Show WILL IT COME TO PASS that the natle ot tho united state and of great britain will combine abo united reso meica great britain la net being obliged to maintain a disproportionately largo standing army it resembles it also in having a great number of sons who havo a peculiar aptitude for tho info it is there toro in tha utilization of power in its various aspects that abo two countries may best operate cooperate co and assist one another in tho future if they wore to come as they surely will come to an understanding to employ their combined naval forces for the preservation of general icaco and tor tho forwarding of tho common interests few no matter how belligerently inclined would care to defy the alliance even now and nono would daro to question its will after it had rearranged its forces in frank recognition of oil its responsibilities it is not merely that the combined navies would bo strong far more weighty anro tho considerations that tho british capiro and tho united states share between them nearly all tho work of providing other countries tho food raw material and which choso countries cannot provide at home and of carrying the ocean borno trade of the world abo interests of your ever growing commerce require the maintenance if not of deac at least of open ports everywhere why should not your combined navies declare we henceforth to no knowledge the right of any civilized power to celoso her ports or tho ports of another power by blockade or otherwise surely that would sound tho knell of war fortnightly review |