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REMARKSOF

HON. J . THORKELSONDF MONTANAIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESM o n d a y , A u g u s t 1 9 , 1 9 4 0

Mr THOR. K E T .SON Mr Speaker, in order that the

American people ma y have a cle aMr'understanding of those

who over a period of years have bee n undermining this Re-

public, in order to return it to the British Empire, I havei n s e r t e d i n t h e RECORD a n u m b e r o f a r t i c l e s t o p r o v e t h i s p o i n t .

These articles are entitled "Steps Toward British Union, a

World State, and International Strife . " T h i s i s p a r t I , a n d

in this I include a hope e xpressed by Mr . Andrew Carnegie,

in his book e ntitled "Triumphant Democracy . " In t h i s h e

e x p r e s s e s h i m s e l f i n t h i s m a n n e r :

L e t m e n s a y w h a t t h e y w i l l , I s a y t h a t a s s u r e l y a s t h e s u n i n

t h e h e a v e n s o n c e s h o n e u p o n B r i t a i n a n d A m e r i c a u n i t e d , s o s u r e l y

i s i t o n e m o r n i n g t o r i s e , t o s h i n e u p o n , t o g r e e t a g a i n t h e r e u n i t e d

s t a t e s - t h e B r i t i s h - A m e r i c a n U n i o n .

This state ment is cle ar, and the organizations which Mr .

Carnegie endowed have spent millions in order to bring this

about. This thing has be en made possible by scholarships,

e x c h a n g e p r o f e s s o r s , s u b s i d i e s o f c h u r c h e s , s u b s i d i e s o f e d u -

c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s ; a l l o f t h e m w o r k i n g f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f

eliminating Americanism as was taught once in our schools

a n d t o g r a d u a l l y e x c h a n g e t h i s f o r a n E n g l i s h v e r s i o n o f o u r

h i s t o r y .

T h e s e o r g a n i z a t i o n s w e r e o r g a n i z e d t o b r i n g a b o u t a B r i t i s h

u n i o n , a union in which the United States would a gain be -

come a p art of the British Empire . However, this has be en

u p s e t t o s o m e e x t e n t b y t h e a t t e m p t o f t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l i s t s

to estab lish their own government as a n international or

world union . A n d t h e r e i s , t h e r e f o r e , a c o n f l i c t b e t w e e n t h e

two, for Engla nd wants a British union, with America as a

colony, and the international money changers want a Jewish

controlle d union, in order to estab lish their own world

government .

I t i s , t h e r e f o r e , b e s t f o r u s t o s t a y o u t o f b o t h o f t h e s e ,

i n o r d e r t o s a v e w h a t i s l e f t o f t h i s R e p u b l i c a s i t w a s g i v e n

t o u s i n 1 7 8 7, b y a p e o p l e w h o k n e w m o r e a b o u t i n t e r n a t i o n a l

intrigue and the real problems that confronted the world,

than we know today. These e arly founders not only under-

stood the problems, but in drafting the Constitution they

provided an instrument for us to follow, so that we could

remain sec ure from foreign double -dea ling and intrigue .

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OF AMERICA

Had we a dhered to the Constitution as it was given to us ,

we would have bee n secure and safe today .

T h e r e f o r e , i t i s o u r d u t y , i n t h e i n t e r e s t o f o u r p e o p l e a n d

in the interest of this Republic of the United States, to

p o n d e r s e r i o u s l y a n d t o g i v e f u l l e s t c o n s i d e r a t i o n t o s o l v i n g

the problem which now confronts the world . I n d o i n g s o , I

am rather inclined to believe that the real American people

w i l l d e c i d e w i t h o u t h e s i t a t i o n , t o r e t u r n t o t h o s e f u n d a m e n t a l

principle s that were set forth in the Constitution of the

U n i t e d S t a t e s . L e t n o o n e t e l l y ou t h a t t h i s i n s t ru m e n t i s n ot

a s v a l u a b l e t o d a y a s i t w a s i n 1 7 8 7 ; f o r t h e f a c t i s t h a t i t i s

much more valuab le today-so much so that complete dis-

i n t e g r a t i o n o f t h i s R e p u b l i c c a n n o t b e a v o i d e d s h o u l d w e f a i l

t o r e t u r n o u r G o v e r n m e n t t o t h e p r i n c i p l e s s e t f o r t h t h e r e i n .

I shall now quote a n article by Andrew Carnegie, which

he wrote at the reques t of the London Express, a nd which

appeared in that paper October 14, 1904, entitled "Drifting

Together. "

DRIFTING TOGETHER-W ILL THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA UNITE?

( W r i t t e n b y r e q u e s t f o r t h e L o n d o n E x p r e s s , O c t o b e r 1 4 , 1 9 0 4 , b y

A n d r e w C a r n e g i e )

B r i t a i n a n d A m e r i c a b e i n g n o w f i r m l y a g r e e d t h a t t h o s e w h o

a t t e m p t e d t o t a x t h e A m e r i c a n C o l o n i e s a g a i n s t t h e i r p r o t e s t w e r e

w r o n g , a n d t h a t i n r e s i s t i n g t h i s t h e c o l o n i s t s v i n d i c a t e d t h e i r

r i g h t s a s B r i t i s h c i t i z e n s a n d t h e r e f o r e o n l y d i d t h e i r d u t y , t h e

q u e s ti o n a ri s e s : I s a s e p a r a t i o n f o r c e d u p o n o n e o f t h e p a r t i e s ,

a n d n o w d e e p l y r e g r e t t e d b y t h e o t h e r , t o b e p e r m a n e n t ?

I c a n n o t t h i n k s o , a n d c r a v e p e r m i s s i o n t o p r e s e n t s o m e c o n -

s i d e r a t i o n s i n s u p p o r t o f m y b e l i e f t h a t t h e f u t u r e i s c e r t a i n t o

b r i n g r e u n i o n o f t h e s e p a r a t e d p a r t s , w h i c h w i l l probably comea b o u t i n t h i s w a y : T h o s e b o r n n o r t h a n d s o u t h o f a n i m a g i n a r y

l i n e b e t w e e n C a n a d a a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , b e i n g a l l A m e r i c a n s ,

must soon merge . I t w e r e a s g r e a t f o l l y t o r e m a i n d i v i d e d a s f o r

E n g l a n d a n d S c o t l a n d t o h a v e d o n e s o .

I t i s n o t t o b e b e l i e v e d t h a t A m e r i c a n s a h d C a n a d i a n s w i l l n o t

b e w a r n e d b y E u r o p e , w i t h i t s d i v i s i o n s a r m e d , n o t a g a i n s t f o r e i g n

f o e s , b u t a g a i n s t e a c h o t h e r . I t i s t h e d u t y o f C a n a d i a n s a n d

A m e r i c a n s t o p r e v e n t t h i s , a n d t o s e c u r e t o t h e i r c o n t i n e n t i n -

t e r n a l p e a c e u n d e r o n e g o v e r n m e n t , a s i t w a s t h e d u t y o f E n g l i s h -

m e n a n d S c o t s m e n t o u n i t e u n d e r p r e c i s e l y s i m i l a r c o n d i t i o n s .

E n g l a n d h a s 7 t i m e s t h e p o p u l a t i o n o f S c o t l a n d ; t h e R e p u b l i c

h a s 14 t i m e s t h a t o f C a n a d a . B o r n C a n a d i a n s a n d A m e r i c a n s a r e

a c o m m o n t y p e , i n d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e o n e f r o m t h e o t h e r . Nothingi s s u r e r i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e t h a n t h a t t h e y m u s t u n i t e . I t w e r e

c r i m i n a l f o r t h e m t o s t a n d a p a r t .

CANADA'S DESTINY

I t n e e d n o t b e f e a r e d t h a t f o r c e w i l l e v e r b e u s e d o r r e q u i r e d

t o a c c o m p l i s h t h i s u n i o n . It will come- must come -in the nat-u r a l o r d e r o f t h i n g s . P o l i t i c a l a s w e l l a s m a t e r i a l b o d i e s o b e y t h e

l a w o f gr a v i t a ti o n . C a n a d a ' s d e s t i n y i s t o a n n e x t h e R e p u b l i c , a s

S c o t l a n d d i d E n g l a n d , a n d t h e n , t a k i n g t h e h a n d o f t h e r e b e l l i o u s

b i g b r o t h e r a n d t h a t o f t h e m o t h e r , p l a c e t h e m i n e a c h o t h e r ' s

g r a s p , t h u s r e u n i t i n g t h e t h e n h a p p y f a m i l y t h a t s h o u l d n e v e r

h a v e k n o w n s e p a r a t i o n . To a c c e p t t h i s v i e w , t h e p e o p l e o f t h e

U n i t e d K i n g d o m h a v e o n l y t o r e c a l l t h e b l o o d y w a r s u p o n t h i s

i s l a n d f o r c e n t u r i e s a r i s i n g f r o m S c o t l a n d a n d E n g l a n d f l o a t i n g

s e p a r a t e f l a g s , a n d c o n t r a s t t h e c h a n g e t o d a y u n d e r o n e f l a g .

The Canadians a nd Americans may be trusted to follow thee x a m p l e o f t h e M o t h e r l a n d a n d h a v e b u t o n e f l a g e m b r a c i n g o n e



2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

w h o l e r a c e i n A m e r i c a . P r e s e n t p e t ty j e a l o u s i es m e l t a w a y a s t h e

p o p u l a t i o n n o r t h a n d s o u t h b e c o m e i n a g r e a t e r d e g r e e b o r n A m e r -

i c a n s .

E v e n i f t h i s b l e s s e d r e u n i o n c a m e a s e a r l y a s t h e e n d o f t h e n e x t

d e c a d e , s a y 1 6 y e a r s h e n c e , C a n a d a a n d t h e R e p u b l i c - t h e S c o t l a n d

and England of America-w ould embrace 115, 000,000 of English-

s p e a k i n g p e o p l e , p r o b a b l y 7 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 o f t h e s e i n C a n a d a . By the endo f t h e p r e s e n t d e c a d e , 6 y e a r s h e n c e , t h e i r p o p u l a t i o n w i l l b e c l o s e

t o 9 7 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 o f t h e s e i n C a n a d a . The Republic added

t o h e r n u m b e r s t h e p a s t 1 4 y e a r s m o r e t h a n t h e t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n o f

A u s t r a l a s i a , o r t h a n t h a t o f C a n a d a , t h e i m m i g r a t i o n h a v i n g b e e n

enormous . O n e o f t h e s e y e a r s i t a l m o s t r e a c h e d a m i l l i o n .

CECIL RHODES

The peace ful union of Canada and America would le ad Britain

t o a s e r i o u s v i e w o f h e r p o s i t i o n , r e s u l t i n g i n t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t

C e c i l R h o d e s r e a c h e d - i t w i l l b e r e m e m b e r e d t h a t h e w a s a t f i r s t a

s t r o n g B r i t i s h I m p e r i a l i s t . Mr . S t e a d r ec o u n ts t h a t M r . R h o d e s w e n t

t o L o r d R o t h s c h i l d a n d l a i d t h a t s c h e m e b e f o r e h i m , w h o r e p l i e d -

" T h i s i s a l l v e r y w e l l , i f y o u c a n g e t A m e r i c a t o j o i n- i f n o t , i t

amou nts to nothing!" This led Mr . R h o d e s t o a s t u d y o f t h e s u b -

j e c t , a n d t h e r e s u l t w a s h e s a w c l e a r l y t h a t L o r d R o t h s c h i l d w a s

r i g h t .

B r i t i s h f e d e r a t i o n w o u l d l e a v e B r i t a i n a s a m e m b e r o f t h e s m a l l e r

part of her own race , and out of the ma in channel of p rogress ;

i n s t e a d o f s i t t i n g ( w i t h r a c e i m p e r i a l i s m a c c o m p l i s h e d ) e n t h r o n e d

as the mothe r among hu ndreds of millions of her own children,

c o m p o s i n g a l l b u t a f r a c t i o n o f E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g m e n . Hence he

a b a n d o n e d t h e s c h e m e a n d t h e r e a f t e r f a v o r e d r a c e f e d e r a t i o n , a n d

l e f t t o A m e r i c a m o r e s c h o l a r s h i p s t h a n t o a l l o t h e r l a n d s . He saw

t h a t i t w a s t o t h e R e p u b l i c , n o t t o B r i t i s h s e t t l e m e n t s , h i s c o u n -

t r y h a d t o l o o k f o r t h e c o m i n g r e u n i o n o f h i s r a c e , w i t h B r i t a i n

i n h e r r i g h t f u l p l a c e a s p a r e n t o f a l l . A f e w f i g u r e s w i l l l e a v e n o

r o o m f o r d i s p u t e a b o u t t h i s . I n t h e l a s t d e c a d e , 1 8 9 0 - 1 9 0 0 , B r i t a i n ,

Canada, Australasia, and New Zeala nd, combined, added to their

p o p u l a t i o n 4 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 - A m e r i c a 1 3 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 . C a n a d a o n l y a d d e d 5 0 8 , -

0 0 0 , t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h o f A u s t r a l a s i a o n l y 6 6 0 , 0 0 0 . I n t h e 4 y e a r s

s i n c e 1 9 0 0 A m e r i c a a d d e d m o r e t h a n t h e t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n o f e i t h e r

C a n a d a o r A u s t r a l a s i a . D u r i n g t h e p r e s e n t d e c a d e , 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 1 0 , a t

t h e s a m e r a t e o f i n c r e a s e t o d a t e , s h e w i l l a d d m o r e t h a n t h e p r e s -

e n t t o t a l w h i t e p o p u l a t i o n o f C a n a d a , A u s t r a l a s i a , N e w Z e a l a n d , a n d

South Africa combine d . S o f a s t d o e s t h e R e p u b l i c g r o w , s o s l o w l y

the Empire .

INCREASE OF POPULATION

T h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m i t s e l f i n c r e a s e d l a s t d e c a d e m o r e t h a n t h r e e

t i m e s a s m u c h a s C a n a d a a n d A u s t r a l a s i a c o m b i n e d . I t i s n o t t o h e r

c o l o n i e s , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t B r i t a i n c a n l o o k f o r m u c h i n c r e a s e o f p o p u -

l a t i o n o r o f t r a d e . T h e g r o w t h o f A u s t r a l a s i a , s m a l l a s i t w a s i n

t h e l a s t d e c a d e , s o f a r a s r e p o r t e d i n t h i s d e c a d e i s e v e n l e s s . Canada

i s g r o w i n g f a s t e r o n l y i n t h e f a r n o r t h w e s t , w h i c h i s s e p a r a t e d b y a

t h o u s a n d m i l e s o f b a r r e n l a n d f r o m t h e E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g P r o v i n c e

o f O n t a r i o . L a s t d e c a d e O n t a r i o P r o v i n c e ( E n g l i s h ) a c t u a l l y d e -

c l i n e d i n B r i t i s h p o p u l a t i o n ; Queb ec Province (French) slightly

i n cr e as e d . T h e c e n s u s o f 1 9 0 0 s h o w s f e w e r B r i t i s h - b o r n r e s i d e n t s

i n a l l C a n a d a t h a n t h a t o f 1 8 9 0 . The wheatfie lds now reached by

r a i l a r e b e i n g s e t t l e d b y A m e r i c a n s w h o c r o s s t h e b o r d e r , s e l l i n g t h e i r

A m e r i c a n f a r m s a n d b u y i n g n e w f a r m s i n C a n a d a a t o n e - t e n t h o f t h e

p r i c e r ea l i z ed f o r t h e o l d . E x c e p t f o r t h i s i n f l u x , a b o u t 7 0 , 0 0 0 s o f a r ,

t h e r a t e o f i n c r e a s e i n C a n a d a w i l l b e a b o u t a s l a s t d e c a d e .

W h e n w e c o m e t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n o f t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m , w e f i n d

a l r e a d y i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s 5 5 8 t o t h e s q u a r e m i l e . What thought-f u l m a n c o u l d w i s h m u c h f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e , e v e n i f i t w e r e p o s s i b l e ?

A d e n s e r p o p u l a t i o n m u s t c a u s e d e t e r i o r a t i o n . T h e d e n s i t y o f p o p u -

l a t i o n i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s i s n o t r e a c h e d b y a n y E u r o p e a n c o u n -

t r y , e x c e pt t h e s m a l l s t a t e o f B e l g i u m . F r a n c e h a s o n l y 1 8 8 , G e r -

many 270 (or one-half ), Italy 290, Jap an has only 296 . Thea u t h o r i t i e s a g r e e t h a t E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s a r e f u l l y p o p u l a t e d . I r e -

l a n d p r o v e s t h a t i t i s s o b y t h e s m a l l i n c r e a s e . Scotland has in-

c r e a s e d s t e a d i l y f o r s o m e d e c a d e s , b u t l i t t l e s c o p e i s l e f t f o r f u r t h e r

i n c r e a s e . S u b s t a n t i a l l y , I r e l a n d a n d S c o t l a n d h a v e t o d a y a l l t h e y

c a n m a i n t a i n i n c o m f o r t .

M a r k t h e c o n t r a s t . A m e r i c a h a s o n l y 2 1 p e o p l e p e r s q u a r e m i l e ,

one-sixteenth that of the United Kingdom, one for every 26 inEngland and Wales . T h e s e f i g u r e s i n c l u d e A l a s k a , w h i c h r e s e m b l e s

most of Canada, and is not likely to sup port many peop le . Ex-

cluding Alaska, the American population is 28 per square mile,

o n e - t w e n t i e t h t h a t o f E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s . I t i s e vi d e n t t h a t Gr e e n

w a s r i g h t w h e n h e w r o t e y e a r s a g o t h a t t h e h o m e o f t h e E n g l i s h -

s p e a k i n g r a c e w a s n o t t o b e o n t h e C l y d e a n d t h e T h a m e s , b u t u p o n

the Hudson, the Delaware, Ohio, Mississippi, and St . Lawrence .

T h e r e i s n o t r o o m f o r i t i n t h e d e a r o l d h o m e , b u t t h e r e i s , f o r -

t u n a t e l y , i n t h e n e w l a n d s o f h e r c h i l d r e n i n C a n a d a a n d A m e r i c a .

W h e n w e n o t e t h e d e v e l o p m e n t B r i t a i n h a s a t t a i n e d i n d u s t r i a l l y ,

we are amazed . I t i s w o n d e r f u l a l m o s t b e y o n d b e l i e f : we doubt

a n d i n v e s t i g a t e t o a s s u r e o u r s e l v e s t h a t w e h a v e t h e f a c t s . This

l i t t l e k i n g d o m h a s t o d a y m o r e s h i p p i n g , a n d a b o u t a s m a n y s p i n -

d l e s t u r n i n g a s a l l t h e r e s t o f t h e w o r l d . S h e i s t h e r i c h e s t o f

a l l n a t i o n s p e r c a p i t a . She ma kes more iron and mines more coal

p e r c a p i t a t h a n a n y n a t i o n . Marvelous! Nothing compa rable to her

i n h i s t o r y ! S h e p o s i t i v e l y d w a r f s a l l p r e v i o u s r e c o r d s - a d w a r f m o r e

powerful than most giants . Who is there, then, who can expe ct

h e r t o d o m o r e , w h a t s h e h a s a c c o m p l i s h e d b e i n g s c a r c e l y c r e d i b l e ?

PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE

I t i s p h y s i c a l l y i m p o s s i b l e t h a t m u c h f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e c a n c o m e

t o B r i t a i n , a n d i n a d d i t i o n t o t h i s , c o n d i t i o n s o t h e r w i s e a r e u n -

f a v o r a b l e t o f u r t h e r d e v e l o p m e n t . O t h e r n a t i o n s b y t h e u s e o f h e r

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inventions, a re m ore a nd more s upplying their own wants, andw i l l c o n t i n u e t o d o s o . T h e y w i l l a l s o c o m p e t e w i t h h e r m o r e a n d

m o r e , e s p e c i a l l y i n i r o n a n d s t e e l , a n d i n c o t t o n m a n u f a c t u r e s , o w i n g

t o h e r l a c k o f t h e c o t t o n p l a n t a t io n s a n d o f n e e d e d i r o n s to n e . I f

B r i t a i n s u c c e e d s i n m a i n t a i n i n g p r e s e n t p r o d u c t i o n i n t h e s e f i e l d s

g r e a t w i l l b e t h e c r e d i t d u e t o h e r c a p t a i n s o f i n d u s t r y . As with

popula tion, therefore, so with industrials-mu ch increase isi m p o s s i b l e .

T h i s i s t h e a g e o f c o n s o l i d a t i o n , i n d u s t r i a l l y a n d n a t i o n a l l y

Consider the recent consol idation of Italy and the m ore rece nt

consolida tion and rapid growth of the German Empire . Who canimagine that the p rocess has stopp ed? On the contrary, we are

on the eve of f urther consolidations in Europe of grea t extent

T h e s u c c e s s e s o f t h e A m e r i c a n R e p u b l i c , 4 5 S t a t e s c o n s o l i d a t e d i n t o

o n e U n i o n , w i t h f r e e t r a d e o v e r a l l , a n d t h a t o f G e r m a n y w i t h i t s

Z a l l v e r e i n , a r e t o o s i g n i f i c a n t t o p a s s u n h e e d e d .

T h e d a y o f s m a l l n a t i o n s i s p a s s i n g . T h e i r i n c o r p o r a t i o n w i t h

l a r g e r a r e a s i s t o b e h a i l e d b y l o v e r s o f p r o g r e s s , p r o v i d e d a l w a y s

t h a t o n e p o i n t b e c a r e f u l l y p r e s e r v e d . The national s entiment of

t h e s m a l l p o w e r s s h o u l d n o t o n l y b e g u a r d e d , b u t f o s t e r e d i n e v e r y

w a y , s o t h a t , a s i n t h e A m e r i c a n U n i o n a n d i n B r i t a i n , t h e V i r -

g i n i a n a n d t h e S c o t s m a n r e m a i n a s i n t e n s e l y V i r g i n i a n o r S c o t c h

a s e v e r . P r i d e i n a n d l o y a l t y t o t h e w i d e r e m p i r e d o n o t s u p p l a n t

b u t s u p p l e m e n t l o v e o f t h e p a r t w h e r e h e w a s b o r n . H e l o v e s t h e

p a r t a n d i s p r o u d o f t h e w h o l e .

W h a t w i l l B r i t a i n d o ? T h e d a y i s c o m i n g w h e n B r i t a i n w i l l h a v e

t o d e c i d e o n o n e o f t h r e e c o u rs e s . F i r s t , s h a l l s h e s i n k - c o m p a r a -

t i v e l y t o t h e g i a n t c o n s o l i d a t i o n s - i n t o a t h i r d - o r f o u r t h - r a t e

p o w e r , a H o l l a n d o r B e l g i u m c o m p a r a t i v e l y ? H e r e n o t e t h a t w e d o

not postulate her actual de cline, bu t the increase d growth of

o t h e r p o w e r s . O r , s e c o n d , s h a l l s h e c o n s o l i d a t e w i t h a E u r o p e a n

g i a nt ? O r , t h ir d , s h al l s h e g r a s p t h e o u ts t r e t ch e d h a nd o f h e r

children in America and become a gain as she w as bef ore, the

m o t h e r m e m b e r o f t h e E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g r a c e ?

A s s u m i n g t h a t o t h e r p o w e r s a r e t o i n c r e a s e t h e i r p r e s e n t p o p u l a -

t i o n ( a s G e r m a n y a n d R u s s i a h a v e y e t r o o m t o d o ) , o r b y f u r t h e r

consolidation, it being e vident that there is not room in the

120,000 square mile s of the little, crowded United Kingdom for

f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e o f m o m e n t , t h e n t h e c o n c l u s i o n i s i n e v i t a b l e t h a t

o n e o f t h e s e t h r e e c o u r s e s i s t h e o n l y p o s s i b l e a l t e r n a t i v e , f o r

B r i t a i n h a s n o a d j o i n i n g t e r r i t o r y s h e c a n a n n e x .

S o m e h a v e b e e n d i s p o s e d t o r e g a r d B r i t i s h f e d e r a t i o n a s a p o s -

s i b l e f o u r t h a l t e r n a t i v e , b u t t h e f i g u r e s g i v e n , w h i c h c o n v i n c e d

R o t h s c h i l d a n d R h o d e s , w e s u b m i t , c o m p e l i t s e x c l u s i o n e s p P c i a n v

t o s u c h a s s e e k f o r m y m o t h e r T a f f d , a s 1 d o , a d e s t i n y w o r t h y o f

her-a future commensurate with her glorious and unpa rallele d

p a s t . L e t u s r e j o i c e t h a t t h i s i s o p e n . Her Canadia n and re-

p u b l i c a n c h i l d r e n a c r o s s t h e A t l a n t i c w i l l h a i l t h e d a y s h e t a k e s

h e r r i g h t f u l p l a c e i n t h e h i g h c o u n c i l o f h e r r e u n i t e d r a c e - t h a t

r a c e w h o s e d e s t i n y , I b e l i e v e w i t h f a i t h u n s h a k e n , i s t o d o m i n a t e

t h e w o r l d f o r t h e g o o d o f t h e w o r l d .

(This article, in pa mphle t form, wa s pla ced in the New York

Public Library on February 27, 1906, by the Honorable Josep h H

Choate . )

S t e p s T o w a r d B r i t i s h U n i o n , a W o r l d S t a t e , a n d

I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t r i f e - P a r t I I

REMARKSOFHON . J . THORKELSON

OF MONTANAIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMonday, August 19, 1940Mr. THORKELSON. Mr . S p e a k e r , w e a r e n o w d o m i n a t e d

a n d p l a g u e d b y v a r i o u s p r e s s u r e g r o u p s t h a t c a r e l i t t l e o r

n o t h i n g a b o u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a s l o n g a s t h e y c a n i n v o l v e

u s i n t h e p r e s e n t E u r o p e a n w a r . Some of these groups are

well known, others remain obscure, but neve rtheless very

p o w e r f u l a n d e f f e c t i v e i n t h e i r i n s i d i o u s a t t e m p t t o c o n v i n c e

the pe ople of this Nation that war is impe nding . These

groups are composed of membe rs who are generally cl assed

a s t h e " i n te l l i g e n t s i a . " I s h a l l n o t q u e s t i o n t h e i r i n t e l l i g e n c e ,

b u t i f o n e i s t o j u d g e t h e m b y w h a t t h e y h a v e s a i d a n d d o n e ,

t h e i r i n t e l l i g e n c e i s n o t b e i n g d i r e c t e d f o r t h e g r e a t e r i n t e r e s t

o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . A i d i n g t h e s e g r o u p s , I b e l i e v e o f t e n i n -

n o c e n t l y , a r e t h o s e w h o m w e m a y t a k e t h e l i b e r t y o f c a l l i n g

t h e i r t o o l s a n d s e r v a n t s . We have reached a stag e where

these a nglophiles a dvance the thought that in order to

qual ify as a good American, one must be pro-English and

w i l l i n g t o f i g h t a n d d i e f o r E n g l a n d . These Engla nd-first

groups and hands-across-the-s ea organization are made

up of many Canadian and Anglo-American societies which



a r e l o c a t e d i n o u r l a r g e r c i t i e s . O n e o f t h e s e , a n d t h e o n e t o

w h i c h I s h a l l n o w r e f e r , i s t h e P i l g r i m s .

T H E P I L G R I M S

When the Pilgrims wa s organized in 1902, to aid in

d e v e l o p i n g A n g l o p h i l e s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , t h e C a n a d i a n s ,

b e i n g B r i t i s h s u b j e c t s , w e r e n o t s o l i c i t e d a t f i r s t a s m e m b e r s

o f t h i s c h a r i t a b l e a n d e x c l u s i v e p r o p a g a n d a s e r v i c e t o s e l l

America to the British Empire . Like converts, many of

these m emb ers are more loyal to England than the British

t h e m s e l v e s . I n t h e i r f a n a t i c a l z e a l t o s e r v e A l b i o n , I a m

i n f o r m e d b y a s t u d e n t , t h a t o n e o f t h e m p l a c e d t h e E n g l i s h

c r o w n o n t h e f l a g s t a f f o f t h e C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . I f t h i s i s

true, the Columb ia alu mni should "crown" him who gave

o r d e r s f o r t h e m o u n t i n g o f i t , a n d r e p l a c e t h e c r o w n w i t h

t h e e a g l e , s o t h i s n o b l e e m b l e m c a n r e s t i n i t s r i g h t f u l p l a c e .

The Pilgrim membe rship may b e found in our military

organization, in the Government, and p articula rly among

p r o f e s so r s , m i n is t e r s , a n d a ut h o r s . I n w i e l d i n g t h e p e n , t h e

a i d o f t h e s e w r i t e r s i s m o r e v a l u a b l e , f o r c a n t h e y n o t w r i t e ,

a s d i d C a r n e g i e :

Give America to England as a hemostat for the bleeding wound

o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e , w h i c h t h e s u r g e o n s l e f t o o z i n g a f t e r t h e i r

o p e r a t i o n i n 1 7 7 6 ; t h e o p e r a t i o n w h i c h a m p u t a t e d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

f r o m t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e , a n d s e t A m e r i c a f r e e .

T h e s e P i l g r i m s , b e i n g u n f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e s u r g e r y o f 1 7 7 6 ,

e v i d e n t l y d o n o t r e a l i z e t h a t C a n a d a j o i n e d t o t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s w i l l p r o v e a n e q u a l l y e f f i c i e n t h e m o s t a t t o s t o p t h i s

hemorrhage in the British Empire. The American Pilgrims

n o d o u b t f e a r t h i s m o s t s e n s i b l e m e a s u r e , b e c a u s e i t m i g h t

a n t a g o n i z e t h e n o b l e a n d w e a l t h y i n t h e E n g l i s h G o v e r n m e n t

a n d t h e B a n k o f E n g l a n d s o m u c h t h a t t h e y w i l l p a c k u p a n d

l e a v e f o r h o m e . S u c h e x o d u s m i g h t a l s o p r o v e i n c o n v e n i e n t

t o o u r i d l e , w e a l t h y , a n d c h a r m i n g l a d i e s a n d t h e i r p a r e n t s ,

w h e n i n t h e i r c r u s a d e t o o b t a i n a n e w o r s l i g h t l y u s e d h u s b a n d

, t h e y - f i n d i t n e c e s s a r y t o e m b a r k

f o r P a l e s t i n e t o s a t i s f y t h e i r f a m i l y a m b i t io n . I t i s t h i s a n d

m o r e t h a t t h e A m e r i c a n s m u s t f i g h t t o c o u n t e r a c t t h e p r o p a -

g a n d a w h ic h i s n o w d i s s e mi n a t e d t h r o u gh o u t t h e co u n t r y a nd

i n o u r d a i l y p r e s s , i n o r d e r t o s a v e A m e r i c a f o r t h e A m e r i c a n s .

M a n y o f t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e s e g r o u p s a r e i g n o r a n t o f t h e

r e a l p u r p o s e o f t h e s e o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d t h e i r i n f l u e n c e i n o u r

p o l i t i c a l l i f e . Some of the me mbe rs are so blinded by the

g l a m o u r a n d t h e e x c l u s i v e n e s s o f t h e s e c l u b s t h a t t h e y d o n o t

r e a l i z e t h a t i n s u p p o r t i n g t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s t h e y b e t r a y A m e r i c a .

I n o w q u o t e f r o m t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g s o f t h e P i l g r i m s , h e l d i n

N e w Y o r k , 1 9 1 3 a n d 1 9 3 4 :

[ T h e P i l g r i m s , N e w Y o r k . A d d r e s s e s d e l i v e r e d a t d i n n e r i n c e l e b r a -

t i o n o f t h e t e n t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e P i l g r i m s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ,

N e w Y o r k , T u e s d a y , t h e 4 t h o f F e b r u a r y , 1 9 1 3 , a t t h e W a l d o r f -

A s t o r i a , 1 9 1 3 1

(Hon . J o s e p h H . C h o a t e , p r e s i d e n t o f t h e P i l g r i m s a n d c h a i r m a n

o f t h e e v e n i n g , o n r i s i n g a n d r a p p i n g f o r o r d e r , i s r o u n d l y c h e e r e d

a n d t o a s t e d b y t h e m e m b e r s a n d g u e s t s a s s e m b l e d . )

Mr . C H O A T E . I a m g o i n g t o a s k y o u , i n t h e f i r st p l a c e, t o r is e , a s

y o u d i d j u s t n o w f o r a m u c h l e s s w o r t h y o b j e c t , w h e n I p r o p o s e t h e

l o y a l t o a s t s . I a s k y o u t o f i l l y o u r g l a s s e s a n d r i s e a n d d r i n k t o t h e

P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d h i s M a j e s t y , t h e K i n g o f E n g l a n d .

( T h e t o a s t w a s d r u n k w i t h g r e a t e n t h u s i a s m , c h e e r i n g a n d s i n g i n g

The Star-Spang led Banne r and God Save the King . )

B e f o r e t h e c h a i r m a n c o u l d r e s u m e , a d e l e g a t i o n o f m e m b e r s , c o n -

s i s t i n g o f M e s s r s . F . C u n l i f f e - O w e n . R . A . C . S m i t h , H e r b e r t N o b l e ,

George W . B u r l e i g h , L a w r e n c e L . G i l l e s p i e , a n d G e o r g e G r a y W a r d ,

presented Mr . C h o a t e w i t h a l a r g e a n d b e a u t i f u l g o l d a n d s i l v e r

' s a l v e r , r i c h l y d e co r a t e d a n d s u it a b l y i n s c r ib e d , M r . C u n l i f f e - O w e n

a d d r e s s i n g h i m a s f o l l o w s :

"Mr. C h o a t e , y o u r b r o t h e r P i l g r i m s m a k i n g y o u t h e o f f e r i n g h e r e -

w i t h o f t h e P i l g r i m f a r e , b r e a d a n d s a l t - b r e a d s i g n i f y i n g l o n g l i f e

a n d p r o s p e r i t y a n d s a l t t o w a r d o f f f r o m y o u a l l e v i l s p i r i t s a n d

e v e r y k i n d o f h a r m - a n d w e a s k y o u , o u r h o n o r e d p r e s i d e n t , i n t h e

n a m e o f a l l o u r b r o t h e r P i l g r i m s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , t o a c c e p t t h i s

g o l d a n d s i l v e r s a l v e r a s a m e m e n t o o f t h e o c c a s i o n . "

Mr. CHOATE . I a c c e p t t h e s a l v e r w i t h p r o f o u n d g r a t i t u d e , a n d I

w i l l e a t t h e f a r e o n s om e m o r e s u it a b l e o c c a si o n . I t w i l l d o u b t -

l e s s d o f o r m e a l l t h a t y o u w i s h a n d f o r e t e l l , b u t n e v e r h a v i n g u n t i l

this moment heard of this munificent and wholly undeserved

gift, I can only now express to you my warm thanks and high

a p p r e c i a t i o n o f y o u r k i n d n e s s .

I now read to you a me ssag e from the President of the United

S t a t e s :

WHrrE HOUSE,

Washington, D . C . , F e b r u a r y 4 , 1 9 1 3 .

Please exte nd to the Pilgrims of the United States a nd their

gue sts at their tenth anniversary my hearty greetings and my

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b e s t w i s h e s f o r a d e l i g h t f u l r e u n i o n . I a m u n a b l e t o b e w i t h y o u ,

b u t I c h e r i s h t h e e a r n e s t h o p e t h a t y o u r g a t h e r i n g m a y e m p h a s i z e

the cordial rela tions which we know e xist betw een Briton and

Canadian and American . WM. H . T A F r .

A message from His Majesty the King :

LONDON, F e b r u a r y 4 , 1 9 1 3 .

I am comma nded to convey to the Pilgrims of the UnitedS t a t e s , c e l e b r a t i n g t h e i r t e n t h a n n i v e r s a r y , t h e e x p r e s s i o n o f H i s

M a j e s t y ' s g r a t i t u d e f o r t h e i r k i n d a n d f r i e n d l y s e n t i m e n t s c o n -

t a i n e d i n y o u r t e l e g r a m o f t h i s e v e n i n g .

P R I V A T E S E C R E T A RY.

A message from Her Maje sty, Que en Alexandra, one of the best

f r i e n d s w e e v e r h a d o n t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e w a t e r :

"I am commanded by Qu een Alexandra to a s k you to convey to

Ex-Ambassa dor Choate and the me mbers of the Pilgrims of the

U n i t e d S t a t e s , n o w c e l e b r a t i n g t h e i r t e n t h a n n i v e r s a r y u n d e r H i s

E x c e l l e n c y ' s p r e s i d e n c y , H e r M a j e s t y ' s s i n c e r e t h a n k s f o r t h e k i n d

s e n t i m e n t s e x p r e s s e d i n t h e t e l e g r a m w h i c h H e r M a j e s t y h a s j u s t

r e c e i v e d , s e n t i m e n t s w h i c h I a m t o a s s u r e t h e P i l g r i m s a r e m u c h

value d by Her Majesty .

"DIGHTON PROBYN . "

N o w , g e n t l e m e n , i t r e m a i n s f o r m e t o s a y a f e w w o r d s , a n d a f e w

words only . I t h i n k , i f I c o n t i n u e i n t h i s o f f i c e m a n y y e a r s , I m a y

m a k e l o n g e r s p e e c h e s , b u t I w i l l b e g i n w i t h s o m e t h i n g v e r y b r i e f

a n d v e r y p e r t i n e n t . I am a yea r younger than I was a year ago

when you did me the honor to elect m e your president, and if I

g o o n , a s I h o p e t o d o , a n d a s I h o p e y o u w i l l d o , I s h a l l b e a v e r y

young man at last .

W e a r e h e r e t o c e l e b r a t e o u r s e l v e s a n d o u r f r i e n d s o n b o t h s i d e s

of the water, and among them the be st friends that I have eve rknown-and I knew well their sentiments some ye ars ago, which

I b e l i e v e h a v e c o n t i n u e d a n d w h i c h I b e l i e v e a r e n o t w e l l r e p r e -

s e n t e d i n t h e h e a r t o f h i s p r e s e n t M a j e s t y - I w i l l t e l l y o u , i n t h e

first place , that King Edward VII, and his Que en Alexa ndra

w e r e t w o o f t h e m o s t c o n s t a n t a n d d e v o t e d f r i e n d s t h a t t h e p e o p l e

o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s e v e r h a d . T h e y l o s t n o o c c a s i o n t o m a n i f e s t

t h e i r g o o d w i l l t o t h e i r k i n d r e d i n A m e r i c a , a n d h i s p r e s e n t M a j e s t y

King George V was a lways m ost cordial, most friendly, and most

d e t e r m i n e d , s o f a r a s I c o u l d j u d g e f r o m t h e s e n t i m e n t s t h a t h e

e x p r e s s e d - m o s t d e t e r m i n e d , I s a y - t h a t t h e c o r d i a l r e l a t i o n s b e -

tween the two countries which have now b een transmitted to him

b y h i s f a t h e r s h o u l d f o r e v e r c o n t i n u e . W e h a v e n o d i f f i c u l t y w i t h

t h e r o y a l f a m i l y . We have no difficulty and never have had thatI k n o w o f w i t h t h e p e o p l e o f E n g l a n d . The pe ople of England and

t h e p e o p l e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a r e a l w a y s f r i e n d l y t o e a c h o t h e r .

Now a nd then the governments of the two countries come to dif-

ferent conclusions for a brief time on some subj ect of mutua l

i n t e r e s t .

I t i s 1 0 y e a r s s i n c e t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n w a s f o u n d e d a n d t h e y h a v e

b e e n 1 0 y e a r s o f s u c c e s s a n d c o n s t a n t l y a d v a n c i n g p r o s p e r i t y , a n d ,

s o f a r a s I c a n u n d e r s t a n d , o f c o n s t a n t l y s t r e n g t h e n e d g o o d w i l l

b e t w e e n t h e p e o p l e o f t h e t w o c o u n t r i e s . And what I claim for

t h e P i l g r i m s i s t h a t t h e y h a v e d o n e t h e i r f a i r s h a r e o n b o t h s i d e s

o f t h e w a t e r t o p r o m o t e t h i s g r e a t i n t e r e s t i n t h e w o r l d , t h e p r e s e r -

vation of peace between the two countries that combine all the

English-spea king people of mankind .

I t w a s n o t m y g o o d f o r t u n e t o b e p r e s e n t w h e n t h i s s o c i e t y w a s

founded in America on the 4th day of February 1903, but I had

had the good fortune to be present in London, 6 months before,

w h e n t h e P i l g r i m s o f G r e a t B r i t a i n h e l d t h e i r f i r s t d i n n e r , u n d e r

t h e p r e s i d e n c y o f t h a t g r a n d o l d s o l d i e r a n d r o y a l h e r o , F i e l d M a r -

s h a l L o r d R o b e r t s . H e b e l i e v e s in m a k i n g h i s n a t i o n a g re a t f i g h t -

i n g n a t i o n , b u t n o t t o f i g h t a g a i n s t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . He would

consider it the most ba rbarous, the most unnatural, the m ost

u n t h i n k a b l e c o n t e s t t h a t e v e r c o u l d b e r a i s e d . Let me read to you

a d i s p a t c h f r o m F i e l d M a r s h a l L o r d R o b e r t s , w h i c h i s m u c h b e t t e r

than anything I can sa y :

" G r e a t l y t o u c h e d b y t h e P i l g r i m s ' c h a r m i n g a n d h o s p i t a b l e i n -

v i t a t i o n . T h e r e i s n o n e I w o u l d s o o n e r a c c e p t , b u t u n f o r t u n a t e l y

i t i s q u i t e im p o s s i b l e f or m e t o b e w i t h y o u o n F eb r u a r y 4 . S o s i n -

cerely wish it were otherwise . All prosperity to the American

P i l g r i m s . "

A n d f r o m L o r d C h a r l e s B e r e s f o rd , w h o w a s w i t h u s a t t h e f o u n d a -

t i o n o f t h e P i l g r i m s i n E n g l a n d :

" A l l g o o d l u c k t o P i l g r i m s . C o n g r a t u l a t i o ns o n b r i l l i a n t s u c c e s s

o f e f f o r t s t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r t w o g r e a t E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g n a t i o n s . "

N o w , g e n t l e m a n , t h a t i s t h e o b j e c t , a n d t h e s o l e o b j e c t t h a t I

k n o w o f , t h a t t h i s f l o u r i s h i n g s o c i e t y h a s - t h e s o l e r e a s o n f o r i t s

e x i s t e n c e ; t o p r o m o t e g o o d w i l l , g o o d f e l l o w s h i p , a b i d i n g f r i e n d -

ship and eve rlasting pea ce be tween the United States and Great

B r i t a i n . A n d , f o r o n e , I h a v e n o f e a r o f f a i l u r e .

W e a r e n o w e n t e r i n g u p o n t h e c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e o n e h u n d r e d t h

y e a r o f p e a c e b e t w e e n t h e t w o n a t i o n s . I n 2 y e a r s m o re t h a t c e l e -

b r a t i o n w i l l b e c o m p l e t e . I t i s g o i n g o n a l l t h e t i m e , f r o m d a y t o

day, from week to week, and from month to month . You will

hardly hear so much of anything els e for a long time to come .

W e l l , h o w h a s i t b e e n a c c o m p l i s h e d ? H o w i s i t t h a t w e h a v e b e e n

able to ke ep the pea ce, nothwithstanding the alarming contro-

v e r s i e s t h a t h a v e a r i s e n f r o m t i m e t o t i m e , c o n t r o v e r s i e s w h i c h

b e t w e e n a n y o t h e r t w o g r e a t n a t i o n s w o u l d p r o b a b l y h a v e p r o v o k e d

a n d r e s u l t e d i n w a r ? W h y , i t i s b e c a u s e , i n t h e l o n g r u n , i n t h e

m a i n , t h e p eo p l e o f t h e t w o c o u nt r i e s a r e on e . T h e y a r e u n i t e d i n

sentiments and in the general obje ct they have in view a nd in

t h e i r v a l u a t i o n o f t h i n g s t h a t g o t o m a k e c i v i l i z a t i o n . We mighth a v e f o u g h t a d o z e n w a r s i n t h e l a s t h u n d r e d y e a r s , b u t w e h a v e



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kept the peace always . And how is it? How has it be en done?

