
the Belgians. of whom Sir Edwar
Grey said that he expected them {
fight 10 the last man, and fight the
did:
As result from the World Wa
America has got widows, orphan
disabled veterans. higher taxation. an
millions of unemployed, while Englar
y has been controlling the Southern Pa
ciflc by controlling the islands sou,
! Of the Equator. She controls II
trade around the horn by controllin
the Falkland Islands. She contro
( the Caribbean by controlling Jam,
] cia: she controls the Mississippi riv,
and the Gulf OF Mexico by controllir
= the Bahama chain. She controls II
five great lakes and the ST. LAwrent
e river and Lake Champlain by control
s Ing the islands in the St Lawrent
L &c by her naval base in Esquima'
= and impresses her influence upt
@ China and adjacent countries by n
II power of the worlds greatest fortre
y in the harbor OF Hong Kong. She h
q coaling stations all along the Amel
q can coast. which form a fighting ba.
l. from Halifax down to the Falkland
= and from Chile up to British ColuI
70 bia. She controls the entrance TO {
v Panama Canal. She Is even now d
N tating 20 Uncle Sam her own rigf
"a and laws in regard TO contrabar
~ seizing American petroleum, seizi
American ships, flying the stars a
g, stripes. harassing American either
- cutting cables. using wireless static
as she pleases. manning the trade
. America, locking up the Medit'
ranean, the North Sea, the Red s.
= and the Persian Gulf. With the n
20 OF the Allies, Japan has a stretch
- islands that go down $500 miles sou
81 and divides the United States and I
I'D Hawaiian Islands from our possessiC
81 in the Philippines.
Now then. it can readily be seen "
IS should pay the bonus. AS America
ne a debtor nation" and not a credi
ke nation. and as England owes Amer
I'M billions OF dollars" let her col
across-now.
at John A. Deyine,
he 702 Monroe street
ak Wilmington, March 10. 1922.
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