Show ENTANGLING ALLIANCES WITH NONE And now comes word ord that China wants to enter into an alliance with the United States That would not be good for either country When the Japan Japan- Russo war was hardly over oyer Great Britain made an alliance with Japan Great Britain is heartily sick of it it now The Japs have never for a moment relaxed th their ir efforts to gain trade and have practically run the British merchant steamers on all the western and southern shores of Asia out of business and Great Britain tied up by her alliance can make no protest I Dou Doubtless China feels that a war with Japan is bound to come in the next few years e rs and would be glad to I have the American navy behind her but really the theU U United States can serve her better by insisting on the open door for the orient Allied with China her influence in in- fluence along that line would be gone the powers would hold that ours had ceased to be a disinterested claim for the right for the sake of the right and on the least pretext would unite to partition Chinese tel ter ter- ter Our country's place is to hold itself aloof wi with h hands free to work its own way and to demand the right without any power having haying cause to claim t that at our interest is no longer a disinterested one Our government go could have havo vastly more influence in preventing Japan engaging in war than if it were in alliance with a government which Japan might desire desire de de- de sire to have a war with not only with Japan but with Great Britain France and Germany We have plenty to look after The Monroe doctrine is something we have e been pledged for a century to uphold In the face of the land hunger of the world that is responsibility responsibility responsibility enough Meanwhile l we should continue to build battleships and encourage American aerial flyers fly fly- era ers and fighters |