W h y , a s I b e l i e v e , i t h a s b e e n a c c o m p l i s h e d b y t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n o n

b o t h s i d e s o f a b s o l u t e g o o d f a i t h i n t h e i r d e a l i n g s a n d i n u l t i m a t e

f i d e l i t y t o t h e p r o m i s e s t h a t t h e y h a v e m a d e t o e a c h o t h e r . I do

not mean to say that they have not quarreled . They ha ve q uar-

r e l e d m a n y t i m e s , a n d s o m e t i m e s n o t a l i t t l e s h a r p l y .

They have threatened very much on b oth sides-much more

than you will eve r hear them do again ; but every quarrel hase n d e d i n r e c o n c i l i a t i o n , i n p e a c e e s t a b l i s h e d e i t h e r b y d i p l o m a c y

or by arbitration-a rbitration, the g reat boas t and glory of

America .

W e h a v e a l i t t l e d i f f e r e n c e j u s t n o w , b u t I d o n o t l o o k u p o n i t a s

h a l f a s s e r i o u s a s t h e d i f f e r e n c e s t h a t h a v e a r i s e n i n f o r m e r t i m e s ,

1 0 , 2 0 , 4 0 , 5 0 , 75 , 1 0 0 y e a r s a g o , a n d t h e r e i s n o t h i n g i n i t t h a t c a n n o t

b e r e a d i l y s e t t l e d u p o n t h e p r i n c i p l e o f a d h e r e n c e o n b o t h s i d e s t o

t h e d o c t r i n e , t o t h e p r i n c i p l e , o f g o o d f a i t h a n d o f h o n e s t d e a l i n g

w i t h o n e a n o t h e r .

I h a d s o m e t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h e n e g o t i a t i o n o f t h e t r e a t y w h i c h

has formed-I won't say a bone of contention, beca use I haven't

h e a r d a n y t h i n g l i k e t h e g n a w i n g o f b o n e s ; n o t a t a l l - b u t t h i s l i t t l e

d i f f e r e n c e t h a t h a s a r i s e n

I t s o h a p p e n e d t h a t t h a t n e g o t i a t i o n w a s c a r r i e d o n i n L o n d o n

f o r s e v e r a l w e e k s b e t w e e n L o r d P a u n c e f o t e a n d m y s e l f a n d a p p r o v e d ,

as we w ent along by J ohn Hay a nd by Lord Lansdowne . W e l l , i f

t h e r e e v e r w e r e t w o m e n w h o d e s e r v e d t h e g r a t i t u d e o f t h e i r r e s p e c -

t i v e n a t i o n s a n d e a c h o f t h e o t h e r ' s n a t i o n , i t w a s t h o s e t w o m e n ,

Mr. H a y a n d L o r d P a u n c e f o t e , f o r t h e i r p e r f e c t l y p l a i n , p e r f e c t l y

honest, pe rfectly straightforward, method of deal ing with one

a n o t h e r .

T h e i r p r i n c i p l e , t h e i r r u l e o f a c t i o n , w a s t o s a y w h a t t h e y m e a n t

a n d t o m e a n w h a t t h e y s a i d , a n d t h e i r e f f o r t w a s a l w a y s t o e x p r e s s

i n p e r f e c t l y p l a i n E n g l i s h w h a t b o t h h a d e q u a l l y i n h i s o w n m i n d ;

a n d w h e n t h e y s a i d , a s t h e y d i d s a y i n t h a t t r e a t y t h a t t h e s h i p s o f

a l l n a t i o n s s h a l l h a v e f r e e p a s s a g e o n e q u a l t e r m s t h r o u g h t h e c a n a l

w i t h o u t a n y d i s c r i m i n a t i o n w h a t e v e r , t h e y t h o u g h t t h e y w e r e u s i n g

p l a i n E n g l i s h . And I must say, now that both of these great me n

and diplomatists have pa ssed away-I must say, as the survivor

o f t h e m b o t h , t h a t t h e y l i v e d a n d d i e d w i t h o u t b e l i e v i n g o r s u s -

p e c t i n g t h a t t h e i r w o r d s w e r e c a p a b l e o f a n y o t h e r t h a n t h e p l a i n

m e a n i n g t h a t t h e y b o r e u p o n t h e i r f a c e .

W e l l , b u t t h e w i t o f m a n p a s s e t h a l l u n d e r s t a n d i n g , a n d d i f f e r e n t

meanings hav e been discove red for those very plain and simple

w o r d s , a n d t h u s a d i f f e r e n c e h a s a r i s e n a s t o t h e i n t e r p r e t at i o n o f a

t r e at y . A n d h o w a r e y o u g o i n g t o a d j u s t a n d s e t t l e t h a t d i f f e r e n c e ?

W e l l , I s h o u l d s a y , a s a n y g e n t l e m e n w o u l d s e t t l e d i f f e r e n c e s t h a t

t h e y c o u l d n o t a d j u s t w h i c h h a d a r i s e n b e t w e e n t h e m - r e f e r i t t o

some other gentleme n ; a n d m y f i r s t p r o p o s i t i o n w o u l d b e t o r e f e r

i t t o t h e P i l g r i m s o n b o t h s i d e s o f t h e w a t e r . We w ould not have

a n y d i f f i c u l ty . I n t h e f i r s t p l a c e , w e w o u l d t a k e a s e c r e t v o t e , i f y o u

p l e a s e , s e p a r a t e l y o n b o t h s i d e s o f t h e w a t e r . We would let our

b r o t h e r P i l g r i m s o f G r e a t B r i t a i n a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n - t r y t h e i r

h a n d at t h i s l it t l e pu z zl e ; i t i s o n l y a p u z z l e - t h e q u e s t i o n i s h o w

t o p u t i t t o g e th e r . L e t t h e m g i v e t h e i r a n s w e r f i r s t a n d s e a l i t u p ,

not communicate it to us, and then let these 500 law-abiding,

country-loving American Pilgrims answ er the question for them-

s e l v e s b y a n o t h e r s e a l e d a n d s e c r e t v o t e .

Now, the peopl e of this country are not going to allow a ny-

body-any Congress, any Government, a ny President-to break

t h e i r g o o d f a i t h w h i c h t h e y h a v e p l e d g e d t o t h e m o t h e r c o u n t r y .

How are we going to maintain the pe ace f or the next 100 years?

T h e s e E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g p e o p l e a r e g o i n g t o i n c r e a s e o n t h i s s i d e

o f t h e w a t e r i n t h e n e x t h u n d r e d y e a r s f r o m o n e h u n d r e d m i l l i o n s

t o f o u r o r f i v e h u n d r e d m i l l i o n s , a n d E n g l a n d a n d h e r d o m i n i o n s

a c r o s s t h e s e a s w i l l i n c r e a s e i n l i k e p r o p o r t i o n . How are theyg o i n g t o k e e p t h e p e a c e . T h e r e i s o n l y o n e w a y . I t i s b y k e e p i n g

t h e i r w o r d , b y k e e p i n g t h e i r g o o d f a i t h , b y b e i n g a l w a y s h o n e s t i n

t h e i r d e a l i n g s w i t h o n e a n o t h e r . So I am not af raid . T h i s l i t t l e

p u z z l e w i l l b e a d j u s t e d . I hope tha t Mr. B r y c e w i l l s t a y h e r e l o n ge n o u g h t o s e t t l e i t w i t h M r . TAFT. W e k n o w b o t h a r e g r e a t l o v e r s

o f p e a c e . If not settled by them , why other men-I won't say

e q u a l l y g o o d ; I w o n ' t s a y e q u a l l y g o o d , a l t h o u g h I m a y t h i n k s o -

o t h e r m e n w i l l a r i s e i n t h e i r p l a c e s a n d s e t t l e i t , a n d t h e n w e s h a l l

h a v e 1 0 y e a r s o f b a l m y a n d d e l i g h t f u l p e a c e , a n d t h e n s o m e o t h e r

q u e s t i o n w i l l a r i s e a n d t h e p u z z l e s o l v e r s o n b o t h s i d e s o f t h e A t -

l a n t i c w i l l p u t t h e i r h e a d s t o g e t h e r a n d i t w i l l b e s e t t l e d , a n d s o

a g a i n a n d a g a i n a n d a g a i n a n d a g a i n , a n d o u r g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n

c e l e b r a t i n g i n 2 0 1 3 t h e s e c o n d c e n t e n a r y o f t h e P i l g r i m s , w i l l h a v e

c a u s e t o b l e s s t h e i r f a t h e r s t h a t t h e y f o u n d e d t h i s s o c i e t y a n d k e p t

t h e w o r l d o n t h e r i g h t t r a c k .

Now, ge ntlemen, I have read to you the va rious message s that

w e h a v e r e c e i v e d f r o m o u r v e r y e m i n e n t f r i e n d s a c r o s s t h e w a t e r

and at Was hington, and we did hope to have with us tonight His

Excellency the British Ambassa dor, b ut I suspe ct that he has

eate n as many dinners as he could stand-his secretary nods

assent-and no man can stand the public dinner every night . I

w a s n e v e r a b l e t o d o i t m y s e l f . And so we have the pl eas ure of

welcoming he re tonight as the representative of Mr . B r y c e , t h e

B r i t i s h A m b a s s a d o r , t h e c o u n s e l o r - I c a l l h i m c o u n s e l o r - I d o n o t

know whether he exactly l ikes to be called c ounselor, for they

m i g h t t h i n k h e i s a c o u n s e l o r - a t - l a w , i n s t e a d o f , a s h e i s i n f a c t

t h e f i r s t s e c r e t a r y o f t h e B r i t i s h E m b a s s y , a n d I c a l l u p o n h i m

to give us his mess age from Mr . B r y c e . I have the p leas ure of

presenting to you Mr . M i t c h e l l I n n e s , C o u n s e l o r o f t h e B r i t i s h

Embassy at Washington .

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Mr. S p e a k e r , i t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o r e a d t h e s p e e d i e s g i v e n

by the American memb ers of the Pilgrims, f or they, l ike

all converts, and more un-American a nd pro-English than

t h e B r i t i s h t h e m s e l v e s .

The a ddress of Josep h H. C h o a t e i s a n e x a m p l e o f A n g l o -

p h i l e , p e r t i n e n t a t t h i s t i m e i n v i e w o f t h e c o n d i t i o n s t h a t

e x i s t t o d a y . I s h a l l n o w r e q u o t e s o m e o f t h e s e s t a t e m e n t s

in order to show how dece ptive they c an be . Mr . C h o a t e

s t a t e s :

We have no difficulty and never have had that I know of with

the people of England .

A s t a t e m e n t t h a t i s p e r f e c t l y t r u e , b e c a u s e t h e p e o p l e o f

E n g l a n d h a v e l i t t l e o r n o t h i n g t o s a y i n t h e B r i t i s h G o v e r n -

ment. Our trouble ha s be en with the British Government,

w h i c h h a s n e v e r a t a n y t i m e b e e n f r i e n d l y t o w a r d t h e U n i t e d

States-bu t the ge ntleman did not make s uch statement

F u r t h e r m o r e , i t i s w e l l t o n o t e t h e s e r v i l e a t t i t u d e o f t h e

spe ake r to the Crown of Engla nd, and his praise of the

r u l e r s , w h i c h a g a i n i s p e r f e c t l y a l l r i g h t , y e t h e h a s f a i l e d

i n h i s s p e e c h a s o t h e r s h a v e i n t h e i r s , t o s a y o n e g o o d w o r d

f o r t h e G o v e r n m e n t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . He then goes on

to say :

T h e p e o p l e o f E n g l a n d a n d t h e p e o p l e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a r e

a l w a y s f r i e n d l y t o e a c h o t h e r ; a nother stateme nt which no one

c a n c r i t i c i z e , b u t t o w h i c h I w a n t t o a d d t h a t t h e p e o p l e o f a l l

countries-the common people-ha ve alwa ys been and are now

f r i e n d l y t o e a c h o t h e r . If war depended upon them there would

be no war . The trouble lies with the rulers of the different

governments . It is they who advocate w ar ; w a r o f d e s t r u c t i o n ,

n o t o n l y o f p r o p e r t y a n d h u m a n l i f e b u t o f C h r i s t i a n c i v i l i z a t i o n

i t s e l f .

S o i n v i e w o f t h i s , l e t u s r e m e m b e r t h a t n o c o u n t r y h a s

b e e n a t w a r s o m u c h a s E n g l a n d a n d n o c o u n t r y h a s b r o u g h t

a b o u t m o r e m i s f o r t u n e a n d s u f f e r i n g t h a n t h e B r i t i s h G o v e r n -

ment. T h i s s h o u l d b e c l e a r a s w e r e vi e w t he e a r ly h i s to r y

o f o u r o w n c o l o n i e s , o f I n d i a ,

o p i u m a d d i c t s i n C h i n a , a l l o f w h i c h m a y b e c h a r g e d t o t h e

g r e e d o f t h e B r i t i s h G o v e r n m e n t . Mr . C h o a t e , i n m a k i n g h i s

s t a t e m e n t s , s p o k e f o r t h e p e o p l e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , w h e n

i n r e a l i t y h e s h o u l d h a v e h e s i t a t e d e v e n t o s p e a k f o r h i m s e l f

H i s s o l e c o n c e r n a p p e a r e d t o h a v e b e e n o u r f r i e n d l i n e s s t o w a r d

G r e a t B r i ta i n , b u t n o t t h ei r f r i e n d l in e s s t o w a rd u s ; a n d a g a i n

h e p l a c e d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f a s u p p l i a n t t o

t h e B r i t i s h t h r o n e .

Mr. C h o a t e t h e n r e f e r r e d t o a d i s p u t e w h i c h a r o s e i n r e g a r d

t o t h e p a s s a g e o f s h i p s t h r o u g h t h e P a n a m a C a n a l , a n d i n t i -

m a t e d t h a t i t w a s t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f H o n . John Hay and

L o r d L a n d s d o w n e t h a t t h e B r i t i s h s h o u l d h a v e e q u a l r i g h t s

w i t h u s i n t h e u s e o f t h i s C a n a l ; a r i g h t w h i c h t h e B r it i s h

h a v e n e v e r c o n c e d e d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n t h e S u e z C a n a l

W e h a v e e v e n b e e n d r i v e n o u t o f f o r e i g n m a r k e t s b y E n g l a n d

f o r m a n y , m a n y y e a r s , a n d i n h e r w a r s s h e h a s b r a z e n l y f u r -

n i s h e d u s w i t h a b l a c k l i s t o f f i r m s w i t h w h i c h w e a r e n o t

s u p p o s e d t o t r a d e ; a n d w e , l i k e f o o l s , c o m p l y w i t h h e r d e m a n d s

C o n t i n u i n g h i s d i s c u s s i o n o n t h i s t o p i c , M r . C h o a t e e x -

p r e s s e d h i m s e l f a s b e i n g q u i t e w i l l i n g t o l e a v e t h e d e c i s i o n o f

t h e P a n a m a C a n a l i n t h e h a n d s o f t h e B r i t i s h a n d A m e r i c a n

pilgrims, which anyone can readily understand would be a

o n e - s i d e d d e c i s i o n ; i . e . , a l l f o r E n g l a n d a n d n o t h i n g f o r t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s .Mr. C h o a t e t h e n m a k e s h i s m o s t e x t r a o r d i n a r y s t a t e m e n t ,

upon which every Membe r of Congress and the peopl e of

t h i s N a t i o n s h o u l d p o n d e r - p a r t i c u l a r l y i n v i e w o f t h e h a p -

p e n i n g s s i n c e 1 9 1 2 :

N o w t h e p e o p l e o f t h i s c o u n t r y a r e n o t g o i n g t o a l l o w a n y b o d y -

any Congress, any gov ernment, any President-to break the good

faith which they have p ledge d to the mother country .

In making this stateme nt, Mr. C h o a t e t a k e s t h e p o s i t i o n

that Great Britain or Engla nd is our mother country ; t h

s a m e p o s i t i o n t h a t w a s t a k e n b y C e c i l R h o d e s o v e r 5 0 y e a r s

ago and by Andrew Carnegie in 1893, when he wrote a b ook

entitled, "Triumphant Democracy . "

I w a n t y o u t o n o t e p a r t i c u l a r l y t h a t t h i s w a s i n 1 9 1 3 , a n d

that 1913 was the very ye ar we change d our Government



from a republic t o a s e mid emocra cy ; th e year in which

w e destroyed constitutional government, international se -

curity, and pave d the road for us to become a c olony o f , the

British Empire . It was also the same year in which we, by

adopting the Federal Reserve Act, p laced our Treasury under

the control and domination of the Bank of England and the

international bank ing groups that are now financing the

British-Israel m oveme nt in the United States . It was also

the yea r prece ding the W orld War ; a wa r in which we be-

came involved, as e veryone knows, in 1 9 1 7 , but what eve ry-

one does not know is that we were committed to this war in

1 9 1 0 , and were to all intents and purposes in the wa r i n

1 9 1 4 , when J . P . Morgan & Co . bega n to finance the Triple

Entente . This statem ent i s borne out by Mr. J . P . Morgan' s

own testimony before the Senate committee inves tigating

the munitions industry,Mr. Choate was, therefore, right, beca use nothing has

stopped, not even Congress, the destruction o f this Republic

and its gradual incorporation into the British Empire

through the efforts of the many su bversive a nd pro-English

groups, led a nd directed, a s I have said, b y the British-

Israel movement .

Let me now quote a messa ge sent by George T. Wilson,chairman of the American Pilgrims, to his brother Pilgrims

in London, when they ce leb rated our entry into the WorldWar This message states the real hopes and the purpose

of the Pilgrims :

S i r HARRY E. B R I T T A I N ,

Chairman (London)

I should like to read two ca bles which have a rrived within

the last few m inutes from New York . The first is from our

good friends and fellow me mbers, the Pilgrims of America, a ndi t r e a d s a s f o l l o w s :

"At last the Union Jack a nd the Stars and Stripes a re nailed

to the same sta ff not to come down until the job is done . Ourb o y s i n k h a k i a r e a n x i o u s t o r u b s h o u l d e r s w i t h y o u r s i n F r a n c e

uggle and your triumph in freedom's ca use .

The Pilgrims' dream of 15 years at length has c ome to pas s .

( S i g n e d ) George T. Wilson, Chairman ." [Loud chee rs . ]

I shall now quote a sp eech del ivered by Nicholas Murray

B u t l e r , t o a mee ting of the Pilgrims i n New York, in 1 9 3 4 :

ANNUAL PILGRIM MEETING, 1934

P r e s i d e n t BUTLER . You have b efore you the report of your com-

mittee on nominations proposing the name s of se ven gentleme n

f o r e l e c t i o n t o t h e e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e , t h e i r t e r m s t o e x p i r e i n t h e

y e ar 1 93 5 . A r e t h e r e o t h e r n o m i n a t i o n s ?

Mr . CHARLES H WARREN . I m o v e t h a t t h e s e c r e t a r y c a s t o n e b a l l o t

f o r t h e n a m e s m e n t i o n e d i n t h e r e p o r t o f t h e n o m i n a t i n g c o m m i t t e e .

The motion was se conded .

P r e s i d e n t BUTLER . I t h a s b e e n r e g u l a r l y m o v e d a n d s e c o n d e d t h a t

t h e s e c r e t a r y b e i n s t r u c t e d t o c a s t o n e b a l l o t f o r t h e n a m e s m e n -

t i o n e d i n t h e r e p o r t o f t h e n o m i n a t i n g c o m m i t t e e . T h i s r e q u i r e s a

unanimous vote . S o m a n y a s a r e i n f a v o r w i l l p l e a s e s a y " a y e " ;

c o n t r a r y - m i n d e d , " n a y , " i f a n y . The vote being unanimous, thes e c r e t a r y i s s o e m p o w e r e d .

S e c r e t a r y CHURCH Mr. P r e s i d e n t , I r e p o r t I h a v e s o c a s t a b a l l o t .

P r e s i d e n t BUTLER . T h e s e c r e t a r y r e p o r t s t h a t h e h a s c a s t a b a l l o t

f o r t h e g e n t l e m e n n a m e d i n t h e r e p o r t o f t h e n o m i n a t i n g c o m m i t -

t e e . T h e r e f o r e . M r . B u r l e i g h , M r . Da r re l l , Mr . D e m o r e s t , M r L a m o n t ,

Mr. N o b l e , M r S a t t e r l e e , a n d M r . S h i e l d s a re e l e c t ed t o t h e e x e c ut i v e

c o m m i t t e e , t e r m s t o e x p i r e i n 1 9 3 5 .

F e l l o w p i l g r i m s , l e t m e f i r s t r e c a l l t o m i n d t h e f a c t t h a t S u n d a y

w a s t h e o n e h u n d r e d t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e b i r t h o f t h a t d i s t i n g u i s h e d

and bel oved American, linked with Great Britain, who served sol o n g a s o u r p r e s i d e n t , J o s e p h H . C h oa t e . I n t h e p r e s e n c e o f t h a t

a n n i v e r s a r y a n d i n y o u r p r e s e n c e , I s a l u t e h i s m e m o r y a n d b e a r t r i b -

u t e t o t h e s e r v i c e w h i c h h i s y e a r s o n e a r t h r e n d e r e d t o t h e g r e a t

cause which we have so much at heart .

There have been hap penings in the year 1931 so grave, so far

r e a c h i n g i n t h e i r i m p o r t a n c e , a n d s o m a s s i v e i n t h e i r h i s t o r i c i n t e r -

e s t t h a t i t i s n o s l i g h t t a s k t o m a k e c h o i c e a m o n g t h e m o f t h o s e o f

w h i c h i t i s p e r m i s s i b l e t o s p e a k i n y o u r p r e s e n c e f o r a f e w m o m e n t s

t h i s a f t e r n o o n . L e t m e f i r s t , h o w e v e r , p a y t r i b u t e t o t h a t s p l e n d i d

s p i r i t o f t h e B r i t i s h p e o p l e w h i c h i n t i m e o f s t o r m a n d s t r e s s , o f

national embarrassment a nd portending danger, enabled them, in

a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e b e s t i d e a l s o f t h e r a c e , t o p u t a s i d e a n d b e h i n d

a l l p a r t i s a n d i f f e r e n c e s a n d a l l p r e j u d i c e s o f p a r t y a f f i l i a t i o n a n d

t o u n i t e i n t h a t m o s t i m p r e s s i v e d e m o n s t r a t i o n w h i c h t h e y g a v e a t

t h e l a s t g e n e r a l e l e c t i o n . T h a t s p i r i t w a s v o i c e d b y M r . Snowden ont h e f l o o r o f t h e H o u s e o f C o m m o n s i n t h e s t i r r i n g w o r d s w h i c h h e

quoted from Swinburne's fa mous ode :

" C o m e t h e w o r l d a g a i n s t h e r ,

E n g l a n d y e t s h a l l s t a n d ! "

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I t w a s n o t o n l y a m a g n i f i c e n t e x h i b i t i o n o f p o l i t i c a l c a p a c i t y a n d

p o l i t i c a l p o w e r , b u t i t m i g h t w e l l b e a n e x a m p l e t o o t h e r p e o p l e s o n

t h i s e a r t h , f a c i n g p r o b l e m s s u c h a s t h o s e w h i c h a r e b e f o r e m a n k i n d

t o d a y , t o f o r g e t t h e i r s u p e r f i c i a l a n d o f t e n a r t i f i c i a l d i f f e r e n c e s a n d

t o u n i t e a l l t h e i r p o w e r a n d a l l t h e i r p a t r i o t i s m t o s o l v e t h e i r g r e a t

p r o b l e m s s o l e l y i n t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t h e n a t i o n a n d o f t h e w o r l d .

Great Britain has shown that it ca n be done .

I r e c a l l t h a t a y e a r a g o i t o c c u r r e d t o m e t o s a y s o m e t h i n g o n

t h i s o c c a s i o n o f t h e m o v e m e n t g o i n g o n t o b r i n g i n t o e x i s t e n c e a

B r i t i s h c o m m o n w e a l t h o f n a t i o n s , a n e w f o r m o f p o l i t i c a l o r g a n -

i z a t i o n t o t a k e t h e p l a c e o f t h e c e n t u r i e s - o l d o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e

British Empire . I invited your attention to the fact that tha t

m o v e m e n t w a s g o i n g f o r w a r d , m o r e A n g l i c a n s , i n f o r m a l l y , q u i e t l y ,

i l l o g i c a l l y , u n d e r t h e p r e s s u r e o f o p p o r t u n i t y i n e v e n t s a n d w i t h o u t

any formal or public a nnouncement . During the year, howev er,

without the world paying much attention, and hardly noticed in

t h e s e U n i t e d S t a t e s , t h a t m o v e m e n t , w h i c h h a s b e e n u n d e r w a y f o r

t h e b e t t e r p a r t o f a g e n e r a t i o n , c a m e t o i t s c l i m a x a n d h a s n o w

b e e n f o r m a l l y w r i t t e n i n t o t h e p u b l i c l a w o f G r e a t B r i t a i n .

I hold in my hand the few printed page s which constitute the

State of We stminster, 1931 (see a ppendix 2), beyond question

t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t a c t i n p u b l i c l a w s i n c e t h e r a t i f i c a t i o n o f t h e

C o n s t i t u t io n o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . T h i s s t a t u t e , c o v e r i n g b u t t h r e e

o r f o u r p r i n t e d p a g e s , c o n t a i n s t h r e e s p e c i f i c p r o v i s i o n s w h i c h a r e

i t s e s s e n c e a n d w h i c h I s h o u l d l i k e t o e m p h a s i z e .

F i r s t , w h a t i s t o b e a d o m i n i o n ?

The express ion "dominion" is to mean the Dominion of Canada ,

the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Ze ala nd,

t h e U n i o n o f S o u t h A f r i c a , t h e I r i s h F r e e S t a t e , a n d N e w f o u n d l a n d ,

s i x d o m i n i o n s i n a l l .

W h a t i s t o b e t h e r e l a t i o n o f l o c a l s e l f - g o v e r n m e n t i n e a c h o f

t h o s e d o m i n i o n s t o t h e B r i t i s h P a r l i a m e n t ? T h e S t a t u t e o f W e s t -

m i n s t e r r e a d s :

"No law and no provision of any law made af ter the commence-m e n t o f t h i s a c t b y t h e p a r l i a m e n t o f a d o m i n i o n s h a l l b e v o i d o r

i n o p e r a t i v e o n t h e g r o u n d t h a t i t i s r e p u g n a n t t o t h e l a w o f E n g -

l a n d , o r t o t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f a n y e x i s t i n g o r f u t u r e a c t o f P a r l i a -

ment of the United Kingdom or to any order, rule , o r r e gu l at i on

made under any such act, and the powers of the parliament of

t h e d o m i n i o n s h a l l i n c l u d e t h e p o w e r t o r e p e a l o r a m e n d a n y s u c h

a c t , o r d e r , r u l e , o r r e g u l a t i o n i n s o f a r a s t h e s a m e i s p a r t o f t h e l a w

of the dominion . "

In other words . a b s o l u t e l e g i s l a t i v e s e l f - c o n t r o l i s d e v o l v e d b y

the Parliament of Great Britain, whe re that control has reste d

f o r 8 0 0 y e a r s , u p o n t h e p a r l i a m e n t s r e s p e c t i v e l y o f t h e s i x D o m i n -

i o n s .

What ce rtainty and sec urity have these dominions that their

local self- government shall be p ermanent and complete?

The Statute of W estminste r reads :

"No act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passe d after the

commenceme nt of this act shall e xtend, or be deemed to extend,

to a Dominion as p art of the law of that Dominion unless it is

e x p r e s s l y d e c l a r e d i n t h a t a c t t h a t t h a t D o m i n i o n h a s r e q u e s t e d ,

a n d c o n s e n t e d t o , t h e e n a c t m e n t t h e r e o f . "

T h o s e t h r e e b r i e f p a r a g r a p h s , I r e p e a t , a r e t h e m o a t i m p o r t a n t

c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c l a w o f t h e w o r l d m a d e s i n c e t h e r a t i -

f i c a t i o n o f t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . They intro-

d u c e i n t o t h e g o v e r n m e n t o f m a n k i n d a n e w f o r m o f f e d e r a l r e l a -

t i o n s h i p , n o t a f e d e r a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s u c h a s e x i s t s b e t w e e n o u r

own States and the Federal Government, but a f ederal relation-

s h i p w h i c h c o n s i s t s i n l o y a l t y a n d d e v o t i o n t o a p e r s o n w h o i s t h e

symbol of unity ; b u t t h e l e g i s l a t i o n p o w e r i s a s m u l t i f o r m a s t h e

Dominions . T h e B r i t i s h p e o p l e c o n s c i o u s l y , a f t e r 2 5 y e a r s o f d i s -

c u s s i o n a n d e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n , h a v e f o r m u l a t e d t h i s g r e a t s t a t u t e ,

enac ted it into law without disse nt, and have sta rted this new

s h i p o f s t a t e o u t o n t h e s e a o f h u m a n p o l i t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e . I sub-

m i t , m y f e l l o w p i l g r i m s , t h a t t h a t i s s o s t u p e n d o u s a h a p p e n i n g

and so amazing an achieveme nt that we would do well to pause

for a moment to remark upon it . L e t m e s a y t w o t h i n g s a b o u t i t

i n a d d i t i o n , a n d y o u w i l l p a r d o n a w o r d o f p e r s o n a l r e m i n i s c e n c e .

In June and J ul y 1 9 2 1 t h e I m p e ri a l C o n f er e n c e w a s s it t i n g i n

London, and the sort of question which underlay this move ment

was upp ermost in the minds of the conferees . There were other

d e l e g a t e s t o t h e c o n f e r e n c e , b u t t h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r s o f t h e s e v -

eral Dominions as now de fined and the Prime Minister in the

G o v e r n m e n t o f G r e a t B r i t a i n i t s e l f w e r e , o f c o u r s e , t h e l e a d i n g

p e r s o n a l i t i e s . Mr. Lloyd George was Prime Minister. He did methe honor to ask m e to come to Chequers for the we ek e nd to

meet these gentlemen and to hear them discuss the problem oft h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f a B r i t i s h C o m m o n w e a l t h o f N a t i o n s .

They spent the whole of Saturday, and Saturday eve ning, and

all of Sunday u ntil luncheon under the trees and in the library

at Chequers discussing informally a nd familiarly and w ith pro-

found knowledge and that grasp which only comes from ex-

perience, the problems that we re be fore them . There was the

Prime Minister of Cana da, Mr . Meighe n . There w as General

Smuts from the Union of South Africa . There wa s the Prime

M i n i s t e r o f A u s t r a l i a , M r . Hughes. There wa s the Prime Minister

of New Ze aland . Mr . M a s s e y , a n d t h e r e w e r e t w D r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

from the Government of India, the Maharaj ah of Cutch a nti Mr .

S r i n i v a s a S a s t r i o f M a d r a s .

I t w a s m y p r i v i l e g e a n d g o o d f o r t u n e t o b e q u e s t i o n e d b y t h e s e

gentleme n as to the working of our own Federal system . In




p a r t i c u l a r, t h e y w i s h e d I l l u s t r a t i o ns o f w h a t h a p p e n e d w h e n t h e r e

w a s c o n f l i c t o f a u t h o r i t y a n d o f j u r i s d i c t i o n . They pointed out

t h a t w e h a d i n o u r g r e a t c i t i e s o f f i c e r s o f t h e F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t .

H o w d i d t h e y o p e r a t e w i t h o u t i n d u c i n g c o n f l i c t o f a u t h o r i t y a n d

feeling with the State and m unicipal officials? How were these

a l m o s t i n v i s i b l e l i n e s o f a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p o w e r k e p t f r o m o v e r l a p -

ping and from friction? What wa s the func tion of the courts?

W h a t t h e l i m i t , i f a n y . o f t h e i r a u t h o r i t y ? I a s s ur e y o u i t w a s n o

s m a l l p l e a s u r e a n d p r i d e t o b e a b l e t o a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s t o t h a t d i s -

tinguished and influ ential g roup a s to how a different form of

t h e f e d e r a l p r i n c i p l e h a d b e e n o p e r a t i n g f o r m o r e t h a n a c e n t u r y

a n d a h a l f i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

Finally, when the l uncheon hour came on Sunday, and thesei n f o r m a l d i s c us s i o n s w e r e b r o u g h t t o a n e n d , M r . L l o y d G r e e n t u r n e d

t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n i n t o l i g h t e r v e i n a n d c a l l e d a t t e n t i o n t o t h e f a c t

that it was fortunate indeed that their minds were me eting,

that the w ords British Commonwealth of Nations were beginning

to be used by them, and that the day was Sunday . A b e n e d i c t i o n ,

a s i t w e r e , u p o n t h e i r e f f o r t s !

" Y e s , " I s a i d , " Mr . P r i m e M i n i s t e r , b u t i f y o u w i l l p a r d o n a n

American, there Is something more imp ortant than that . To-

m o r r o w w i l l b e t h e F o u r t h o f J u l y ." [Laughter . ]

B y p u r e a c c i d e n t t h e y h a d b r o u g h t t h e i r d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e r e -

organization of the British Empire a nd its Dominions to a con-

clusion at the a nniversary of the Decla ration of Independence

[ l a u g h t e r ] , s u r e l y a n i n t e r e s t i n g c o i n c i d e n c e .

One thing more . We do not real ize, m y fell ow Pilgrims, the

f o r e s i g h t o f o u r o w n f a t h e r s , h o w f a r t h o s e n a t i o n - b u i l d e r s s a w

into the future, and what an am azing grasp they had upon the

f u n d a m e n t a l s o f p o l i t i c a l l i f e a n d s o c i a l o r g a n i z a t i o n . I sometime s

think we are in the habit of taking them too much f or granted .

T h e r e i s o n e x h i b i t i o n i n t h i s c i t y t o d a y o n e o f t h e t w o e x i s t i n g

s i g n e d c o p i e s ( t h e o t h e r b e i n g I n t h e R e c o r d O f f i c e i n L o n d o n ) o f a

document which in American history stands in importance a nd

s i g n i f i c a n c e s i d e b y s i d e w i t h t h e D e c l a r a t i o n o f I n d e p e n d e n c e i t -

s e l f , a n d p r o b a b l y n o t o n e A m e r i c a n i n a m i l l i o n h a s e v e r h e a r d o f

i t s e x i s t e n c e . That is the pa per which John Adams ca lled the

O l i v e B r a n c h P e t i t i o n . (See Appendix . ) T h a t p e t i t i o n w a s p r e -

sente d to King George III in July 1775, ov er the signatu res

of 46 Memb ers of the Continental Congress, praying for pre-

cisely the relationship which the statute of W estminster has

w r i t t e n i n t o p u b l i c l a w , t h e p u b l i c l a w o f E n g l a n d , f o r t h e D o -

minions . And who signed it? The first name is the nam e which

stands at the he ad of the signers of the Decla ration of Inde-

pendence a year later, John Hancock . Among the 46 names are

those of Samuel Adams, John Adams, Roger Sherman, John Jay,

Benjamin Franklin, Ja mes W ilson, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry

Lee, a nd Thomas Jeffe rson . Washington did not sign becau se he

w a s i n c o m m a n d o f t h e t r o o p s i n M a s s a c h u s e t t s , a n d t h e C o n g r e s s

was meeting in Philadelphia . Lexington, Concord, and Bunker

Hill had been f ought. And this very proposal, which 160 years

a f t e r w a r d h a s b e e n w o r k e d o u t i n t h e l i f e o f t h e B r i t i s h p e o p l e s ,

w e r e p r e s e n t e d t o t h e m b y t h e s i g n e r s o f t h e D e c l a r a t i o n o f I n -

dependence a year before they signed that Declaration as the

a l t e r n a t i v e s t e p . I t i s o n e o f t h e m o s t e x t r a o r d i n a r y t h i n g s i n t h e

h i s t o r y o f g o v e r n m e n t , a n d w e p a y l i t t l e o r n o a t t e n t i o n t o i t .

What hap pened? The Olive Branch Petition was se nt to England

by the hands of William Penn's grandson . He was to take it tothe Government . F o r w e e k s h e c o u l d n o t b e r e c e i v e d . F i n a l l y h e

w a s r e c e i v e d , n o t b y h i s M a j e s t y , b u t b y t h e C o l o n i a l O f f i c e , a n d

w a s t h e n t o l d t h a t i n a s m u c h a s t h e p e t i t i o n h a d n o t b e e n r e c e i v e d

o n t h e t h r o n e , n o a n s w e r w o u l d b e g i v e n . As John Adams ha d said,

" W e h a v e t h e o l i v e b r a n c h i n o n e h a n d a n d t h e s w o r d i n t h e o t h e r . "

When the olive branch was rejected, recourse was had to thes w o r d , a n d t h e s e v e r y s a m e m e n i n 1 2 m o n t h s s i g n e d t h e D e c l a r a -

t i o n o f I n d e p e n d e n c e a n d h i s t o r y t o o k i t s c o u r s e .

It is one of the most a stounding things in the history of

g o v e r n m e n t t h a t t h e s e m e n o f f i n t h i s d i s t a n t s e r i e s o f c o l o n i e s ,

e c o n o m i c a l l y i n t h e i r i n f a n c y , f i n a n c i a l l y h e l p l e s s a n d d e p e n d e n t ,

had the vision of organization which has come now to al l the

B r i t i s h p e o p l e s , a n d f o r w h i c h s u r e l y e v e r y P i l g r i m w i s h e s t h e v e r y

g r e a t e s t p o s s i b l e m e a s u r e o f s u c c e s s . [Applause . ]

So it is, gentlemen, in the history of our race . Ideas, how

s l o w l y t h e y t r a v e l , a r g u m e n t s , h o w s l o w l y t h e y a r e a p p r e h e n d e d ;

action, how slowly it follows u pon conviction! To be sure, a s

w e l o o k b a c k w e c a n s e e t h a t t h e s e 4 6 m e m b e r s o f t h e C o n t i n e n t a l

Congress w ere in advance of the opinion of the world . B r i t i s h

opinion could not at that time have ac cepte d that course of

a c t i o n . They could not think in terms of a pa rliament whose

l e g i s l a t i v e a u t h o r i t y e n d e d a t t h e i s l a n d s h o r e s . T h e r e f o r e , r e v o -

l u t i o n , i n d e p e n d e n c e , s e p a r a t e n a t i o n h o o d , w e r e o f t h e e s s e n c e o f

the great undertaking, and so they hap pened . But in the inter-v e n i n g y e a r s a l e s s o n h a s b e e n l e a r n e d b y a l l , b y t h e M o t h e r l a n d

and its captains of the mind, by the Dominions and those w ho

spe ak their voice, a nd now with great fortune and wisdom they

have In the Statute of We stminster written into the public law

t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f t h e O l i v e B r a n c h P e t i t i o n o f 1 7 7 5 . [Applaus e . ]

L e t m e o n l y a d d t h a t t h i s g r e a t p r i n c i p l e o f f e d e r a t i o n o f o n e

kind or another is the principle which is to mark the l ife of

n a t i o n s i n t h e d a y s t h a t a r e t o c o m e . T h o s e t h a t a r e o f l i k e r a c e

a n d f a i t h , t h a t h a v e s i m i l a r e c o n o m i c h a b i t s a n d i n t e r e s t s , t h a t

have a c ommon langua ge, the y will tend more and more to group

t h e m s e l v e s i n t o u n i t s a s o u r U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a h a v e d o n e .

The British Commonwealth of Nations will, p erhaps, b e the only

o n e o f i t s t y p e b e c a u s e G r e a t B r i t a i n i s t h e o n l y f a r - f l u n g e m p i r e

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which has gone out f or 500 years and pu t its hand on the

d i s t a n t p l a c e s o f t h e e a r t h f o r t h e i r e n r i c h m e n t , t h e i r b e t t e r -

m e n t , a n d t h e i r i n c r e a s i n g c i v i l i z a t i o n . Other proud and powe rful

and ambitious nations will find ways and means, without losing

t h e i r i n d e p e n d e n c e , t h e i r s e l f - c o n t r o l , o r l i m i t i n g t h e i r p r i d e , t o

bring themse lves into new economic units for cooperation, en-

r i c h m e n t , a n d t h e b e n e f i t a n d s a t i s f a c t i o n o f a l l t h e i r p e o p l e s .

T h i s p r i n c i p l e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o o p e r a t i o n , i n o n e f o r m o r a n -

other, whether it be our form, w hether it be the British form,o r w h e t h e r i t b e t h e f o r m s w h i c h a r e s l o w l y c o m i n g o n t h e c o n t i -

n e n t o f E u r o p e , t h a t i s t h e p r i n c i p l e w h i c h w e m a y l o o k f o r w a r d

to as guiding and shaping the life of the world for the next

centu ry or more . But as we Pilgrims look p articularly a t ouro w n f i e l d o f h i s t o r i c i n t e r e s t a n d a f f e c t i o n , s u r e l y w e m a y i n t h e

d a r k y e a r o f 1 9 3 1 t a k e p r o f o u n d p r i d e a n d s a t i s f a c t i o n I n r e m a r k -

i n g t h e s i g n i f i c a n c e , t h e f a r - r e a c h i n g i m p o r t a n c e , o f t h i s S t a t u t e

of Wes tminster and the prophecy of it by our own nation-

b u i l d e r s i n J u l y 1 7 7 5 .

The audience arose and appla uded .Mr. Speaker, I have inclu ded Mr . Butler's address, i n

order to show how f ar we hav e drifted towa rd this British

union . In this speech, you will note he brings out the fa ct

that the olive branch petition has now b een a dopted by

England a nd extended to her colonies . He fu rther inti-

mates that in view of this adoption, it i s now in order for

u s to join the British Empire . He make s the further state-

ment that this moveme nt has gone Anglican, or more

English, which i s quite true, fir we are just ab out on the

verge of ca pitula ting to the forces w hich are driving u s

into the British Empire . To show this, let me quote :

That petition wa s prese nted to King George III in Jul y1775, over the signatures of 46 membe rs of the Continental

C o n g r e s s , p r a y i n g f o r p r e c i s e l y t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p w h i c h t h e S t a t u t e

of Westminster has written into public law, the public l aw of

E n g l a n d , f o r t h e D o m i n i o n s . * * *I r e c a l l t h a t a y e a r a g o i t o c c u r r e d t o m g t o s a y s o m e t h i n g o n

t h i s o c c a s i o n o f t h e m o v e m e n t g o i n g o n t o b r i n g i n t o e x i s t e n c e a

British Commonwealth of Nations, a new form of p olitical

o r g a n i z a t i o n t o t a k e t h e p l a c e o f t h e c e n t u r i e s - o l d o r g a n i z a t i o n

o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e . I i n v i t e d y o u r a t t e n t i on t o t h e f a c t t h a t

that movem ent was going forward, more, Angl

q u i e t l y , i l l o g i c a l l y , u n d e r t h e p r e s s u r e o f o p p o r t u n i t y i n e v e n t s

and without any formal or public a nnouncement . During theyear, howeve r, without the world paying much a ttention, and

h a r d l y n o t i c e d i n t h e s e U n i t e d S t a t e s , t h a t m o v e m e n t , w h i c h h a s

b e e n u n d e r w a y f o r t h e b e t t e r p a r t o f a g e n e r a t i o n , c a m e t o i t s

c l i m a x a n d h a s n o w b e e n f o r m a l l y w r i t t e n i n t o t h e p u b l i c l a w o f

G r e a t B r i t a i n .


