Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . with his absolute control of the sea. The cartoon entitledDoping Uncle Sam con-veys an interestingthought. Englands con-trol of the American har-bors. St. Johns and Hali-fax are within striking dis-tance of the coast of NewEngland. British cruisersare seen daily off SandyHook and at other pointalong our coast. The Brit-ish fortified coaling sta-tions block up absolutelythe Gulf of Mexico and thePanama Canal. In theSouth the chain of forti-fied coaling stations com-mence with the Bermudas,just about opposite Char-leston, the Bahamas, com-manding t
Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . with his absolute control of the sea. The cartoon entitledDoping Uncle Sam con-veys an interestingthought. Englands con-trol of the American har-bors. St. Johns and Hali-fax are within striking dis-tance of the coast of NewEngland. British cruisersare seen daily off SandyHook and at other pointalong our coast. The Brit-ish fortified coaling sta-tions block up absolutelythe Gulf of Mexico and thePanama Canal. In theSouth the chain of forti-fied coaling stations com-mence with the Bermudas,just about opposite Char-leston, the Bahamas, com-manding the straits betweet Key West and Havana; Jamaica,the entrance to the Caribbean Sea. Then there are Barbadoes and Trinidad; ships must pass onthe way from the United States to South America. Out of 350,-000 miles of cables in the world more than 300,000 are Britishowned and controlled. Great Britain has fortified the sea byher possesion of any number of islands and of fortresses on for-eign soil. She has a fringe of islands all around the United. Doping Uncle Sam. 174 NEUTRALITY States, with. Bermuda, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Trinidad and Brit-ish Guiana, not to forget Halifax and Vancouver, and controlsthe entrance to the Panama Canal by these islands and the pas-sage through the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific by her com-mand of the Falkland Islands. She does the same in the Pacific and on the China coast byWeihaiwei, Shanghai, and Hongkong, and all around Africa bythe occupation of Zanzibar, Cape Town, St. Helena, and , not a word of uncensored news, even regarding markets andmarket conditions, can go through, and the United States is asthoroughly isolated as were she in the moon. Thats a. fine eventuality to reckon with on that nice andfine morning, when Japan will ask you for something and Eng-land will stand behind her as a true and loyal ally to back herup. WAKE UP, AMERICA!—Wake up! you Al-lies papersand dont forget that in fighting Englands claim of absoluterule
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