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Show Should Be Complained 01 IT IS A FAVORITE theme with sanguine Amer leans to picture the time when the United States, because of its measureless power, wealth and known indisposition to appropriate the possessions of any other power, will become r the great nrbiter to decide difference between I other nations. Wc are not sure that the time has I' not arrived when our government ought to begin to exercise that function. All the nations profess 1 io have profound respect for The Hague tribunal. We are not sure that it is not the duty of our I government to file a complaint against Great Britain and Germany before that tribunal, charging charg-ing them with disturbing the peace of the world, inciting enmity and inflicting great and unnecessary unneces-sary loss upon their own people, in their mad race of building ships of war. Certainly something of that kind will be needed soon. Building one ship but incites the building of anothe., and as Germany Ger-many has no possible need of such tremendous armaments except against Great Britain and as Great Britain feels bound to keep up in the race; and as the Increased taxation constantly Incites the anger of both peoples; it really seems as though the matter should in a direct way be called I before the great tribunal and submitted to the I consideration of the world. And if presented with appropriate dignity "and , solemnity and an expression demanded, we be- i lieve there would be an immediate response and such an indication of sentiment made as would put the nation that disregarded it at such a disadvantage dis-advantage before the public opinion of the world that it would have to yield. |