I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t r i f e - P a r t I I I

REMARKSOFHON. J . THORKELSON

OF MONTANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

T u e s d a y , A u g u s t 2 0 , 1 9 4 0

PAMPHLET BY JOHN J. W HITEFORD

Mr. THORKELSON . Mr. Spea ker, under leav e to extend

my own remarks in the RECORD, I include a p amp hlet by J ohn

J . Whiteford . T h i s pamp hlet should be of interest to every

Member of Congress b ecau se it deals w ith a subjec t that

w i l l soon confront us, a s i t d i d i n 1 9 1 7 :

SIR UNCLE SAM, KNIGHT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

(By John J . W h i t e f o r d )

I n t h e s e d a y s o f n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n f u s i o n a n d c o n -

f l i c t t h e r e i s o n e i s s u e o n w h i c h t h e A m e r i c a n p e o p l e a r e s u b s t a n t i a l l y

in agreement-We do not want war .

T h i s g r e a t d e s i r e t o k e e p o u t o f w a r i s p e r f e c t l y l o g i c a l . We knowt h e c o s t o f w a r f r o m b i t t e r e x p e r i e n c e . W e a r e n o m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e

f o r t h e o u t b r e a k o f t h e p r e s e n t h o s t i l i t i e s t h a n w e w e r e i n 1 9 1 4

W e a r e n o t a n a g g r e s s o r n a t i o n a n d w e h a v e n o d e s i g n s o n f o r e i g n

t e r r i t o r y. We have nothing to gain and much to lose if we aga in

t a k e p a r t i n f o r e i g n w a r s . We have enough vital problems a t homet h a t r e q u i r e a l l o f o u r a t t e n t i o n a n d e f f o r t s . When and if the time

s h o u l d e v e r a r r i v e , w e s h a l l b e f u l l y a b l e a n d w i l l i n g t o d e f e n d o u r

s h o r e s a g a i n s t f o r e i g n i n v a s i o n .

There are, indeed, a thousand-and-one good reasons why w e

s h o u l d s t a y o u t o f f o r e i g n w a r s .



With all the self- evident advantages of p eace for America as

a g a i n s t t h e h o r r o r s o f w a r i n E u r o p e a n d A s i a , a n d w i t h a n o v e r -

w h e l m i n g m a j o r i t y o f o u r p e o p l e a g a i n s t w a r , t h e r e s t i l l r e m a i n s

t h e o m i n o u s f a c t t h a t t h e r e i s a d e f i n i t e d a n g e r o f t h i s c o u n t r y

d r i f t i n g t o w a r d w a r . E v e n a s i n 1 9 1 4 , w e a r e a g a i n b e i n g d e l u g e d

a n d d i r e c t e d b y f o r e i g n p r o p a g a n d a , o n l y t o a m u c h l a r g e r e x t e n t .

A g a i n w e h a v e n o c l e a r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e r e a l i s s u e s i n v o l v e d .

I n o u r c o n f u s i o n w e a r e a g a i n t a k i n g s i d e s , m e n t a l l y s o f a r , b u t

t h a t i s a r i p e c o n d i t i o n f o r e x p e r t f o r e i g n p r o p a g a n d i s t s t o l e a d

u s t o w a r d a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e p r e s e n t c o n f l i c t s .

I w o u l d l i k e t o s a y t o e v e r y A m e r i c a n , " T h e r e i s o n l y o n e s i d e

w e c a n t a k e , a n d t h a t i s t h e A m e r i c a n s i d e ." With this in m ind,l e t u s t r y t o f i n d o u t w h a t a r e t h e r e a l f a c t s b e h i n d t h e s e f o r e i g n -

m a d e c o n f l i c t s , w h a t a r e t h e b a s i c i s s u e s a t s t a k e , a n d w h a t a r e

t h e f o r c e s t h a t a r e s o d e s p e r a t e l y w o r k i n g t o a g a i n i n v o l v e t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s i n a w o r l d w a r . O n l y b y f a c i n g f a c t s a n d b y c l e a r i n g

o u r m i n d s f r o m t h e f o g o f s e l f i s h f o r e i g n p r o p a g a n d a c a n w e a r r i v e

a t t h e r i g h t a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n , " W h a t i s b e s t f o r A m e r i c a ? "

F o r a l l o u r s o - c a l l e d c i v i l i z a t i o n , t h e i m p e l l i n g f o r c e b e h i n d t h e

p r e s e n t s t r u g g l e s i n E u r o p e a n d i n A s i a i s s t i l l t h e l a w o f t h e

j u n g l e - t h e s u r v i v a l o f t h e f i t t e s t . W h e t h e r w e l i k e t o a d m i t i t o r

n o t , t h a t s a m e f o r c e g u i d e d t h e e a r l y s e t t l e r s o f N e w E n g l a n d a n d

V i r g i n i a w h e n t h e y h a d t o f i g h t f o r t h e i r v e r y e x i s t e n c e i n a s t r a n g e

a n d h o s t i l e l a n d w h e r e t h e y w e r e n o t i n v i t e d . In the conque st of

t h i s n e w c o n t i n e n t o u r f o r e f a t h e r s p r o v e d t h e m s e l v e s t h e s t r o n g -

e s t - t h e f i t t e s t - a n d t h e o r i g i n a l o w n e r s , t h e I n d i a n s , l o s t . Onlyb y t h e p r o c e s s o f a p p l y i n g t h e i r s u p e r i o r f i t n e s s c o u l d o u r a n c e s t o r s

h a v e b u i l t t h e m s e l v e s a n e w h o m e , g a i n e d t h e i r i n d e p e n d e n c e , a n d

created a rich and powerful nation. We , as their descendants,

s t a n d r e a d y t o d e f e n d o u r c o u n t r y w i t h a l l o u r m i g h t i f e v e r t h e

t i m e s h o u l d c o m e w h e n w e a r e c a l l e d u p o n t o s h o w o u r f i t n e s s t o

" h a v e a n d t o h o l d " w h a t w e h a v e g a i n e d .

T h e s t r u g g l e o f t h e b u i l d i n g o f A m e r i c a i s o n l y o n e e x a m p l e o f

t h e s t r u g g l e o f m a n k i n d s i n c e t h e b e g i n n i n g . The greatest ex am-p l e o f a l l t i m e i s t h e b u i l d i n g o f t h e g r e a t e s t e m p i r e i n h i s t o r y -

the British Empire-covering roughly one-f ourth of the world's

l a n d s u r f a c e a n d i n h a b i t e d b y a q u a r t e r o f t h e w o r l d ' s p o p u l a t i o n .

When we spea k of the British Empire we mus t bear in mind a

m u c h l a r g e r p i c t u r e t h a n j u s t 1 3 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 s q u a r e m i l e s o f l a n d a n d

5 0 0, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 p e op l e . I t i s a h u g e i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n o f w o r l d

p r o d u c t i o n , c o n s u m p t i o n , a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n , w i t h a l l t h e r e l a t e d

a c t i v i t i e s o f c o m m e r c e , f i n a n c e , s h i p p i n g , i n d u s t r y , a n d s o f o r t h .

T h i s v a s t u n d e r t a k i n g i s n o t l i m i t e d t o t h e g e o g r a p h i c a l b o r d e r s

- of t h e _ F mp i r e . I t s i n f l u e n c e e x t e n d s t o e v e r y p a r t o f t h e g l o b e ,

from Hong Tang t o D u r b i n , f r o m G i b r a l t a r t o C a i r o , f r o m S i n g a p o r e

to Aden, from Melbourne to Montreal, f rom Bomba y to Bermuda,from London everywhere .

T h e v e r y v a s t n e s s o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e a n d i t s o p e r a t i o n s c o n -

s t i t u t e s a c o n s t a n t d a n g er t o i t s e l f a n d t o t h e p e a c e o f t h e w o r l d .

W h e n e v e r a n y o t h e r n a t i o n f e e l s t h e u r g e t o e x p a n d , f o r w h a t e v e r

r e a s o n s a n d i n w h a t e v e r d i r e c t i o n , i t a u t o m a t i c a l l y c o m e s i n c o n -

f l i c t w i t h t h e b r o a d i n t e r e s t s o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e .

In the Orient the Sino-Jap anese conflict is not only a loca lmatter between China and Jap an . I t i s i n r e a l i t y a t h r e a t t o

B r i t i s h i n t e r e s t s i n C h i n a ; t o B r i t i s h " c o n c e s s i o n s " i n C h i n a ; t o

the huge British investme nts in China ; t o B r i t i s h c o n t r o l o f

C h i n e s e r a i l w a y s a n d r e v e n u e s ; t o B r i t i s h t r a d e a n d s h i p p i n g a n d

eve n to the British port of Hong Kong in China It is a blow to

British prestige and pow er in the Orient, w ith repercussions

throughout the world . I t i s a c t u a l l y a c h a l l e n g e t o t h e B r i t i s h

Empire . I t b r o u g h t f r o m B r i t a i n a c r y o f o u t r a g e d j u s t i c e w h i l e

a t t h e s a m e t i m e s h e t r i e d t o d e p o s i t t h e S i n o - J a p a n e s e p r o b l e m

i n t o t h e l a p o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

W h e n I t a l y m a r c h e d i n t o E t h i o p i a , B r i t a i n a g a i n b e c a m e h i g h l y

i n d i g n a n t . T h i s w a s n o t b e c a u s e o f a p r o f o u n d l o v e f o r t h e E t h i o -

pians nor becaus e Ethiopia might bring Italy great wea lth. I f

E t h i o p i a h a d r e a l l y b e e n v e r y v a l u a b l e , t h a t c o u n t r y c o u l d h a v e

b e e n , a n d p r o b a b l y w o u l d h a v e b e e n , a n n e x e d t o t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e

l o n g a g o. T h e r e a l r e a s o n f o r B r i t a i n ' s a g i t a t i o n w a s t h e f a c t t h a t

Italy dared chal lenge British power in the Mediterranea n and

e n d a n g e r B r i t i s h c o n t r o l o f t h e v i t a l S u e z C a n a l r e g i o n s .

T h e T r e a t y o f V e r s a i l l e s w a s i n r e a l i t y a n i n s t r u m e n t f o r t h e

p e r m a n e n t e l i m i n a t i o n o f G e r m a n y a s a w o r l d c o m p e t i t o r o f G r e a t

B r i t a i n . For years after its signing the Germany people chafed

u n d e r t h i s y o k e , t o t h e p o i n t w h e r e , d e f e a t e d a n d d i s c o u r a g e d , G e r -

many beca me dangerously close to becoming a communist sovietr e p u b l i c . Gradually German lea dership took hold and pu lled the

p e o p l e o u t o f t h e i r s p i r i t o f d e f e a t i s m a n d , a s t h e p e n d u l u m s w i n g s ,

s o h a s G e r m a n y a g a i n b e c o m e a m e n a c e t o G r e a t B r i t a i n .

T h e g r e a t b e a r o f R u s s i a i s a l s o a d e f i n i t e t h r e a t t o t h e B r i t i s h

Empire, with its communistic paws uncomfortably cl ose to the

Balkan and Suez Canal countries, to India and Burma, anda l r e a d y r e s t i n g h e a v i l y u p o n a l a r g e s e c t i o n o f C h i n a .

T o d a y , d e n u d e d o f a l l p r o p a g a n d a , t h e r e i s o n l y o n e f u n d a m e n t a l

i s s u e b e h i n d a l l t h e c o n f l i c t i n E u r o p e a n d A s i a - t h e s u r v i v a l o f t h e

B r i t i s h E m p i r e . T h a t w a s a l s o t h e r e a l i s s u e o f t h e W o r l d W a r . I t

i s t h e o l d c h a l l e n g e o f N a p o l e o n .

T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t i n t e r n a t i o n a l q u e s t i o n b e f o r e t h e p e o p l e o f

t h i s c o u n t r y a n d o f t h e w o r l d i s w h e t h e r G r e a t B r i t a i n c a n c o n t i n u e

i n d e f i n i t e l y t o d e f e n d h e r s e l f a n d h e r e m p i r e a g a i n s t a l l c o m e r s ,

s i n g l y o r i n c o m b i n a t i o n , a n d p r o v e h e r f i t n e s s t o " h a v e a n d t o h o l d "

her dominant world pos ition . Therein also l ies the k ey to the

problem whe ther America ma y or may not aga in be drawn into aworld war .

263553-19504

CONGRESSIONAL RECORDIt seems to me that the answe r to the above qu estion is di f i -

nite and indisputa ble -Britain cannot win a major war in Europe

a n d A s i a w i t h o u t t h e a c t i v e a s s i s t a n c e o f t h e m o s t p o w e r f u l o f a l l

n a t i o n s , t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . I n t h e i r o w n i n t e r e s t t h e p e o p l e o f t h i s

country will have to make u p their minds, soon and soberly and

without being influenced by undue sentiment, w hether America

s h a l l c o n t i n u e t o g a m b l e w i t h h e r y o u t h a n d h e r t r e a s u r e t o h e l p

d e f e n d t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e i n e v e r y n e w c r i s i s , o r w h e t h e r t h e r e a r e

s a n e r a n d b e t t e r w a y s o f i n s u r i n g t h e p e a c e o f t h e w o r l d .

Today the greates t single mena ce to the pea ce of the UnitedS t a t e s i s t h e s a m e a s i n 1 9 1 4 . It can be summ ed up in one word-propaganda . Even as today, this country was neu tral at thebeginning of the World War and manag ed to stay out of it from1 9 1 4 u n t i l 1 9 1 7 . But during that time the foreign propaganda

m a c h i n e s w e r e w o r k i n g o v e r t i m e t o g e t u s i n v o l v e d i n a w a r t h a t

w a s d e c i d e d l y n o t o f o u r m a k i n g . F i n a l l y , o n A p r i l 6 , 1 9 1 7 , A m e r -

ica decla red war on Germany and so becam e an active ally ofB r i t a i n . In addition to the United States, the other allies

were Belgium, Brazil, China, Cuba, France, Greec e, Guatema la,

H a i t i , H o n d u r a s , I t a l y , J a p a n , N i c a r a g u a , P a n a m a , P o r t u g a l , R u -

mania, Russ ia, Serbia, and Siam . It is true tha t some of the

A l l i e s , l i k e t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , w e r e a c t i v e o n l y d u r i n g p a r t o f

the war period while others were little more than benevol ent

b y s t a n d e r s . But against this powerful comb ination the group

of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulga ria held out

for more than 4 ye ars, from August 1914 until November 1918,

and the German group might have won the war but for thee n t r a n c e o f A m e r i c a i n t o t h e c o n f l i c t .

I n t h e p r e s e n t c r i s i s t h e o n l y a c t i v e a l l i e s o f B r i t a i n a r e , s o

f a r , t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e u n i t s a n d F r a n c e . I f t h e c o n f l i c t s h o u l d

s p r e a d i n t o a n o t h e r w o r l d w a r B r i t a i n c a n n o t a g a i n c o u n t o n h e r

f o r m e r c o m b i n a t i o n o f a l l i e s ; i n f a c t , i t i s m o r e t h a n l i k e l y t h a t

s o m e o f t h e s e c o u n t r i e s w i l l b e l i n e d u p a g a i n s t h e r . T h e r e f o r e ,

t h e m o s t p o w e r f u l a l l y o f a l l , t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , m u s t b e k e p t i n

l i n e b y B r i t a i n a g a i n s t e v e n t u a l i t i e s . That can only be acc om-plished through propaganda . And the British are pa st ma sters

in the art of making gull ible Americans swallow the bait ofpersuasive p ropaganda .

Fe w . A m e r i c a n s r e a l i z e t h e m a g n i t u d e o f B r i t i s h i n f l u e n c e i n t h i s

country. W h e n I w r i t e f r a n k l y o n t h i s s u b j e c t I f u l l y u n d e r s t a n d

that I lay myse lf open to the accusa tion of favoring Britain'senemies . That is not at all the cas e . I am only fol lowing the

single track of be ing pro-American, and I would be grateful to

a n y c r i t i c s i f t h e y w o u l d j o i n m e o n t h a t s t r a i g h t r o a d . I cl e a r l y

s e e t h e m e n a c e o f a l l s u b v e r s i v e m o v e m e n t s , a s w e l l a s t h e g r e a t

n e c e s s i t y o f c o m b a t i n g a l l t h e s e u n - A m e r i c a n a c t i v i t i e s . The point

i s t h a t , i n o u r j u s t i f i e d a g i t a t i o n o v e r c o m m u n i s m , n a z i - i s m , a n d

f a s c i s m , w e a r e o v e r l o o k i n g a n o t h e r s u b v e r s i v e m o v e m e n t t h a t h a s

a c t u a l l y p r o v e n t o b e m o r e d e s t r u c t i v e t o o u r p e a c e a n d w e l f a r e .

I n t h e p a s t i t h a s b e e n l a r g e l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r d r a w i n g t h i s c o u n t r y

into the World War at a cost of thousands of our young men and

b i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s a n d a l o n g p e r i o d o f d e p r e s s i o n . It does not

w o r k o p e n l y a n d i t i s n o t g e n e r a l l y r e c o g n i ze d b y t h e p u b l i c . I t

d o e s n o t y e l l f r o m s o a p b o x e s i n U n i o n S q u a r e , c a l l s t r i k e s , p i c k e t ,

o r h o l d p a ra d e s . I t o p e r a t e s f r o m t h e t o p d o w n a n d s o i t r e a c h e s

i n t o e v e r y s t r a t u m o f A m e r i c a n l i f e . I t i s t h e f a r - r e a c h i n g p o w e r o f

B r i t i s h p r o p a g a n d a t o m a k e t h i s c o u n t r y s u b s e r v i e n t t o t h e i n t e r -

e s t s o f G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e .

T h e s c e n e i s a b a n q u e t h e l d a t t h e H o t e l P l a z a , N e w Y o r k C i t y ,

O c t o b e r 2 5 , 1 9 3 9 . T h i s b a n q u e t w a s g i v e n b y t h e P i l g r i m S o c i e t y o f

A m e r i c a i n h o n o r o f t h e M a r q u e s s o f L o t h i a n , B r i t i s h A m b a s s a d o r

t o t h e U n i te d S t a t e s . I t i s a n o l d c u s t o m o f t h e A m e r i c a n P i l g r i m s

t o e x t e n d t h i s h o n o r t o e v e r y n e w l y a p p o i n t e d B r i t i s h A m b a s s a d o r ,

the sam e as the British Pilgrims invite eve ry new American Am-

b a s s a d o r t o t h e i r m i d s t a t a b a n q u e t i n L o n d o n .

T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l c u r i o u s t h i n g s a b o u t t h e s e P i l g r i m f u n c t i o n s .

I n t h e f i r s t p l a c e t h e r e i s p r e s e n t a t t h e s e d i n n e r s a n a r r a y o f n o t a -

b l e s s u c h a s i t w o u l d b e d i f f i c u l t t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r u n d e r o n e r o o f

f o r a n y o t h e r p u r p o s e a n d b y a n y o t h e r s o c i e t y . The Lothian din-

ner was no exce ption . P r e s i d i n g o v e r t h i s af f a i r w a s D r . N ic h o l as

M u r r a y B u t l e r , p r e s i d e n t o f C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , a n d c h a i r m a n o f

the American Pilgrim Society . Among the guests we re John D .

R o c k e f e l l e r a n d J . P . Morgan, Thomas W . Lamont and other mem-

bers of the Hous e of Morgan, Frank L . P o l k , J e r e m i a h M i l b a n k ,

James W . Gerard (former American amba ssa dor to Germany), theF r e n c h A m b a s s a d o r t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , L t . Ge n . Hugh A . D r u m ,U. S . A . , M a j . Gen . John G . H a r b o r d ( c h a i r m a n o f t h e R a d i o C o r -

p o r a t i o n o f A m e r i c a ) , t h e S e c r e t a r y o f t h e T r e a s u r y , H e n r y M o r -

genthau, and many other leading figures in government, diplo-m a c y , p o l i t i c s , f i n a n c e , b a n k i n g , s h i p p i n g , l a w , i n d u s t r y , i n s u r a n c e ,

and education . These men had come espe cially to honor Lord

Lothian and to hear him spe ak . Before this important audienc eL o r d L o t h i a n ' s s p e e c h c o u l d n o t m e r e l y b e a l i g h t a f t e r - d i n n e r t a l k

o f c l e v e r s t o r i e s a n d w i t t i c i s m s . It was an important spee ch and

a s s u c h i t w a s c a r r i e d b y t h e N e w Y o r k T i m e s a s f r o n t - p a g e n e w s .

A s a h i g h l y e x p e r i e n c e d p u b l i c i s t , L o r d L o t h i a n o p e n e d h i s r e m a r k s

with the naive sta tement that his country has no propaganda inAmerica ; t h a t h e w o u l d m e r e l y e x p l a i n h i s c o u n t r y ' s p o s i t i o n . The" e x p l a n a t i o n o f h i s c o u n t r y ' s p o s i t i o n " d e v e l o p e d i n t o t h e s a m e o l d

t h e m e o f m o s t B r i t i s h s t a t e s m e n , w r i t e r s , l e c t u r e r s , p u b l i c i s t s , a n d

o t h e r t r u m p e t e r s f o r A n g l o - A m e r i c a n u n i t y . It can be summe d up

i n o n e s t e r e o t y p e d f o r m u l a : " For your own good and f or the good

o f t h e w o r l d , t h e s e t w o g r e a t d e m o c r a c i e s , t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e a n d

t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , m u s t s t i c k t o g e t h e r . " W h a t t h i s p l e a t o A m e r i c a




r e a l l y a m o u n t s t o i s t h i s : " W e h a v e t h e l a r g e s t e m p i r e i n t h e w o r l d .

N e v e r m i n d h o w w e g o t i t . T h e t r o u b l e is t h a t w e m a y n ot b e a b l e

t o h a n g o n t o i t m u c h l o n g e r . America is rich and powe rful and

w a n t s n o m o r e a d d i t i o n a l t e r r i t o r y . You should help us out when-

e v e r w e g e t i n t o t r o u b l e s o t h a t w e c a n c o n t i n u e t o e n j o y w h a t w e

have .

L o r d L o t h i a n p r a c t i c a l l y c o n f i r m e d t h a t m e s s a g e w h e n h e w r o t e

i n F o r e i g n A f f a i r s , 1 9 3 6 :

" T h e s i t u a t i o n o f t h e l a s t c e n t u r y c a n n o t b e r e - c r e a t e d b y G r e a t

B r i t a i n a l o n e . She is not strong enough . B u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ,

t h e S o u t h A m e r i c a n r e p u b l i c s , a n d t h e n a t i o n s o f t h e m o d e r n B r i t -

i s h C o m m o n w e a l t h c o u l d t o g e t h e r r e - c r e a t e i t . * * * They al so

a r e b o t h d e m o c r a t i c a n d t e r r i t o r i a l l y s a t i s f i e d * * * "

A n d t h e m o r n i n g a f t e r t h e P i l g r i m d i n n e r a f r o n t - p a g e h e a d l i n e

in the New York Times read : " L o t h i a n a s k s u n i t y i n d e m o c r a t i c

aims . "

There is some thing magnetic a bout the word "democratic . " I t

i s v e r y d e a r t o A m e r i c a n s a n d i t m e a n s m u c h t o t h e m . Once theyeve n went to war * * * "to make the world safe for democ-r a c y . " They may again be fooled by an ap peal to democracy .

K n o w i n g t h i s , i t h a s b e c o m e a v a l u a b l e v e h i c l e f o r f o r e i g n p r o p a -

g a n d i s t s , a n d i t s r e a l m e a n i n g i s l o s t s i g h t o f i n t h e c o n f u s i o n . The

C o m m u n i s t P a r t y o f A m e r i c a , f o r i n s t a n c e , h a s o f f i c i a l l y a d o p t e d

d e m o c r a c y i n i t s c o n s t i t u t i o n , i n i t s l i t e r a t u r e , i n s p e e c h e s , a n d

g e n e r a l l y a s a n a p p e a l i n g p r o p a g a n d a a t t r a c t i o n i n s e l l i n g t h e i r

u n - A m e r i c a n i d e o l o g y t o t h e A m e r i c a n p e o p l e . * * * All dem -

o c r a t i c w o r ke r s m u s t s t i c k t o g e t h e r . I t i s a f a v o r a t e t h e m e w i t h

t h e r a d i c a l l a b o r w i n g .

A n d n o w w e w i t n e s s t h e w e i r d s p e c t a c l e o f t i t l e d B r i t i s h v i s i t o r s ,

f r o m a m b a s s a d o r s t o p l a t f o r m l e c t u r e r s , u s i n g t h e s a m e t a c t i c s i n

s e l l i n g t h e i r s t o r y . * * * We great democracies must stand

t o g e t h e r .

What kind of democracy are we as ked to adopt and to defend?T h e u n - A m e r i c a n b r a n d o f M a r x , o f E n g e l s , o f L e n i n , o f S t a l i n , o f

the Communist International . * * * Or the democracy ofi m p e r i a l i s t i c B r i t a i n , o f I n d i a , o f C e y l o n , o f B u r m a , o r H o n g K o n g ,

of Africa? * * * The democracy of the soap -box orators of

Union Square, or the democracy of the Pilgrim banq uets a t the

bes t hotels of London and New York?

O r s h a l l w e s t a n d b y o u r o w n c o n c e p t i o n o f d e m o c r a cy , s a f e u n d e r

t h e C o n s t i t u t i on a n d t h e B i l l o f R i g h t s , w h i c h s t i l l g i v e u s f a r m o r e

g e n u i n e p e r s o n a l l i b e r t y a n d o p p o r t u n i t y t h a n a n y o t h e r p e o p l e i n

a n y o t h e r c o u n t r y o f t h e w o r l d ? I f s o , l e t u s n o t f o r g e t t h a t t o d a y ,

m o r e t h a n e v e r , t h e p r i c e o f o u r l i b e r t y i s e t e r n a l v i g i l a n c e .

W e m u s t k e e p t h e b r i g h t s p o t l i g h t o f p u b l i c o p i n i o n o n a l l u n -

d e r - c o v e r a n d u n - A m e r i c a n a c t i v i t i e s s o t h a t w e m a y l e a r n t h e t r u t h

a n d a c t a c c o r d i n g l y . A n d w e a r e e n t i t l e d t o k n o w w h a t t h e P i l g r i m

S o c i e t y i s , w h a t i t s t a n d s f o r , a n d w h o t h e s e p o w e r f u l P i l g r i m s a r e

t h a t c a n c a l l o u t t h e g r e a t t o h e a r a B r i t i s h A m b a s s a d o r e x p ou n d t o

A m e r i c a n s t h e v i r t u e s o f a u n i t e d d e m o c r a t i c f r o n t .

T h e P i l g r i m S o c i e t y o r i g i n a t e d i n L o n d o n , J u l y 1 1 , 1 9 0 2 , a s a n

Anglo-American club of imp ortant Englishme n and Americans . AnA m e r i c a n b r a n c h w a s f o r m e d J a n u a r y 1 3 , 1 9 0 3 , a t t h e o l d W a l d o r f -

Astoria Hotel, New York . Both societies are commonly k nown as

T h e P i l g r i m s .

A n e x t r a c t o f t h e P i l g r i m c o n s t i t u t i o n r e a d s :

" T h e o b j e c t o f t h e s o c i e t y s h a l l b e t h e p r o m o t i o n o f t h e s e n t i m e n t

o f b r o t h e r h o o d a m o n g t h e n a t i o n s , a n d e s p e c i a l l y t h e c u l t i v a t i o n

of good f e l l o w s h i p b e t w e e n c i t i z e n s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d i t s

d e p e n d e n c i es a n d s u b j e c t s o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e .

" T h e m e m b e r s s h a l l b e c i t i z e n , o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o r i t s d e -

p e n d e n c i e s o r s u b j e c t s o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e , a n d o t h e r s p r o m i n e n t

f o r t h e i r s y m p a t h y w i t h t h e o b j e c t s o f t h e s o c i e t y , w h o s h a l l b e

e l e c t e d b y t h e e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e , a n d m e m b e r s h i p i n t h e L o n d o n

P i l g r i m s s h a l l i p s o f a c t o c o n s t i t u t e m e m b e r s h i p i n t h e N e w Y o r k

s o c i e t y . a n d v i c e v e r s a , w i t h o u t a d d i t i o n a l d u e s . The membe rship

s h a l l b e l i m i t e d t o 9 0 0 . T h e n u m b e r m a y b e a l t e r e d b y t h e e x e c u t i v e

committee . "

Nothing is more nee ded in the world than a "sentim ent of

brotherhood among the nations." Nowhere is the promotion of

that sentiment more urgently and despe rately need-,d than in

Europe and in Asia . This was so eve n in 1902 . But the group

of em inent men w ho formed the Pilgrim Society in London didnot step a cross the English Channel to hold out the ha nd of

b r o t h e r h o o d t o t h e w e a r y n a t i o n s o f n e a r b y E u r o p e . I n s t e a d t h e y

p r e f e r r e d t o r e a c h o u t a c r o s s t h e A t l a n t i c f o r t h e s p e c i a l p u r p o s e

o f c u l t i v a t i n g " g o o d f e l l o w s h i p " b e t w e e n l e a d i n g B r i t i s h a n d A m e r -

i c an ci t iz e ns . T h i s b e a u t i f u l s e n t i m e n t r o s e t o a c l i m a x i n 1 9 1 7 ,

w h e n t h o u s a n d s o f A m e r i c a n g o o d f e l l o w s c r o s s e d t h e A t l a n t i c t o

f i g h t o t h e r p e o p l e ' s b a t t l e s , a n d w h e n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s T r e a s u r y

o p e n e d w i d e i t s p u r s e t o t h e A l l i e s a n d l e n t t h e m w h a t e v e r t h e y

wanted . Then, indeed, Uncle Sam beca me the g ood knight of theB r i t i s h E m p i r e . But when the ba ttle was over-over there-and

when the same Uncle Sam timidly sugge sted repa yment of some

o f t h e b i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s o f w a r d e b t s , h e w a s i m m e d i a t e l y d u b b e d

" U n c l e S h y l o c k " b y t h e s e s a m e A l l i e s . " Go o d f e l l ow s h i p " i s d i f f ic u l t

t o d e f i n e , l i k e f r i e n d s h i p , b u t w h a t e v e r t h e d e f i n i t i o n i s i t s h o u l d

work both way s .

Who are these good fellows tha t are so deeply interested in

British-American friendship and in "united de mocracy"? Theya r e n o n e o t h e r t h a n t h e 9 0 0 o f B r i t i s h - A m e r i c a n a r i s t o c r a c y . Theyreprese nt, as a body, the m ost powerful combination of men ofwealth a nd influence on both sides of the Atlantic . They, theP i l g r i m s ' m e m b e r s h i p i n A m e r i c a a n d G r e a t B r i t a i n , h a v e i n c l u d e d

a n d s t i l l i n c l u d e m e n i n t h e h i g h e s t p o s i t i o n i n g o v e r n m e n t , i n

2 6 3 5 5 3 - - 1 9 5 0 4

d i p l o m a c y , i n f i n a n c e , i n b a n k i n g , i n e d u c a t i o n , i n t h e c h u r c h , i n

l i t e r a t u r e , i n p u b l i s h i n g , i n c o m m e r c e , i n i n d u s t r y , i n s h i p p i n g ,

a n d i n p r a c t i c a l l y a l l o t h e r i m p o r t a n t f i e l d s o f n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r -

n a t i o n a l a c t i v i t i e s .

T h e p r e s i d e n t o f t h e B r i t i s h P i l g r i m s i s H i s R o y a l H i g h n e s s , t h e

D u k e o f C o n n a u g h t , g r e a t u n c l e o f t h e p r e s e n t K i n g . A s v i c e p r e s i -

d e n t s a r e l i s t e d : T h e M o s t R e v e r e n d H i s G r a c e t h e L o r d A r c h b i s h o p

of Canterbury ; t h e R i g h t H o n o r a b l e V i s c o u n t H a i l e h a m , P . C . ; t h e

Lord Desbrough, K. G. , 0 . C . V. 0 . ; Sir Harry E . B r i t t a i n , K . C .

L . L . B . , O . O . C . T h e m e m b e r s h i p o f t h e B r i t i s h P i l g r i m s r e a d s l i k e

a n i n d e x t o B r i t i s h l e a d e r s h i p .

T h e p r e s i d e n t o f t h e A m e r i c a n s P i l g r i m s i s D r. N i c h o l a s M u r r a y

B u t l e r , p r e s i d e n t o f C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . Dr. Butler has workedlong and faithfully with the British . A United Press dis pa tchf r o m L o n d o n , D e c e m b e r 6 , 1 9 3 9 , s t a t e d : " I n t h e 1 9 4 0 e d i t i o n o f t h e

B r i t i s h W h o ' s W h o , a p p e a r i n g t o d a y , t h e l o n g e s t b i o g r a p h y i s t h a t

o f N i c h o l a s M u r r a y B u t l e r , p r e s i d e n t o f C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , w h o

occupies more than a column and a half of small p rint--the

e q u i v a l e n t o f t h e c o m b i n e d b i o g r a p h i e s o f M u s s o l i n i , H i t l e r , P r i m e

M i n i s t e r C h a m b e r l a i n , a n d P r e s i d e n t R o o s e v e l t . "

V i c e p r e s i d e n t s o f t h e N e w Y o r k P i l g r i m s a r e :

Herbert L . S a t t e r l e e ( b r o t h e r - i n- l a w o f J . P . Morgan), J amesW Gerard, 0 . C . B . (former American Ambas sador to Germany) ,

t h e R i g h t R e v e r e n d J a m e s D e W o l f P e r r y , E l i h u R o o t ( d e c e a s e d ) .

T h e e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e o f t h e N e w Y o r k P i l g r i m s c o n s i s t s o f

Thomas W . Lamont, Frankl in Q. Brown, George W . B u r l e i g h , J o h nH. Finley, Frederic R . Coudert, Edwa rd F. Darrell, Ja mes G

Harbord, K . C . M . G . , D . S . M . , T h e o d o r e H e t z l e r , t h e R i g h t R e v e r e n d

William T. Manning, Gates W . M c G a r r a h , B r y c e M e t c a l f , F r a n k L

Polk, W illiam Shields, Myron C . Taylor, Harry Edwin Ward,

C h a r l e s S . Whitman, Owen D . Young .

As honorary mem bers of the New York Pilgrims are liste dH. R . H . t h e P r i n c e o f W a l e s , K . G . , H . R . H. , t h e Duke o f Yo r k, K . G .

t h e B r i t i s h A m b a s s a d o r t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , H i s M a j e s t y ' s S e c r e t a r y

o f S t a t e f o r F o r e i g n A f f a i r s , t h e S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e o f t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s , t h e B r i t i s h C o n s u l G e n e r a l i n N e w Y o r k C i t y .

A few p rominent Pilgrim members, pa st and present, are listed

below : J . P . M o r g a n , R u s s e l L e f f i n g w e l l , H e n r y P . Davison, John W

Davis, John D . R o c k e f e l l e r , P e r c y R o c k e f e l l e r , O g d e n M i l l s R e i d ,

Henry Morgenthau, Otto Kahn, Robert Fulton Cutting, J ame s B

Clews, John B . Trevor, Will iam Fell owes Morgan, Henry W . Taft,

Adolph Ochs, Ja mes Spey er, Charles H . S a b i n , S i r A s h l e y S p a r k s ,

George F. T r o w b r i d g e , P h i l i p R h i n e l a n d e r , A n d r e w W . M e l l o n , A l b e r t

H . W i g g i n , J. W . H i l l , J o h n F. O'Ryan, Frank L . P o l k , " G e o r g e R

G o e t h a l s , J u l i u s O c h s A d l e r , A l f r e d L . A i k e n , H e r b e r t L . A l d r i c h ,

John Whitney, W . B . W h i t n e y , C o r n e l i u s V a n d e r b i l t , V i n c e n t A s t o r ,

J u l i u s S . B a c h e , R o b e r t L o w B a c o n , A n c e l l H . B a l l , D a v i d H . B i d d l e

Robert W . B i g e l o w , I r v i n g T . Bush, Newcomb Carlton, Josep h HChoate, William M. Chadbourne, Walte r P . Chrysl er, Thomas WLamont . G e o r g e F . Baker, John Bass ett Moore, Dwight W . M o r r o w ,

George W . Wick ersham, John George Milburn, Mortimer L . S c h i f f ,

Paul M . Warburg, Paul Outerbridge, Ivy Lee , Chauncey Depew,Charles M . S c h w a b , F r e d e r i c R . C o u d e r t, M a r s h a l l F i e l d , P a u l D

Crava th, Edward S . Harkness, Oliver Harriman, Edward L . D o d g e ,

Frederick H . Ecker, Harry Harkness Flagle r, George L. Genung,

Walter S . G i f f o r d , C a s s G i l b e r t , E d w i n H . Gould, Duncan Willia m

Frase r, Robert Erskine Ely, Harry Alanz o Cushing, Frederick W

Budd, Henry Holt, J . 0 . White, Henry Johnson Fisher, Edward

H e r r i c k C h i l d s , a n d W i l l i a m P h e l p s E l y .

T h e p r e s e n t m e m b e r s l i p i n t h e A m e r i c a n P i l g r i m s , a n d t h o s e w h o

h a v e p a s s e d a w a y , r e p r e s e n t t h e l e a d e r s h i p o f A m e r i c a i n m a n y i m -

p o r t a n t f i e l d s . We find am ong these a candidate f or President of

t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , a V i c e P r e s i d e n t , S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e , S e c r e t a r y o f

t h e T r e a s u r y , A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l , A m b a s s a d o r s , S o l i c i t o r G e n e r a l ,

Senators, a nd Congressm en ; p r e s i d e n t s o f t h e l a r g e s t b a n k s a n d

f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s ; p r e s i d e n t s a n d d i r e c t o r s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

S t e e l C o r p o r a t i o n , a n d m a n y o t h e r l a r g e i n d u s t r i a l c o r p o r a t i o n s ; o f

the American Telephone & Telegraph Co . ; o f t h e R a d i o C o r p o r a t i o n

o f A m e r i c a ; o f i n s u r a n c e a n d s h i p p i n g c o m p a n i e s . H er e a r e a l s o t o

b e f o u n d t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e l e a d i n g l a w f i r m s s e r v i n g t h e s e b a n k s

a n d i n d u s t r i e s , a s w e l l a s t h e i n t e r p r e t e r s o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l l a w ; e di -

t o r s , p u b l i s h e r s , a n d o w n e r s o f A m e r i c a ' s l e a d i n g n e w s p a p e r s ; e x -

p e r t s i n p u b l i c i t y ; s o c i a l a n d f i n a n c i a l l e a d e r s a n d g e n e r a l l y t h e

g r o u p o f m e n w h o s e i n f l u e n c e i s c a p a b l e o f e x e r t i n g g r e a t p r e s s u r e

on government and public op inion .

A t t h e o u t b r e a k o f t h e p r e s e n t h o s t i l i t i e s i n E u r o p e , P r e s i d e n t

R o o s e v e l t e x p r e s s e d h i m s e l f s t r o n g l y o n t h e n e c e s s i t y f o r m a i n t a i n -

i n g o u r n e u t r a l i t y a n d h e p r o m i s e d t o d o a l l w i t h i n h i s p o w e r t o

k e e p t h i s c o u n t r y o u t o f w a r . T h a t i s a l s o th e g r e a t h o p e a n d d e s i r e

of the American pe ople . The Pilgrims and Dr . B u t l e r d i s a g r e e

w i t h t h s .

At a dinner in New York, at the Biltmore Hotel, February 9,1 9 2 8 , i n c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e t w e n t y - f i f t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e P i l g r i m s ,

Dr. B u t l e r s a i d i n a s p e e c h :

" A m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s t h e G r e a t W a r h a s p r o v e d c o n c l u s i v e l y t h a t

i n a c o n t e s t o f t h o s e c o l o s s a l p r o p o r t i o n s t h e r e w e r e n o n e u t r a l s

* * * if the world should ever again be come engulf ed in an-other titanic struggle there would be and there could be non e u t r a l s . "

A t t h i s p a r t i c u l a r d i n n e r , d u r i n g w h i c h D r . B u t l e r e x p r e s s e d t h e s e

s e n t i m e n t s s o c o n t r a r y t o t h e r e a l h o p e s a n d w i s h e s o f t h e A m e r i -

c a n p e o p l e , t h r e e t e l e g r a m s w e r e r e c e i v e d a n d r e a d t o t h e c e l e b r a t -

i n g A m e r i c a n P i l g r i m s . One came from the King of England, onef r o m t h e u n c l e o f t h e K i n g , a n d o n e f r o m t h e P r i n c e o f W a l e s , t h e

f u t u r e K i n g , n o w t h e D u k e o f W i n d s o r .



The messa ge from King George V was read by Sir Austin Cham-

b e r l a i n :

"The King has pl eas ure in congratula ting the Pilgrims of the

U n i t e d S t a t e s o n t h e o c c a s i o n o f t h e i r t w e n t y - f i f t h a n n i v e r s a r y , a n d

H i s M a j e s t y t a k e s t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y o f c o n v e y i n g t o t h e m h i s g o o d

w i s h e s f o r t h e f u t u r e . "

T h e f u t u r e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e P i l g r i m s , d o e s n o t i n c l u d e n e u t r a l i t y .

T h e m e s s a g e f r o m t h e K i n g ' s u n c l e , t h e D u k e o f C o n n a u g h t , r e a d :

"* * * T h e c a u s e o f p r o m o t i n g c o r d i a l f r i e n d s h i p b e t w e e n o u r

t w o g r e a t c o u n t r i e s i s o n e o n w h i c h t h e f u t u r e h a p p i n e s s o f t h e

world in a great mea sure depe nds . E v e r s i n c e I h a v e b e e n p r e s i -

d e n t o f t h e B r i t i s h P i l g r i m s I h a v e r e a l i z e d t o t h e f u l l t h e s u c c e s s

of the work carried on by the two societie s with this common

o b j e c t i n v i e w . "

Here again we have the same old story, whe ther it comes from

a n u n c l e o f t h e K i n g , f r o m a B r i t i s h A m b a s s a d o r , o r f r o m a p l a t -

form lectu rer * * * friendship * * * two great coun-

t r i e s * * * common obje ct . Here democracy wa s not men-tioned, nor the promotion of brotherhood among the nations .

T h e m e s s a g e f r o m t h e P r i n c e o f W a l e s r e a d :

" A s a P i l g r i m o f n e a r l y 9 y e a r s ' s t a n d i n g , I a m v e r y g l a d t o s e n d

my b rother Pilgrims in New York my warmest congratula tions on

t h e t w e n t y - f i f t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e c l u b ' s i n c e p t i o n i n t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s . There hav e be en many changes in the world during the

p a s t q u a r t e r o f a c e n t u r y b u t t i e s w h i c h u n i t e t h e P i l g r i m s o n e a c h

s i d e o f t h e A t l a n t i c r e m a i n f i r m a s e v e r • * • "

( S i g n e d ) EDWARD .

T h e B r i t i s h r o y a l f a m i l y c e r t a i n l y s h o w e d a n e x t r a o r d i n a r y i n t e r -

est in a group of American citizens dining in New York . Since

t h a t t i m e t r e m e n d o u s c h a n g e s h a v e o c c u r r e d t o E d w a r d p e r s o n a l l y ,

a s w e l l a s t o t h e w o r l d , b u t h e w a s r i g h t i n h i s p r e d i c t i o n t h a t t h e

P i l g r i m t i e s " r e m a i n f i r m a s e v e r .

