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Show 7 A BETTER WAY. V Andrew Carnegie wants a triple alliance be- tween Great Britain, France and the United vj States, and gives extended reasons for that de- i sire. $ It strikes us that the United States does not Ii need any such alliance, that the better way is J. for her to pursue her ancient policy of doing X business on the square and without binding this B country to help carry out the mistakes some other nation may make, and be free to aid in any emergency. Suppose Mr. Carnegie's alliance j were already formed and France should feel it a duty to take in a part of Venezuela in order 1 to get justice from the idiot at the head of af- ; fairs there, what then? Our nation stands pretty 1 well in the estimation of the world, it would not enhance that feeling were we to agree to help I fight the battles of England or France. At present it would require an almost ufl- i heard of cause on our part to cause any world power to attack us. Why not rest on' that and 1 try to draw nearer and nearer to all the world? j At the same time we think our Government, i ' through the Hague Congress, or some other way, should try to make an agreement with Great Brit- ain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan, to stop ; . building war ships, or to reduce the business to one or two ships a year to replace ships as they I become obsolete. ; Germany is just about to Spend. $200,000,000 that way. That will ,n1ean that we must spend $200,000,000 and Great Britain $400,000,000. That I would be useless could the powers get together ! "and agree not to do it, but merely to keep their fleets in the same relative proportions that they i now are and leave the millions for technical schools. There is much more in building up men ( 'than in building ships. |
