The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-06-24
"TELESCOPING
INTO THE FUTURE"

IN OUR last article OF this short
first series, we said that as one
Of the aftermaths of the next world
war, the United States will emerge
as the most powerful and dominat-
ing influence in the world; that
Europe will be Frustrated and
wrecked by the terrific conflict,
with France standing over the
ruins. exhausted, but dominating
Europe; and Great Britain will
have abandoned the European thea
tire OF activities 10 seek refuge and
safety in Canada, under the protec-
ton OF the Monroe Doctrine, the
Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans,
and the combined strength OF the
United States and British fleets
Ii will be the dawn of new order
of things in the world. and the re-
cent visit OF the British Monarchs
to America. is just the beginning.
OF all modern nations, Great
Britain has proven to be the smart
est in the world. Perfidious Albion
has always had the reputation of
fattening and thriving at the ex-
pense of other nations and other
peoples. She never hesitates to
sacrifice others in her own interest.
In recent history, she plunged the
United States into the Civil War
by giving aid and encouragement
to the South against the North;
she took advantage of the diff
culties of the Dutch with the ma
ives of South Africa, and came out
of the Beer War with the Union
of Set4th- Africa; she-took- Gibraltar
from Spain. and the German colo
MES from the Kaiser; and most re-
Gently, she has sacrificed Ethiopia,
Checko-Slovakia, and Austria in
the interest of her own safety and
security. Her adroitness at diplo-
matte intrigue, and her policy Of
divide and conquer ito her profit
is in evidence everywhere.
But Great Britain is smart. She
knows that she is coming just about
to the end of her long rope. She
knows that the way she has been
sacrificing nation after nation to
save her own hide recently, is not
winning her any friends on the
Continent; on the contrary, it is
making a lot OF new enemies for
her. She finds herself deeply in
volved in every squabble that
starts on the Continent, when she
knows that she does not have a
square inch OF territory in Cont
mental Europe to protect or to
squabble about, The last world
war taught her that she can be
easily starved out by submarine
blockade, and that London is high
ly vulnerable to air attack. She
knows that the route to the Orient
through the Mediterranean and the
Suez Canal are Difficult to defend
since the invention Of the seroplane
and the perfection of the sub
marine She knows that Ireland,
Australia, South Africa, and New
Zealand are fast pulling away from
her. that her most faithful daugh-
ter is Canada; and her greatest
possessions are her China trade.
India, and her other African Colo
mics. On the other hand. Canada
and the United States are both
friendly, well protected, and bet
ter situated to look after her in
terests by way Of two oceans with
out the risk OF Suez So, why stay
so close to danger in Europe7 Why
not establish the British Throne
in Canada and live peaceful and
secure slipping the mint-julep OF
friendship and brotherhood across
the border with her twin-sister
America, with which she has so
much in common Its bright
idea. and a smart move.
The day that these two Siamese
twins, Canadian Britain and United
States. perfect this new set-up, liv-
ing in brotherly friendship with
only an imaginary line between
them. new order Of things will
dawn upon the world, for the CEN
ter OF the white mans civilization
will shift from Europe to North
America. The trend has already