S i n c e w e a r e d i n i n g s o e x a l t e d l y , l e t u s g o t o L o n d o n a n d l o o k

a t a d i n n e r a t t h e S a v o y H o t e l , A p r i l 1 2 , 1 9 1 7 , o f t h e P i l g r i m s o f

London "on the occas ion of the entry of the United States into

the Great Wa r of Free dom . " The gues t of honor was His Ex-

cell ency, the American Ambas sador, Walter Hines Page .

The spe eches at that dinner gave a cl ear expression of the

"ties that bind" the American Pilgrims to London and confirmed

Dr. B u t l e r ' s c o n v i c t i o n t h a t " t h e r e w e r e n o n e u t r a l s " i n t h e W o r l d

W a r .

Sir Harry E . B r i t t a i n , c h a i r m a n :

" I s h o u l d l i k e t o r e a d t w o c a b l e s w h i c h h a v e a r r i v e d w i t h i n t h e

l a s t - few minutes from New York . The first is from our good

f r i e n d s a n d f e l l o w m e m b e r s , t h e P i l g r i m s o f A m e r i c a , a n d i t r e a d s

a s f o l l o w s :

" A t l a s t t h e U n i o n J a c k a n d t h e S t a r s a n d S t r i p e s a r e n a i l e d t o

t h e s a m e s t a f f n o t t o c o m e d o w n u n t i l t h e j o b i s d o n e . Our boys

in khaki a re anxious to rub shoulders with yours in France and

share your struggle and your triumph in Freedom's ca use . TheP i l g r i m s ' d r e a m o f 1 5 y e a r s a t l e n g t h h a s c o m e t o p a s s . ( S i g n e d )

George T . W i l s o n , c h a i r m a n . " [ L o u d c h e e r s . ]

"The other message is from one who has bee n frequently and

d e s e r v e d l y c a l l e d t h e ' A l l i e s ' b e s t f r i e n d i n A m e r i c a , ' t h a t v e r y

e x c e l l e n t P i l g r i m , J a m e s M . B e c k . H i s c a b l e r e a d s :

" J o y o u s f e l i c i t a t i o n s t o t h e B r i t i s h P i l g r i m s n o w a s s e m b l e d t o

c e l e b r a t e u n i t y i n b l o o d b r o t h e r h o o d o f E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g r a c e s . The

d a y w h i c h P r u s s i a d i d n o t w a n t h a s c o m e , w h e n t h e f l a g s o f G r e a t

B r i t a i n , F r a n c e , a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s f l o a t t o g e t h e r i n d e f e n s e o f

c i v i l i z a t i o n. All hail the greater Entente which ope ns a new a nd

m o r e r e s p l e n d e n t c h a p t e r i n t h e h i s t o r y o f o u r c o m m o n r a c e . T o a l l

w h o w e l c o m e d m e s o k i n d l y l a s t s u m m e r a c o r d i a l g r e e t i n g a t t h i s

great hour . (Signed) James M. Beck . " [Loud and prolonged

c h e e r s .] (James M. B e c k , p r o m i n e n t a t t o r n e y , b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a ;

U n i t e d S t a t e s a t t o r n e y f o r e a s t e r n d i s t r i c t P e n n s y l v a n i a ; A s s i s t a n t

A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 0 3 ; S o l i c i t o r G e n e r a l

o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , 1 9 2 1 - 2 5 ; M e m b e r o f C o n g r e s s , 1 9 3 7 . )

G o o d f e l l o w s , t h e s e A m e r i c a n P i l g r i m s , o r s h a l l w e s a y B r i t i s h

c o l o n i a l s ?

T h e P i l g r i m s ' d r e a m o f 1 5 y e a r s t u r n e d i n t o a n i g h t m a r e f o r o u r

b o y s i n k h a k i , b u t t h e u n i t y i n b l o o d b r o t h e r h o o d i s s t i l l t h e g o a l o f

t h i s o n e - w a y f r i e n d s h i p b e t w e e n B r i t i s h a n d A m e r i c a n a r i s t o c r a c y .

V i s c o u n t B r y c e , f o r m e r B r i t i s h A m b a s s a d o r t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ,

spoke as cha irman of the London Pilgrims . May we ne ver have

s u c h a s p e e c h a g a i n . H e s a i d , i n p a r t :

"Whe n the United States of America, renouncing the isola tion

w h i c h i t h a d c h e r i s h e d s i n c e t h e d a y s o f W a s h i n g t o n , o b e y e d t h e

s u p r e m e c a l l o f d u t y a n d s e t h e r s e l f i n a r m s b e s i d e t h e f r e e n a t i o n s

o f t h e w o r l d i n o r d e r t o s a v e t h e f u t u r e o f h u m a n i t y , s h e t o o k a

s t e p o f f u l l s o l e m n s i g n i f i c a n c e f o r a l l t h e a g e s t o c o m e .

" A n d n o w , g e n t l e m e n , w h a t i s A m e r i c a g o i n g t o d o i n t h i s w a r ?

S h e i s a l r e a d y d o i n g w h a t t h o s e w h o k n o w h e r b e s t e x p e c t e d f r o m

h e r . S h e w a i t e d l o n g e n o u g h t o b e q u i t e s a t i s f i e d t h a t h o n o r a n d

duty calle d her to arms . After long forbearance, when she was

satisf ied that the German Government was resolve d to persevere

w i t h i t s b a r b a r o u s a n d i n s u l t i n g p o l i c y , a n d t h a t t h e w h o l e f e e l i n g

o f t h e N a t i o n h a d b e e n a r o u s e d a n d c o n c e n t r a t e d a s t o b e v i r t u a l l y

unanimous, then America stepped to the front ; then she bared

h e r s t r o n g a r m ; t h e n s h e b e g a n t o t h r o w a l l h e r r e s o u r c e s , a l l h e r

e n e r g y , a l l h e r i n v e n t i v e v e r s a t i l i t y , i n t o t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f e v e r y

p o s s i b l e m e a n s f o r t h e v i g o r o u s p r o s e c u t i o n o f t h e w a r .

"Gentle men, America is in the war now for all s he is worth[hear, hear] and how much that means those be st know who

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she knows what a suc cessful e nd means to the future welf are ofthe world . "

No one knew b etter than Lord Bryce how muc h America wasw o r t h a s a n a l l y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n . W i t h e n o r m o u s B r i t i s h h y p o c r i s y

h e m a d e i t a p p e a r t h a t A m e r i c a b a r e d h e r s t r o n g a r m t o s a v e t h e

f u t u r e o f h u m a n i t y a n d t h e w e l f a r e o f t h e w o r l d , w h e n i n r e a l i t y

A m e r i c a c a m e t o t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f o n l y o n e - q u a r t e r o f t h e w o r l d , t h e

B r i t i s h E m p i r e .

L o r d R o b e r t Ce c i l w a s l e s s d i p l o m a t i c . C o n s i d e r i n g t h a t t h e P i l -

g r i m m e e t i n g s i n L o n d o n h a v e a l m o s t t h e s t a t u s o f o f f i c i a l f u n c t i o n s ,

o w i n g t o t h e i m p o r t a n t a t t e n d a n c e , L o r d C e c i l o v e r s t e p p e d t h e l i m i t s

o f d i p l o m a t i c d e c e n c y w h e n h e s a i d a t t h i s d i n n e r i n h o n o r o f t h e

American Ambas sador :

"May I add one word about the sta ff of the American Embass y?[ H e a r , h e a r . ] Many of us have had pe rsonal rela tions of a very

f r i e n d l y k i n d w i t h s e v e r a l m e m b e r s o f t h a t s t a f f , a n d t h e y h a v e

a l w a y s p r e s e r v e d t h e m o s t a c c u r a t e a n d c o r r e c t n e u t r a l i t y i n t a l k i n g

w i t h u s [ l a u g h t e r ] b u t , s o m e h o w o r a n o t h e r , a f t e r a c o n v e r s a t i o n

w i t h a n y o f t h e m , w e w e n t a w a y f e e l i n g a s o n e d o e s , a f t e r h a v i n g

r e c e i v e d a h e a r t y g r a s p o f t h e h a n d f r o m a f r i e n d a n d a n e a r n e s t

a n d h e a r t f e l t w i s h o f G o d s p e e d t o o u r c a u s e . [ C h e e r s . ]

" W e l l , g e n t l e m e n , n e u t r a l i t y i s n o l o n g e r n e c e s s a r y [ h e a r , h e a r ] ,

a n d w e a l l s a y t h a n k G o d f o r t h a t . " [ H e a r , h e a r . ]

Dr. B u t l e r w as r i g h t ; t h e r e w a s n o n e u t r a l i t y , n o t e v e n i n t h e

American Embassy, be fore this country went into war . It was a

j o k e t o L o r d C e c i l a n d t h e P i l g r i m s .

T h e g u e s t o f h o n o r , W a l t e r H i n e s P a g e , s p o k e b e f o r e t h i s L o n -

d o n g r o u p o f B r i t i s h - A m e r i c a n n o t a b l e s i n h i s c a p a c i t y a s U n i t e d

States Ambass ador to Great Britain, representing the American

Government and the American peop le . H e s a i d , i n p a r t :

" A s f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r a s p e c t s o f t h i s g r e a t s u b j e c t w i t h w h i c h

t h i s c l u b h a s f r o m i t s b e g i n n i n g h a d t o d o - t h e c l o s e r s y m p a t h y o f

the two branches of the great English-speaking peopl es-next to

the removal of the great me nace to free gove rnment, which is

t h e p r i m e p u r p o s e o f t h e w a r , t h i s c l o s e r s y m p a t h y w i l l b e t o u s

the most imp ortant result of the victory . It will be imp ortant

n o t o n l y t o u s o n e a c h s i d e o f t h e A t l a n t i c , b u t a l s o t o a l l o t h e r

f r e e n a t i o n s . "

And then Mr. Page ma de one of the strangest admiss ions thatany diplomat could make under the circumstance s . It is take nf r o m t h e P i l g r i m r e c o r d s a s a r e a l l t h e s e q u o t a t i o n s .

"Seven y ears ago a n admiral of our Navy, Rea r Admiral Sims,

w h o s i t s n o w a t t h i s t a b l e , d e c l a r e d i n t h e G u i l d h a l l t h a t i f e v e r

t h e E n g l i s h r a c e w e r e p r e s s e d h a r d f o r s h i p s , e v e r y s h i p t h a t t h e

United States had would come to the rescue . A great prophet as

well a s a great seaman, he ha s not been rebuk ed for that ont h i s s i d e o f t h e w a t e r . [Cheers . ]

"For my part I am stirred to the depths of my nature by this

A m e r i c a n c o m p a n i o n s h i p i n a r m s w i t h t h e B r i t i s h a n d t h e i r A l l i e s ,

n o t o n l y f o r t h e q u i c k e r e n d i n g o f t h e w a r , b u t , I h o p e , f o r a m o r a l

u n i o n w h i c h w i l l b r i n g a n e w e r a i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s .

"My lords and gentlem en, your generous and great compliment

t o m e b y m a k i n g t h i s l a r g e g a t h e r i n g i n m y h o n o r i s y o u r w a y o f

e x p r e s s i n g a p p r e c i at i o n o f t h e a c t i o n o f t h e G o v e r n m e n t a n d p e o p l e

that I represent a nd of the President at whose high c ommand I

have the honor to be a mong you in these historic and immortaldays. I thank you with deep e motion . "

It would have bee n more app ropriate f or the British to thank

Mr . P a g e , w i t h o r w i t h o u t e m o t i o n , a n d t o s h o w t h e i r a p p r e c i a t i o n

o f A m e r i c a ' s p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e g r e a t w a r o f f r e e d o m i n a m o r e

s u b s t a n t i a l m a n n e r t h a n b y g e t t i n g t o g e t h e r a n i m p o s i n g a r r a y o f

B r i t i s h n o t a b l e s f o r a P i l g r i m d i n n e r . I t i s i n t e r e s ti n g t o n o t e t h a t

among those who a ccep ted the invitation of the Pilgrims so to

honor Mr. Page were none other than Nevil le Chambe rlain andWinston Churchill who a re now leading a nother war of freedom,

while the British Ambassador to Washington is le ading another

c a m p a i g n i n t h i s c o u n t r y f o r u n i t y o f d e m o c r a c i e s .

I n t h e n a t u r e o f t h e i r e x c l u s i v e m e m b e r s h i p a n d a c t i v i t i e s , t h e

Pilgrims may be termed the wholesale age ncy for promoting the

i n t e r e s t s o f B r i t a i n i n t h i s c ou n t r y . I t i s s t r i c t l y a T o r y o r g a n i za -

t i o n . T h e r e t a i l o u t l e t i s t h e m o r e w i d e l y k n o w n E n g l i s h - S p e a k i n g

U n i o n , w h i c h h a s f o r i t s a v o w e d p u r p o s e :

"To draw together in the bond of c omradeship the English-

s p e a k i n g p e o p l e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e b y

( a ) d i s s e m i n a t i n g k n o w l e d g e o f e a c h t o t h e o t h e r a n d ( b ) i n s p i r i n g

r e v e r e n c e f o r t h e i r c o m m o n i n s t i t u t i o n s. "

I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e t h a t t h e E n g l i s h - S p e a k i n g U n i o n o r i g i -

n a t e d i n L o n d o n i n t h e f a t e f u l y e a r o f 1 9 1 7 , w h e n A m e r i c a b a r e d

her strong arm in defense of democracy . L i k e t h e P i l g r i m s , t h e

E n g l i s h - S p e a k i n g U n i o n h a s a B r i t i s h o r g a n i z a t i o n w i t h h e a d q u a r -

t e r s i n L o n d o n a n d a n A m e r i c a n b r a n c h w i t h c e n t r a l o f f i c e s i n N e w

York . T h e p u r p o s e s o f t h e t w o o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e v i r t u a l l y t h e s a m e

a n d t h e r e i s a n i n t e r l o c k i n g d i r e c t o r a t e a n d m e m b e r s h i p .

The patron of the English-Spea king Union (London) is His

M a j e s t y t h e K i n g . T h e h o n o r a r y p r e s i d e n t o f t h e A m e ri c a n E n g l i s h -

S p e a k i n g U n i o n i s t h e p r o m i n e n t P i l g r i m , J o h n W . Da v i s , s u c c e s s o r

t o t h e l a t e W a l t e r H i n e s P a g e a s A m e r i c a ' s w a r t i m e A m b a s s a d o r t o

t h e C o u r t o f S t . J a m e s , P r e s i d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e i n 1 9 2 4 , a n d m e m b e r

of J . P . Morgan & Co . As treasurer of the American English-S p e a k i n g U n i o n i s l i s t e d H a r r y P . D a v i so n , a l s o a M o r g a n p a rt n e r ,

whose fa ther was instrumenta l in having J . P . Morgan & Co . a p -

p o i n t e d e x c l u s i v e p u r c h a s i n g a g e n t s f o r t h e B r i t i s h G o v e r n m e n t i n

America during the World War . A n o t h e r d i r e c t o r o f t h e E n g l i s h -



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Speaking Union is Maj . Gen . James G . H a r b o r d , c h a i r m a n o f t h e

R a d i o C o r p o r a t i o n o f . A m e r i c a , a n d a l s o a m e m b e r o f t h e e x e c u t i v e

c o m m i t t e e o f t h e P i l g r i m s .

A s a v a l u a b l e r e t a i l o u t l e t f o r B r i t i s h p r o p a g a n d a , t h e E n g l i s h -

Speak ing Union of the United States cove rs this country with

branches and corresp ondents in the following cities : B a l t i m o r e ,Md ; Boston, Mass . ; B u f f a l o, N . Y . ; Chautauqua, N . Y . ; C h i c a g o ,

I l l . ; C i n c i nn a t i , O h i o ; C l e v e l a n d , O h i o ; Columbus, Ohio ; Da l l a s ,

Te x . ; D e n v e r , C o l o . ; Des Moines, Iowa ; D e t r o i t , M i c h . ; G r i n n e l l ,

Iowa ; I n d i a n a p o l i s , I n d . ; L a k e P l a c i d , N . Y . ; L i n c o l n , N e b r . ; L o s

A n g e l e s , C a l i f . ; L o u i s v i l l e , K y . ; M i l w a u k e e , W i s . ; New York, N . Y . ;

M i n n e a p o l i s , M i n n . ; N e w O r l e a n s , L a . ; P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . ; P r i n c e t o n ,

N . J . ; P r o v i d e n c e , R . I .; Richmond, Va . ; S t . L o u i s , M o . ; S a l t L a k e

C i t y , U t a h ; S a n D i e g o , C a l i f . ; S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f . ; S a n t a B a r b a r a ,

C a l i f . ; Savannah, Ga . ; S e a t t l e , W a s h . ; Sewanee, Tenn . ; S p o k a n e ,

Wash . ; Tacoma, Wash . ; Was hington, D . C .

T h e E n g l i s h - S p e a k i n g U n i o n s e e k s t o " d r a w t o g e t h e r i n t h e b o n d

o f c o m r a d e s h i p " t h e p e o p l e o f t h i s c o u n t r y a n d t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e .

B u t l e t u s n o t f o r g e t t h a t i n 1 9 1 7 t h e P i l g r i m s s p o k e o f " b l o o d -

brotherhood" a nd "com rades in a rms." And now, when Britain is

a g a i n a t w a r , S i r E v e l y n W r e n c h , C . M. G . , L L . D . , c h a i r m a n o f t h e

English-Speaking Union of London (also a Pilgrim memb er), ad-

d r e s s e s h i s f e l l o w m e m b e r s o f t h e u n i o n i n T h e E n g l i s h - S p e a k i n g

W o r l d , O c t o b e r 1 9 3 9 , w i t h t h e w a r n i n g c a l l :

"The English-Speak ing Union was born 21 years ago during the

G r e a t W a r a n d i t h a s a n e v e n g r e a t e r f u n c t i o n t o p l a y i n t h e p r e s e n t

c r i s i s . We know we c an count on your supp ort . "

T h e f o u n d e r s o f t h e R e p u b l i c s p e a k t o u s t o d a y t h r o u g h t h e i m -

mortal words of George W ashington :

" A g a i n s t t h e w i l e s o f f o r e i g n i n f l u e n c e t h e j e a l o u s y o f

a f r e e p e o p l e o u g h t t o b e c o n s t a n t l y a w a k e , s i n c e e x p e r i e n c e a n d

h i s t o r y p r o v e t h a t f o r e i g n i n f l u e n c e i s o n e o f t h e m o s t b a n e f u l f o e s

o f r e p u b l i c a n g o v e r n m e n t . "

A n d y e t , s u c h a r e t h e t i m e s a n d s u c h a r e t h e f o r c e s a c e n t u r y a n d

a h a l f a f t e r V a l l e y F o r g e t h a t m a n y A m e r i c a n s , i n c l u d i n g m a n y l e a d -

e r s o f A m e r i c a . a r e a d v o c a t i n g p o l i c i es a n d i d e o l o g i e s f o r e i g n a n d

contrary to the very funda menta ls on which this Nation was

founded . There is nee ded a new Declaration of Independence and

a r e d e d i c a t i o n o f t h e p r o v e n p r i n c i p l e s o f o u r f o r m o f g o v e r n m e n t

I n o u r p o s i t i o n a s a r i c h a n d p o w e r f u l n a t i o n w e c a n n o l o n g e r

a v o i d t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f l e a d e r s h i p i n a w i l d e r n e s s o f f o r e i g n c o n -

f l i c t . P r e s i d e n t R o o s e v e l t , i n h i s m e s s a g e t o C o n g r e s s , J a n u a r y 2 ,

1 9 4 0 , s a i d t h a t " i n a l m o s t e v e r y n a t i o n o f t h e w o r l d t o d a y t h e r e i s

a t r u e b e l i e f t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s h a s b e e n , a n d w i l l c o n t i n u e t o

b e , a p o t e n t a n d a c t i v e f a c t o r i n s e e k i n g t h e r e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f

peace . "

I f w e a r e t o a c c e p t a n d t o a c t t h e r o l e o f p e a c e m a k e r , t h e f i r s t

requisite should be to stand be fore the world with clean ha nds

and a cool head, f air and impartial to all, and free from any

t a i n t o f f a v o r i t i s m a n d p r e j u d i c e . Without this we would hold

out false hopes to a war-weary world ; we would not be entitled

to the respect a nd cooperation of the embattled nations ; t h e

s i n c e r i t y o f o u r m o t i v e s w o u l d b e j u s t i f i a b l y q u e s t i o n e d , a n d w e

would fail , to the detriment of all conce rned, inclu ding our-

s e l v e s .

As a "potent and active' factor for world pea ce we cannot int h e m e a n t i m e a c c e p t t h e o n e - s i d e d d o c t r i n e o f " u n i t y b e t w e e n t h e

United States a nd the British Empire" ; we cannot honestly and

d e c e n t l y p o s e a s a n i m p a r t i a l a p o s t l e o f w o r l d p e a c e a n d a t t h e

same time act as the g uardian angel of the British Empire ; we

cannot look fa irly at the world through the meshes of the net-

work of British propaganda ; we ca nnot again allow our states-

m e n , o u r a m b a s s a d o r s , o u r l e a d i n g b a n k e r s , l a w y e r s , i n d u s t r i a l i s t s ,

churchmen, educa tors, and publis hers to sway the se ntiment of

our Government and our people in fa vor of one side, a foreign

s i d e . i n h e r e n t l y a n d b a s i c a l l y n o n - A m e r i c a n .

W e h a v e b e f o r e u s a c o s t l y l e s s o n f r o m t h e p a s t t o t h e p r e s e n t a s

a g u i d e t o t h e f u t u r e . Let us remember 1914, and not forget in

1 9 4 0 t h a t a r i s i n g t i d e o f w a r h y s t e r i a c o m p l e t e l y e n g u l f e d o u r

Governme nt and ou r peopl e . The climax came on April 6, 1917,

w i t h a n A m e r i c a n d e c l a r a t i o n o f w a r , a p p r o v e d b y a n o v e r w h e l m i n g

m a j o r i t y o f a j o i n t s e s s i o n o f C o n g r e s s . Only 56 out of 518 Sena-

t o r s a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s v o t e d a g a i n s t w a r . Of the Members of the

S e n a t e o n l y 6 d a r e d c a s t t h e i r v o t e s a g a i n s t t h e t i d e s o f w a r . Oneo f t h e s e f e w , S e n a t o r R o b e r t L a F o l l e t t e , S r . , a dd r es s ed t h e Pr e s i-

d e n t f r o m t h e f l o o r o f t h e S e n a t e w i t h w o r d s t h a t m i g h t w e l l b e

r e p e a t e d t o d a y :

" T h e r e i s a l w a y s l o d g e d , a n d a l w a y s w i l l b e , t h a n k t h e G o d a b o v e

u s , p o w e r i n t h e p e o p l e s u p r e m e . S o m e t i m e s i t s l e e p s , s o m e t i m e s

i t s e e m s t h e s l e e p o f d e a t h ; b u t , s i r , t h e s o v e r e i g n p o w e r o f t h e

p e o p l e n e v e r d i e s . I t m a y b e s u p p r e s s e d f o r a t i m e , i t m a y b e m i s -

l e d , b e f o o l e d , s i l e n c e d . I think, Mr . P r e s i d e n t , t h a t i t i s b e i n g

d e n i e d e x p r e s s i o n n o w . I t h i n k t h e r e w i l l c o m e a d a y w h e n i t w i l l

h a v e e x p r e s s i o n .

" T h e p o o r , s i r , w h o a r e t h e o n e s c a l l e d u p o n t o r o t i n t h e t r e n c h e s ,

h a v e n o o r g a n i z e d p o w e r , h a v e n o p r e s s t o v o i c e t h e i r w i l l o n t h i s

q u e s t i o n o f p e a c e o r w a r ; b u t o h , M r . P r e s i d e n t , a t s o m e t i m e t h e y

will be hea rd-there will come an awak ening ; t h e y w i l l h a v e t h e i r

d a y a n d t h e y w i l l b e h e a r d . I t w i l l b e a s c e r ta i n a n d a s in e v i ta b l e

a s t h e r e t u r n o f t h e t i d e s , a n d a s r e s i s t l e s s , t o o . "

T o d a y , w i t h a w a r m h e a r t f u l l o f s y m p a t h y f o r a l l t h e s u f f e r i n g

i n t h e w o r l d , w e m u s t f i r m l y m a i n t a i n o u r i n d e p e n d e n c e o f t h o u g h t

a n d a c t i o n , f r e e f r o m a l l f o r e i g n i n f l u e n c e a n d e n t a n g l e m e n t s s o t h a t

we may think and spea k and act as unimpa ired Americans . Only

t h e n c a n w e g i v e t h e b e s t a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n , W h a t i s b e s t f o r

America?

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REMARKSOFHON. J. THORKELSON

OF MONTANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESM o n d a y , A u g u s t 1 9 , 1 9 4 0

Mr. THORKELSON . Mr. Spea ker, under leave to extendmy own remarks in the RECORD, I include a short article

entitled, "Undermining America . "

UNDERMINING AMERICAThe beginning of the undermining of America was brought by

C e c i l R h o d e s , w h o , i n 1 8 7 7 , l e f t m o n e y t o e s t a b l i s h s c h o l a r s h i p s a t

O x f o r d f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f t r a i n i n g d i p l o m a t s t o f o s t e r t h e r e u n i o n

of Britain and America . I n t h e f i r s t d r a f t o f h i s w i l l , w h i c h i s

q u o t e d i n t h e b o o k C e c i l R h o d e s , b y B a s i l W i l l i a m s , o r t h e b o o k

C e c i l R h o d e s , b y S a r a h G e r t r u d e M i l l e n , h e s t a t e d :

" D i r e c t e d t h a t a s e c r e t s o c i e t y s h o u l d b e e n d o w e d w i t h t h e f o l -

l o w i n g o b j e c t s : 'The e xtension of British rule throughout the

w o r l d ; t h e c o l o n i z a t i o n b y B r i t i s h s u b j e ct s o f a l l l a n d s w h e r e t h e

m e a n s o f l i v e l i h o o d a r e a t t a i n a b l e b y e n e r g y , l a b o r , a n d e n t e r -

p r i s e ; a n d e s p e c i a l l y t h e o c c u p a t i o n b y B r i t i s h s e t t l e r s o f t h e e n t i r e

c o n t i n e n t o f A f r i c a , t h e H o l y L a n d , t h e V a l l e y o f t h e E u p h r a t e s ,

t h e I s l a n d s o f C y p r u s a n d C a n d i a , t h e w h o l e o f S o u t h A m e r i c a , t h e

i s l a n d s o f t h e P a c i f i c n o t h e r e t o f o r e p o s s e s s e d b y G r e a t B r i t a i n ,

the whole of the Malay Archipelag o, the se aboard of China andJ a p a n , t h e u l t i m a t e r e c o v e r y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a a s

a n i n t e g r a l p a r t o f t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e , " ' " T h e f o u n d a t i o n o f s o

g r e a t a p o w e r a s t o h e r e a f t e r r e n d e r w a r s i m p o s s i b l e , a n d p r o m o t e

t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s o f h u m a n i t y . "

A new will was made :

" H e s u b s t i t u t e d E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g p e o p l e s f o r a c t u a l B r i t o n s ; h e

c a m e t o r e a l i z e h i s l i m i t a t i o n s a n d r e d u c e d h i s s c h e m e t o a m e r e

b e g i n n i n g o f i t , t h e s c h o l a r s h i p s ; b u t y e t t h e t h o u g h t b e h i n d e a c h

s u c c e s s i v e w i l l r e m a i n e d t h e s a m e - t h e w o r l d f o r E n g l a n d , E n g l a n d

for the world ." See p age 145, Cecil Rhodes, by Sarah Gertrude

M i l l e n

O t h e r q u o t a t i o n s :

P a g e 3 7 7 : " B u t t h e e s s e n ce o f t h e w i l l , a s t h e w o r l d k n o w s , i s t h e

S c h o l a r s h i p F o u n d a t i o n . I n t h e e n d a l l t h a t R h o d e s c a n d o t o w a r d

e x t e n d i n g B r i t i s h r u l e t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d a n d r e s t o r i n g A n g l o -

Saxon unity and founding a g uardian powe r for the whole of

h u m a n i t y i s t o a r r a n g e f o r a n u m b e r o f y o u n g m e n f r o m t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s , t h e B r i t i s h c o l o n i e s , a n d G e r m a n y t o g o t o O x f o r d . * *

T h e r e a r e , a c c o r d i n g l y , r a t h e r m o r e R h o d e s s c h o l a r s f r o m A m e r i c a

t h a n f r o m a l l t h e B r i t i s h D o m i n i o n s p u t t o g e t h e r. "

P a g e 3 7 8 : " I f t h e U n i o n o f S o u t h A f r i c a c o u l d b e m a d e u n d e r t h e

shadow of Tabl e Mountain, why not an Anglo-Saxon Union under

t h e s p i r e s o f O x f o r d ? "

I n 1 8 9 3 A n d r e w C a r n e g i e w r o t e h i s b o o k , T r i u m p h a n t D e m o c r a c y ,

t h e l a s t c h a p t e r o f w h i c h i s " T h e R e u n i o n o f B r i t a i n a n d A m e r i c a .

( T h e 1 9 3 1 e d i t i o n o f t h i s b o o k i s d e v o i d o f t h i s l a s t c h a p t e r . ) Thef o l l o w i n g i s a q u o t a t i o n f r o m t h e o r i g i n a l b o o k :

" R e g a r d i n g t h o s e I s h o u l d l i k e B r i t o n s t o c o n s i d e r w h a t t h e p r o

p o s e d r e u n i o n m e a n s . N o t t h e m o s t s a n g u i n e a d v o c a t e o f " i m p e r i a l

f e d e r a t i o n " d a r e s t o i n t i m a t e t h a t t h e f e d e r a t i o n t h a t h e d r e a m s o f

w o u l d f r e e t h e m a r k e t s o f a l l i t s m e m b e r s t o e a c h o t h e r . This ques

t i o n c a n n o t e v e n b e d i s c u s s e d w h e n i m p e r i a l c o n f e r e n c e s m e e t ; i f i

b e i ntroduced . i t i s j u d i c i o u s l y s h e l v e d . But an Anglo-American re

u n i o n b r i n g s f r e e e n t r y h e r e o f a l l B r i t i s h p r o d u c t i o n s a s a m a t t e r

o f c o u r s e . The richest ma rket in the world is opene d to Britai

f r e e o f a l l d u t y b y a s t r o k e o f t h e p e n . No tax revenue, althoug

u n d e r f r e e t r a d e s u c h t a x e s m i g h t s t i l l e x i s t . What would nott r a d e w i t h t h e R e p u b l i c , d u t y f r e e , m e a n t o t h e l i n e n , w o o l e n , i r o n ,

a n d s t e e l i n d u s t r i e s o f S c o t l a n d , t o t h e t i n - p l a t e m a n u f a c t u r e r s o f

England . I t w o u l d m e a n p r o s p e r i t y t o e v e r y i n d u s t r y i n t h e U n i t e d

Kingdom, and thus in turn would mean renewe d prosperity to the

a g r i c u l t u r al i n t e r e s t s , n o w s o s o r e l y d e p r e s s e d . "

Another quotation :

"In the event of reunion, the American manufa cturers would

s u p p l y t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h e c o u n t r y , b u t t h e g r e a t p o p u l a t i o n s k i r t -

i n g t h e A t l a n t i c s e a b o a r d a n d t h e P a c i f i c c o a s t w o u l d r e c e i v e t h e i r

m a n u f a c t u r e d a r t i c l e s c h i e f l y f r o m G r e a t B r i t a i n . "

A n d s t i l l a n o t h e r q u o t a t i o n :

" T i m e m a y d i s p e l m a n y p l e a s i n g i l l u s i o n s a n d d e s t r o y m a n y n o b l

d r e a m s , b u t i t s h a l l n e v e r s h a k e m y b e l i e f t h a t t h e w o u n d c a u s e d

b y t h e w h o l l y u n l o o k e d - f o r a n d u n d e s i r e d s e p a r a t i o n o f t h e m o t h e

f r o m h e r c h i l d i s n o t t o b l e e d f o r e v e r . L e t m e n s a y w h a t t h e y w i l l

t h e r e f o r e , I s a y , t h a t a s s u r e l y a s t h e s u n i n t h e h e a v e n s o n c e s h o n e

u p o n B r i t a i n a n d A m e r i c a u n i t e d , s o s u r e l y i s i t o n e m o r n i n g t o r i s e ,

s h i n e u p o n , a n d g r e e t a g a i n t h e r e u n i t e d s t a t e , t h e B r i t i s h - A m e r i c a

Union . "

1 9 1 4 : Andrew Carnegie took over the c ontrolling group of the

F e d e r a l C o u n c i l o f C h u r c h e s b y s u b s i d i z i n g w h a t i s k n o w n a s t h e

Church Peace Union with $2,000,000, and the Church Peace Union

o r t h e b o a r d o f t r u s t e e s h a s a l w a y s e x e r c i s e d a d o m i n a t i n g i n f l u e n c e



CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 1 1

I n t h e F e d e r a l C o u n c i l . This endowment has p rovided sufficient

annua l income to run the budget of the Federal Council and its

c o o p e r a t i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s . Among the associate d groups a re the

W o r l d ' s A l l i a n c e o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l F r i e n d s h i p T h r o u g h t h e C h u r c h e s ,

Commission on International Friendship a nd Good Will, National

C o u n c i l f o r P r e v e n t i o n o f W a r , a n d A m e r i c a n C i v i l L i b e r t i e s U n i o n .

( S e e P a s t o r s , P a c i f i s t s , a n d P o l i t i c i a n s . p p . 5 a n d 6 , p u b l i s h e d b y t h e

C o n s t r u c t i v e E d u c a t i o n al P u b l i s h i n g C o . , C h i c a g o . )

1 9 17 - 18 : W i t n e s s e d t h e p r o m i s e o f E n g l a n d t o g i v e P a l e s t i n e t o

t h e Z i o n i s t J e w s , i f t h e y w o u l d t h r o w A m e r i c a i n t o t h e w a r o n h e r

s i d e . T h i s w a s r e p o r t e d i n t h e N e w Y o r k T i m e s M a r c h 8 , 1 9 3 0 , S u n -

d a y e d i t o r i a l . It was this that caus ed Otto Kahn to come to

America and be come a n American citizen . (See New York Sun,

June 19, 1936-Pledged Je ws National Home-p. 1 9 . )

1 9 1 7 : At the annual me eting of the trustees f or the Carnegie

E n d o w m e n t f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l P e a c e , h e l d a t t h e H e a d q u a r t er s B u i l d -

i n g , N o . 2 , J a c k s o n P l a c e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , o n A p r i l 2 0 , 1 9 1 7 , t h e

f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n s w e r e a d o p t e d b y t h e b o a r d :"PEACE THROUGH TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY" R e s o l v e d , That the trustee s of the Carnegie Endowment for

I n t e r n a t i o n a l P e a c e , a s s e m b l e d f o r t h e i r a n n u a l m e e t i n g , d e c l a r e

hereby their belief that the most eff ectual means of promoting

d u r a b l e i n t e r n a t i o n a l p e a c e i s t o p r o s e c u t e t h e w a r a g a i n s t t h e

Imperial Government of Germany to final victory for democracy ,

in accordance with the policy dec lared by the President of the

U n i t e d S t a t e s .

"SERVICES TENDERED TO THE GOVERNMENT

" R e s o l v e d , That the endowment of fers to the Government the

s e r v i c e s o f i t s d i v i s i o n o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l l a w , i t s p e r s o n n e l a n d e q u i p -

m e n t , f o r d e a l i n g w i t h t h e p r e s s u r e o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l b u s i n e s s i n c i -

dent to the wa r . " (See pp . 1 8 1 - 1 8 3 o f t h e C . E . f o r I . P . Y e ar

B o o k , 1 9 1 7 . )

I n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e a d o p t i o n o f t h i s r e s o l u t i o n , t h e f o l l o w i n g

q u o t a t i o n f r o m a l e t t e r w r i t t e n t o H o n . R o b er t L a n s i n g , S e c r e t a r y

o f S t a t e , d a t e d A p r i l 2 1 , 1 9 1 7 , b y t h e s e c r e t a r y o f t h e b o a r d , D r .

Jam es Brown Scott :

" O f c o u r s e , a g e n e r a l o f f e r t o t h e G o v e r n m e n t s h o u l d b e i n t e r -

p r e t e d a s a n o f f e r t o t h e p a r t i c u l a r d e p a r t m e n t o f t h e G o v e r n m e n t

t o w h i c h t h e d i v i s i o n o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l l a w m a y b e o f m o r e a p p r o -

p r i a t e s e r v i c e , a n d , s i n c e t h e n a t u r e o f t h e w o r k o f t h e d i v i s i o n i s

i n l i n e w i t h , a n d m a n y o f i t s o f f i c e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s a r e f o r m e r

o f f i c e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f S t a t e , I f e e l t h a t t h e

s e r v i c e s a n d e q u i p m e n t o f t h e d i v i s i o n s h o u l d b e o f f e r e d t o t h a t

D e p a r t m e n t , w h i c h o f f e r I h e r e b y c o n v e y a s t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f

t h e e n d o w m e n t i n c a r r y i n g o u t t h e a b o v e r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e b o a r d o f

t r u s t e e s . "

In June 1918 : Woodrow Wilson sent two men to England : Mr .

C h a r l e s M o o r e , o f D e t r o i t , M i c h . , an d P ro f . Andrew McLaughlin, of

C h i c a g o U n i v e r s i t y , a n d a n a g r e e m e n t w a s m a d e t o l e a v e t h e c a r r y -

i n g t r a d e o f t h e A t l a n t i c t o G r e a t B r i t a i n , w h i c h w a s e m b o d i e d i n

o u r v e r s i o n o f t h e p e a c e t r e a t y , as written by Col . Edward M .

House, at Beve rly Farms, Mass .

1 9 1 8 : W i t n e s s e d t h e A m e r i c a n H i s t o r i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n , C a r n e g i e

endowed, mee ting in London, and the agreeme nt was made to

r e w r i t e A m e r i c a n h i s t o r y t o p l e a s e E n g l a n d . (See American His-

t o r i c a l Y e a r B o o k , 1 9 1 8 . )

1 9 1 9 : When Lord Northcliffe had compl eted his propag anda or-

g a n i z a t i o n i n t h i s c o u n t r y d u r i n g t h e r e c e n t W o r l d W a r , a n d w a s

returning home it was announced that he wa s lea ving behind him

$ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ( o u r o w n m o n e y , o f c o u r s e ) a n d 1 0 , 0 0 0 t r a i n e d a g e n t s

t o c a r r y o n t h e w o r k . H i s o w n L o n d o n T i m e s i n t h e i s s u e o f J u l y

4 , 1 9 1 9 , r e n d e r e d a c c o u n t o f t h e " e f f i c i e n t p r o p a g a n d a " w h i c h h e

h a d i n a u g u r a t e d h e r e a n d w a s b e i n g c a r r i e d o u t b y t h o s e t r a i n e d

in the arts of creating public g ood will and of swaying pu blico p i n i o n t o w a r d a d e f i n i t e p u r p o s e . ( S e e R e p o r t o n I n v e s t i g a t i o n

o f A m e r i c a n H i s t o r y , C i t y o f N e w Y o r k , M a y 2 5 , 1 9 2 3 . )

Among the methods, sta ted by the London Times, to be then in

o p e r a t i o n o r i n p r o s p e c t i n t h i s c o u n t r y w e r e :

"Efficiently organized propaga nda to mobilize the press, the

c h u r c h , t h e s t a g e , a n d t h e c i n e m a , t o p r e s s i n t o a c t i v e s e r v i c e t h e

w h o l e e d u c a t i o n a l s y s t e m , t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s , p u b l i c a n d h i g h s c h o o l s

a n d p r i m a r y s c h o o l s . H i s t o r i e s a n d t e x t b o o k s o n l i t e r a t u r e s h o u l d

b e r e v i s e d . New books s hould be added, particularly in the pri-m a r y s c h o o l . H u n d r e d s o f e x c h a n g e u n i v e r s i t y s c h o l a r s h i p s s h o u l d

b e p r o v i d e d . L o c a l s o c i e t i e s s h o u l d b e f o r m e d i n e v e r y c e n t e r t o

f o s t e r B r i t i s h - A m e r i c a n g o o d w i l l , i n c l o s e c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h a n

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c o m m i t t e e . " ( S e e R e p o r t o n i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f A m e r -

i c a n H i s t o r y , C i t y o f N e w Y o r k , M a y 2 5 , 1 9 2 3 . )

This same Fourth of July issue of the London Times contained

a signe d article by Owen W ister, American born, in which wes a i d : " A m o v e m e n t t o c o r r e c t t h e s c h o o l b o o k s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

has bee n started and it will go on ." (See p . 62 of Rep ort onI n v e s t i g a t i o n o f A m e r i c a n H i s t o ry , c i t y o f N e w Y o r k , M a y 2 5 , 1 9 2 3

. )

1 9 1 9 : W i t n e s s e d t h e r e w r i t i n g o f A m e r i c a n h i s t o r y t o p l e a s e E n g -

l a n d . P r o t e s t s w e r e m a d e b y t h e S o n s o f t h e A m e r i c a n R e v o l u t i o n

a n d o t h e r p a t r i o t i c s o c i e t i e s . ( S e e R e p o r t o n P r o - B r i t i s h H i s t o r i e s ,

h e l d a t C i t y H a l l , M a y 2 5 , 1 9 2 3 . )

1 9 1 9 : Mr . E d w a r d F i l e n e , o f B o s t o n , a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l i s t , s e t u p

the Twentieth Century Fund, Inc . , a n d b y i n t e r l o c k i n g d i r e c t o r a t e s

h a s c o n t r o l o v e r 1 2 4 t r u s t f u n d s , t o g e t h e r t o t a l i n g n e a r l y a b i l l i o n

d o l l a r s. I n c l u d e d i n t h i s c o n t r o l a r e t h e C a r n e g i e , R o c k e f e l l e r , t h e

D u k e a n d R u s s e l l S a g e F o u n d a t i o n s f r o m w h i c h f u n d s g o s u b s i d i e s

t o s u b v e r s i v e c o m m u n i s t i c , s o c i a l i s t i c . a n d a l l p e a c e m o v e m e n t s, a s h a s l a te l y r et u r n ed f r o m L o n d on , h a s g i v e n b i r t h t o t h is p l an , a n d

w e l l a s t h e c o o p e r a t i v e m o v e m e n t s . A m o n g a c t i v i t i e s o f T w e n t i e t h I h i s b r a i n c h i l d h a s b e c o m e t h e a d o p t e d c h i l d o f t h e A , A . A . o f t h e

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Century Fund, Inc . , a r e t h e f o l l o w i n g : N. R . A . , S . E . C . , W a g n e r

L a b o r A c t , I n t e r n a t i o n a l L a b o r O f f i c e ( a f f i l i a t e d w i t h L e a g u e o f

N a t i o n s ) F o r e i g n P o l i c y A s s o c i a t i o n , c r e d i t u n i o n s , c o o p e r a t i v e s ,

League of Women Voters . ( S e e R e d N e t w o r k , p u b l i s h e d b y E l i z a -

b e t h D i l l i n g , 5 3 W e s t J a c k s o n B o u l e v a rd , C h i c a g o , I l l . , f o r c o m -

m u n i s t i c a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e s e g r o u p s . A l s o s e e Y e a r B o o k s a n d A m e r i -

c a n F o u n d a t i o n s a n d T h e i r F i e l d s , p u b l i s h e d b y T w e n t i e t h C e n t u r y

Fund, Inc . , 3 3 0 W e s t F o r t y - s e c o n d S t r e e t , N e w Y o r k . )

1 9 2 0 : From the Carnegie Endowment for International Pea ce,

Year Book, 1920-Division of International Law-report of thed i r e c t o r , J a m e s B r o w n S c o t t , p a g e 1 1 1 .

THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

" T h e d i r e c t o r b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e r o a d t o p r o g r e s s r u n s f r o m t h e

Hague Conferences to a distant and e ver receding horizon . Heb e l i e v e s t h a t n a t i o n s a r e o n l y w i l l i n g t o t r y o n a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l

s c a l e t h o s e t h i n g s w h i c h h a v e b e e n t r i e d w i t h i n n a t i o n a l l i n e s a n d

which have be en successful . H e b e l i e v e s i n a n i n f i n i t e s e r i e s o f

l i t t l e s t e p s , n o t i n a n y o n e l e a p , h o w e v e r a t t r a c t i v e t h e p r o s p e c t

may be . "

"During the Conference of Paris, the director daily pa sse d

t h r o u g h t h e P l a c e d e l a C o n c o r d e i n g o i n g t o a n d f r o m t h e H o t e l

de Crillon to the Quai d'Orsay. He has of ten stood b efore the

o b e l i s k m a r k i n g t h e s i t e w h e r e t h e h e a d o f L o u i s X V I f e l l , a n d w i t h

i t t h e o l d r e g i m e . The me n of that day dreamed of a newer andb e t t e r f u t u r e . All that has been w as wrong and the wrong mustbe righted . They a bolished the old calendar based upon theb i r t h o f t h e M a n o f N a z a r e t h , a n d b r u s h i n g i t a s i d e , t h e y b e g a n

their new era with the yea r 1. B u t i t a l l e n d e d w i t h t h e f i n a l

e n t r y o f L o u i s X V I I I , t h e b r o t h e r o f L o u i s X V I , i n t o t h e T u i l e r i e s

i n t h e y e a r o f O u r L o r d 1 8 1 5 .

"The statesm en of the future, if not of the prese nt day, are

b o u n d t o r e c u r t o t h e p a s t , a n d i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i on , t h e

past is, in the opinion of the director, the Hague PeaceC o n f e r e n c e s

. "

RECOMMENDATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION(Quotations from p . 1 1 0 , Y e a r B o o k 1 9 2 0 )

"It is not necessa ry for a workable program of international

organiza tion that the world should be f ederated; i t i s , h o w e v e r ,

e s s e n t i a l t h a t t h e n a t i o n s o f t h e c i v i l i z e d w o r l d s h o u l d c o o p e r a t e . "

1 9 2 1 - 2 5: W i t n e s s e d t h e b a t t l e f o r t h e s u p p r e s s i o n o f t h e S t a r -

Spangled Banner and the des ire to repla ce it with America theB e a u t i f u l . Nine ye ars were consumed in getting the bill out oft h e p i g e o n h o l e o f t h e j u d i c i a r y , l e g a l i z i n g t h e n a t i o n a l a n t h e m

a g a i n s t s u c h a t t a c k s . I n s p i t e o f t h i s , t h e o f f i c i a l n a t i o n a l a n -

t h e m i s r a r e l y h e a r d .

Mrs . Augusta Stetson put p aid advertisements in newspape rs

around the country, including the New York Times ( August 5,

1925), and admitted under oath when subp enae d to city hall,

M a r c h 5 , 1 9 2 4 , f o r a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n t h a t s h e h a d s p e n t $ 1 6 9 , 0 0 0

in one fund and $17, 000 in another to destroy and dele te the

Star-Spangled Banner because it was not pleasing to England.

F r a n k l i n F o r d , h e r s e c r e t a r y , i n 1 9 3 1 , a d m i t t e d a t h i s o f f i c e t h a t

he was financed by the English-Speaking Union and the BritishCommonwea lth Club, Inc . (Refer to hearing before Deputy Com-m i s s i o n e r L o w d e n , M a r c h 5 , 1 9 2 4 , N e w Y o r k C i t y . )

1 9 2 5 : A M a r c h i s s u e o f S a t u r d a y E v e n i n g P o s t c a r r i e s a n a r t i c l e

by Owen D . Young, the originator of the Young pla n bonds forthe reparation of Germany, in which he state d that American

labor would have to be reduce d to the status of European lab or .

1 9 2 9 : Witnesse d the visit of Ramsay MacDonald with Hoover onthe Rapida n . ( S e e W o r l d - T e l e g r a m , O c t o b e r 1 0 , 1 9 2 9 . ) " T h e r e s u l t

of those representations, both Wa shington and London will hold

t o b e o f v i t a l s i g n i f i c a n c e t o t h e f u t u r e o f o r g a n i z e d s o c i e t y "

See als o New York Times, October 10, 1929, Ramsay MacDonalds a i d : " I h a v e a c h i e v e d m o r e t h a n I h o p e d . "

1 9 2 9 : W i t n e s s e d t h e s t o c k - m a r k e t c r a s h . See National Messag e .

o f f i c i a l o r g a n B r i t i s h - I s r a e l W o r l d F e d e r a t i o n , N e w Y o r k P u b l i c

L i b r a r y , O c t o b e r 1 2 , 1 9 3 5 , p a g e 6 7 9 :

" I t w a s t o l d t o m e b y a h e a v y w e i g h t A m e r i c a n f i n a n c i e r b e f o r e

t h e c r a s h c a m e t h a t t h e c r a s h w a s c o m i n g , t h a t i t w o u l d b e p e r -

mitted to run to the danger point, and that when the danger

p o i n t w a s p a s s e d i t w o u l d b e r e v e r s e d b y m e a s u r e s c a r e f u l l y p r e -

pared in advance to mee t the situation . I careful ly noted whath e s a i d a n d l e f t i t f o r e v e n t s t o p r o v e t h e v a l u e o f h i s s t a t e m e n t . "

1 9 3 4 : John L . L e w i s , o r g a n i z e r o f t h e C o m m i t t e e f o r I n d u s t r i a l

O r g a n i z a t i o n , a t t e n d e d t h e J u n e c o n f e r e n c e o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Labor Organization . ( S e e N e w Y o r k T i m e s , O c t o b e r 1 1 , 1 9 3 4 . )

1 9 3 5 : S e e CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, A u g u s t 2 6 , p a g e 1 5 0 5 1 , M r . H u e y

Long : "A newspap erman whom I know to be reliable tel ephonedm e t o n i g h t a n d s a i d : ' I h a v e f o u n d o u t f o r y o u t h a t t h e S e c r e t a r y

o f t h e T r e a s u r y , M r . M o r g e n t h a u , h a s g i v e n o u t a s t a t e m e n t i n c o n -

fidence * * * that this 9-cent pla n was devised by Mr. O s c a r

J o h n s o n , o f M i s s i s s i p p i . ' I s a i d , ' I f i t i s t h e O s c a r J o h n s o n , o f

M i s s i s s i p p i , t h a t I k n o w a b o u t , h e w a s t h e m a n a g e r o f a c h a i n o f

B r i t i s h p l a n t a t i o n s .' The newspaperman said, 'That is the same

m a n .' I knew this idea cou ld not have be en give n birth in theb r a i n o f a n A m e r i c a n c o t t o n o w n e r n o r a n A m e r i c a n c o t t o n p l a n t e r ,

nor any American who understood the situation . I knew that the

i d e a h a d f o r e i g n p a r e n t a g e ; a n d , l o a n d b e h o l d , t h e g e n t l e m a n w h o

was f ormerly a ma nager of a numbe r of British plantations and



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good o l d United S t a t e s . • • * And he thought the cotton

f a r m e r w a s d o i n g w e l l i f h e m a d e $ 1 0 0 a y e a r . "

1 9 3 5 : Septem ber 25, New York Sun, Food From Overse as :

" T w e n t y - t w o m i l l i o n p o u n d s o f b u t t e r c a m e i n t o t h i s c o u n t r y f r o m

f o r e i g n c o u n t r i e s . I n t h e f i r s t 8 m o n t h s o f 1 9 3 4 i m p o r t e d o a t s , f o r

e x a m p l e , t o t a l e d s c a r c e l y 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 b u s h e l s , b u t t h i s y e a r i n t h e s a m e

p e r i o d i m p o r t s e x c e e d e d 1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 b u s h e l s . Imports of corn in

t h e s a m e p e r i o d o f t h i s y e a r e x c e e d e d 3 1 , 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 b u s h e l s c o m p a r e d

w i t h 3 7 1 , 7 0 0 i n 1 9 3 4 . American whe at ex ports dropped from 16,-

6 0 0 , 0 0 0 b u s h e l s i n t h e f i r s t 8 m o n t h s o f 1 9 3 4 t o 1 4 2 , 0 0 0 i n 1 9 3 5 . "

(While c rops in this country were be ing burned and ploughed

under. )

1 9 3 5 : W i t n e s s e d a s e c r e t n a t i o n a l p e a c e c o n f e r e n c e f i n a n c e d b y a

grant from the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, see New York

A m e r i c a n , D e c e m b e r 1 9 , 1 9 3 5 : " M e e t i n g b e h i n d c l o s e d d o o r s a t t h e

W e s t c h e s t e r C o u n t r y C l u b a t H a r r i s o n , N . Y . , t h e c o n f e r e n c e , c o m -

p o s e d o f 2 9 o r g a n i z a t i o n s , a d o p t e d t h e f o l l o w i n g s i x - p o i n t p r o g r a m :

1. A Nation-wide radio cam paig n to commit the 'United States

t o a p o l i c y o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l i s m .

2 . C r i p p l i n g o f t h e A r m y a n d N a v y b i l l i o n - d o l l a r a p p r o p r i a t i o n

b i l l b y a t t a c h i n g a b i l l i o n - d o l l a r h o u s i n g p r o j e c t c l a u s e a s a r i d e r .

8 . A b o l i t i o n o f t h e A r m y a n d N a v y s e d i t i o n b i l l , w hic h w ou ld

p u n i s h a n y o n e a t t e m p t i n g t o i n c i t e e n l i s t e d m e n t o i n s u b o r d i n a t i o n

or mutiny .

4 . A b o l i t i o n o f t h e R . O . T . C . I n c o l l e g e s .

5 . A v i g o r o u s c a m p a i g n a g a i n s t t h o s e w h o o p p o s e t h i s c o u n t r y ' s

entrance into the Leagu e of Nations and to p revent the United

S t a t e s f r o m o b s t r u c t i n g t h e L e a g u e i n a p p l y i n g s a n c t i o n s .

6 . A d o p t i o n o f t h e d r a s t i c n e u t r a l i t y b i l l .

A n d r e w C a r n e g i e l e f t h u n d r e d s o f m i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s t o c a r r y

o u t h i s p l a n .

1 9 3 5 - 3 6 : American Associa tion for Adult Education, 60 East

F o r t y - s e c o n d S t r e e t , N e w Y o r k C i t y , C a r n e g i e e n d o w e d , l i s t s t h e

f o l l o w i n g a c t i v i t i e s t h a t a r e f i n a n c e d b y t h e C a r n e g i e C o r p o r a t i o n ,

a n d t h e R o c k e f e l l e r G e n e r a l E d u c a t i o n B o a r d : Forum Experimenta-

t i o n ( p u b l i c f o r u m s ) , F e d e r a l E m e r g e n c y P r o g r a m ( c o o p e r a t e s w i t h

U . S . O f f i c e o f E d u c a t i o n ) , C . C . C . camps, community organiza-

t i o n , w o r k e r s ' e d u c a t i o n , i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s , c o m m o n w e a l t h

c o l l e g e. (See p . 5701, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, A p r i l 1 4 , 1 9 3 6 , a l s o

s e e A n n u a l R e p o r t o f t h e D i r e c t o r s , a b o v e a d d r e s s ) .

1 9 3 6 : Witnesses Nicholas Murray Butler sailing on the Que en

Mary J u n e 5 , f o r t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t C a r n e g i e E n d o w m e n t f o r P e a c e

C o n f e r e n c e i n L o n d o n , E n g l a n d , t h a t h a s e v e r b e e n h e l d . I t i s a t

t h i s m e e t i n g t h a t t h e q u e s t i o n o f g o l d b e i n g u s e d o n a n i n t e r n a -

t i o n a l b a s i s i s t o b e d i s c u s s e d .

1936-Herald Tribune, J une 19, 1936, page 22 : "Supply HeldAdequate f or World Gold Basis ." There eve n may be too much,Brookings Institution sa ys . Brookings Institution (Carnegie -

endowed) study of the adequacy of the gold supply, written by

Dr. C h a r l e s O ' H a r d y , h e l d t h a t n o e x i s t i n g o r p r o s p e c t i v e d e f i -

c i e n c y i n t h e w o r l d g o l d s u p p l y s t o o d i n t h e w a y o f r e s t o r a t i o n

of an international gold standard, whenev er such a step wa s

considered a dvantageous . * * * Two officia ls of the Federal

Reserve System : Dr. E. A. Goldenweiser, chief economist, andAdolph C . M i l l e r , f o r m e r g o v e r n o r a n d s p e c i a l m e m b e r , r e c e n t l y

m a d e s p e e c h e s h e r a l d i n g r e t u r n t o t h e g o l d s t a n d a r d i n m o d i f i e d

form. Henry Mongenthau, J r . , S e c r e t a r y o f t h e T r e a s u r y , h a s s a i d

that the United States will cooperate in such a movement a s

s o o n a s t h e r e s t o f t h e w o r l d i s r e a d y .NOTE : What gua ranty have the peopl e of the United States

that the currency which they woul d hold would be redeema ble

i n g o l d ?

1 9 3 6 : Witnesse s the United States Government largely influ-

e n c e d o r c o n t r o l l e d b y o r g a n i z e d f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t s c o o p e r a t i n g

with or under the control of the 20th Centu ry Fund, Inc . , o r

A m e r i c a n F o u n d a t i o n s a n d t h e i r F i e l d s . S o m e o f t h e s e w i t h t h e i r

o f f i c e r s a n d t r u s t e e s a r e l i s t e d h e r e i n :

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

Carnegie Corporation, New York, Andrew Carnegie , donor ; E l i h u

Root, Robertson D . Ward, Fred P. Keppel, Robert M. L e s t e r , J o h nM. R u s s e l , S a m u e l S . H a l l , J r . , B a r e n t L e f f e r t s , E r n e s t A . F a r i n -

tosh, Thomas S . Arbuthnot, Newton D . Bake r, Nicholas MurrayButler, Samu el Harden Church, Lotus D . Coffman, Henry James,

Walter A . J e s s u p , N i c h o l a s K e l l e y , R u s s e l l L e i f i n g w e l l , J o h n C .

Merriam , Margaret Carneg ie Mille r, Fred Osborn, Arthur W . P a g e .

Carnegie Corporation, Was hington, D . C . , : John C . M e r r i a m ,

Elihu Root, Henry S . P r i t c h e t t , F r e d A . Delano, Thomas Barbour,W. W . Campbel l, Homer L. Ferguson, W. Cameron Forbes, Wal terS. G i f f o r d , Fr e d H . G i l l e t t , H e r b e r t H o o v e r , F r a n k B . J e w e t t , A l f r e d

L . Locmis, Andrew W . M e l l o n , R o s w e l l M i l l e r , A n d r e w J . Monta-gue, Stewart Paton, John J . Pershing, W illia m Benson Storey,

Richard P. Strong, Ja mes W . Wads worth, Fred C. W a l c o t t , G e o r g eW. W i c k e r s o n .

Church Pea ce Union : D o n o r : A n d r e w C a r n e g i e , W i l l i a m P . M e r r i l l ,

George A . Plimpton, Henry A . A t k i n s o n , L i n l e y V . G o r d o n , G . S .

B a r k e r , R e v . Arthur Judson Brown, Bishop Ja mes Cannon, Jr ., Rev .

F r a n c i s J . H a a s , Re v . F r a n k O l i v e r H a l l , P r o f . H a m i l t o n H o l t , H o n .

Morton D . H u l l , P r o f . W i l l i a m I . H u l l , Re v . C h a r l e s E . J e f f e r s o n , Dr .

J a m e s R . J o y , R e v . M i l e s H . Krumbine, Dr . Henry Goddard Lea ch,

Bishop Francis J . McConnell, Rev . C h a r l e s S . MacFarland, Rab biL o u i s L . M a n n , D e a n S h a i l e r M a t h e w s , R e v . W i l l i a m P i e r s o n M e r r i l l ,

Ho n . H e n r y M o r g e n t h a u , D r . J o h n R . M o t t , R e v . R o ge r T . N o o e , R e v .

Howard C. Robbins, Monsignor John A . Ryan, Rt . R e v . Henry K .

S h e r r i l l , D r . Robert E . S p e e r , C h a r l e s P . T a f t I I , R e v . C h a r l e s D .

T r e x l e r , D r . J a m e s J . W a l s h .

C a r n e g i e E n d o w m e n t f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l P e a c e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . :

Nicholas Murray Butler, Andrew J . Montague , Ja mes Brown Scott,

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George A . F i n c h , F r e d e r i c A . D e l a n o ( u n c l e o f F. D . R . ) , Charles S .

Hamlin, Wallace McK . A l e x a n d e r , D a v i d P . B a r r o w s , W i l l i a m M a r -

s h a l l B u l l i t t , D a n i e l K . Catlin, John W . Davis, Norman H. Da v i s ,

Autsen 0 . F o x , Ro b e r t A . F r a n k s , F r a n c i s P e n d l e t o n G a i n e s , C h a r l e s

Hamlin, Howard Heinz, Alanson B . Houghton, Frank O . L o w d e n ,

Peter Molyneaux, Roland S . M o r r i s , H e n r y S . P r i t c he t t , E l ih u R o o t ,

Edward L . R y e r s o n , J a m e s R . S h e f f i e l d , M a u r i c e S . S h e r m a n , J a m e s T .

S h o t w e l l , S i l a s H . S t r a w n , R o b e r t A . T a f t , T h o m a s J . W a t s o n .

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancem ent of Teaching, New

York City : W a l t e r A . J o s s u p , H en r y S . P r i t ch e t t , R ob e r t A . F r a n k s ,

Howard J . S a v a g e , W i l l i a m S . L e a r n e d , A l f r e d Z . Reed, Samuel S .

H a l l , J r ., Raymond L . M a t t o c k s , W a l t e r C . Murray, Thomas W il-

liam Lam ont, Fred . C a r l o s F e r r y , F r a n k A y d e l o t t e , W i l l i a m L o w e

Bryan, Nichola s M . Butler, Lotus Dolts Coffman, J ame s Bryant

C o n a n t , G e o r g e H u t c h e s o n D e n n y , A l b e r t B l e d s o e D i n w i d d i e , E d w a r d

C h a r l e s E l l i o t t , L i v i n g s t o n F a r r a n d , F r a n k P o r t e r G r a h a m , A l b e r t

R o s s H l l l , J a m e s H a m p t o n K i r k l a n d , E r n e s t H i r a m L i n d l e y , W i l l i a m

Allan Neilson, George Norlin, Jos iah Harmar Pennima n, Rush

Rhees, Kenneth Charles Morton Sills, Frank Arthur Vanderlip,

Henry Merritt Wriston .

General Educa tion Board, New York City : Donor : John D .

Rockefeller, Raymond B . F o s d i c k , T r e v o r A r n e t t , D a v i d H . S t e v e n s ,Wm. W . B r i e r l y , L e f f e r t s M . D a s h i e l l , E d w a r d R o b i n s o n , G e o r g e A .

Beal, Arthur G . Askey, Ja mes R . A n g e l l , T r e v o r A r n e t t , H a r r y W .

Chase, Je rome D . Greene, Ernest M. Hopkins, Max Mason, Edwin

Mims, John D . R o c k e f e l l e r , J r ., John D . R o c k e f e l l e r , 3 d , W a l t e rW. S t e w a r t , H a r o l d H . Swift, Ray Lyma n Wilbu r, Arthur Woods,

Owen D . Young .

Twentieth Century Fund, New York City : Donor : Edward A.

Filene, Evans Clark, Edward A. Filene, Oswald W . Knau th, New -

ton D . B a k e r , A . A . B e r l e, J r . , B r u c e B l i v e n , H e n r y D e n n i s o n , J o h nH. F a h ey , M o r r is E . L e e d s , J a m e s G . McDonald, Roscoe Pound .

Religious Education Foundation, New York City : O . H . C h e n e y ,

Hugh S . M a g i l l , R u s s e l l C o l g a t e , P a u l D . Eddy, Newton D . B a ke r ,

S. B . C h a p i n , R o b e r t G a r r e t t , J a m e s C . P e n n e y , C h a r l e s H

. T u t t l e ,

Thomas J . Watson .

Spelma n Fund of New York : Donor : L a u r a S . R o c k e f e l l e r , A r t h u r

Woods, Guy Moffett, L . M. Dashiell, Edward Robinson, Kenneth

Chorley, Clev eland Dodge, Raymond B . Fosdick, Thomas W . L a -

mont, John D . R o c k e f e l l e r 3 d , B e a r d s l e y R u m l .

Textile Foundation, Washington, D. C . : Frankl in W . Hobbs,

Stua rt W . Cramer, Frank D. Cheney, Daniel C. Roper, Henry A .

Wallace .

(The above-me ntioned organizations and the men connected

with them are from American Foundations a nd Their Fields , pub -

lished by the Twentieth Century Fund, Inc . , 3 3 0 W e s t 4 2 d S t r e e t ,

New York City . )

The Carnegie Fund joined with the (Rock efe ller Fund) General

Education Board because they found themselves doing the sa mework . Above q uotation from the Carnegie Endowment for Inter-

n a t i o n a l P e a c e Y e a r B o o k , 1 9 3 4 .

The Carnegie, Rockefel ler, and Twentieth Century Funds have

t h r o u g h s u b s i d i e s c o n t r o l o v e r o u r p r e s s , c h u r c h e s , s c h o o l s , t h e

s t a g e , c i n e m a , c o l l e g e s , a n d o u r G o v e r n m e n t , a n d A m e r i c a h a s n o t

h a d a P r e s i d e n t e n t i r e l y f r e e f r o m t h i s c o n t r o l , p a r t i c u l a r l y s i n c e

the war .

1 776 : Hark ye to the warnings of the m en of the " horse a nd

b u g g y d a y s " !

In his Farewell Address, George Was hington beque athed to the

American people, as he sa id the "counsels of an old and affec-

t i o n a t e f r i e n d ." And he did so in the hope that his a dvice anda d m o n i t i o n w o u l d , i n t h e y e a r s t o c o m e , s e r v e t h e f o l l o w i n g u s e f u l

purpose :

1 . " M o d e r a t e t h e f u r y o f p a r t y s p i r i t . "

2 . " W a r n a g a i n s t t h e m i s c h i e f s o f f o r e i g n i n t r i g u e . " ( T h i s i n -

c l u d e s B r i t a i n . )

3 . " G u a r d a g a i n s t t h e i m p o s t u r e s o f p r e t e n d e d p a t r i o t i s m . "

G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n a l s o s a i d :

" I n e v e r h a v e h e a r d , a n d I h o p e I n e v e r s h a l l h e a r , a n y s e r i o u s

m e n t i o n o f a p a p e r e m i s s i o n i n t h i s S t a t e ; y e t s u c h a t h i n g m a y b e

i n a g i t a t i o n . Ignorance a nd design are productive of much mis-

c h i e f . T h e f o r m e r ( i g n o r a n c e ) i s t h e t o o l o f t h e l a t t e r ( d e s i g n ) ,

and is often set at work suddenly and unexp ectedly . "

D a n i e l W e b s t e r w a r n e d y o u , i n 1 8 3 2 , w h i l e i n C o n g r e s s :

" O f a l l t h e c o n t r i v a n c e s f o r c h e a t i n g t h e l a b o r i n g c l a s s e s o f m a n -

k i n d , n o n e h a v e b e e n m o r e e f f e c t u a l t h a n t h a t which deludes them

with paper money . T h i s i s t h e m o s t e f f e c t u a l o f i n v e n t i o n s t o f e r -

t i l i z e t h e r i c h m a n ' s f i e l d b y t h e s w e a t o f t h e p o o r m a n ' s b r o w . Ordi-

n a r y t y r a n n y , o p p r e s s i o n , e x c e s s i v e t a x a t i o n - t h e s e b e a r l i g h t l y o n

t h e h a p p i n e s s o f t h e m a s s o f t h e c o m m u n i t y , c o m p a r ed w i t h f r a u d u -

l e n t c u r r e n c i e s a n d t h e r o b b e r i e s c o m m i t t e d b y d e p r e c i a t e d p a p e r .

O u r o w n h i s t o r y h a s r e c o r d e d f o r o u r i n s t r u c t i o n e n o u g h , a n d m o r e

t h a n e n o u g h , o f t h e d e m o r a l i z i n g t e n d e n c y , t h e i n j u s t i c e , a n d t h e

i n t o l e r a b l e o p p r e s s i o n , o n t h e v i r t u o u s a n d w e l l d i s p o s e d , o f a d e -

g r a d e d p a p e r c u r r e n c y , a u t h o r i z e d b y l a w , o r i n a n y w a y c o u n t e -

nanced by government . " ( S e e CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Janua ry 24 .

1 9 3 4 . Speech by Hon . L o ui s T . M c F a d d e n , o f P e n n s y l v a n i a . )

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , Wa shington, D . C . ,

New York, N . Y ., trustees : Arthur A. B a l l a n t i n e , N e w Y o r k ; D a v i d

P . B a r r o w s , C a l i f o r n i a ; J a m e s F . B e l l , M i n n e s o t a ; Willia m Mar-s h a l l B u l l i t t , K e n t u c k y ; N i c h o l a s M u r r a y B u t l e r , N e w Y o r k ; D a n i e lK . C a t l i n , M i s s o u r i ; W i l l i a m W a l l a c e C h a p i n , C a l i f o r n i a ; J ohn W .

Davis, New York ; Norman H . Davis, New York ; F r e d e r i c A . De l -

ano, District of Columbia ; Leon Frase r, New York ; Douglas S .

Freema n, Virginia ; Francis P . G a i n e s , V i r g i n i a ; Howard Heinz,Pennsylvania ; Alanson B. Houghton, New York ; P h i l i p C . J e s s u p ,

Connecticut ; Frank Q . J,owcien, Illinois ; Peter Molynea ux . T e x a s ;



Roland S . M o r r i s , Pennsylvania ; Edward Larned R y er s on , J r . ,

I l l i n o i s ; Jam es Brown Scott, District of Columbia ; Maurice S

Sherman, Connecticut ; Ja mes T. S h o t w e l l , N e w Y o r k ; H ar p e r S i b -

ley , New York ; S i l a s H . S t r e w n , I l l i n o i s ; Eliot Wadsworth, Mas-

s a c h u s e t t s ; Thomas John Wa tson, New York .

D i v i s i o n o f I n t e r c o u r s e a n d E d u c a t i o n : D i r e c t o r , N i c h o l a s M u r -

r a y B u t l e r . o f f i c e , 4 0 5 W e s t O n e H u n d r e d a n d S e v e n t e e n t h S t r e e t ,

New York, N. Y. Telephone , University 4-1850-Cable , Interpax ,

New York .

Le Centre Europee n : D i r e c t e u r - A d j o i n t , M a l c o l m W . D a v i s , B u -

r e a u , 1 7 3 , B o u l e v a r d S t e - G e r m a i n , P a r i s , F r a n c e . T e l e p h o n e , L i t t r e

88 . 5 0 . A d r e s s e T e l e g r a p h i q u e , I n t e r p a x , P a r i s .

Advisory Council in Great Britain : Sir Alan Anderson, Ernest

B a r k e r , V i s c o u n t C e c i l o f C h e l w o o d , W i l l i a m P . C r oz i e r , M rs . M a r y

Agnes Hamilton, Sir Frank Heath, Francis W . H i r s t , H e r b e r t S .

M o r r i s o n , G i l b e r t M u r r a y , J . A . Spender; H o n o r a r y S e c r e t a r y , M r s .

N e v i l l e L a w r e n c e .

L o n d o n Of f i c e : R e p r e s e n t a t i v e i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m , H u b e r t J .

Howard; a d d r es s . 3 3 5 A b b e y H o u s e , V i c t o r i a S t r e e t , S W . 1 . Tele-

phone, Abbey 7228 ; c a b l e , C a r i n t p a x , L o n d o n .

Mr. Speake r, the information contained in this bookle t isimportant at this time, pa rticula rly in view of the fac t that

the pro-English groups in the United States are now w orking

in close cooperation with world internationalist organizations .

Before 1917, foreign influence came mainly from Anglo-

American groups . Since the W orld Wa r, these groups ha ve

bee n fortified by the international financiers and the inter-

nationalists, or the so-ca lled m inority group . The pres sure

is therefore more than double, for combined, these g roups

control all avenue s of communication and are now using

them to f urther their plan of British domination to establ ish

a w o r l d f e d e r a t i o n o f s t a t e s .

Let me ca ll your attention to the fact that on the reve rse

of the great sea l of the United States, which appea rs on our

dollar bills, you will find the exact symbol of the British-

Israel world federation moveme nt. This symbol is als o car-

ried on literature of other organiz ations p romoting a world

government and a world religion. At the bottom of the

circle surrounding the pyramid, you w ill find the wording :

"Novus Ordo Seclorum." It was this new order that was

advocate d by Clinton Roosevelt se veral hundred years ago ;

recently in Philip Dru, and now followed b y the Executive .

Do you not think, as good American peop le, tha t the admin-

istration has g one fa r from constitutional government, whe n

there is inscribed a s ymbol on the reverse of our great seal,

that advocate s a ne w order? Yes, an order which means the

destruction of our Repu blic a s formulated in the Constitution

of the United States .

It may also interest you to know that this contemplated

"Union Now," a s advoca ted by Clarence Streit, will b e under

the control of Great Britain, a nd is a moveme nt to return the

United States as a colony in the British Empire . Should w e

bec ome a part of this union, our traditional rights and libe r-

ties will be lost, a nd we will have no greate r status than an

English possession . This was the dream of Cecil Rhodes and

Andrew Carnegie, when the latter wrote his book, Triumphant

Democracy, in 1893 .

Steps Toward British Union, a World State , and

I n t e r n a l S t r i f e - P a r t VREMARKS

OFHON . J . THORKELSONOF MONTANAIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

T u e s d a y , A u g u s t 2 0 , 1 9 4 0

ARTICLE ISSUED BY THE IMPERIAL FASCIST UNION OFLONDON, ENGLANDMr. THORKELSON. Mr. Spea ker, under leav e to extend

my own rema rks in the RECORD, I include an article issued

by the Impe rial Fascist Union, of London, Engla nd .

I shall not comment on this article e xcept to say that the

reference to Masonry, no doubt, refers to the Grand Orient

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Masonry and not to the Englis h-America n Mas ons as we

know them in the United States .

INTRODUCTION

T H E B A S I C F A C T O R I N POLITICS IS RACE

T h o s e B r i t o n s w h o s t a n d a m a z e d a t t h e d e f e a t i s t t r e n d o f t h e i r

c o u n t r y ' s p o l i t i c s ; w h o b e g i n t o a s k t h e m s e l v e s w h e t h e r o u r c i v i -

l i z a t i o n i s w o r t h w h i l e ; a n d w h o a r e p u z z l e d a s t o h o w t h i s s t a t e

o f t h i n g s s h o u l d e v e r h a v e c o m e a b o u t , w i l l f i n d e x p l a i n e d i n t h i s

p a m p h l e t t h e c a u s e o f i t a l l - t h e r a c e i t s e l f i s c h a n g i n g .

T h e g r e a t P e r s i a n , G r e e k , a n d R o m a n c i v i l i z a t i o n s d i e d o u t f r o m

t h i s s a m e c a u s e . The dominant Aryan race resp onsible for their

d e v e l o p m e n t b e c a m e t o o w e a k b y i n t e r m a r r i a g e w i t h l e s s e r r a c e s ,

until the product coul d no longer maintain Aryan sta ndards .

C o l o n e l L i n d b e r g h , i n 1 9 3 6 , l e f t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a f o r

e x a c tl y t h e s e re a s o ns ; a l t h o u g h i n d i v i d u a l A m e r i c a n s w i l l c o n t i n u e

t o p u l l t h e i r w e i g h t i n p i o n e e r i n g f o r h u m a n i t y , y e t t h e p e o p l e o f

t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s c a n n o l o n g e r , i n t h e m a s s , m a i n t a i n a d e c e n t

e n o u g h s t a n d a r d o f p u b l i c c o n d u c t t o p r o t e c t h i m f r o m u n p r o v o k e d

annoyance .

This pam phlet demonstrates the Jew ish contamination among

t h e t i t l e d f a m i l i e s o f B r i t a i n . I t h a s b e e n d i f f i c u l t t o " d i g o u t " t h e

i n f o r m a t i o n ; p e r h a p s t h e m o s t e n c o u r a g i n g a s p e c t i n a d e p r e s s i n g

r e s e a r c h h a s b e e n t h e o b v i o u s d e s i r e o n t h e p a r t o f m o s t o f t h e

a f f e c t e d f a m i l i es t o h i d e t h e i r J e w i s h ne s s ; o n l y w h e n i t i s d i s -

c o v e r e d a n d d r a g g e d f o r w a r d i n t o t h e l i m e l i g h t d o t h e s e f a m i l i e s

sometimes be gin to assert that "they are p roud of their Jewish

b l o o d ! "

A similar phenomenon was obse rved by the Jewish compile rs of

the Who's W ho in American Jew ry (1926), who state in their

i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e v o l u m e : " S o m e p e r s o n s p r e f e r r e d t o b e o m i t t e d

r a t h e r t h a n a s s o c i a t e t h e i r n a m e s w i t h t h o s e o f t h e i r r a c i a l c o l -

l e a g u e s . A few eve n reje cted with indignation the proposal of

being included in a v olume where their Jewish identity would

become a ma tter of public knowledge . "

How completely the Jewish masonic teaching of racial equality

h a s c o n q u e r e d A r y a n t h o u g h t i n t h i s c o u n t r y i s p e r h a p s b e s t i n d i -

c a t e d b y t h e a b s e n c e h i t h e r t o o f a n y l i t e r a t u r e d e a l i n g w i t h t h e

r a c e c h a n g e .

A l t h o u g h t h i s b o o k l e t d e a l s o n l y w i t h t h e t i t l e d a r i s t o c ra c y , a

s i m i l a r s t a t e o f a f f a i r s c o u l d e a s i l y b e d e m o n s t r a t e d a m o n g t h e

o f f i c i a l , c o m m e r c i a l , a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l c o m m u n i t i e s . Possibly thel e a s t a f f e c t e d a n d m o s t A r y a n c o m m u n i t y i s t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l o n e .

T h a t , i n c i d e n t a l l y , i s o n e o f t h e r e a s o n s w h y , i n a J e w - o w n e d l a n d ,

i t c o m p r i s e s o n l y a b o u t 5 p e r c e n t o f t h e n a t i o n ' s w o r k e r s .

O u r c a s e c a n b e p r e s e n t e d b e s t , w e t h i n k , b y a c o n s i d e r a t i o n , f i r s t ,

o f t h e e x a m p l e s o f S p a i n a n d P o r t u g a l , w h e r e t h e p r o c e s s o f A r y a n

r a c i a l d e g e n e r a t i o n h a s t a k e n p l a c e n o t f a r a w a y f r o m u s e i t h e r

i n d i s t a n c e o r i n t i m e , w h i l s t a s u f f i c i e n t p e r i o d o f t h e l a t t e r h a s

elap sed to prove that nations that have g one down from racial

c a u s e s c a n n o t r i s e a g a i n b y t h e i r o w n u n a i d e d e f f o r t s .

T H E N E C E S S I T Y F O R A N A R I S T O C R A C Y TO S U P E R V I S E T H E N A T I O N ' S P O L I -

TICS IS A FUNDAMENTAL TENET OF THE FASCIST CREED

In publishing this pamphlet we have no idea of attacking the

a r i st o c r at i c p r i nc i p l e ; w e s i m p l y p r e s e n t e v i d e n c e t h a t , f o r r a c i a l

r e a s o n s , o u r " a r i s t o c r a cy " h a s c e a s e d t o f u n c t i o n i n i t s d u t y a s a

p r o t e c t o r o f t h e p e o p l e , a n d t h a t t h e r a c i a l c h a n g e t a k i n g p l a c e i n

i t i s s y m p t o m a t i c o f a r a c i a l c h a n g e a f f e c t i n g o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e

c o m m u n i t y , a c h a n g e w h i c h w i l l d e s t r o y t h e B r i t i s h E m p i r e u n l e s s

i t i s r e n d e r e d i m p o t e n t t o i n j u r e u s .

FOUL BROOD-THE RACIAL TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION-EN-FORCED MASONIC UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD

There is a disease of bees calle d foul brood, which, when it

a f f e c t s a h i v e , c o r r u p t s i t i r r e d e e m a b l y . An analagous ma lady is

that which has destroyed the greatness of Spa in and Portugal,

and which has secu red for itself a strong footing in Britain,

where the s ymptoms are obvious enough, although puzzling to

a l l w h o d o n o t a p p r e c i a t e t h e i r r a c i a l c a u s e .

S p a i n a n d P o r t u g a l b o r e t h e b r u n t o f t h e e a r l y J e w i s h i n v a s i o n

i n t o w e s t e r n E u r o p e a n t e r r i t o r y . T h e p o i s o n i n s i n u a t e d i t s e l f t h e

m o r e e a s i l y b e c a u s e r a c i a l d i f f e r e n c e s w e r e o b s c u r e d b y r e l i g i o u s

o n e s , s o t h a t i t w a s c o m p a r a t i v e l y s i m p l e f o r t h e J e w t o a c c e p t

C h r i s t i a n i t y o u t w a r d l y , w h i l s t r e m a i n i n g a t h e a r t a J e w a n d p r a c -

ticing Jew ish rites in the privacy of his home ; thus arose theM a r r a n o c o m m u n i t y , o r C r y p t o - J e c s , w h o a t f i r s t a v o i d e d t o s o m e

e x t e n t t h e e x * r e m e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f t h e h o s t i l i t y o f t h o s e o f t h e

dominant faith .

I n t h e f i f t e e n t h c e n t u r y , t h e M a r r a n o s o r S e c r e t J e w s d o m i n a t e d

S p a n i s h l i f e , o c c u p y i n g h i g h p o s i t i o n s n o t o n l y i n t h e a d m i n i s -

t r a t i o n , t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s , t h e f o r c e s , a n d t h e j u d i c i a r y , b u t a l s o i n

the church itself. Their outward c onformity to the Catholic

c h u r c h , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e i r a c c u m u l a t i o n o f w e a l t h , e n a b l e d t h e m

t o p e n e t r a t e b y m a r r i a g e t o s u c h a n e x t e n t i n t o t h e m o s t e x a l t e d

f a m i l i e s i n t h e l a n d t h a t i t b e c a m e d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d a n a r i s t o c r a t i c

family in Aragon or in Castile which was not contaminated with

t h e f o u l s t r e a m o f J e w i s h b l o o d .

T h e w o r m t u r n e d a t l a s t , a n d n o t o n l y w e r e a l l p r o f e s s i n g J e w s

e x p e l l e d f r o m S p a i n , o r f o r c i b l y c o n v e r t e d a n d l a t e r e x p e l l e d f r o m

Portugal, but the inquisition attac ked the Marrano community,

t h e p o s i t i o n o f w h i c h w a s e v e r a f t e r w a r d i n s e c u r e a n d h o p e l e s s .

T h e g r e a t e s t p e r i o d o f S p a n i s h h i s t o r y f o l l o w e d t h e e x p u l s i o n ;

and Portugal b uilt up her great colonial Empire subse quent to

t h e r i d d a n c e o f t h e p r o f e s si n g J e w . B u t i n b o t h c a s e s , t h e c u r s e

d e s c e n d e d u p o n t h e c o l o n i a l p o s s e s s i o n s o f t h e s e t w o n a t i o n s ; i n

Peru, the J ew held the commerce of the country in his hands,




and i t wa s i mp os si bl e f or a C a st il ia n t o s u c c e e d i n b u s i n e s s

without a Jewish p a r t n e r ; the Jews p urchased the cargoes of

g r e a t f l e e t s w i t h f i c t i t i o u s c r e d i t s w h i c h t h e y d i v i d e d a m o n g s t

t h e m s e l v e s , r e n d e r i n g l a r g e c a p i t a l u n n e c e s s a r y . When the strug-

g l e b e t w e e n P o r t u g a l a n d H o l l a n d f o r t h e p o s s e s s i o n o f B r a z i l t o o k

pla ce, the Marranos worked for the Dutch enemy .

At home, the Spanish and Portuguese had, however, made the

supreme mista ke of imag ining that any Marrano could be a s ub-

stitute for a Europea n. Absolute discrimination betwe en whiteEuropea n Christians a nd the "ne w Christians" as the Marranos

were calle d, was only insisted on by the be st informed of the

a r i s t o c r a c y , w h o k e p t a r e c o r d o f t h e n e w C h r i s t i a n s s o t h a t i n -

termarriage with them might cea se . The racial quality of the

people degenerated rapidly as the Jewish contagion spread byi n t e r m a r r i a g e .

Then, at last, the ass ault was deliberately made on the last

c i t a d e l o f r a c i a l p u r i t y . On St . J o h n ' s D a y , 1 7 4 4 , F r e d e r i c k , P r i n c e

of Wale s, grand maste r of English Masons, a dmitted the Portu-

gues e Ambass ador, Dom Seba stio de Carvalho e Mello to a London

l o d g e ; t h i s g e n t l e m a n , b e t t e r k n o w n a s Pombal, revived Masonry

i n P o r t u g a l o n h i s r e t u r n t o t h a t c o u n t r y .

O n M a y 2 , 1 7 6 8 , P o m b a l o r d e r e d t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o f a l l r e g i s t e r s o f

M a r r a n o f a m i l i e s , a n d o r d e r e d a l l t h e h e a d s o f t h e e x c l u s i v e a n d

r a c e - c o n s c i o u s P o r t u g u e s e f a m i l i e s t o a r r a n g e t h a t a n y d a u g h t e r

of marriage able age m ust be eng age d within 4 months to marry a

m e m b e r o f o n e o f t h e h i t h e r t o e x c l u d e d J e w - c o n t a m i n a t e d f a m i l i e s .

This horrible Masonic outrage m ade a n end of the Portuguesea s a g r e a t n a t i o n .

In Spain, discrimination betwee n the Aryan a nd the non-Aryang r a d u a l l y d e c l i n e d u n d e r s i m i l a r i n f l u e n c e s , a l t h o u g h t h e C o r p s

o f C a d e t s i n s i s t e d u p o n a n u n s u l l i e d r a c i a l o r i g i n a s a q u a l i f i c a t i o n

f o r e n t r y u p t o 1 8 6 0 , w h i l s t i n s o m e p a r i s h c h u r c h e s , e v e n i n t h e

n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y , n o t i c e s w e r e s t i l l d i s p l a y e d w a r n i n g t h e o l d

C h r i s t i a n s a g a i n s t i n t e r m a r r y i n g w i t h t h e n e w .

To some e xtent, of cou rse, in Spa in the Moorish occup ation

h a d b e e n r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a d i l u t i o n o f t h e A r y a n a n d M e d i t e r r a -

n e a n b l o o d o f t h e p e o p l e , b u t t h i s M o o r i s h c o r r u p t i o n w a s n e v e r

s u b t l e , a n d i t s p o w e r o f p e n e t r a t i o n w a s t h e r e f o r e w e a k . On theo t h e r h a n d , t h e P o r t u g u e s e , t h r o u g h t h e i r c u s t o m o f i n t e r m a r r y i n g

w i t h c o l o r e d p e o p l e i n t h e i r c o l o n i e s a n d t h r o u g h t h e r e t u r n o f

t h e r e s u l t a n t h a l f - b r e e d s t o t h e h o m e c o u n t r y , h a s s u f f e r e d g r e a t

c o n t a m i n a t i o n f r o m n o n - J e w i s h r a c e s o f c o l o r .

