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Show THE PROPOSED TRIPLE ALLIANCE. ALLI-ANCE. The recent talk of a triple alliance between the United States. England and Germany is all fudge end nonsense. Moreover, we have no right to interfere f in the affairs of any foreign nation, and if we had, our favor should certainly be shown to France, from whom we received re-ceived substantial marks of friendshin. ! . However, our Monroe doctrine, a great and wise one, prevents our assuming as-suming the partnership of France or any other nation. "Dreibund" is the carefully selected name which England so warily applies to the proposed alliance, alli-ance, which signifies a combination of three parties in one. The plain English Eng-lish word alliance is quite clear enough and we will let it rest at that. We have just as much business to attend, to at present as we can competently com-petently handle, and England and Germany Ger-many had best seek elsewhere for the necessary third party of the "Dreibund." At present we have practically an entire system of English finance a gold standard and our statesmen seem to be desirotfs of making everything every-thing English. Such a state of affairs, however, will hardly occur. , The next Presidential election will see us returning to the old Jeffersonian government principles. The great business which claims our immediate attention at home is the matter of finance and tariff. Tariff forms the greatest weapon of (he truts, and, if removed, will prove their weakness and destruction. Let us beware of triple alliances and national expansion, and attend to matters mat-ters at home directly, not accepting blindness from bosses, bankers or political po-litical tricksters. "Charity begins at home," but if we should feel an overflow over-flow of neighborly kindness, . France should receive our earliest attention. |