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Show COAXING TAXES OUT OP JOHN BULL. In ten yearn, aald an Kngllah naval eipert a day or two ago, the control of the aea will pass from (Ireat llrlt-aln llrlt-aln to the United Btatoa. Uncle Bam. It appear, la building more battle-ahlpa battle-ahlpa thla year than John Hull. Hence the alarm of the F.nglish eipert quoted above. It la Impossible to believe, be-lieve, however, that hit feara are genuine. gen-uine. Our llrltlah cousin! have too long a itnrt to be overhauled by Undo 8am unless we should Increase the number of our shipyards and spend huadreda of millions of dollar In the neat derado turning out haltlo-shlpt and cruisers. The truth la that tho alarm eiprcssed by our British cousins cous-ins la part of their scheme to reconcile recon-cile King Edward's aubjecta to heavy taxation to mnlntnln Kngland'a naval ..-.,.-l v. supremacy. That la the way the llrlt- tribute to his government. The ganio la an old one, but the llrltlsb. taxpayer tax-payer has not yet eeen through It -Baltimore Hun. |