Both Spain and Portugal w ent down beca use their native pe o-

p l e s h a v e s u l l i e d t h e i r b l o o d w i t h t h a t o f l o w e r r a c e s t o a t o x i c

d e g r e e ; "foul brood" has corrupte d them beyond hope . Damageo f t h i s s o r t i s p e r m a n e n t .

T h a t b e i n g s o , l e t o u r r e a d e r s c o n s i d e r w h a t i s g o i n g o n i n t h e s e

i s l a n d s ; a nd ask themselves how Britain can regain her proper

p l a c e i n t h e w o r l d w i t h o u t f i r s t r e c o v e r i n g h e r r a c e - c o n s c i o u s n e s s ,

and how she can do that without acce pting the remedy of the

I m p e r i a l F a s c i s t L e a g u e ?

OUR JEWISH ARISTOCRACYIt has long bee n one of the Jewish methods in the attainment

of world domination to penetrate into privilege d circle s where

p o l i t i c a l p o w e r i s g r e a t e s t ; Edward the First, by e xpe lling the

Jews in 1290, saved u s from too early an a pplication of this

p r o c e s s i n B r i t a i n , b u t o t h e r c o u n t r i e s w e r e l e s s f o r t u n a t e a n d

s u f f e r e d t h e e x t i n c t i o n o f t h e i r n o b i l i t y b y J e w i s h w o m e n m a r r y -

i n g i n t o t h e G e n t i l e a r i s t o c r a t i c f a m i l i e s .

In Britain a fe w "damp ed" ( baptized Christian) Jews remained

in the country when their synagogue-going brothers had be ene x p e l l e d . Some of these attained knighthood, f or instance, Sir

Edward Brampton, who be cam e Governor of Guernsey . T h e f i r s t

s e r i o u s a t t e m p t , h o w e v e r , t o p e n e t r a t e t h e r a n k s o f t h e h e r e d i t a r y

titleholders of England seem s to have been an atta ck upon

r o y a l t y i t s e l f b y t h a t n o t o r i o u s c h a r a c t e r , P e r k i n W a r b e c k , w h o

w a s a s e r v a n t o f t h e J e w i s h k n i g h t m e n t i o n e d a b o v e . With cha r-a c t e r i s t i c J e w i s h e f f r o n t e r y , t h i s m a n c l a i m e d t h e E n g l i s h t h r o n e

.

Francis Bacon wrote in his Life a nd Reign of King Henry VII :

"There w as a townsman of Tourney that ha d born office in that

town, whose name w as John Osbeck, a convert Jew, ma rried toCatherine de Faro ; whose bu siness drew him to live for a timew i t h h i s w i f e _ a t L o n d o n , i n K i n g E d w a r d I V ' s d a y s . During whic htime he had a son by her ; and be ing known in court, the Kinge i t h e r o u t o f a r e l i g i o u s n o b l e n e s s , b e c a u s e h e w a s a c o n v e r t , o r

upon some p rivate ac quaintance, did him the honor as to be

godfather to his child, and nam ed him Peter . But af terwardsproving a dainty and effeminate youth, he was commonly calle d

by the diminutive of his name, Peterkin or Perkin . F o r , a s f o r

the name of Wa rbecke, it was given him when they did but guessa t i t , b e f o r e e x a m i n a t i o n s h a d b e e n t a k e n . "

How many of us at school realized that Perkin Warbeck was a

f i g u r e i n t h e J e w i s h w o r l d p l o t a g a i n s t A r y a n s o v e r e i g n t y ?

As everyone knows, Cromwell a llowed the Je ws to return and

t h e y f l o c k e d o v e r h e r e t o w a r d t h e l a t t e r p a r t o f t h e s e v e n t e e n t h

c e n t u r y , t h e l a r g e s t w a v e o f r i c h J e w s c o m i n g o v e r w i t h W i l l i a m I I I

from Holland .

I n 1 7 1 8 t h e A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l , S i r R . Raymond, hammered an-o t h e r n a i l i n t o h i s c o u n t r y ' s c o f f i n , b y d e c i d i n g t h a t J e w s c o u l d

hold land in England . Walpole had previously allowed the Jew

G i d e o n t o h o l d e s t a t e s b y a s p e c i a l a c t i n ' h i s f a v o r ; this Jewhad lent his "credit" to the government (1) which see ms not to

h a v e r e a l i z e d t h a t i t h a d a l o t o f i t s o w n , a n d f a l s e l y p o s i n g a s a

C h r i s t i a n , f o r h e n e v e r c e a s e d h i s payme nts to the synagogue and

2 6 3 5 5 3 - - 1 9 5 0 4

d i e d a J e w , h e m a r r i e d a G e n t i l e , h i s s o n b e i n g c r e a t e d a b a r o n e t

a n d l a t e r B a r o n E a r d l e y , a t i t l e n o w f o r t u n a t e l y e x t i n c t . T h e f i r s t

s y n a g o g u e J e w b a r o n e t s w e r e S i r I . L . G o l d s m i d ( 1 8 4 1 ) , S i r M o s e s

Montefiore, a nd Sir Anthony de Rothschild ; these seem to have

q u a l i f i e d f o r t h e B r i t i s h a r i s t o c r a c y b y u s i n g t h e i r i l l - g o t t e n w e a l t h

i n b u y i n g p r i v i l e g e s f o r t h e J e w s i n t h i s a n d o t h e r c o u n t r i e s .

It was Sir Issac L . Goldsmid who led the move ment for thea d m i s s i o n o f t h e J e w s t o o u r l e g i s l a t u r e . Once the b arrier wasd o w n , t h e r e s t w a s e a s y . I n 1 8 5 8 l e g i s l a t i o n e n a b l e d t h e f o r e i g n

"Baron" Lionel de Rothschild to take his oath in the House ofCommons as a J ew . His son was raised to the pee rage in 1885 .

T h e " d a m p e d " J e w D i s r a e l i h a d o f c o u r s e o b t a i n e d e a r l i e r h o n o r s ,

d y i n g a s t h e E a r l o f B e a c o n s f i e l d .

Among the earlier Synagogue baronet creations were those of

Sir George Jess el, Sir David Salomans, and Sir John Simon (no

relation to the liv ing Sir John Simon, who cl aims not to beJ e w i s h ) .

A r y a n p e e r s s o m e t i m e s m a d e m a t t e r s w o r s e b y m a r r y i n g J e w e s s e s ,

o n e o f t h e m o s t d i s a s t r o u s c a s e s b e i n g t h a t o f t h e s e c o n d V i s c o u n t

G a l w a y , w h o m a r r i e d a s e a r l y a s 1 7 4 7 a J e w e s s c a l l e d V i l l a R e a l ,

a s a r e s u l t o f w h i c h c o u n t l e s s f i n e o l d B r i t i s h f a m i l i e s h a v e h a d

t h i s A s i a t i c s t r a i n i n s t i l l e d i n t o t h e m . It was a Rothschild plan

t o m a r r y s u p e r f l u o u s d a u g h t e r s i n t o t h e f a m i l i e s o f i n f l u e n t i a l

G e n t i l e s ; i n t h e c a s e o f t h e R o t h s c h i l d u n i o n s w i t h B a r o n B a t t e r -

sea and the son of the fourth Earl of Hardwicke , the ma rriage s

w e r e s t e r i l e , b u t a d a u g h t e r o f M a y e r A m s c h e l R o t h s c h i l d m a r r i e d

t h e f i f t h E a r l o f R o s e b e r y , s o t h a t t h e r e i s R o t h s c h i l d b l o o d i n t h e

p r e s e n t e a r l , o n e o f w h o s e s i s t e r s m a r r i e d t h e p r e s e n t M a r q u e s s o f

C r e w e , h i m s e l f w i t h V i l l a R e a l b l o o d ; thus after many days, the

blood of the Villa Real J ewess mingles with that of the Roth-

s c h i l d i n t h e i s s u e o f t h i s m a r r i a g e o f " B r i t i s h a r i s t o c r a t s . "

The custom of mating with Jewesses has now become a commonone ; the instinct of the Aryan has been broken down by con-

tinued propaganda, a nd H . Belloc in his book on The Je ws

w r i t e s o f t h e J e w i s h p e n e t r a t i o n o f o u r g r e a t a r i s t o c r a t i c f a m i l i e s :

"With the opening of the twentie th century, those of the great

t e r r i t o r i a l E n g l i s h f a m i l i e s i n w h i c h t h e r e w a s n o J e w i s h b l o o d

w e r e t h e e x c e p t i o n . In nearly al l of them, the strain was moreor less marked, in some of them so strong that though the

name wa s still a n English name and the traditions those of a

p u r e l y E n g l i s h l i n e a g e o f t h e l o n g p a s t , t h e p h y s i q u e a n d c h a r -

acter had become wholly Jewish and the members of the family

were taken for Jews wheneve r they traveled in countries wheret h e g e n t r y h a d n o t y e t s u f f e r e d o r e n j o y e d t h i s m i x t u r e . "

A study of the "society" p hotographs in any c opy of The

Bystander will convince a nyone that Mr . B e l l o c d o e s n o t e x a g -

g e r a te . T o t h o s e o f u s w h o b e l i e v e t h a t A r y a n i z a t i o n i s c i v i l i z a -

tion it is incomprehensib le that a ristocrats of our race could

succumb to the cunning Masonic and educational Je wish propa-

g a n d a d e s i g n e d t o c a u s e t h e m t o f o r g e t t h e i r r a c e . N e ve r t h el e s s ,

the opposition to Jewish pe netration into the great fa milies

has not been expressed in any decided way ; Masonry is no doubtr e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h i s . Quee n Victoria herself had qualms about

the granting of titles to Jews, b ecause we know that when it

was recommended to her that Sir Lionel Rothschild should be

p r o m o t e d t o t h e p e e r a g e , s h e w r o t e a s f o l l o w s i n a l e t t e r d a t e d

N o v e m b e r 1 , 1 8 6 9 , t o M r . G l a d s t o n e : " I t i s n o t o n l y t h e f e e l i n g , o f

w h i c h s h e c a n n o t d i v e s t h e r s e l f , a g a i n s t m a k i n g a p e r s o n o f t h e

Jewish religion a p eer, but she cannot think that one who owes

his great weal th to contracts with foreign governments for

loans, or to successful speculation on the stock ex change can

f a i r l y c l a i m a B r i t i s h p e e r a g e . Howev er high Sir L . R o t h s c h i l d

m a y s t a n d p e r s o n a l l y i n p u b l i c e s t i m a t i o n , t h i s s e e m s t o h e r n o t

t h e l e s s a s p e c i e s o f g a m b l i n g b e c a u s e i t i s o n a g i g a n t i c s c a l e

a n d f a r r e m o v e d f r o m t h a t l e g i t i m a t e t r a d i n g w h i c h s h e d e l i g h t s

to honor, in which men have raised themselv es by patient in-

d u s t r y a n d u n s w e r v i n g p r o b i t y t o p o s i t i o n s o f w e a l t h a n d i n f l u -

e n c e . "

Her sound instincts, or "prejudices" as they w ould be ca lled

nowadays in our Judaized press, were, howeve r, broken down by

Disrael i and we hav e now reached s uch a pitc h that in 1932 the

Jews were seriously planning to get the chief rabbi into the

H o u s e o f L o r d s , e x - o f f i c i o . In 1915 a da ughte r of the fourthB a r o n S h e f f i e l d m a r r i e d t h e J e w E d w i n M o n t a g u , t h e d i s t u r b e r o f

Indian "pathetic contentment," and actually "e mbraced Juda-i s m " a l s o i n a r e l i g i o u s s e n s e . There wa s more exc use f or Lord

George Gordon of the 1780 a nti-Popery camp aign, who a doptedt h e J e w i s h r e l i g i o n , b u t d i e d i n s a n e .

I n t h e f o l l o w i n g r e v i e w o f o u r t i t l e d a r i s t o c r a c y , t h e r e a r e m a n y

e r r o r s o f o m i s s i o n ; w o r k i n g c h i e f l y w i t h B u r k e ' s P e e r a g e , w e f i n d

a r e t i c e n c e o n t h e s u b j e c t o f J e w i s h " r e l a t i v i t y " t o o u r n o b i l i t y ;

i n o t h e r w o r d s , t h e v o l u m e s e e m s d e s i g n e d t o b a f f l e t h e i n v e s t i -

gator as much as p ossible. For that reason, and also bec ause

t h e t i m e a t o u r d i s p o s a l f o r t h i s r e s e a r c h i s s t r i c t l y l i m i t e d , t h e

r e v i e w i s f a r f r o m c o m p l e t e , b u t i t i s s u f f i c i e n t l y t e r r i b l e t o a

racist as it is .

E v e r y e f f o r t h a s b e e n m a d e t o a v o i d e r r o r s o f c o m m i s s i o n ; w e d o

n o t d e s i r e t o h u r t t h e f e e l i n g s o f a n y o n e , b u t t h e B r i t i s h p e o p l e

have a right to know the truth ; w h e r e v e r w e h a v e i n s u f f i c i e n t

e v i d e n c e i n s u s p i c i o u s c a s e s , t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e d o u b t h a s b e e n

g i v e n ; w e h o p e , i n m a n y f u t u r e e d i t i o n s , t o b e a b l e t o m a k e o u r

lists more comple te . The ex cell ent library of the Society of

Genealogists could not produce a single volume which was of

d i r e c t h e l p i n c o l l e c t i n g t h e m a t e r i a l f o r t h i s p a m p h l e t , w h i c h w e

h o p e , t h e r e f o r e , w i l l f i n d a place on i t s s h e l v e s ; b u t w e think som e -



t h i n g wi l l p r e ve n t it g e t ti n g t h er e . I t m a y b e o f i n t e r e s t t o m e n -

tion that Debrett's Peerage is published by the same Jew f irm,

Odhams Press, Ltd . , w h i c h r u n s t h e D a i l y H e r a l d . Sir Sydney Le e

( J e w ) e d i t e d t h e D i c t i o n a r y o f N a t i o n a l B i o g r a p h y , s o w e g e t l i t t l e

help from those . And the Jew, M . Epstein, edits the AnnualR e g i s t e r .

W e h a v e o m i t t e d f r o m o u r l i s t c e r t a i n c a s e s w h e r e J e w e s s e s h a v e

m a r r i e d i n t o n o b l e f a m i l i e s i n w h i c h t h e t i t l e s a r e n o w e x t i n c t o r

f r o m w h i c h m a r r i a g e s t h e r e w a s n o i s s u e .

In our investigations we found that the state ment made byJ . M. Macdia rmid in The Dee r Forests tha t the Leve son-Gowe r

f a m i l y w a s d e s c e n d e d f r o m " a L o n d o n J e w m o n e y l e n d e r " i s f a l s e ;

t h e n a m e " L e v e s o n " i n t h i s c a s e h a s n o J e w i s h a p p l i c a t i o n . A ls o ,

t h e s t a t e m e n t m a d e i n t h e J e w i s h D a i l y P o s t , J u n e 1 7 , 1 9 3 5 , t h a t

t h e p r e s e n t D u c h e s s o f N o r f o l k h a s J e w i s h b l o o d , i s u n t r u e ; s h e i s

t h e s e c o n d w i f e o f t h e l a s t d u k e a n d m o t h e r o f t h e p r e s e n t d u k e ;

a n d i t w a s t h e f i r s t w i f e o f t h e l a s t d u k e , w h o l e f t n o h e i r , w h o h a d

Jewish blood . T h e U n i v e r s e i s i n e r r o r i n s t a t i n g ( F e b . 4 , 1 9 3 7)

t h a t t h e M a r q u e s s o f B u t s i s d e s c e n d e d f r o m t h e J e w T r e v e s .

M a n y J e w i s h t i t l e s , s o m e t i m e s c a m o u f l a g e d , l i k e t h o s e o f B a r o n s

Wands worth (real nam e, Stern) and Pirbright (real na me, De

W o r m s ) , a r e f o r t u n a t e l y e x t i n c t . E x t i n c t , a l s o , i s t h e b a r o n e t c y o f

S i r E d g a r S p e y e r , w h i c h w a s r e v o k e d b y a n o t i c e i n t h e T i m e s o f

D e c e m b e r 1 4 , 1 9 2 1 , o n a c c o u n t o f h i s u n l a w f u l c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d

t r a d i n g w i t h t h e e n e m y d u r i n g t h e w a r .

T h e e f f e c t o f e v e n a s l i g h t m i x t u r e o f J e w i s h b l o o d i n a n A r y a n

f a m i l y i s o f t e n v e r y g r e a t . I t a l t e r s t h e p o l i t i c a l o u t l o o k o f t h e

i n d i v i d u a l b e c a u s e i t a l t e r s t h e i n s t i n c t s t h e m s e l v e s .

"One Chink or Negro or even Jew ance stor a long way ba ck

will undo your Anglo-Saxon composition, of which you may claim

a n u n b r o k e n l i n e o f p u r e l y E s s e x s t o c k , m o r e t h o r o u g h l y t h a n i f

a l l y o u r a n c e s t o r s , f r o m y o u r p a r e n t s b a c k , h a d b e e n D u t c h , G e r -

man, Swede, Dane, French, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, or any

o t h e r e a s i l y a s s i m i l a t e d A r y a n r a c e ." W. Gerhardi in Memoi rso f a P o l y g l o t , 1 9 3 1 .

When a large number of individuals in commanding social or

p o l i t i c a l p o s i t i o n s a r e r e n d e r e d p a r t l y A s i a t i c i n i n s t i n c t , t h e

n a t i o n i t s e l f b e c o m e s t h e v i c t i m o f t h e s e d e s t r u c t i v e i n s t i n c t s .

Referring to Colonel Lane's book, The Alien Menace, the Na-

tional Review c onfirms this in the follow ing words :

"English men and women are constantly asking themselv es how

i t c o m e s a b o u t t h a t a t w i s t i s s o f r e q u e n t l y g i v e n t o B r i t i s h p o l i c y

t h a t i s c l e a r l y n o t i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h B r i t i s h i n t e r e s t s . There isu s u a l l y s o m e b o d y i n a p o s i t i o n , a t t h e p s y c h o l o g i c a l m o m e n t , t o

deflect our government, whatever party be in power, into some

l i n e o f a c t i o n t h a t i s u n i n t e l l i g i b l e a t t h e t i m e a n d i s f r a u g h t

with disastrous conseque nces . ∎ * * It Is as though somehostile influe nce were stea dily throwing grit into the machine .

I n e v e r y i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l a r r a n g e m e n t w e f a r e b a d l y , a n d

t h e w h o l e s t o r y o f r e p a r a t i o n s a n d w a r d e b t s i s h u m i l i a t i n g i n t h e

e x t r e m e a n d c a l c u l a t e d t o m a k e u s t h e w o r l d ' s l a u g h i n g s t o c k a s

w e l l a s t h e w o r l d ' s m i l k c o w . I t i s i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n th a t s u c h a

book as Colonel Lane has written * * * throws a tim elys e a r c h l i g h t . I t i s i n t h e h i g h e r r a n k s o f s o c i e t y t h a t t h e a l i e n

m e n a c e i s f o r m i d a b l e t h r o u g h t h e i n f l u e n c e e x e r c i s e d i n g o v e r n -

m e n t d e p a r t m e n t s , I n D o w n i n g S t r e e t , a n d h i g h f i n a n c e b y g e n t r y

o f u n m i s t a k a b l e f o r e i g n o r i g i n . "

The repulsive physical a ppea rance of the Hither Asiatic or

Armenoid race is often p assed on over many ge nerations of a

Jew- contaminated Aryan family

Throughout this pamphle t, the word "Je w" is emp loyed in its

racial se nse, imp lying Armenoid, Mongoloid, or Oriental b lood .

The appointme nts mentioned in connection with any individualare either past or prese nt ones . The lists given be low are of

p r e s e n t t i t l e h o l d e r s o n l y .

HEREDITARY TITLEHOLDERS OF JEW ISH BLOOD

(12th) Duke of St . Albans, whose grandfather was the Je w,R . Bernal Osborne, M . P . The Duke married the daughte r of

the fifth Marque ss of Lansdowne , and is the hereditary grandf a l c o n e r .

(8th) Duke of Richmond is son of a Ricardo of Jewish bl ood .

( 1 s t ) M a r q u e s s o f C r e w e , i s d e s c e n d e d f r o m t h e s e c o n d V i s c o u n t

G a l w a y , w h o m a r r i e d t h e J e w e s s , V i l l a R e a l ; h i s s e c o n d w i f e w a s

t h e d a u g h t e r o f t h e f i f t h E a r l o f R o s e b e r y a n d h i s w i f e , w h o w a s

Hanna Rothschild . The family name is Crewe-Milnes . Them a r q u e s s i s a p r i v y c o u n c i l o r , h a s o c c u p i e d C a b i n e t p o s i t i o n s , a n d

w a s H i s M a j e s t y ' s A m b a s s a d o r a t P a r i s , 1 9 2 2 - 2 8.

(2d) Marquess of Reading . He is the son of the late RufusIsaacs, who was a privy councilor, and who was Lord Warden of

t h e C i n q u e P o r t s , a p o s i t i o n o n c e h e l d b y t h e p r e s e n t K i n g w h e n

Prince of W ales ; w a s a l s o V i c e r o y o f I n d i a , a n d w a s c h i e f l y r e -

sponsible f or the "white p ape r" surrender of that vast e mpire,

w o n t o u s b y B r i t i s h v a l o r a n d r e t a i n e d b y s t r a i g h t d e a l i n g ; wasm a d e L o r d C h i e f J u s t i c e o f E n g l a n d 3 m o n t h s a f t e r h a v i n g a d m i t t e d

publicl y his "mistake of judgment" In connection with the

Marconi sca ndal . Rufus Isaacs' b rother was the power behindthe British Broadcas ting Co . , a n d a p p o i n t e d i t s c h i e f , S i r J o h n

Reith. The present Marque ss ma rried the dau ghter of the late

L o r d M e l c h e t t , t h e J e w , M o n d .

( 6 t h ) E a r l o f R o s e b e r y , t h e s o n o f t h e f i f t h e a r l a n d a R o t h s -

c h i l d m o t h e r , o n e o f w h o s e d a u g h t e r s m a r r i e d t h e p r e s e n t M a r q u e s s

o f C r e w e . T h e e a r l i s a g r e a t l a n d o w n e r .

(20th) Earl of Suffolk , whose mother was the daug hter of theJew, L . Z . L e i t e r ; h e i s a l s o d i s t a n t l y d e s c e n d e d f r o m J o h n M o s e s .

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( 6 t h ) E a r l o f C r a v e n i s g r e a t - g r a n d s o n o f t h e J e w B r a d l e y M a r t i n .

( 1 7 t h ) E a r l o f D e v o n i s s o n o f a J e w i s h S i l v a .

C o u n t e s s L o u d o u n ( i n h e r o w n r i g h t ) I s d e s c e n d e d f r o m t h e J e w

T r e v e s .

(6th) Earl of Mexb orough is son of a Rapha el . T h e l a s t e a r l

w a s h i s h a l f - b r o t h e r a n d a B u d d h i s t .

(6th) Earl of Romney is de sce nded from the Jew Treves .

(2d) Viscount Bearstead is a Samuel, a nd owns 150,000 acres ;

h e i s c h a i r m a n o f S h e l l T r a n s p o r t a n d a d i r e c t o r o f L l o y d s B a n k .

Viscount Castlerosse says he has Jewish blood, but we k now nodetails . H e i s s o n o f t h e f i f t h e a r l o f K e n m a r e .

(9th) Viscount Chetwynd is a desce ndant of the Jew Gideon .

( 3 d ) V i s c o u n t E s h e r i s o f J e w i s h b l o o d ; we do not know whether

t h e s o u r c e w a s o f o n e o r o f t w o g e n e r a t i o n s b a c k , o r b o t h , b u t h i s

s i s t e r a d m i t t e d i t i n t h e S u n d a y D i s p a t c h o f A u g u s t 1 1 , 1 9 3 5 , s a y i n g

she was proud of it . He married a Jew ish Hecksher .

( 8 t h ) V i s c o u n t G a l w a y , d e s c e n d e d f r o m t h e s e c o n d v i s c o u n t w h o

m a r r i e d t h e J e w e s s V i l l a R e a l i n 1 7 4 7 ; t h e v i s c o u n t i s s t a t e d t o b e

p r o u d o f h i s J e w i s h b l o o d .

(2d) Viscount Goschen, bank er . ("Goschen was a Jew ," LordR i d d e l l i n M o r e P a g e s F r o m M y D i a r y , 1 9 0 8 - 1 4 , 1 9 3 4 , p . 7 . )

(6th) Baron Auckland is desce nded from the Je w Gideon .

(5th) Baron Brabourne's mother was a Je wish Von Flesch-Brun-ningen .

( 3 d ) B a r o n B u r n h a m , w h o s e o r i g i n a l n a m e , L e v y , w a s a l t e r e d t o

Lawson . M e m b e r s o f t h i s f a m i l y h a v e m a r r i e d i n t o g e n t i l e - t i t l e d

f a m i l i e s a s f o l l o w s : T h e H u l s e b a r o n e t c y , t h e p r e s e n t b a r o n e t b e i n g

f r e e f r o m t h i s L e v y b l o o d ; t h e f a m i l y o f t h e l a t e S i r H . d e B a t he ,

B a r t . , w i t h i s s u e ; a n d t h e p r e s e n t b a r o n ' s n i e c e m a r r i e d t h e s o n o f

t h e s e c o n d E a r l o f L e i c e s t e r .

( 2 d ) B a r o n C r a n w o r t h i s d i s t a n t l y d e s c e n d e d f r o m t h e J e w , S a m -

u e l D u P a s s , t h r o u g h h i s m o t h e r .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n D u v e e n , t r u s t e e o f m a n y a r t g a l l e r i e s .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n S o u t h w o o d , l a t e l y J. S

. Elias, chairman of OdhamsP r e s s , L t d

. , a n d c o n t r o l l e r o f a l a r g e s e c t i o n o f t h e d a i l y a n d w e e k l y

n e w s p a p e r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e D a i l y H e r a l d .

( 8 t h ) B a r o n F o l e y ' s m o t h e r w a s a G r e e n s t o n e .

( 3 d ) B a r o n H e r s c h e l l i s o f J e w i s h o r i g i n , a n d i s a l o r d i n w a i t i n g .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n H i r s t , c h a i r m a n o f G e n e r a l E l e c t r i c C o . , a n d o f E m -

p i r e C o m m i s s i o n o f B r i t i s h I n d u s t r i e s a n d o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f

T e x t i l e I n s t i t u t e s .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n J e s s e l , w h o w a s C o n t r o l l e r o f H o r s e s D i s p o s a l B o a r d

a f t e r t h e w a r; a l s o c h a i r m a n o f M i l i t a r y S e r v i c e s C o m m i t t e e P a n e l

o f 1 9 1 8; a n d i s p r e s i d e n t o f t h e L o n d o n M u n i c i p a l S o c i e t y . H i s s o n

h a s m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f t h e M a r q u e s s o f L o n d o n d e r r y .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n M a n c r o f t , f o r m e r l y S i r A . M. S a m u e l , B a r t . , w h o h a y s

held countles s important appointments under the government .

(2d) Baron Melchett, who, in Modern Money, advised the sale

o f s o m e o f o u r P a c i f i c a n d A t l a n t i c p o s s e s s i o n s t o p a y o f f t h e w a r

debt; o p e n e d t h e b u s i n e s s e f f i c i e n c y e x h i b i t i o n , 1 9 3 3 ; i s a l e a d i n g

advocate of the Jew racket ca lled planning, and is head of theE n g l i s h Z i o n i s t F e d e r a t i o n

. M e l c h e t t ' s s i s t e r m a r r i e d t h e n e w L o r d

Reading, and a nother sister married Sir N . A. Pearson, but wasd i v o r c e d .

(2d) Baron Michelham, real name Stern . One of his daughte rs

m a r r i e d t h e f o u r t h B a r o n S h e r b o r n e , b u t w i t h o u t i s s u e .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n O ' N e i l l , d i s t a n t l y J e w i s h i n b l o o d t h r o u g h t h e f a m i -

l i e s o f L o r d s G a l w a y a n d C r e w e .

Baroness Rave nsdale is Lord Curzon's daughter and is grand-d a u g h t e r o f t h e J e w L . Z . L e i t e r . She is unma rried .

(3d) Baron N. M . V . R o t h s c h i l d . The intermarriage s of theR o t h s c h i l d f a m i l y h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n r e f e r r e d t o . There has re-cently b een a Rothschild union with the son of Baron Kemsley ,o f t h e n e w s p a p e r - o w n i n g f a m i l y o f B e r r y .

( 2 d ) B a r o n S t r a c h i e , s o n o f a J e w i s h B r a h a m .

(3d) Baron Swaythling is a Samuel, a nd is head of SamuelMontagu & Co. , i n t e r n a t i o n a l l o a n b a n k e r s .

D o w a g e r C o u n t e s s o f D e s a r t i s t h e d a u g h t e r o f a B i s c h o f f s h e i m ,

b u t t h e p r e s e n t e a r l i s n o t h e r s o n .

Sir G. W . A l b u , B a r t . ( S o u t h A f r i c a n g o l d m i n e s a n d d i a m o n d s ) ,

S i r A l f r e d B e i t , B a r t . ( t h e s a m e i n t e r e s t s ) , a c t u a l l y h a l f J e w .

Sir H. J . D . B r o u g h t o n , B a r t . , a g r e a t gr a n d s o n o f a Ro s e n z w e i g

Sir H. J . W . B r u c e , B a r t . , d e s c e n d e d f r o m a R i c a r d o .

S i r S . J . B u l l , B a r t . , i s s o n o f a J e w i s h B r a n d o n .

S i r J u l i a n C a h n , B a r t . , d i r e c t o r o f E v e r y m a n W e e k l y .

S i r F e l i x C a s s e l , B a r t . , j u d g e a d v o c a t e g e n e r a l .

S i r H . B . C o h e n , B a r t .

S i r G u y C o l i n C a m p b e l l , B a r t . , i s s o n o f a J e w i s h L e h m a n n .

S i r T . H . W . C h i t t y , B a r t . , i s t h e s o n o f a J e w i s h N e w b o l t .

S i r R . C . G . C o t t e re l l , B a r t . , g r a n d s o n o f a R i c a r d o .

S i r P . V . D a v i d , B a r t . , a S a s s oo n .

S i r O . E. D ' A v i g d o r - G o l d s m i d , B a r t . , w h o h a s b e e n h i g h s h e r i f f o f

Kent .

S i r J o h n E l l e r m a n , B a r t .

S i r J . P . G. M. F i t z g e r a l d , B a r t . , i s t h e s o n o f a B i s c h o f f s h e i m a n d

h a s m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f t h e 7 t h E a r l o f D u n m o r e .

S i r G . S . F r y , B a r t . , i s g r a n d s o n o f t h e J e w i s h C a p p e r P a s s .

S i r W i l l i a m G a r t h w a i t e , B a r t . , i s s o n o f a J e w i s h A n d r a d e , m a r r i e d

a Rodrigues , and his son married the daug hter of the Je w LudDuveen .

S i r E . C . G o s c h e n , B a r t .

S i r H . G o s c h e n , B a r t .

S i r J . L . Hanham, Bart . , i s s o n o f a J e w i s h L o p e s .

S i r R . L . H a r e , B a r t . , i s d e s c e n d e d f r o m t h e J e w T r e v e s .

S i r P . A . H a r r is , B a r t . , M . P .




S i r F . D . 8 . H e a d , B a r t . , i s d e s c e n d e d f r o m M e n d e s , t h e J e w p h y s i -

c i a n o f C a t h e r i n e d e B r a g a n z a .

S i r J . C . W . H e rs c h e l , B a r t. , i s o f d i s t a n t J e w i s h b l o o d , b u t , a c c o r d -

i n g t o a b o o k , T h e R e a l J e w , e d i t e d b y H . N e w m a n , p a g e 1 6 4 , " a n y -

thing which can be called Je wish was a bsolutely zero," in his

d i s t i n g u i s h e d g r a n d f a t h e r , t h e a s t r o n o m e r .

S i r G e o r g e J e s s e l , B a r t .

Sir H. A. W . J o h n s o n , B a r t . , i s g r e a t - g r a n d s o n o f t h e J e w e s s R e -

becca Franks .

S i r C . G . L a m p s o n , B a r t . , i s t h e s o n o f a J e w i s h V a n G e l d e r e n .

S i r T . P . L a r c o m . B a r t . , i s d e s c e n d e d f r o m a J e w i s h D ' A g u i l a r.

S i r H . J . L a w s o n , B a r t . , i s g r a n d s o n o f a J e w i s h L o u s a d a .

Sir G. E. L e o n , B a r t .

Sir T. J . P . L e v e r , B a r t. , p u b l i s h e r , w h o s e g r a n d f a t h er a d o p t e d

t h i s o l d E n g l i s h n a m e t o c a m o u f l a g e t h e f a c t t h a t h i s r e a l n a m e i s

Levy .

S i r E . J . M . L e v y, B a r t .

S i r G . J . E . L e w i s , B a r t , o f t h e f i r m o f l a w y e r s L e w i s & L e w i s , w h o

kee p in their cupboa rds the skele tons belonging to many great

B r i t i s h f a m i l i e s .

S i r H . Y. B . L o p e s , B a r t . , o f J e w d e s c e n t ; h a s m a r r i e d t h e s i s t e r o f

the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe .

S i r P . M a g n u s , B a r t .

S i r A . J . M e y e r , B a r t .

S i r C . G . J . Newm an, Bart . , w h o s e b r o t h e r m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r

o f t h e 2 n d B a r o n L o c h . (Real name, Neumann . )

Sir M. B. G . Oppenheimer, Bart., whose father married the

d a u g h t e r o f S i r R . 0 . H a r v e y , B a r t .

S i r L . L . F a u d e l - P h i l l i p s , B a r t . , w h o s e s i s t e r m a r r i e d B a r o n H o t h -

f i e l d ' s b r o t h e r .

S i r L i o n e l F . P h i l l i p s , B a r t. , w h o s e f a t h e r w a s a r r e s t e d i n 1 8 9 6

a n d c o n d e m n e d t o d e a t h f o r h i g h t r e a s o n , b u t w a s r e l e a s e d ; i n t e r -

e s t s . S o u t h A f r i c a n m i n e s , S u d a n c o t t o n , e t c .

Sir B. L . B . P r e s c o t t ' s ( B a r t .) mother was daughter of the Jew

Lionel Lawson .

S i r L . R . R i c h a r d s o n , B a r t . , i n t e r e s t e d i n S o u t h A f r i c a n w o o l ; h i s

d a u g h t e r w a s G e n e r a l S m u t s ' s e c r e t a r y .

Sir H . L . R o t h b a n d , B a r t . . o f J . Mandlebe rg & Co . , w a t e r p r o o f e r s .

S i r E . L . S a m u e l , B a r t . , A u s t r a l i a n w o o l i n t e r e s t s .

Sir H . B . S a m u e l s o n , B a r t . , i s o f J e w i s h f a m i l y w h i c h h a s i n t e r -

m a r r i e d t o a l a r g e e x t e n t w i t h g e n t i l e s .

S i r P h i l i p A. G . D . S a s s o o n , B a r t . , a P r i v y C o u n c i l o r a n d f i r s t

commiss ioner of works ; c h a i r m a n o f N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y B o a r d ; o n c e

s e c r e t a r y t o L l o y d G e o r g e , a n d a c t e d a s s u c h a t P e a c e C o n f e r e n c e ;

r o y a l t y a c c e p t s h o s p i t a l i t y f r o m t h i s J e w , w h o i s a R o t h s c h i l d o n

h i s m o t h e r ' s s i d e . H i s s i s t e r m a r r i e d t - - - - Marquis of Cholmondele y .

S i r E . V . S a s s o o n , B a r t ., of Bombay, who has been a member of

t h e L e g i s l a t i v e A s s e m b l y , I n d i a .

S i r F e l i x V . S c h u s t e r , B a r t. , h e l d t o b e a h i g h b a n k i n g a u t h o r i ty .

S i r R . P . S t a p l e s , B a r t . , i s d e s c e n d e d f r o m t h e J e w M e n d e s .

Sir 0. J . V . Thomas, Bart., whose mother was a J ewish Oppen-

heim .

Sir W . R . T u c k , B a r t . , w h o s e f i r m p r i n t s C h r i s t m a s c a r d s .

S i r D . W e r n h e r , B a r t . , i s s o n o f a J e w i s h M a n k i e w i c z .

S i r H . E . Y a r r o w , B a r t . , i s s o n o f a J e w i s h F r a n k l i n .

The Earl of Birkenhea d is desce nded from an oriental ca lled

B a t h s h e b a , d e s c r i b e d i n a r e c e n t b i o g r a p h y a s a g y p s y . R a c i a l l y , i t

matters little whether it was gy psy or Jew . He married Baron

C a m r o s e ' s d a u g h t e r , a n d h i s s i s t e r m a r r i e d B a r o n C a m r o s e ' s s o n .

HALF-BREEDS IN THE MAKING

As though that were not enough, the following nobleme n and

baronets now holding their titles have married women of Je wish

b l o o d ; t h e i r h e i r s , i f b y d e s c e n t f r o m t h e s e w i l l b e J e w i s h a r i s t o -

c r a t s :

(9th) Duke of Roxburghe married the granddaughter of a

R o t h s c h i l d .

( 5 t h ) M a r q u e s s o f C h o l m o n d e l e y ' s w i f e i s a B a s s o o n .

(16th) Marques s of Winches ter married a J ewes s, Mrs . C l a u d e

Marks .

( 7 t h ) E a r l C a s t l e S t e w a r t m a r r i e d a G u g g e n h e i m .

(2d) Earl of Inchcape married the Je wish Ranee of Sarawak's

daughter .

( 6 t h ) E a r l o f R o s s e m a r r i e d a J e w i s h M e s s e l .

( 1 s t ) V i s c o u n t S t . D a v i d s m a r r i e d f i r s t a J e w i s h G e r s t e n b e r g ; a n d

s e c o n d l y a d e s c e n d a n t o f t h e J e w T r e v e s b y w h o m i s h i s h e i r .

( 1 s t ) V i s c o u n t B l e d i s l o e m a r r i e d a L o p e s f o r h i s f i r s t w i f e , a n d

h i s h e i r i s h e r s o n .

(1st) Visc ount Dawson of Penn married the daug hter of a

J e w i s h F r a n k l i n .

( 3 d ) B a r o n C r a w s h a w m a r r i e d t h e g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f a R i c a r d o .

( 2 d ) B a r o n H a m i l t o n o f D a l z e l l ' s m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f a J e w i s h

Lawson .

(8th) Baron Howard de Walde n married a Je wish Van Raal ti .

( 1 2 t h ) B a r o n K i n n a i r d m a r r i e d a C l i f t o n o f T r e v e s b l o o d .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n M a y m a r r i e d a S t r a u s s .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n M o u n t T e m p l e ' s f i r s t w i f e w a s a J e w i s h C a s s e l .

(3d) Baron O'Haga n married as f irst wife the dau ghter of a

J e w i s h B r a h a m , b y w h o m i s h i s h e i r .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n P a s s f i e l d , f o r m e r l y S i d n e y W e b b , a F a b i a n S o c i a l i s t ,

m a r r i e d t h e g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f a " t a l l , d a r k w o m a n o f J e w i s h t y p e . "

a n d h i s b i o g r a p h e r s t a t e s t h a t B e a t r i c e W e b b , n o w L a d y P a s s f i e l d ,

i n h e r i t e d m a n y o f h e r c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s . (See Sidney and Bea trice

Webb, by M. A . H a m i l t o n , p . 4 1 . ) T h i s a p p e a r s t o b e t h e d a u g h t e r

o f J o h n A k e d . B a r o n P a s s f i e l d h i m s e l f i s d e s c r i b e d b y M r . H a m i l t o n

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a s h a v i n g J e w i s h f e a t u r e s ; he w as b orn in Soho and his origins

" h e h a s n e v e r i l l u m i n a t e d . " N e v e r t h e l e s s , M r . H a mi l t o n s ay s t h a t

t h e B a r o n i s p u r e E n g l i s h ; a curious phenomenon .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n P a r m o o r m a r r i e d L a d y P a s s f i e l d ' s s i s t e r .

( 6 t h ) B a r o n P l u n k e t m a r r i e d a J e w i s h L e w i s .

S i r L . C. W . A l e x a n d e r, B a r t . , m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f t h e J e w i s h

Baron Cabl e .

S i r J . W . B e y n o n , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a M o s e s .

S i r J . H . B l u n t , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a G o l d s m i d - S t e r n - S a l o m a n s .

Sir H . L . C . B r a s s e y , B a r t ., married the daughte r of a Jew ish

R i c a r d o .

S i r E . C . C o a t e s , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a C r e w e - M i l n e s o f d i s t a n t J e w i s h

b l o o d .

Sir T. C o l y e r - F e r g u s s o n , B a r t ., married a Cohen as his second

w i f e .

S i r H . G . d e B a t h e , B a r t . , m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f a W a r s c h o w -

sk y .

S i r A . E . H . Dean Paul married a J ewish Wieniawski . "Brenda"

was a daughter .

Sir T. E. P . F a l k i n e r , B a r t ., ma rried the g randdaughter of a

Ricardo .

Sir G. C. Hamilton married a J ewish Simon .

Sir L . J. J on e s , B ar t . , m a r r i e d a S c h u s t e r a s h i s s e c o n d w i f e ,

b u t h i s h e i r i s b y h i s f i r s t w i f e .

Sir E. A . L e c h m e r e , B a r t ., married the daughter of a Samuels .

Sir R. L e e d s , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a J e w i s h S i n g e r

S i r C . E . Ly l e, B a rt . , o f t h e s u g a r - m o n o p o l i s t f i r m T a t e & L y l e ,

married a Levy and his son ma rried the da ughte r of Sir John

J a r v i s , c o n s e r v a t i v e M . P . f o r G u i l d f o r d .

S i r E . O . M c T a g g a r t - S t e w a r t , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a d e s c e n d a n t o f t h e

Jew Treves .

Sir A . Moir, Bart ., m arried the granddaughter of a Jewis h

Franklin .

S i r O s w a l d M o s l e y , B a r t ., ma rried a granddaughter of the J ew

L. Z

. L e i t e r ; h e i s c h i e f o f B r i t i s h U n i o n o f F a s c i s t s .

S i r . P . G . J . M o s t y n , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a J e w i s h M a r k s .

S i r J . G o r d o n N a i r n e , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a C o s t a R i c c i .

S i r N . A . P e a r s o n , B a r t . , m a r r i e d a M o n d , b u t o b t a i n e d a d i v o r c e ,

S i r G i l e s E . S e b r i g h t , B a r t ., married the granddaughte r of an

I s a a c s .

S i r C . E. W a r d e m a r r i e d a " d e S t e r n . "

We a re convinced that if we c ould get proof of certain facts

r e g a r d i n g t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f o t h e r t i t l e d f a m i l i e s , w e c o u l d m o r e

t h a n d o u b l e t h e a b o v e l i s t .

H e r e i s a " m i x e d p i c k l e " o f J e w i s h r e l a t i o n s h i p s w h i c h w e p r i n t ,

n o t b e c a u s e t h e s e c a s e s n e c e s s a r i l y i n f l u e n c e t h e t i t l e d p e o p l e m e n -

t i o n e d i n e v e r y i n s t a n c e , a s s o m e o f t h e m m a y d e t e s t t h e c o n n e c -

tion, but to show how intimate the J ewish pe netration has

become :

( 9 t h ) D u k e o f D e v o n s h i r e ' s b r o t h e r m a r r i e d a d e s c e n d a n t o f t h e

Je w Bernal Osborne .

