Show 1 11 Maintaining Our Supremacy ONE B of lb the tho most tremendous facts in world politics at the close of this unprecedented war is the unquestioned unquestioned un- un I questioned supremacy among amont the nations df of f the earth of tho the two great eat countries that speak th tho o English lish lan lan- guage c. Germanys Germany's military power has been smashed to licce pieces pieces and half her navy navr lies ies captive in British ports I i Russia is is in m lU chaos Hungary Austria bry g ry has bas been broken I tip up Turkey once feared by all the tho world will soon disappear disappear dis dis- as a factor in the worlds world's affair appear affairs rs France Franceis is is victorious notorious but the tho end of tho the war finds her weak and bleeding with many of her cities and industries in ruins and with tho the flower of her ber youth south dead on an tho the field of honor Italy must remain comparatively weak because of her har size sire and her lack of iron and coal conI Japan i is s tho the only strong power in Asia but Japans Japan's physical great great- n ness nes' is is sharply circumscribed by tho smallness o of f her domain No T Latin American nation today possesses 5 per cent of time the physical strength of tho United States or 01 Graft Groat Britain The end of tho the war fin finds s tho the two English speaking notions wallow several times as fiS powerful as they thc were before the conflict began bogan whilo while tho the othor other world powers were with wilh tho the solo Bolo exception of Japan are aro much weaker oaker With the tho almost complete di disappearance disappearance- of standing armies this superiority will bo accentuated for tho the hu bugo 6 go navies ics of America and ond Great Britain will remain It m mt may ay be bc expected t that that the tho peace conference will limit future futuro armaments but since sinco Britain and the tho United States will h practically write thin tho terms of peace it is not to bo be imI imagined imagined im- im I that tho time limitations made will rob these two t J I countries of their commanding pla plate place e in world affairs Patriotic Americans can only view yiew with the utmost f satisfaction a condition pf of affairs which makes our place Jos us a nation so 60 b great eat and so secure Naturally we wish wisht t t okee K e th the tho comPleto complete triumph anti ami the tho uninterrupted t 6 p re o cf d of American ideals ideal's As long lony as Britain and j remain tho the supreme t world orld powers the prosY pros pros- Y purity of these ideate ideals is iB assure assured For our out ideals are oro tho the ideals also aleo of Britain n. n Both stand for liberty and democracy equality nn and l justice peace and the reign of law Jaw Are Are Io the Eu English fish speaking peoples people to lo retain for long their present ent supremacy Yes i it if they hey refuse to permit to uriso arise between laeh them find and if f they use justh the tho great power which they now possess posses These points are aro vital Once lest sight of our supremacy acy will begin to vanish and we wc may see other ideals perhaps even en the ideals of despo despotism 1 m an and divine divino right which we havo just beaten leaten into the Iho dust rise riso triumphant triumph triumph- ant nut over oyer ours onIS and hol hold l sway throughout l the world |