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T i Ar AND D WHAT SHE WAN WANTS OUT OF IT EO What does England w want nt out of the war 1 s The The question is suggested by one of the recent phases o of the e t f t kais kaisers kaiser rs r's s 's propaganda in ill this country as shown in m the the utterances of some some of the kaisers kaiser's senators and some of the kaisers kaiser s newspapers a These have I done their best to create the imp impression e ion th that t Britain in some mysterious way is blocking peace negotiations until she can grab certain advantages or territories r Ji It is just as as- false as all all the other stories stones which h the the kaiser f. f J vers have sprung It is false on the whole and false in m det detail ll I i In the first place it is not Britain's Britain s say as to when peace shall t. t f be declared As the banker of the allies the United States t through ro gh I President Wilson can call the war off at any time As the principal f J military tary power in the alliance France Franc can do the same thing g. g r r w What England does want out of the war is best explained ned by the Jj-the record of what England has asked for t First She First She wants Germany to get gat out of Belgium She def de- de f Glared war on Germany when Germany refused to stay out of Belgium Belgium Bel- Bel 4 gium ium and offered Ge Germany many every op opportunity to preserve the peace by submitting every issue to arbitration t Utterly unprepared for war Britain only drew the s sword when Germany repudiated every obligation of their joint treaty guaranteeing guaranteeing guaranteeing guaran guaran- teeing Belgian neutrality Second Second Britain Britain wants Germany to respect the freedom of the seas seas to to quit piracy She also wants Germany to stop the building of a great greal fleet THE DECLARED POLICY OF WHICH IS JS THE DISRUPTION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Years Years' before the war Britain proposed to Germany that both powers quit throwing throwing throwing throw throw- ing their money away on and confine their navy build build- building i ing g within the bounds of common sense GERMANY 1 REFUSED E EVERY TIME Britain wants German Germany to adopt arbitration instead of w war r. r a athe as the the means of settling international disputes She proposed this to f Germany at The Hague and elsewhere many times before the war T Y AND GERMANY ALWAYS REFUSED v r Britain wants Germany to respect private property and nd merchant merchant merchant mer- mer chant chant ships at sea both in war and peace She proposed these measures BUT GERMANY GERMANY REFUSED So much for the record Now for the future Britain certainly H wants no privileges from Germany as she was carelessly carelessly care- care lessly essly permitting German merchants to trade in and exploit both l England and her c colonial lonial empire before the war while white Germany refused to let England trade with German colonies She had the right at t any time to follow Germanys Germany's own ow 1 course and give her ere er e own merchants and manufacturers preferential tariffs She never exercised this right BUT GERMANY DID So much uch for the the German gibberish g about Britain's jealousy jealous d' d f of of German trade It is well to note that during the war Britain has hast t t sacrificed at least a third of her trade trade- to Japan and to neutrals in order Border to supply her allies ames with shipping Instead of grabbing t trade 1 f trade d Britain has been losing it throughout the war i As to colonies colonies' now that she has taken them England may I. I i r not ot turn the German colonies back to to Germany just lust out of goodness TA jiff heart but all of them together are are not worth th the e price p rice of one months month's war 5 No o question about Germany ridden flea bitten African colonies is going to stand in m the way of peace Of course it will k be a loss to humanity if Germanys Germany's colonies are returned to h her r for f or her military caste has converted them into hell holes toles for the unfortunate black and brown men who live in them and no white man not man not even a German German can can be persuaded to emigrate to them while they are under German rule There is another thing Britain probably wants wants the the end of oft t Turkish h murde murder and and pillage e. e in Armenia Syria and Mesopotamia Certainly Britain is not willing for the tender German Gennan to succeed t 1 th the lovely Turk as the own owner r of this valuable real estate estate but but Britain Br tam has never before nor since the war laid any claim to them SS herself If the world p powers can set up a system of self government or g by an international commission in these harried countries countries coun coun- tries there will wilt be no opposition in London 0 r What E England gland wants out of the war is exactly what America t wants wants t wants the the e victory of democracy and a peace based on justice justice justice-a a pe peace ce wh which ch will endure as as long as self governing men are capable reasoning of-reasoning of reasoning and themselves governing by the principles of justice and the teachings teaching of Christianity V The The best answer to to all aU the chatter about Great Britain today Is Js found in m the Australian Canadian New Canadian New Zealand and South can armies fighting in France for d democracy The circle of free commonwealths self gov governed and ha happy girdling the globe and bound to Britain by nothing but the the the-senti- sentiM senti- senti M ment M of a common origin and fair treatment is the best answer to What does E England gland want |