( 1 1 t h ) M a r q u e s s o f T w e e d d a l e m a r r i e d a R a l l i , s t e p d a u g h t e r o f

a n E i n s t e i n .

(2d) Marquess of Milford Haven is brother-in-law to Casse l

o f f s p r i n g .

( 7 t h ) M a r q u e s s o f L o n d o n d e r r y ' s d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d a J e s s e l . His

h e i r i s g o d f a t h e r t o a J e w i s h J e s s e l .

( 4 t h ) M a r q u e s s o f S a l i s b u r y ' s h e i r , V i s c o u n t C r a n b o r n e , m a r r i e d

a d e s c e n d a n t o f t h e J e w B e r n a l O s b o r n e .

(7th) Earl Beaucham p's da ughter is godmother to the son of

Hon . E . J e s s e l .

( 5 t h ) E a r l P e e l ' s a u n t m a r r i e d C h a r l e s S . Goldman, M . P . , a n d

t h e E a r l ' s u n c l e i s a d i r e c t o r i n t h e J e w i n t e r n a t i o n a l b a n k o f

S . J a p h e t & C o .

( 2 7 t h ) E a r l o f C r a w f o r d ' s h e i r m a r r i e d a d e s c e n d a n t o f t h e J e w

Bernal Osborne. Another son married the da ughter of a J ewish

Van Raalte .

( 1 7 t h ) E a r l o f D e r b y ' s d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d t h e s o n o f a R o t h s c h i l d

( 7 t h ) E a r l S p e n c e r ' s b r o t h e r m a r r i e d a J e w i s h B l u m e n t h a l .

( 7 t h ) E a r l o f O r k n e y i s n e p h e w o f B a r o n e s s d e S a m u e l .

( 4 t h ) E a r l o f V e r u l a m i s b r o t h e r - i n - l a w o f a C a s s e l .

( 9 t h ) E a r l o f J e r s e y ' s s t e p f a t h e r i s a J e w i s h S l e s s o r .

( 6 t h ) E a r l R a n f u r l y ' s s t e p f a t h e r i s a J e w i s h L e z a r d .

( 2 d ) E a r l O x f o r d a n d A s q u i t h ' s s i s t e r m a r r i e d t h e c o u s i n o f a

h a l f - R o t h s c h i l d . A d i s t a n t r e l a t i o n s h i p , b u t s i g n i f i c a n t f r o m a

p o l i t i c a l s t a n d p o i n t .

(2d) Viscount Chelmsford's brother-in-law is a J ew Goldman .

( 5 t h ) V i s c o u n t S i d m o u t h ' s b r o t h e r - i n - l a w i s a J e w H a r r i s .

( 2 d ) V i s c o u n t S c a r s d a l e ' s d a u g h t e r ' s g o d m o t h e r i s M r s . Simon

Marks .

(1st) Viscou nt Greenwood is brother-in-law of the half-J ew

p o l i t i c i a n L . C . M. S . Amery of the Privy Council .

( 1 s t ) V i s c o u n t D a v i d s o n ' s s e c o n d s o n ' s g o d m o t h e r i s t h e J e w i s h

Lady Reading .

( 1 s t ) V i s c o u n t R u n c i m a n ' a s o n ' s f i r s t w i f e w a s a J e w i s h L e h m a n

(2d) Viscount Halifax 's elde st son married the granddaug hter

o f a R o t h s c h i l d .

(1st) Visc ount Haiisham's b rother married the granddaughter

of a Gompertz .

( 8 t h ) V i s c o u n t P o w e r s c o u r t ' s h e i r m a r r i e d i n t o t h e J e w f a m i l y

of Beddington .

( 1 3 t h ) V i s c o u n t F a l k l a n d ' s s i s te r - i n - l a w w a s a J e w i s h L e o n .

( 2 d ) V i s c o u n t C h i l s t o n i s b r o t h e r - i n - l a w o f a S a m u e l s o n .

( 1 s t ) B a r o n R a n k e i l l o u r ' s s e c o n d s o n m a r r i e d a J e w i s h R i c a r d o ,

( 3 d ) B a r o n G e r a r d ' s s i s t e r m a r r i e d t h e J e w B a r o n d e F o r e s t .



( 4 t h ) Baron Annaly is b rother-in-law to Viscount Galway, of

Jew descent .

(2d) Baron Aberdare is brother-in-law of Lord Rosebery, son

o f a R o t h s c h i l d .

(4th) Baron Fermoy's daug hter has a Sassoon as godp arent .

( 2 d ) B a r o n H a m i l t o n o f D a l z e l l ' s n e p h e w , h i s h e i r p r e s u m p t i v e ,

a n d h i m s e l f s o n o f a R i c a r d o , m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f t h e s e c o n d

Baron Burnham ( Lawson, Levi) .

(le t) Baron Kemsle y's son ma rried a Rothschild .

( 2 d ) B a r o n P h i l l l m o r e ' s h e i r m a r r i e d a P e r e i r a .

(2d) Baron Hothfield's heir married a Raphael . His brother

m a r r i e d a J e w i s h F a u d e l - P h i l l i p s .

(7th) Baron Ravensworth's sister married a Speyer.

S i r E . J . P . B e a n ' s ( B a r t . ) h e i r m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f t h e J e w

Sir Maurice Hanke y ; a n d h i s d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d P . Shinkma n .

S i r H . M . H u n t i n g t o n - W h i t e l e y ( B a r t .) (w ho married Mr. S t a n l e y

B a l d w i n ' s d a u g h t e r ) h a s a s i s t e r - i n - l a w C o h n .

S i r J . D . O r r - L e w i s ( B a r t . ) i s b r o t h e r - i n - l a w o f a S t e r n .

S i r L . R . Phillips' (Bart .) heir married a Je wish Lehmann .

S i r A . C . C o r y - W r i g h t ' s ( B a r t . ) h e i r m a r r i e d a J e w i s h T r e e ; a n -

o t h e r s o n m a r r i e d a L e v y .

S i r B . G. D. S h e f f i e l d ' s ( B a r t .) son married a Je wish Faudel-

P h i l l i p s .

S i r J . H. B . N o b l e ' s ( B a r t . ) s o n m a r r i e d t h e g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f a

Jewish Goldsmid .

S i r R . B o n s o r 's ( B a r t . ) s i s t e r m a r r i e d a J e w i s h H a m b r o .

S i r H. W . H u l s e ' s ( B a r t . ) s o n h a s a J e w i s h L a w s o n a s g o d f a t h e r .

S i r C . G . E . W e lb y ' s ( B a r t . ) s o n m a r r i e d a J e w i s h G r e g o r y .

I n m a n y o f t h e a b o v e c a s e s , t h e h e i r t o t h e t i t l e i s i n v o l v e d

Once more, we must emphasize how incomplete the above l i s t

s t i l l i s .

We do not know exactly how to classify-

B a r o n S t r a b o l g i , f o r m e r l y C o m m a n d e r K e n w o r t h y , S o c i a l i s t M . P . ,

b u t t h e D a i l y T e l e g r a p h o f A p r i l 1 6 , 1 9 3 4 , i s l e s s c a u t i o u s a n d

includes him in a list of what it described as the "l eaders of

B r i t i s h J e w r y . " Lord Strabolgi looks Je wish, boosts the Je wish

n a t i o n a t e v e r y o p p o r t u n i t y a n d r e a c t s l i k e a J e w , a n d o n c e w a s

a director of the European & Caucasia n Export & Import Co . ,

w h i c h , a s t h e P a t r i o t s t a t e s , M a y 2 3 , 1 9 2 9 , h a d a c a p i t a l o f £ 2 , 2 0 0

and "could be nothing but a n intermediary between the Soviet

that found the banking se curity and the m anufacturers who sold

the goods . "

L o r d M a r l e y i s a n o t h e r b a r o n w h o a p p e a r s t o b e a l i t t l e s h y a s

t o h i s a n ce st r y ; Burke s imply reveals him to be the grandson of

G e o r g e J o a c h i m A m a n , b u t L o r d M a r l e y ' s a c t i o n s s h o w t h a t , w h a t -

e v e r h e m a y b e , h e c a n n o t r e g a r d i t l i b e l o u s t o b e d e s c r i b e d a t

l e a s t a s a n " ar ti f ic i al J ew " ; he spends much of his time boosting

Jews a nd defending Jew interests .

T h e r e a r e s c o r e s o f o t h e r " l o r d s " w h o a r e f a r t o o s h y t o r e v e a l

e v e n t h e i r m o t h e r s ' n a m e s . S u r e l y i t i s a n i m p o r t a n t t h i n g t h a t

the British Democrat should know something of the origins of,

s a y , B a r o n s A r n o l d , P a s s f i e l d , a n d S n e l l , s e e i n g t h a t t h e y h o l d

p r o m i n e n t p o s i t i o n s i n t h e a f f a i r s o f o u r c o u n t r y . Then there is

Baron Ashfield, whose f ather changed his name from Knatries to

S t a n l e y ; t h i s f a c t i s n o t g i v e n i n B u r k e ' s P e e r a g e , a n d w e s h o u l d

l i k e t o kn o w i f h e w a s a Je w . H a v e w e n o t a r i g h t t o k n o w ?

What is the use of a p eerage reference book which does not

t e l l w h e r e J e w i s h b l o o d c o m e s i n ?

A statement originally made b y Mr . Shane Le slie, that Lord

Curzon of Kedleston had a Jewis h grandmother, and repeate d by

B . Falk in He Laughe d in Fleet Street has, we understand from

Mr . Leslie himself, been withdrawn by him . We do not knowwhether or no it should have been withdrawn .

" F o r o v e r 1 4 y e a r s s h e h a d c o u n t e d L a d y R o t h s c h i l d a s h e r b e s t

f r i e n d , " s a i d L a d y S n o w d e n , o n M a r c h 1 9 a t t h e j u b i l e e a p p e a l f o r

t h e J e w i s h A s s o c i a t i o n f o r t h e P r o t e c t i o n o f G i r l s , a t G r o s v e n o r

House, Park Lane .

T h e E a r l s o f L i s t o w e l a n d o f W a r w i c k h e l p e d t o d i r e c t t h e J e w i s h

D a i l y P o s t o f L o n d o n , w h i c h h a s s i n c e g o n e i n t o l i q u i d a t i o n .

According to the Jew ish Chronicle of May 10, Lord Winterton

s t a t e d i n t h e H o u s e o f C o m m o n s , M a y 7 , t h a t a l t h o u g h h e w a s n o t

a w a r e o f a n y J e w i s h b l o o d a m o n g h i s a n c e s t o r s , h e w o u l d b e v e r y

p r o u d o f i t i f t h e r e w a s . F a u g h i

Lady Diana Cooper's child had as its godfather the late Otto

Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co .

T h e B a l f o u r s , C e c i l e , C h u r c h i l l s , L y t t o n s . R u s s e l l s , a n d S t a n l e y s

s e e m t o h a v e a s o r t o f h e r e d i t a r y l a c k o f A r y a n g o o d t a s t e i n f a v o r -

i n g J e w s .

Lady Patricia Moore, daughte r of the tenth Earl of Drogheda,

s e r v e d a s h e a d o f a c o m m i t t e e o f t h e B r i t i s h A s s o c i a t i o n o f M a c c a -

b e e s i n 19 3 3 , t o ge t h e r w i t h t h e c a r e e r i s t , M r . R a n d o l p h C h u r c h i l l .

T h i s i s a n e x c l u s i v e l y J e w i s h n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d w e d o n o t

know wha t these two we re doing there .

A d u l t e r y w i t h J e w s a c c o u n t s f o r c e r t a i n c a s e s w h e r e i n d i v i d u a l s

o f o b v i o u s h i t h e r A s i a t i c r a c e s u d d e n l y a p p e a r i n o l d A r y a n f a m i l i e s

o f n o b i l i t y . T h e u s u a l c h a i n o f c i r c u m s t a n c e s i n t h e s e c a s e s w a s

d e s c r i b e d i n T h e F a s c i s t o f M a y 1 9 3 4 , i n a n a r t i c l e c a l l e d A S i d e

L i n e o f U s u r y . I t i s t h e g r e a t e r s c a n d a l t h a t t h e s e c a s e s m a y n o t

h e r e b e a d v e r t i s e d s o t h a t t h e E u r a s i a n p r o g e n y m i g h t b e c h i v i e d

o u t o f o u r B r i t i s h a r i s t o c r a c y, which they must permanently con-

taminate . These Jew -fea tures cross-breeds ofte n further betray

themselv es by their instinctive leanings toward Marxism and

finance and by a preference and sympa thy for Jewish compa ny

and Jewish cause s . They often live under the perpetual shadow

o f J e w i s h b l a c k m a i l .

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G e n e r a l l y s p e a k i n g , w h e n p e o p l e o f A r y a n f a m i l y l o o k l i k e J e w s ,

t h e y a r e J e w i s h . KNIGHTS Or ENGLANDT h e l i s t o f J e w i s h k n i g h t s w h i c h f o l l o w s g i v e s n o z e a l i d e a o f

t h e J e w i s h c o n t a m i n a t i o n o f t h e o n c e - p r i z e d h o n o r o f k n i g h t h o o d .

I t i s f a r m o r e d i f f i c u l t t o g e t a t t h e a n c e s t r y o f h o l d e r s o f n o n -

h e r e d i ta r y t i t l es t h a n i t i s o f t h e o t h e rs . I t i s e a s i e r f o r y o u r

J e w i s h k n i g h t t o c a m o u f l a g e h i m s e l f , a n d t h e r e i s n o d o u b t w h a t -

ever that there are as many Marrano Jew s today in this country

w o r k i n g f o r J e w r y u n d e r C h r i s t i a n i z e d n a m e s a n d u n d e r t h e C h r i s -

t i a n r e l i g i o n a s e v e r t h e r e w e r e i n S p a i n a n d P o r t u g a l . We include

i n t h e l i s t b e l o w o n l y n a m e s o f l i v i n g k n i g h t s o f u n d o u b t e d J e w i s h

blood; w e k n o w t h e r e a r e s c o r e s o f o t h e r s , a n d w e m a y b e a b l e t o

a d d t o t h e l i s t i n f u t u r e e d i t i o n s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i f o u r r e a d e r s w i l l

a s s i s t u s i n t h e b u s i n e s s o f i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .

The appointme nts mentioned are either past or present ones .

S i r S . S . A b r a h a m s , c h i e f j u s t i c e , T a n g a n y i k a .

Sir M. A . Abraham son, of a n engine ering firm in Denma rk ; w a s

c o m m i s s i o n e r f o r r e p a t r i a t i o n o f B r i t i s h a n d A l l i e d p r i s o n e r s o f w a r .

S i r G e o r g e de S . B a r r o w .

Sir M. B l o c h .

Sir M . J. Bonn, banke r; cha irman of London regional a dvisorycommittee for juvenile unemployment .

S i r M o n t a g u e B u r t o n , c u t - p r i c e t a i l o r .

S i r B . A . C o h e n , b a r r i s t e r .

S i r L . L . C o h e n , b a n k e r a n d s t o c k b r o k e r a n d m e m b e r o f n u m e r o u s

B r i t i s h e c o n o m i c c o m m i t t e e s .

S i r R . W a l e y C o h e n , o f S h e l l O i l a n d o f B a l d w i n s , L t d .

S i r S . S . Cohen .

S i r A . C a s t e l l a n i , e x p e r t o n t r o p i c a l d i s e a s e s . His daughter ma r-r i e d S i r M i l e s L a m p s o n .

S i r A l b e r t C l a v e r i n g ( f o r m e r l y C l o s e n b e r g ) , p r o p a g a n d a o f f i c e r , c e n -

t r a l c o n s e r v a t i v e o f f i c e .

Sir H . Courthope-Munroe (real name Isaacs) . Has had manyi m p o r t a n t a p p o i n t m e n t s i n i n d u s t r i a l a r b i t r a t i o n a n d c h u r c h t i t h e

work .

S i r S . D'A . C r o o k s h a n k , m a j o r g e n e r a l ; g e n e r a l s e c r e t a r y , o f f i c e r s '

a s s o c i a t i o n .

S i r S . D a n n r e u t h e r , s o n o f a J e w i s h I o n i d e s ; d e pu t y s ec r e ta r y ,

A i r M i n i s t r y .

Sir Edmund Davis, director of many mining compa nies .

S i r E r n e s t D a v i s , N e w Z e a l a n d .

S i r B e n j a m i n D r a g e , i n s t a l l m e n t f u r n i t u r e d e a l e r .

Sir W . D e e d e s , b r i g a d i e r g e n e r a l .

Sir John Ducane , wa s comm ander in chief, British Army on theRhine . 1 9 2 4 - 2 7 ; G o v e r n o r o f M a l t a , 1 9 2 7 - 3 1 .

S i r P . H . E z e c h l e l 3 d , c r o w n a g e n t t o t h e c o l o n i e s s i n c e 1 9 2 0 .

S i r D . E . D . E z r a , l a t e s h e r i f f o f C a l c u t t a .

S i r L . F r a n k l i n , o f A . K e y s e r & C o . , J e w b an k e r s ; w a s i n c h a r g e of

B e l g i a n r e f u g e e s a t F o l k e s t o n e .

S i r F . E . F r e m a n t l e , a d e s c e n d a n t o f t h e J e w G i d e o n .

S i r S . R . F r e m a n t l e , w h o s e m o t h e r w a s a n I s a a c s .

S i r S . H . F r e m a n t l e , b r o t h e r o f f o r e g o i n g .

S i r S . G l u c k s t e l n , t o b a c c o m a g n a t e .

S i r F . W . G o l d s t o n e , g e n e r a l s e c r e t a r y , N a t i o n a l U n i o n o f T e a c h e r s .

Sir W. H . G o s c h e n , c h a i r m a n o f S u n I n s u r a n c e o f f i c e .

Sir H. G r a u m a n n , I n t e r e s t e d i n S o u t h A f r i c a n g o l d a n d m a y o r o f

Johannesburg .

S i r A . M . G r e e n , H i g h C o m m i s s i o n e r f o r I n d i a i n L o n d o n .

S i r C . E . H a m b r o , d i r e c t o r o f b a n k s , i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s , e t c .

Sir M . Hankey, clerk to H . M . P r i v y C o u n c i l a n d s e c r e t a r y o f

c o u n t l e s s i n te r n a t i on a l c o n f e r e n c es . ( S e e t h e F a c i s t f o r M a y 1 9 3 5 ) .

N a m e o f h i s g r e a t - g r a n d f a t h e r c h a n g e d t o H a n k e y f r o m A l e r s .

S i r V i c t o r H a r a r i P a s h a , d i r e c t o r g e n e r a l o f a c c o u n t s , E g y p t i a n

M i n i s t r y o f F i n a n c e .

S i r D . H a r r i s , o f D e B e e r s .

S i r P . J . H a r t o g , I n d i a n e d u c a t i o n a l i s t .

S i r P . G. H e n r i q u es , o n c e a ss is ta nt s e c r e t a r y , M i n i s t r y o f M u n i -

t i o n s .

Sir A . H i r t z e l , i n I n d i a o f f i c e s i n c e 1 8 9 4 , b e c o m i n g P e r m a n e n t

U n d e r S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e f o r I n d i a , 1 9 2 4 - 3 0 .

S i r G . B . H u r s t , M . P . ( f o r m e r l y H e r t z ) .

S i r I s a a c A . I s a a c s , G o v e r n o r G e n e r a l o f A u s t r a l i a . Member of the

c o m m i t t e e w h i c h f o r m e d t h e A u s t r a l i a n c o n s t i t u t i o n .

S i r J . G . Ja rmay, of Brunner Mond & Co .

S i r F . L'E . J o s e p h , p r e s i d e n t o f t h e F e d e r a t i o n o f B r i t i s h I n d u s -

t r i e s .

S i r S . 0 . J o s e p h , m a y o r o f M a r y l e b o n e .

S i r E . K a d o o r i e , I r a q e d u c a t io n a l i s t .

S i r C e c i l H . K i s c h , A s s i s t a n t U n d e r S e c r e t ar y o f S t a t e f o r I n d i a

a n d m e m b e r o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l c o n f e r e n c e s a s B r i t i s h r e p -

r e s e n t a t i v e .

S i r L e o n L e v i s o n , a u t h o r .

S i r C . B . L e v i t a , l i e u t e n a nt c o l o n e l .

S i r J . A . L e v y , j e w e l d e a l e r .

Sir H. C. Luke (Lusach), has held countless diplomatic key

p o s i t i o n s .

S i r F . J . M a r q u i s , o f L e w i s ' , L t d . ; h a s o c c u p i e d m a n y k e y p o s i t i o n s

i n i n d u s t r i a l c o u nc i l s , e t c . , i n t h i s c o u n t r y .

Sir H . M a r k s , b i g - b u s i n e s s m a n i n S o u t h S e a s .

S i r C h a r l e s M e n d l , p r e s s a t t a c h e , B r i t i s h E m b a s s y , P a r i s .

S i r S . F . M e n d l , m e m b e r o f w a r o f f i c e a d v i s o r y c o m m i t t e e o n A r m y

c o n t r a c t s .

S i r R . L . M o n d , i n t e r e s t i n g h i m s e l f i n a r c h a e o l o g y .

S i r H . A . M i e r s , g e o l o g i s t .



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Sir M . M y e r s , c h i e f j u s t i c e o f N e w Z e a l a n d .

Sir M. N a t h a n , h a s h a d f i v e c o l o n i a l g o v e r n o r s h i p s .

S i r F . G . N e w b o l t , o f f i c i a l r e f e r e e , s u p r e m e c o u r t .

Sir H . J . N e w b o l t, o f f i c i a l n a v a l h i s t o r i an , 1 9 2 3 ; c o n t r o l l e r o f

w i r e l e s s a n d c a b l e s i n E u r o p e a n W a r .

Sir E. Opp enheim er, chairman of Anglo-Ame rican Corporation

o f S o u t h A f r i c a .

S i r F . O p p e n h e i m e r , B r i t i s h d e l e g a t e i n m a n y i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m -

m i s s i o n s .

S i r C . E . P e r e i r a , m a j o r - g e n e r a l .

S i r F , P o l l i t z e r

Sir Landon Ronald, musica l conductor .

S i r C . R o s e n t h a l , m a jo r - g e n e r a l.

Sir W . R o t h e n s t e i n , a r t i s t .

S i r I s i d o r e S a l m o n , o f J . L y o n s & C o . , s e r v e d o n m a n y i m p o r t a n t

p u b l i c b o d i e s .

S i r H . Samuelson .

S i r C l a u d e S c h u s t e r , p e r m a n e n t s e c r e t a r y t o L o r d C h a n c e l o r .

Sir G . E . Schuster, on ma ny bank directorates and financial

commissions .

Sir C . D. Seligman, me mber of advisory committee of Export

C r e d i t s G u a r a n t e e D e p a r t m e nt , B o a r d o f T r a d e .

S i r P . C . Simmons, London County council .

S i r E . D . S i m o n , L o r d M a y o r o f M a n c h e s t e r .

S i r H . H . S l e s s e r , l o r d j u s t i c e .

Sir H . J. Stanley, Governor of Southern Rhodesia ; r e a l n a m e ,

Sonnenthal .

S i r L . S . S t e r l i n g .

S i r A l b e r t S t e r n , d i r e c t o r - g e n e r a l , m e c h a n i c a l w a r f a r e d e p a r t -

ment .

Sir H . S t r a k o s c h , e x p e r t o n s c o r e s o f E m p i r e f i n a n c i a l c o m m i s -

s i o n s ; B r i t i s h f i n a n c i a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , L e a g u e o f N a t i o n s .

S i r A u r e l S t e i n , e x p l o r e r a n d t r a v e l e r t o T i b e t , e t c .

S i r T h o m a s W h i t e , c h a i r m a n o f C e n t r a l V a l u a t i o n C o m m i t t e e f o r

England and Wale s .

S i r H . A . W e r n h e r , c h a i r m a n o f A n g l o - S w e d i s h S o c i e t y .

Sir A . Z i m m e r n , p r o f e s s % , r o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s , O x f o r d

U n i v e r s i t y .

Sir Otto Nieme ye : d e n i e s h e i s J e w i s h ; h e d o e s n o t l o o k i t ; h e

i s p r e s i d e n t o f t h e B a n k o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l S e t t l e m e n t s .

T h e f o l l o w i n g K n i g h t s n o w l i v i n g h a v e m a r r i e d w o m e n o f J e w i s h

blood

Sir Percy Ashley married a J ewish Haym an . H a s b e e n l e c t u r e r

on history, London School of Economics, and se cretary, import

d u t i e s a d v i s o r y c o m m i t t e e .

S i r J. M. A s t b u r y m a r r i e d a J e w i s h S u s m a n ( f i r s t w i f e ) . Judge,

h i g h c o u r t .

Sir R. M . Banks ma rried an Ehrman, widow of a n Epstein .

Judge .

Sir E . C . Benthall ma rried the dau ghter of the Je wish Baron

C a b l e ; h e w a s L o r d R e a d i n g ' s a g e n t i n I n d i a .

Sir A. A . B i g g s m a r r i e d a P o l l a k .

S i r C . V . B r o o k e m a r r i e d a J e w i s h B r e t t . Rajah of Sarawak .

Sir E. J . Cameron married an Isaacs . Has had many Colonial

G o v e r n o r s h i p s .

S i r C . E . C o r k r a n m a r r i e d a R i c a r d o . General officer command-

i n g , L o n d o n d i s t r i c t , 1 9 2 8 - 3 2 .

Sir R. W . Dalton married a Bamberger . Senior trade commis-

s i o n e r o f s e v e r a l D o m i n i o n s .

Sir David Davis m arried a Pla iner . Lord Mayor, Birmingham .

S i r S . S . Davis married a Jew ish Davis . Many a dministration

a n d f i n a n c i a l a p p o i n t m e n t s , p a r t i c u l a r l y P a l e s t i n e .

S i r F . H . Dent married a des cendant of the J ew Gideon . Gov-ernor, London School of Economics .

Sir G . M . Franks ma rried a Garcia . G e n e r a l , p r e s i d e n t A l l i e d

Commission of Organization, Turkey .

S i r R . G o d d a r d m a r r i e d a S c h u s t e r . J u d g e , h i g h c o u r t .

S i r A . G r e e r m a r r i e d a V a n N o o r d e n . L o r d j u s t i ce o f a p pe a l .

S i r C . J . C . Grant ma rried the g randdaughte r of a Rothschild .

General .

S i r J . H a n b u r y - W i l l i a m s m a r r i e d a R e i s s . C h i e f o f B r i t i s h M i l i -

t a r y M i s s i o n w i t h H. Q . R u s s i a n A r m y i n F i e l d , 1 9 1 4 - 1 7 .

S i r A . E . W . H a r m a n m a r r i e d a R i c a r d o . General .

Sir Malcolm Hogg ma rried the granddaug hter of a Je w Gompertz .

S i r A . H o r e m a r r i e d t h e w i d o w o f J . I . B e l i s h a . Permanent Secre-

t a r y , M i n i s t e r o f P e n s i o n s .

Sir H. K . Kitson married a J ewish de Pass . Admiral Superin-

t e n d e n t o f H . M . D o c k y a r d , P o r t s m o u t h .

Sir Miles Lamps on married a Caste llani . High Commissioner,

Egypt .

Sir K . L e e m a r r i e d a S t r a k o s c h . On many industrial commis-s i o n s .

Sir H . J . M a c k i n d e r m a r r i e d a G i n s b e r g , d i r e c t o r , L o n d o n S c h o o l

o f E c o n o m i c s , 1 9 0 3 - 8 ; British High Commiss ioner, South Russia

1 9 1 9- 2 0 ; c h a i r m a n , I m p e r i a l E c o n o m i c C o n f e r e n c e 1 9 2 6 - 3 1 .

Sir W . Morrison m arried a D'Costa . O n l e g i s l a t i v e c o u n c i l ,

Jamaica .

S i r F . S . P a r r y m a r r ie d a d e s c e n d a nt o f t h e J e w G i d e o n . P r i v at e

s e c r et a r y , F ir s t L o r d T r ea s u r y 1 89 7 - 1 90 2 ; h a s b e e n d e p u t y c h a i r m a n ,

b o a r d o f c u s t o m s , f o r 2 5 y e a r s .

Sir W . T . S o u t h o r n m a r r i e d a J e w i s h W o o l f . C o l o n i a l ' S e c r e t a r y ,

Hong Kong .

S i r F . T . S p i c k e r n e l l m a r r i e d t h e d e s c e n d a n t o f a J e w R o s e n z w e i g .

S e c r e t a r y t o F i r s t S e a L o r d f o r 8 y e a r s .

Sir M. M . Wood ma rried the da ughter of Moss Davis . L i b e r a l

whip .

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Other knights hav e al lowed the ir children to marry Je ws or

J e w e s s e s , o r h a v e o t h e r f a m i l y t i e s w i t h J e w s , a s :

Sir Hugh S. B a r n e s ' d a u g h t e r h a s a R o t h s c h i l d a s s o n - i n - l a w .

S i r F . B o w a t e r ' s s o n m a r r i e d t h e d a u g h t e r o f a J e w i s h F r a n k l i n

S i r J . F. S . C o l e r i d g e ' s d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d a S e l i g m a n .

Sir W . D a l r y m p l e ' s s o n m a r r i e d a J e w i s h A l b u .

S i r A u s t i n E . H a r r i s ' s s o n m a r r i e d a B a h r e n s .

S i r J . A . H a w k e ' s d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d t h e J e w S i r P . C . Simmons .

S i r A . H o p k i n s o n 's d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d S i r 0 . B . H u r s t ( H e r t z ) .

S i r T . G . H o r r i d g e m a r r i e d t h e w i d o w o f A . I s en b er g .

Sir Oliver Lodge's da ughter married a Jew ish Yarrow .

Sir W . M o n c k t o n ' s w i f e ' s s t e p f a t h e r i s a C o h e n .

Sir Guy Standing's daug hter married a J ewish Le on .

Some of the knights mentioned are themse lves J ewish, but we

h a v e n o p r o o f s i n t h e s e c a s e s a n d t h e r e f o r e m a k e n o d i s t i n c t i o n s

T h e f o l l o w i n g a r e w o m e n o f J e w i s h b l o o d b e a r i n g t i t l e s a s b e i n g

widows of knights :

Lady M . Barnard (nee Loewe n) .

Lady C . M . C h e r m s i d e , d a u g h t e r o f 1 s t B a r o n R e u t e r .

Lady De Pass (ne e Mercado) .

Lady A . d e V i l l i e r s , d a u g h t e r o f S i m o n D a v i s .

Lady M . H. E g e r t o n , d a u g h t e r o f a J e w i s h F r a n k l i n .

Lady A . Gollancz (nee Goldschmidt) .

Lady A. R. G o o d r i c h ( n e e H e l b e r t , o r i g i n a l l y I s r a e l ) .

Lady A . G . Gregg ( nee Samuel) .

Lady A. H a y t e r ( n e e S l e s s o r ) .

Lady L . H e n r y ( n e e L e v y ) .

Lady A. E . H e n s c h e l l ( n e e L o u i s ) .

Lady H. E . F . Jacoby (nee Liepmann) .

Lady D . F. J a m e s ( n e e B a s e v i ) .

Lady K . de V . Lambton, granddaughter of the J ew, BernalOsborne .

Lady J . V . L u c a s ( n e e H e n r i q u e s ) .

Lady P. Lyons (nee Cohen) .

Lady A . M a n d e l b e r g ( n e e B a r n e t t ) .

Lady V. A . M y e r s ( n e e L e v y ) .

Lady A. E . N a t h a n ( n e e S i c h e l ) .

Lady E . P r i n c e ( n e e J o n a s ) .

Lady A. Z . P r i n g l e ( n e e L e v y ) .

Lady R . Samuel (nee Beddington) .

Lady I . S n o w d e n ( n e e I s a a c s )

Lady F . W a l s t o n ( n e e E i n s t e i n ) .

S o , t h e r e i s s o m e t h i n g r o t t e n i n t h e s t a t e o f D e n m a r k .

We a sk our reade rs to join us and to help to rouse what is

l e f t o f t h e g r e a t B r i t i s h N a t i o n t o r a c e - c o n s c i o u s n e s s . No mano r w o m a n c a n e s c a p e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y w h i c h t h e k n o w l e d g e g i v e n

in this pamphle t forces up on them . The task cannot be left tof u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s , b e c a u s e e v e r y g e n e r a t i o n w i l l b e m o r e J u d a i s e d

t h a n t h e o n e b e f o r e i t .

The great Je w-wise reformer, William Cobbett thus addressed

t h e n o b i l i t y o f h i s d a y ( a b o u t 1 8 2 7 ) i n h i s L e t t e r t o t h e N o b i l i t y

of England :

" Y o u f e e l t h a t y o u a r e n o t t h e m e n y o u r g r a n d f a t h e r s

were ; b u t y o u h a v e c o m e i n t o y o u r p r e s e n t s t a t e b y s l o w d e g r e e s ,

a n d t h e r e f o r e y o u c a n n o t t e l l , e v e n t o y o u r s e l v e s , n o t o n l y h o w

the change has c ome about, b ut you cannot tell what sort of

c h a n g e i t r e a l l y i s . You may know what it is, however * * *w h e n y o u r e f l e c t t h a t y o u r g r a n d f a t h e r s w o u l d a s s o o n h a v e t h o u g h t

o f d i n i n g w i t h a c h i m n e y s w e e p t h a n o f d i n i n g w i t h a j e w o r w i t h

any huckste ring reptile w ho has amasse d money by watching th

turn of the marke t ; t h a t t h o s e g r a n d f a t h e r s w o u l d h a v e t h o u g h t

i t n o d i s h o n o r a t a l l t o s i t a t t a b l e w i t h f a r m e r s , o r e v e n w i t h

l a b o r e r s , b u t t h a t t h e y w o u l d h a v e s h u n n e d t h e u s u r i o u s t r i b e o f

l o a n j o b b e r s , a n d o t h e r n o t o r i o u s c h a n g e r s o f m o n e y a s t h e y w o u l d

h a v e s h u n n e d t h e w h i r l w i n d o r t h e p e s t i l e n c e . "

GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED-KEEP TROTH

(Current engageme nts on going to press : The Marquee s of

Queensbe rry's daug hter to Count Bendem, son of the new Je w

Baron de Forest . )

Revised to Novembe r 30, 1937, e nlarged with addition of new

names and removal of others through death, a nd in three c ases

t h r o u g h e r r o r .


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REMARKSOFHON . J . THORKELSONOF MONTANAIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

W e d n e s d a y , A u g u s t 2 1 , 1 9 4 0

ARTICLE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO LEADER, r'ai3RUARY 17AND 24, 1 912

Mr. THORKELSON . Mr. Spea ker, under leave to exten

my own rema rks in the RECORD, I include a n article w hich

is a reprint from the San Francisco Le ade r of February 17



a n d 2 4 , 1 9 1 2 , b y L i l l i a n S c o t t T r o y . T h e ar t i cl e i s e nt i t le d

" B e n e d i c t A r n o l d P e a c e S o c i e t y - S o m e I n s i d e a n d I n t e r e s t -

ing History of the Infam ous Pea ce Proposal -How the

Scheme To Form an Alliance With England Is Being Engi-

neered-Carnegie 's Crafty Method . "

T h i s i s i n l i n e w i t h t h e o t h e r m a t t e r w h i c h I h a v e i n s e r t e d

i n t h e RECORD, o f w h i c h i t i s p a r t V I . I n t h e s e a r t i cl e s I h a v e

m a d e i t a p o i n t t o s h o w t h a t t h i s i n s i d i o u s B r i t i s h i n f l u e n c e

t o r e t u r n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a s a c o l o n y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n h a s

b e e n a c t i v e f o r o v e r a h u n d r e d y e a r s .

BENEDICT ARNOLD PEACE SOCIETY-SOME I N S I D E AND I N T E R E S T I N G

HISTORY OF THE INFAMOUS "PEACE" PROPOSAL ; HOW THE SCHEMETo FORM AN ALLIANCE WITH ENGLAND Is BEING ENGINEERED ;

CARNEGIE'S CRAFTY METHOD

B y L i l l i a n S c o t t T r o y

[ R e p r i n t e d f r o m T h e L e a d e r o f F e b r u a r y 1 7 a n d F e b r u a r y 2 4 , 1 9 1 2 ,

S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f . ]

A n d r e w C a r n e g i e i s i n h i g h f a v o r i n E n g l a n d j u s t n o w . Britonswho formerly sne ered at the return of the Scot American to his

n a t i v e H i g h l a n d h e a t h b i y e a r l y , n o w n o d s a t i s f i e d a p p r o v a l w h e n

t h e i r o n m a s t e r ' s n a m e i s m e n t i o n e d .

W h e n E n g l i s h s n e e r , t h e y h a t e ; w h e n t h e y h a t e , t h e y h a t e f o r e v e r .

Why this sudden cha nge? Carnegie 's money ? No! His libraries,h e r o f u n d s , e t c .? No! His am bition? Yes!

W i t h i n t h e s o u l o f t h e l i t t l e S c o t s m a n d w e l l s a b u r n i n g w e a k n e s s ,

w h i c h o n l y a n e x p e r i e n c e d p h y s i o g n o m i s t c o u l d d i s c e r n i n h i s i m -

m o b i l e f e a t u r e s .

Ambition! Mad ambition ; the am bition of Caesar .

T h e m a n w h o s o c l e v e r l y a m a s s e d o n e o f t h e l a r g e s t i n d i v i d u a l

f o r t u n e s i t h a s b e e n m a n ' s l u c k t o g a t h e r t o g e t h e r i n t h e a g e o f

the world would be le ss than human had he not some wea kness .

T o b e a m b i t i o u s i s g o o d b u t t o b e a m b i t i o u s w i t h a f e v e r i s h b u t

d e l i b e r a t e i n t e n s i t y w h i c h s a c r i f i c e s p r i n c i p l e f o r t r i c k e r y a n d c r a f t i -

n e s s i s b a d . The mas ter mind that engineered the ways and mea ns

to a colossal f ortune has no limitations! Carnegie ex pands andb a s k s i n t h e l i m e l i g h t ; i t i s t h e o n e j o y o f h i s d e c l i n i n g y e a r s .

S i n c e t h e v i s i t o f K i n g E d w a r d t o S k i b o C a s t l e i n S c o t l a n d , a

new germ of ambition has be en sown in the mind and soul of theScotsman . On that memorable day, whe n he was honored by the

K i n g o f E n g l a n d , a f l a g f l o a t e d o v e r S k i b o C a s t l e , w h i c h s h o w e d t h e

S t a r s a n d S t r i p e s o n o n e s i d e a n d t h e B r i t i s h f l a g o n t h e o t h e r .

A s t h e K i n g w a s l e a v i n g t h e c a s t l e , a f t e r o f f e r i n g C a r n e g i e a d u k e -

d o m - o n t e r m s , t h e l a i r d o f t h e c a s t l e i s s a i d t o h a v e r a i s e d h i s

h a n d t o t h e f l a g a n d e x c l a i m e d s u b j e c t i v e l y , " Y o u r M a j e s t y e n t e r e d

S k i b o C a s t l e u n d e r t h e A m e r i c a n f l a g , a n d t h e B r i t i s h f l a g f l i e s

o v e r y o u r M a j e s t y a s y o u l e a v e . - M a y t h e r e b e o n l y o n e f l a g o v e r

S k i b o C a s t l e w h e n y o u r M a j e s t y g r a c i o u s l y d e s i g n t o e n t e r a g a i n ,

a n d m a y t h a t f l a g b e t h e B r i t i s h f l a g . A n d m a y i t a l s o f l o a t o v e r

t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s f r o m t h e A t l a n t i c t o t h e P a c i f i c . "

Immediately after the pea cemak er's visit, the Carnegie pea ce

f u n d w a s s t a r t e d i n A m e r i c a .

The fa ir name of peace was su bstituted for treachery and be-t r a y a l. The word "pea ce" c aught the pop ular mind for the mo-ment . T h e s u b t l e t y w h i c h m a r k s t h e c h a r a c t e r o f A n d r e w C a r n e g i e

f o r b a d e m e n t i o n i n g a r b i t r a t i o n w i t h E n g l a n d u n t i l t h e p e a c e f u n d

h a d b e e n w e l l a d v e r t i s e d , a n d d u l y c e m e n t e d i n t h e m i n d s o f t h e

A m e r i c a n p e o p l e a s t h e b e s t s c h e m e f o r g o o d t h e l a i r d o f S k i b o h a d

i n i t i a t e d .

T h e " P e a c e " F u n d C o m m i t t e e w a s p a i n s t a k i n g l y s e l e c t e d , w i t h a

careful regard for future development . And tradi ng u nde r the

holy name of "peac e" the object and aim of this congenial com-

m i t t e e ( n e a t s a l a r i e s , e t c .) was what? To sell the United Statest o E n g l a n d !

These were the terms demanded for Carnegie' s dukedom! Hismoney could buy men buyable , to favor "pea ce," it could buy or

l e a s e s e c r e t l y n e w s p a p e r s t o s p r e a d b r o a d c a s t C a r n e g i a n d o c t r i n e

u n t i l t h e i r p r o t e a n p r o c l i v i t i e s g r a d u a l l y p e r m e a t e d i n t o e a s i l y i n -

f l u e n c e d m i n d s ; i t c o u l d h i r e u n n a t u r a l i z e d E n g l i s h m e n o r C a n a d i -

a n s w h o h a d l i v e d a n d a m a s s e d f o r t u n e s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b u t

w h o f o u n d t h e l a n d o f t h e i r l o n g r e s i d e n c e t o o i n f e r i o r f o r a d o p -

t i o n , t o s p r e a d t h e d o c t r i n e ; a n d l a s t l y , t o b e u l t r a c h a r i t a b l e , i t

could ev en pull the w ool over the eyes of the President of theU n i t e d S t a t e s !

This sudden haste a bout arbitration was unwittingly brought

about by the impending war between England and Germany . Car-n e g i e w a s f o r c e d o n a g a i n s t h i s w i l l a n d m o r e f a r s i g h t e d j u d g m e n t

t o b r i n g a b o u t a w o r k i n g " e n t e n t e " w i t h t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b e f o r e

Germany ma de any hostile move against England . I n f a c t , t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s w a s t o b e h e l d o v e r t h e h e a d o f t h e i r f r i e n d G e r -

m a n y i n t h e s h a p e o f a " b i g s t i c k " b y E n g l a n d .

L o o k w e l l a t t h e m e n w h o a r e t a l k i n g t h e m s e l v e s h o a r s e t r y i n g

to tell us why we must have arbitration with England. I s t h e r e

a ma n amongst them who is a represe ntative American? Is there

one whose p atriotism for America we would cl ass w ith that ofW a s h i n g t o n , J e f f e r s o n , o r w i t h t h a t o f a n y o f t h e g r e a t m e n w h o

have passed away, but whose example of shunning "entangling

a l l i a n c e s " h a s h e l p e d t o m a k e A m e r i c a w h a t i t i s t o d a y , t h e s u n

i n t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n o f n a t i o n s ?

Of Carnegie I have already sp oken-a nd sparingly . And wha tof Mr. Eliot of Harvard? We are told that the gentleman is anEnglishman and as such probabl y knows what is good for Englandm o r e i n t e r e s t e d l y t h a n h e k n o w s w h a t i s b a d f o r A m e r i c a

.

Mr . Choate, the e x-Ambas sador to Great Britain? This gentle -

m a n w a s p r i n c i p a l l y n o t o r i o u s f o r h i s u l t r a - E n g l i s h t e n d e n c i e s a n d

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symp athies whe n Ambassa dor to Great Britain ; and any fame hemay have a ttained was chiefly as an after-dinner speak er .

Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the p resent Ambassador to Great Britain?T h i s g e n t l e m a n i s r e m a r k a b l e f o r t h e f a c i l i t y w i t h w h i c h h e m a n -

a g e s t o m a r r y h i s r e l a t i v e s o f t h e g e n t l e r s e x o f f t o d e c a d e n t m e m -

bers of the English nobility ; and al so almost famous for the

beaming sm ile he bes towed upon Commander Sims of the U . S . S .

Minnesota when that p reviously inspired American officer made

his clever faux pas at the Guildhall luncheon in London, given

t o t h e o f f i c e r s a n d s a i l o r s o f t h e A m e r i c a n F l e e t i n t h e T h a m e s s o m e

short time s ince . This spe ech, which the Englishment gulped

down with joy, and which gave se rious offense to Germany, con-tained these most un-American se ntiments :

" I f G r e a t B r i t a i n w e r e t o b e t h r e a t e n e d w i t h a n e x t e r n a l f o e , s h e

c o u l d c o u n t u p o n e v e r y d o l l a r , e v e r y m a n , a n d e v e r y d r o p o f b l o o d

in America .

L i k e t h e f a m o u s s p e e c h o f a n e x - P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

a t t h e G u i l d h a l l s o m e t i m e p r e v i o u s , i t i s g e n e r a l l y a c c e p t e d t h a t

C o m m a n d e r S i m s s i m p l y h a d h i s l i t t l e s a y , a s h e w a s p a r r o t e d t o ,

and felt ampl y repaid in the genial nod and beaming smile ofapp roval of the American Ambassador .

This spee ch was intended to convey false new s to Germany ; I t

w a s i n t e n d e d t o s c a r e G e r m a n y o f f .

I f t h e l i t t l e " f e e l e r " p a s s e d u n c h a l l e n g e d i n A m e r i c a , t h e i n t e n d e d

end would have been a ccomplished ; i f e x c e p t i o n w e r e t a k e n a s t o

how and for whom we Americans we re willing to shed e very dropo f o u r b l o o d , t h e r e w a s S i m s t o b e t h e s c a p e g o a t .

I am in Germany as I write this a nd I want to say right here

that Commander Sims' unluck y inspiration has done e xactly what

these " Benedict Arnolds" ex pec ted it to do, and the American

p e o p l e h a v e b e e n g r e a t l y i n j u r e d i n t h e e y e s o f a f r i e n d l y n a t i o n .

Without any other reas on than that the Germans hav e made such

w o n d e r f u l p r o g r e s s i n t h e i r f o r e i g n t r a d e , E n g l a n d h a s c o n t i n u a l l y

insulted and misrepresented German motives a nd ideals until an

i n d u s t r i o u s p e o p l e h a v e h a d t h e l a s t s t r a w a d d e d a n d t h e y a r e g o i n g

to have compe nsation .

T h e B o e r W a r o p e n e d t h e e y e s o f E n g l a n d t o h e r o w n d e l i n q u e n c y

a n d s h e d i s c o v e r e d , a f t e r a l l t h e r e s t o f t h e w o r l d h a d d o n e s o ,

t h a t s h e w a s t h e h a p p y p o s s e s s o r o f a n a r m y t h a t w a s " b r a g " a n d

a navy officered by sap -headed gentlemen's sons which was all

" b o a s t . "

T h e b r a g g i n g , b o a s t i n g , a n d b l u f f i n g w e n t m e r r i l y o n , b u t G r e a t

B r i t a i n i m m e d i a t e l y b e g a n t o l o o k a r o u n d f o r c r u t c h e s a n d a c a n e .

She made an alliance with Japan; Germany minded her own busi-ness and sawed wood . S h e m a d e a n " e n t e n t e " w i t h h e r o l d b i t t e r

enemy, France ; Germany continue d to saw wood and work . Shemade a n alliance with Russia a nd then triumphantly began toinsult Germany . She made demands on Germany-comma nded hert o c e a s e i n c r e a s i n g h e r n a v y . Germany quie tly told Great Britaint h a t h e r a r m a m e n t s w o u l d i n c r e a s e i n t h e r a t i o o f G r e a t B r i t a i n ' s

h o s t i l e a l l i a n c e s . E n g l a n d t r i e d b l u f f i n g a n d g o t h e r b l u f f n e a r l y

c a l l e d . Germany said she was ready to take her chances with the

q u a r t e t o f E n g l a n d , J a p a n , F r a n c e , a n d R u s s i a , b u t p o l i t e l y a d d e d

t h a t s h e m u c h p r e f e r r e d t o w o r k a n d i n c r e a s e t h e p r o s p e r i t y a n d

h a p p i n e s s o f h e r p e o p l e ; b u t * * * I f G r e a t B r i t a i n w i s h e d t o

have a little fracas * * * " B a r k i s w a s w i l l i n ' . "

L i k e t h e s l i n k i n g c o y o t e w h i c h h a s t h e w i l l a n d d e s i r e b u t n o t

t h e c o u r a g e t o p o u n c e o n t h e l a m b , E n g l a n d , w i t h a l l t h e r e i n f o r c e -

ments of three other hungry powe rs, decided that the time to

attack Germany had not yet come . A n d t h e n t h e q u e s t i o n o f h o w ,

w a s t h e n i g h t m a r e o f G r e a t B r i t a i n . A m a n o f i n i t i a t i v e , c l e v e r i n

h a n d l i n g d i f f i c u l t s i t u a t i o n s w i t h d i s p a t c h w a s n e e d e d . Americawas looked to with covetous eyes -but no Englishman dare sug-

g e s t a r b i t r a t i o n . Why? Because the American mind would immedi-

a t e l y b e c o m e s u s p i c i o u s o f a " n i g g e r i n t h e w o o d p i l e ." The sug-gestion must come from an American! It must appear as ifA m e r i c a g r a c i o u s l y m a d e t h e i n i t i a l m o v e , a n d E n g l a n d i m m e d i a t e l y

f e l l i n t o h e r a r m s .

Andrew Carnegie, w hose sentiments were alwa ys British, wbKle

w i l l i n g t o f a t h e r t h e s c h e m e a n d p a y t h e b i l l s , w a s t o o f a r s i g h t e d

t o o p e n l y s u g g e s t t h e i d e a h i m s e l f , k n o w i n g t h e p r o p e n s i t y o f t h e

American peopl e to ask embarrassing que stions, so he whisperedf i r s t t o t h e K i n g , a n d t h e p e a c e m a k e r f o u n d C a r n e g i e ' s w h i s p e r s o

dashingly funny that he mus t hold his kingly sides in acute

r i s i b i l i t y .

The question of a rbitration with England must com e from no

l e s s e r a n A m e r i c a n t h a n t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s !

P u l l i n g E n g l a n d ' s c h e s t n u t s o u t o f t h e f i r e - n o w o n d e r t h e K i n g

l a u g h e d !

Then the canny Scot, the cle ver organize r, came to the UnitedS t a t e s o n m i s c h i e f b e n t . H e t i c k l e d P r e s i d e n t T a f t u n d e r t h e r i b s

and cooed something into his ear-seve ral things . And out of aclear sky " bur" President-all by himself (?)-holds out the gla d

h a n d t o E n g l a n d a n d s a y s , " L e t u s a r b i t r a t e . "

A n d h e s a y s h e t h o u g h t i t a l l o u t b y h i m s e l f ! A n a n i a s !

One high in authority and near to the Throne, in a sp ee ch in1 9 0 8 s a i d : " I n s e v e n y e a r s t h e U n i o n J a c k w i l l f l o a t o v e r t h e w h o l e

o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . "

Elihu Root wishes us to ce lebrate one hundred years of pea cewith England in 1915-the seventh yea r . Synchronism!

Why not celeb rate with our friends, with whom we have neve r

had war? Why cele brate with the only nation on earth who has

always been a nd still is our own enemy, the only nation who hashad the distinction of oppress ing us, and whose sm oldering hate

and contempt for the "Yanke e" is only se cond to the hate and

i l l w i l l s h e b e a r s h e r I r i s h a n d I n d i a n s u b j e c t s ?




The present Ding of England openl y boas ts that if George III

(3rd) had held court in New York, there would ha ve be en no

American Revolution. The Que en, a woman hard and cold asQ u e e n E l i z a b e t h b u t w i t h o u t E l i z a b e t h ' s b r a i n s , d e t e s t s A m e r i c a n s

f i e r c e l y . No opportunity is lost in showing he r royal c ontempt

eve n to American women who have, by marrying musty a nd decay-

i n g s c i o n s o f t h e B r i t i s h n o b i l i t y , n o t o n l y r e i n s t a t e d t h e i r h u s -

b a n d s i n t h r e e f u l l m e a l s a d a y , b u t t h e i r w h o l e f a m i l i e s a s w e l l.

The Duchess of Marlborough was insul ted bef ore the w orld at

the Coronation. Why? Because she was a hated "Yankee" .

I t i s q u i t e s a f e t o s a y t h a t t h e o n l y A m e r i c a n s w h o a r e t r e a t e d

by the English royalties a s if they were human be ings are the

numerous relatives of Ambassador Reid . Not that the Reids a re

s u p p o s e d t o b e i n a n y d e g r e e m o r e e l i g i b l e t h a n a n y o t h e r A m e r i -

can family, but because Mr . R e i d i s a n d m a y s t i l l b e v e r y u s e f u l

in furthering the a rbitration treaty-a nd a f ew other things .

T h e L i b e r a l a n d t h e I r i s h p a r t i e s h a v e o n t w o o c c a s i o n s t a k e n s e -

r i o u s u m b r a g e a t A m b a s s a d o r R e i d ' s a t t e m p t t o t a k e s i d e s i n t h e

B r i ti s h e l e ct i on . A t o n e t i m e i t w a s t h o u g h t t h a t t h e I r i s h p a r t y

would take the matter to Washington .

O n l a s t T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y , A m b a s s a d o r R e i d c o n t e m p t u o u s l y a i r e d

h i s o p i n i o n o f A m e r i c a n s a t t h e d i n n e r g i v e n b y t h e A m e r i c a n S o -

c i e t y i n L o n d o n . H e s a i d t h a t A m e r i c a n s w h o v i s i t e d E n g l a n d w e r e

g e n e r a l l y o f t w o k i n d s : Those who referred to America as "God's

c o u n t r y " a n d w h o c o u l d n ' t f i n d a n y t h i n g a s g o o d i n E n g l a n d a s i n

A m e r i c a , a n d w o m e n w h o w i s h e d t o i n t r u d e t h e i r r e p u b l i c a n p r e s -

e n c e o n E n g l i s h r o y a l t y .

And thus in a p ublic spe ech did the man w ho represents the

U n i t e d S t a t e s i n G r e a t B r i t a i n h o l d h i s o w n c o u n t i y u i e n a n d c o u n -

trywomen u p to ridicule . And on Thanks giving Day, a day on

w h i c h , i f h e c o u l d n ' t b r i n g h i m s e l f t o s a y s o m e t h i n g f a i r a n d k i n d ,

h e h a d d o n e b e t t e r t o h a v e h e l d h i s p e a c e .

The English newsp ape rs made much of Ambassa dor Reid's anti-

American spee ch . Many were the gloa ting refe rences made to the

e f f e c t t h a t e v e n t h e A m e r i c a n A m b a s s a d o r c o u l d n o t s t a n d h i s o w n

p e o p l e . And why, ma y the American peopl e consistently ask, does

o u r p a t r i o t i c r e f e r e n c e t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a s " G o d ' s c o u n t r y "

e x a s p e r a t e M r . W h i t e l a w R e i d t o s u c h a n e x t e n t t h a t h e m u s t s e l e c t

T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y o f a l l d a y s t o c r i t i c i z e a t a p u b l i c d i n n e r o u r

warm-hearted and truthful reference to our own country? As to

t h e A m e r i c a n w o m e n h e h o l d s i n s u c h c o n t e m p t f o r e n d e a v o r i n g t o

" i n t r u d e " t h e i r r e p u b l i c an p r e s e n c e o n E n g l i s h r o y a l t y , w h y s h o u l d

t h e y n o t , i f t h e y w i s h t o , a n d r o y a l t y w a n t s t h e i r m o n e y t o s a v e t h e

d i s i n t e g r a t i n g n o b i l i t y ? C a n M r . R e i d , w i t h a l l h i s c l o s e e x p e r i e n c e

o f r o y a l t y , b e g i n t o c o m p a r e a n y r o y a l h o u s e i n t h e w o r l d w i t h e v e n

the average American family? No! Can he comp are any of the

r o y a l w o m e n w i t h A m e r i c a n w o m e n i n r e f i n e m e n t , c o u r t e s y , g e n u i n e

k i n d n e s s , b r a i n s , w i t , o r h o n o r a b l e p r i d e a n d v i r t u e ? N o d o u b t t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s A m b a s s a d o r , k n o w i n g t h e d i s t a s t e t h e E n g l i s h K i n g

a n d Q u e e n h a v e f o r A m e r i c a n s , w o u l d t u r n i t t o a c c o u n t b y b a r r i n g

o u t a l l b u t h i s n u m e r o u s f a m i l y a n d f a m i l y - i n - l a w f r o m t h e s e n s i -

t i v e r o y a l p r e s e n c e . O n e h a s o n l y t o g l a n c e c a s u a l l y a t t h e p i c t u r e

o f t h e g r o u p o f g u e s t s a t A m b a s s a d o r R e i d ' s c o u n t r y h o m e i n E n g -

l a n d , w h e r e K i n g E d w a r d i s s e e n s i t t i n g c l o s e t o D. O . M i l l s , M r

R e i d ' s f a t h e r - i n - l a w , t o o b s e r v e t h e a n g r y a n d d i s g u s t e d e x p r e s s io n

o n H i s M a j e s t y ' s f a c e a t b e i n g r o p e d i n s o n e a t l y a n d b e i n g o b l i g e d

t o s i t a n d h a v e h i s r o y a l f a c e a n d f i g u r e t a k e n " w i t h t h a t d----d

o l d n o b o d y , M i l l s . "

B u t t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f a n e n t e n t e w i t h A m e r i c a , a n d p o s s i b l y i n

time-well, the King was only playing the game , eve n if it did

upset him .

C e c i l R h o d e s ' d r e a m o f e m p i r e f o u n d e x p r e s s i o n i n h i s l e g a c y p r o -

v i d i n g f o r t h e e d u c a t i o n o f A m e r i c a n y o u t h s i n E n g l a n d . Rhodes

h o p e d t h a t t h e p r o c e s s o f t i m e w o u l d g r a d u a l l y p r o v e a n i n f l u e n c e

i n c h a n g i n g t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a s i t i s w r i t t e n a n d

s t u d i e d i n A m e r i c a t o t h e w a y E n g l a n d t e a c h e s i t i n h e r c o l l e g e s

a n d d e s i r e s t h a t i t s h o u l d b e t a u g h t i n A m e r i c a a i n o r d e r t o " d o

j u s t i c e t o E n g l a n d . "

R h o d e s s a g a c i o u s l y r e m a r ke d t h a t a s f a r a s e d u c a t i o n w e n t , e v e r y

1 0 y e a r s s a w a n e w g e n e r at i o n . A s t h e i n f l u e n c e o f A m e r i c a n b o y s

e d u c a t e d u n d e r E n g l i s h d i r e c t i o n i n c r e a s e d , s o w o u l d t h e t e n d e n c y

t o r e w r i t e t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b e c o m e e a s i e r t o s u g -

g e s t a n d m o r e c e r t a i n o f s u c c e s s . The history of our country as

written, studied, and be lieve d in England woul d put Baron Mun-

chausen to shame .

T h e f i r s t s e e d s o f h a t e f o r A m e r i c a a r e s o w n i n t h e y o u n g s t u -

d e n t ' s m i n d b y a c r u e l l y c a l u m n i o u s a t t a c k u p o n G e o r g e W a s h i n g -

ton. George Wa shington is spoken of a s a " most inferior rebel

g e n e r a l . " O n e w o n d e r s w h a t w e r e t h e d e l i n q u e n c i e s o f t h e B r i t i s h

he whipped. Children are tau ght that Americans a re the refu se

o f E u r o p e ; t h e d e s c e n d e n t s o f s e r v a n t s , a d v e n t u r e r s , a n d c r i m i n a l s .

T h e J a p a n e s e a r e r i g h t w h e n t h e y s a y t h a t a s e c r e t i s b e s t k e p t

by three me n when only one man knows it .

I n t o x i c a t e d w i t h w h a t a p p e a r e d t o t h e m a s s i g n s o f s u c c e s s i n t h e

g r e a t " p e a c e " f r a u d , t h e r e a r e a f e w w h o s e l o q u a c i t y , w h o s e b r a g

o f A m e r i c a n d e p e n d e n c e , i s m o r e f l u e n t t h a n t h e i r s i l e n c e . Hence

t h i s a r t i c l e .

W e a r e t o l d i n E n g l a n d t h a t A n d r e w C a r n e g i e i s a l o y a l s u b j e c t

o f t h e K i n g , a n d h a s s w o r n a l l e g i a n c e t o t h e B r i t i s h c r o w n . Al-

t h o u g h b o r n a S c o t s m a n , n o A m e r i c a n c a r e s a r a p w h e t h e r h e i s a

Scotsman or a Frenchma n or a Russian, but we m ost certainly do

t a k e e x c e p t i o n t o h i s p r e t e n d i n g t o t h e A m e r i c a n p e o p l e t h a t h e

i s a c t i n g f o r t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s o f A m e r i c a a s a n A m e r i c a n w h e n h e

i s n e i t h e r t h e o n e t h i n g , n o r d o i n g t h e o t h e r .

2 6 3 5 6 3 - - - 1 9 8 0 4

W h y w a s P r e s i d e n t T a f t i n s u c h a n i n d e l i c a t e h u r r y t o r u s h t h e

a r b i t r a t i o n t r e a t i e s t h r o u g h t h e S e n a t e l a s t J u l y ? B e c a u s e G e r -

many wa s prepa ring to attack Great Britain in August, a nd only

t h e m o r a l i n f l u e n c e o f a p o s s i b l e e n t e n t e b e t w e e n G r e a t B r i t a i n

a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , w h i c h a t a m o m e n t ' s n o t i c e c o u l d b e w i d e n e d

i n t o a n o f f e n s i v e a n d d e f e n s i v e a l l i a n c e , p r e v e n t e d h o s t i l i t i e s .Mr. Astor, otherwise k nown as the ex patriated American, isk e e n l y i n f a v o r o f " p e a c e ." That's enough to make us susp icious .

H e l o v e s A m e r i c a s o .

John Hays Hammond is in favor of "pe ace, " too. Our Preside nt

commented most k indly on the wa rm recep tion accorded Mr . Ham-

m o n d a t t h e c o r o n a t i o n l a s t J u n e .

And why was J ohn Hays Hammond sent to represent the United

States at the coronation of the King and Que en? Why did he

receive such a fa ll-into-my-waiting-arms recep tion? Because he

f o u g h t i n S o u t h A f r i c a w i t h t h e E n g l i s h a g a i n s t t h e b r a v e B o e r s .

A l s o b e c a u s e h e i s a l l f o r E n g l a n d a n d C a r n e g i e " p e a c e . "

While no one in their normal s ense s would qu estion or attack

t h e p a t r i o t i s m , g u i l e l e s s n e s s o r a r t l e s s s i m p l i c i t y o f h e a r t o f E l i h u

R o o t , y e t - k e e p y o u r w e a t h e r e y e o n h i m .

M a n y r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s w h o s e p a t r i o t i s m w a s u n q u e s t i o n e d w e r e

m i s l e d i n t o t a k i n g a n a c t i v e i n t e r e s t i n p u b l i c d e m o n s t r a t i o n s i n

favor of the spec ial brand of buncombe cal led Carnegie "pea ce . "

The chief a im and object of getting prominent names associated

with Mr . C a r n e g i e ' s s c h e m e w a s p a r t i a l l y s u c c e s s f u l f o r a s h o r t

p e r i o d b u t n o w t h e e y e s o f t h e d e c e i v e d a r e w i d e l y o p e n e d t o t h e

full and complete campaign of treachery launched against the

U n i t e d S t a t e s i n S k i b o C a s t l e .

I f t h e a r b i t r a t i o n t r e a t i e s m u s t b e d i s c u s s e d i n t h e S e n a t e , l e t

t h e d e b a t e b e a n o p e n s e s s i o n , a n d l e t u s m a r k w e l l t h e m e n w h o

c a l l u p o n t h e d i s h o n o r e d s p i r i t o f B e n e d i c t A r n o l d t o h e l p t h e m

to a ready flow of eloquence that they may hide under their

s c i n t i l l a t i n g u t t e r a n c e s t h e s a r d o n i c c u r l o f a t r a i t o r ' s l i p s .

The following is what a fe w very ambitious bu t traitorousA m e r i c a n s i n h i g h p o s i t i o n s c o u l d t e l l u s i f t h e y w o u l d , a n d t o

w h i c h p o l i c i e s t h e y h a v e e i t h e r p l e d g e d t h e i r w e a l t h , t h e i r b r a i n s ,

o r t h e i r i n f l u e n c e . Many of these men are under pay from afund which has given none of its "peace " money to prevent war

b e t w e e n I t a l y a n d T u r k e y , o r a n y o t h e r n a t i o n s o r p e o p l e s a t w a r ;

a fund which under a false name, is only being used, and only

w i l l b e u s e d t o a s s i s t t o t h e u t m o s t t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o f A m e r i c a n

i n d e p e n d e n c e , a n d t h e s l o w o r f a s t b e t r a y i n g o f A m e r i c a ' s n a t i o n -

hood into the ready hands of the only ge nuine enemie s she has

ever had .

As far as can be a scertained, the following are the guidance

rules laid down for the accomp lishment of this secret society

which we can ma ke no mistake in calling the "Benedict Arnold

P e a c e S o c i e t y . "

1 . P o w e r o f t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o b e i n c r e a s e d

s o a s t o g r a d u a l l y d i m i n i s h t h e p o w e r s o f C o n g r e s s .

2 . Supreme Court of the United States to be revised so as to

e m b r a c e o n l y j u d g e s a g r e e a b l e t o a b s o r p t i o n b y G r e a t B r i t a i n , a n d

uniformly hostile to the United States Senate .

3 . Precede nts must be es tablished by s aid Court against the

U n i t e d S t a t e s S e n a t e i n r u l i n g s , d e c i s i o n s , e t c . , ( s p e c i a l l y p r e -

p a r e d ) .

4 . Strong campaign mus t be wa ged in the several States and

T e r r i t o r i e s a g a i n s t C o n g r e s s m e n a n d S e n a t o r s s h o w i n g h o s i l i t y t o

G r e a t B r i t a i n . If unsucces sful in defeating them, they mu st be

continually watched until discovered in some overt act, mainly

p e r s o n a l , a n d u n d e r t h r e a t o f e x p o s u r e f o r c e d t o r e s i g n .

5 . W h e n t h e s u c c e s s o f t h e a r b i t r a t i o n t r e a t i e s i s a s s u r e d a f e w

u n i m p o r t a n t d i s p u t e s b e t w e e n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d G r e a t B r i t a i n

may a rise, in which the prefe rence must be giv en to the United

S t a t e s . These app arent victories must be widely a dvertised in

o r d e r t o c r e a t e c o n f i d e n c e i n t h e p r o p i t i o u s n e s s o f a r b i t r a t i o n w i t h

G r e a t B r i t a i n . While the scope of the treaties must be of con-

siderable latitude, ca re must be take n not to in any way bring

s u c h q u e s t i o n s a s t o t h e f o r t i f i c a t i o n o r n a v i g a t i o n o f t h e P a n a m a

C a n a l , o r t h e M o n r o e D o c t r i n e , i n t o d i s p u t e u n t i l t h e s i t u a t i o n i s

u n d e r f i r m c o n t r o l .

6 . A s s o o n a s c o m p a t i b l e w i t h c o n d i t i o n s , t h e a r b i t r a t i o n t r e a t i e s

m u s t b e w i d e n e d i n t o a n o f f e n s i v e a n d d e f e n s i v e a l l i a n c e .

7 . O n a c c o m p l i s h m e n t o f s a m e , B r i t i s h a n d A m e r i c a n n a v a l o f l -

cers must be mutually exchanged, b ut care must be taken that

this suggestion is made by an American .

8 . Q u i e t l y a n d u n o b t r u s i v e l y , A m e r i c a n s o l d i e r s m u s t b e s e n t t o

Egypt a nd India; B r i t i s h s o l d i e r s m a y t h e n b e q u a r t e r e d i n t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s .

9 . English royalty, p referably the Duke and Duchess of Con-

naught, must be sent to Canada, from whence they must mak e

f r e q u e n t t r i p s t o N e w Y o r k . B u t g r e a t c a r e m u s t b e t a k e n n o t t o

enter Washington if there is a demonstration against them, or

u n t i l t h e y h a v e p r a c t i c a l l y " h e l d c o u r t " I n N e w Y o r k .

1 0. The wives and dau ghters of men controlling great wea lth

and influence in America mu st be give n preference at these

" c o u r t s ." They must be sele cted carefully from every State and

T e r r i t o r y i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . Thus a new " society," through

r o y a l f a v o r , m u s t q u i e t l y a n d e x p e d i t i o u s l y b e c r e a t e d .

1 1 . Honors must b e confe rred on the husba nds of wome n thus

g i v e n p r e f e r e n c e i n t h e s o c i a l c i r c l e s o f A m e r i c a , a n d a r a n k o r

p o s i t i o n d e t e r m i n e d b y j u d i c i o u s l y d i s t r i b u t e d d e c o r a t i o n s .

1 2 . H o n o r m u s t b e c o n f e r r e d o n a l l A m e r i c a n o f f i c e r s f a v o r i n g

"pew



1 3 . The women of men showing hostility to "peac e" mu st be

s o c i a l l y o s t r a c i z e d .

1 4 . When a strong phalanx of influe ntial peop le In favor of

" p e a c e " h a s b e e n c r e a t e d , a n d t h e e x c h a n g e o f B r i t i s h a n d A m e r i c a n

n a v a l o f f i c e r s a c c o m p l i s h e d , a n d a s m a n y a s p o s s i b l e o f t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s t r o o p s t r a n s p o r t e d t o I n d i a , t h e K i n g a n d Q u e e n o f E n g l a n d

may then visit Was hington .

1 5 . S h o u l d a n y d e m o n s t r a t i o n o f h o s t i l i t i e s t o t h e i r M a j e s t i e s

o c c u r , t h e H i n d u t r o o p s a n d t h e B r i t i s h m a y , i n t h e a b s e n c e o f t h e

A m e r i c a n s o l d i e r s , q u e l l a n y d i s t u r b a n c e s .

1 6 . M e n w h o s e w e a l t h p r e v e n t s t h e i r b e i n g i n f l u e n c e d b y m o n e y

m u s t h a v e h o n o r s a n d p o s i t i o n a n d p o s s i b l y a t i t l e d a n g l e d b e f o r e

t h e i r w i v e s ' e y e s .

1 7 . When newspap ers cannot be bought or leased, new pu blica-

t i o n s m u s t b e s t a r t e d .

1 8 . Ed u c a t o r s m u s t r e c e i v e s p e c i a l f a v o r s i n f l a t t e r i n g n e w s p a p e r

n o t i c e s ; and wide pu blicity must not be given to Independence

D a y c e l e b r a t i o n s ; p eople persisting in demonstrations must be

" c u t" a n d h e l d up t o r i d ic u l e . A n y d e m o n s t r a t i o n s w i t h f i r e w o r k s

m u s t b e s t r o n g l y o p p o s e d a n d d i s c o u r a g e d o n t h e g r o u n d o f p r o t e c -

t i o n t o l i f e a n d p r o p e r t y .

1 9 . A n e l a b o r a t e c e l e b r a t i o n m u s t b e a r r a n g e d t o t a k e p l a c e i n

the United States in 1915, to commem orate 100 years of peac e

b e t w e e n G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d A m e r i c a , b y w h i c h t i m e t h e o b j e c t a n d

a i m o f " p e a c e " w i l l b e a t t h e a p e x o f c o n s u m m a t i o n .

20. Education of the mas ses m ust be discouraged, in order to

create harmony with the desires of the w ealthy and the several

trusts, who will se e in such a suggestion a strong tendency to

reduce wage s from their now unreasonable he ights to the basis

of wag es p aid in Great Britain ; also, the suggestion that the

i g n o r a n t c a n n o t o r g a n i z e s o f o r m i d a b l y a s t h e e d u c a t e d m a s s e s w i l l

be widely appreciated as dissension and suspicion of their own

l e a d e r s c a n b e m o r e e a s i l y a d v a n c e d .

2 1 . A p o p u l a r f e e l i n g a g a i n s t I r i s h i m m i g r a t i o n m a y b e a r o u s e d

i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b y g i v i n g w i d e p u b l i c i t y t o a l l i n d i v i d u a l c a s e s

o f r e j e c ti o n o f i m m i g ra n t s f o r r e as o n s o f a c u t e p o v e r t y , i n sa n it y

o r c r i m i n a l i t y , o r d i s e a s e .

22 . A r b i t r a t i o n , o f f e n s i v e o r d e f e n s i v e a l l i a n c e s , a n d f i n a l l y

peace must be brought about as quickly as p ossible . For thel a t t e r , a r m e d c o m p u l s i o n m a y b e n e c e s s a r y , a n d i t i s r e c o m m e n d e d

t h a t t h e I n d i a n a n d B r i t i s h t r o o p s b e a l t o g e t h e r c o n f i n e d t o t h e

e a s t o f A m e r i c a , l e a v i n g t h e p r o t e c t i o n o f t h e w e s t t o t h e J a p a n e s e

t r o o p s , 8 0 , 0 0 0 o f w h i c h a r e a l r e a d y s c a t t e r e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e S a n d -

w i c h I s l a n d s , M e x i c o, B r i t i s h C o l u m b ia , a n d C a l i f o r n i a . R e c i p r o c i t y

with Canada ca n be pa ssed al most unanimously through the Amer-i c a n C o n g r e s s , a n d t h e n o p p o s e d b i t t e r l y i n C a n a d a o n o n e g r o u n d

onlythat of anne xation by the United States . Simultaneously

w i t h t h e r e j e c t i o n o f r e c i p r o c i t y b y t h e C a n a d i a n p e o p l e , a m e m b e r

of the British royal fa mily, p referably the Duke of Connaught,must take up his residence in Canada .

2 3 . W i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f s o m e i n t e r e s t e d a n d p o w e r f u l t r u s t ,

s u c h a s t h e M e a t T r u s t , s t r a i n e d r e l a t i o n s m a y b e b r o u g h t a b o u t

betwe en Germany and the United States ; i n s u c h e v e n t , a n d w i t h

a d e f e n s i v e a n d o f f e n s i v e a l l i a n c e w i t h G r e a t B r i t a i n , a c a s u s b e l l i

o f E n g l a n d w o u l d b e m o r e e a s i l y t u r n e d i n t o a c c o u n t b y a s i m u l -

taneous attack on Germany . G r e a t B r i t a i n ' s d i p l o m a t i c r e l a t i o n s

with Germany mu st remain intact until the consumma tion of thea l l i a n c e s w i t h t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

24 . I t i s s u g g e s t e d t o e m b r a c e F r a n c e i n t h e a r b i t r a t i o n t r e a t i e s ,

for the moment, a s susp icion must not be created during thei n i t i a l e f f o r t s .

It will be remembe red that when the Japa nese he ro of Port

Arthur visited the United States l ast s ummer, he graciouslyinformed us that " arbitration betwe en Great Britain and the

U n i t e d S t a t e s w o u l d b e s u c h a b e n e f i t t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ." Hehad just c ome fresh from England ; h e h a d n ' t b e e n p r o v i s i o n a l l y

p r o m i s e d t h e P h i l i p p i n e s , e i t h e r i n t h e e v e n t o f * * * .

A s t h e g r e a t J a p a n e s e a d m i r a l p l a c e d a w r e a t h a t W a s h i n g t o n ' s

Tomb, did any of us remem ber the almos t prophetic words of the

f i r s t A m e r i c a n P r e s i d e n t , " t o b e w a r e o f e n t a n g l i n g a l l i a n c e s " ?

L e t t h e s h a d e s o f B e n e d i c t A r n o l d b l u s h f o r s h a m e , f o r t h e r e a r e

those today who excee deth him in treac hery and betrayal . Awa yw i t h t h e C a r n e g i a n p e a c e a t t h e p r i c e o f l i b e r t y !

England's attem pted dictation and interference both in our

i n t e r n a l a n d f o r e i g n a f f a i r s i s p l a i n l y a n d b o l J l y i l l u s t r a t e d i n a

book written by Lieutena nt Colonel Lowther, military secretary

and official mouthpiece of the Duke of Connaught . Lieutenant

L o w t h e r s a y s t h a t h e s u g g e s t e d a s o l u t i o n o f t h e J a p a n e s e t a n g l e

t o C o l o n e l R o o s e v e l t , n a m e l y , t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a

s h o u l d g i v e t h e J a p a n e s e a l l t h e f a c i l i t i e s t h e y a s k e d f o r i n C a l i -

fornia, on condition that the Empire of the Rising Sun should

t a k e o v e r t h e P h i l i p p i n e s f r o m t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

In these few words Lieutenant Lowther has e mbodied two shots

f o r o n e b i r d :

F i r s t l y , t h e f l o o d i n g o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w i t h c h e a p c o o l i e l a b o r

w i l l r e d u c e w a g e s , t h u s g r a d u a l l y m a k i n g i t m o r e d i f f i c u l t f o r t h e

man in ordinary circums tances to spa re enough money to support

h i s c h i l d r e n d u r i n g t h e t i m e t h e y s h o u l d b e i n s c h o o l , a n d t h e r e b y

m a k i n g i t n e c e s s a r y f o r c h i l d r e n ' s e d u c a t i o n t o b e r e d u c e d t o t h e

l e v e l o f t h e c h i l d r e n o f t h e p o o r i n E n g l a n d , w h i c h w o u l d t e n d I n

a v e r y s h o r t t i m e t o m a k e f o r a s h a r p c l a s s d i s t i n c t i o n o r " i l l i t e r a t e

r a b b l e . " T h i s l a t t e r c l a s s i s r e g a r d e d a s v e r y d e s i r a b l e i n E n g l a n d ,

a s t h e m o r e i g n o r a n t t h e l o w e r c l a s s e s , t h e m o r e e a s i l y t h e y a r e

c o n t r o l l e d .

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S e c o n d l y , J a p a n w a n t s t h e P h i l i p p i n e s . Her alliance with Eng-

l a n d w a s m a d e f o r o n e p u r p o s e , a n d t h a t w a s , b y t h e c a r e f u l a n d

cunning treading of certain intricate a nd complicated paths of

d i p l o m a c y , t o b r i n g a b o u t t h e p e a c e f u l o r o t h e r w i s e m i l i t a n t a b -

s o r p t i o n o f t h e P h i l i p p i n e s England's alliance with Japan wa s

m a d e t o o f f e r t h e t e m p t i n g b a i t o f t h e P h i l i p p i n e s a s a r e w a r d f o r

s e r v i c e s w h i c h J a p a n m u s t b e e v e r p r e p a r e d a n d r e a d y t o o f f e r , i f

n e c e s s a r y .

W h a t a b o u t t h e J a p a n e s e c o a l i n g s t a t i o n r e c e n t l y d i s c o v e r e d i n

Mexico? Prep aration?

L i e u t e n a n t C o l o n e l L o w t h e r h a s h e l d t h e p o s t o f n a v a l a t t a c h e ;

h i s a d v i c e h a s b e e n h i g h l y a p p r e c i a t e d i n t h e d e l i b e r a t i o n s o f h i s

Government ; h e h a s l a t e l y a c c o m p a n i e d t h e u n c l e o f t h e K i n g o f

E n g l a n d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a s m i l i t a r y s e c r e t a r y a n d o f f i c i a l

mouthpiece ; t h e r e f o r e l e t n o o n e d i s c o u n t h i s s e t i d e a o f w h a t o u r

p o l i c y w i t h t h e P h i l i p p i n e s s h o u l d b e ; a m a n s o s t ri c t l y t ra i n e d i n

t h e p o l i c y a n d d i p l o m a c y o f h i s G o v e r n m e n t s p e a k s w i t h a u t h o r i t y

from his King and government .

S h o u l d a s u g g e s t i o n b e m a d e t o C o n g r e s s t h a t " i t w i l l b e n e x t

to impossibl e to hold the Philippines without increasing our

A r m y , w h i c h w i l l e n t a i l a g r e a t b u r d e n o f e x p e n s e o n t h e U n i t e d

S t a t e s , " i t w i l l b e w e l l t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e c o m p a n y t h e s u g g e s t e r

o f t h i s s t a t e m e n t h a s b e e n k e e p i n g ; a l s o , i f i t i s h i s o w n o p i n i o n ,

o r i f i t i s t h e o p e n i n g w e d g e t o t h e p r o p o s a l o f t h e E n g l i s h o f f i c e r ,

L i e u t e n a n t C o l o n e l L o w t h e r , m i l i t a r y a t t a c h e a n d o f f i c i a l m o u t h -

p i e c e o f t h e D u k e o f C o n n a u g h t , t o " t u r n o v e r t h e P h i l i p p i n e s t o

the Empire of the Rising Sun." * * *The opening chapte r of Lieutenant Colonel Lowther's book, in

i t s g e n e r a l e x a g g e r a t i o n o f l a w l e s s n e s s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , h a s

helpe d to cement the Idea in the English mind that the United

S t a t e s m u s t c o m e u n d e r B r i t i s h r u l e s p e e d i l y .

S i m u l t a n e o u s l y w i t h t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h i s B r i t i s h o f f i c e r ' s

b o o k d e p i c t i n g A m e r i c a n s a s a l o t o f w h o l e s a l e m u r d e r e r s , d e v o i d

of the slig htest honor or courage, and comp aring them detri-mentally to the gentlemen he had known in Pall Mall, he was

scattering broadcast in New York and W ashington his hypo-

c r i t i c a l e x p r e s s i o n o f a d m i r a t i o n f o r " t h e g r e a t R e p u b l i c a n d t h e

American pe ople . " H i s c o m p a r i s o n o f t h e C a n a d i a n s o l d i e r t o t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s s o l d i e r l e a v e s n o t h i n g t o b e a d m i r e d i n t h e A m e r i c a n

s o l d i e r. I n f a c t , e v e r y r e f e r e n c e t o a n y t h i n g o r a n y b o d y i n A m e r i c a

is teeming with contempt and bitterness . Even the c lubs in the

U n i t e d S t a t e s , w h i c h r e c e i v e d h i m w i t h o p e n - h e a r t e d h o s p i t a l i t y ,

h e r e f e r s t o w i t h s n e e r i n g c o n t e m p t , a n d , t o b e a c c u r a t e , o n e m u s t

s a y t h a t m a n y o f h i s s t a t e m e n t s r e g a r d i n g t h e p e o p l e w h o s e b r e a d

h e b r o k e a r e d e v o i d o f t h e m e r i t s o f t r u t h .

T h e i n e f f i c i e n c y o f t h e S e n a t o r s a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s i s s y s t e -

m a t i c a l l y a d v e r t i s e d t o t h e B r i t i s h p u b l i c i n c l e v e r l y w r i t t e n m a g a -

zine and news pap er articles a nd books. The English portion of

t h e B r i t i s h p u b l i c a r e n o t o v e r l y g i v e n t o t h i n k f o r t h e m s e l v e s ; when

t h e y r e a d t h a t I n d i a " m u s t b e g o v e r n e d , " E g y p t " m u s t b e g o v e r n e d , "

they are one w ith the Government ; a n d n o w t h a t t h e y a r e d a i l y

a n d w e e k l y b e i n g f e d o n t h e s u g g e s t i o n t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s h a s

completely gone to the bow-wows, and can only be sa ved if she

t h r o w s h e r s e l f i n t o B r i t i s h a r m s , t h e y w o n ' t l e t g o o f t h e i d e a , a n d

w i l l h e l p t o a m a n t o b r i n g a b o u t t h e c o n s u m m a t i o n o f " C a r n e g i e

p e a c e . "

Even Mr . A . Maurice Low, a n Englishman who has lived in the

U n i t e d S t a t e s f o r 2 0 y e a r s , t e l l s h i s c o u n t r y m e n t h e f o l l o w i n g i n

his book on America :

" S e c r e c y i s o f t e n e s s e n t i a l i n n e g o t i a t i o n s , b u t s e c r e c y i s i m -

possible when a treaty must be communicated to the Senate. TheS e n a t e i s n o t p o p u l a r w i t h t h e c o u n t r y a t l a r g e . "

H e g o e s o n t o e x p l a i n t h a t M e m b e r s o f t h e S e n a t e a r e c e r t a i n t o

b r e a k t h e i r o a t h o f s e c r e c y t a k e n r e g a r d i n g " e x e c u t i v e s e s s i o n s . "

H e a l s o s a y s , " I t i s g e n e r a l l y b e l i e v e d t h a t M e m b e r s o f C o n g r e s s , a s

a b o d y , a r e c o r r u p t . "

Lest some of my state ments regarding the hatred the English

peop le che rish for America and the Americans be doubte d, I am

g o i n g t o g i v e a f e w e x t r a c t s f r o m a b o o k w r i t t e n b y a n E n g l i s h -

m a n d u r i n g t h e l a s t t e r m o f t h e e x - P r e s i d e n t I n t h e W h i t e H o u s e .

W h i l e t h e a c t u a l l i t e r a r y m e r i t s o f t h i s b o o k m a y b e n i l , i t s l o n g

a n d c o m p l i c a t e d s e n t e n c e s o b s c u r e a n d b a d l y c o n s t r u c t e d , a n d i t s

s y n t a x a m a t e u r i s h , n e v e r t h e l e s s I t s p u r p o s e a n d i t s v e i l e d m e a n i n g ,

i s a s c l e a r a s c r y s t a l . E v e r y p a g e o f t h i s b o o k s h o w s m a l i c e ; ev e ry

paragraph venom . When I first began to read this book- on the

recomme ndation of another English writer that I would find out

some truths about my own country-I naturally su pposed the p ub-

l i c a t i o n t o b e a s o r t o f " f r e a k " i d e a ; b u t o n c l o s e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n

of all books written by Englishmen ab out the United States I

f o u n d t h a t n e a r l y a l l o f t h e s e b o o k s c o n t a i n e d f a r - f e t c h e d l i e s

a n d c a l u m n i e s w r i t t e n w i t h p e n s t h a t w e r e s t e e p e d i n b i t t e r j e a l -

o u s y , d e t e s t a t i o n , a n d h a t r e d . "Americans who favor 'Carnegie

p e a c e , ' o t h e r w i s e c a l l e d ' a b s o r p t i o n , ' w i l l d o w e l l t o r e a d ' Y , A m e r -

ica's Peril ."' The Y is intended to mean Yankee . This book is

i n t e n s e l y p o p u l a r i n E n g l a n d , n o l e s s a p e r s o n a g e t h a n t h e l a t e

King Edward finding in it the best b ook on the "Yanke e" he has

e v e r r e a d . T h e a u t h o r i s a l m o s t a h e r o . You had better make up

y o u r m i n d s t o r e a d s o m e t h i n g s w h i c h y o u w i l l f i n d r e a l " n a w s t y . "

F o l l o w i n g a r e a f e w p r i n t a b l e e x t r a c t s f r o m t h i s b o o k :

"There c an be no doubt that America is the dump ing ground of

E u r o p e ' s r e f u s e ; i t i s t h e s c u m o f o t h e r l a n d s . I t h a s n o r i g h t t o

b e c a l l e d a n a t i o n . Everything In the United States se eme d un-

wholesome . I t h i n k t h e d e s i r e f o r g o l d i s s o d e e p - r o o t e d i n Y a n -

kee t h a t i f h e c o u l d " b e a t " h i s o w n f a t h e r h e w o u l d d o i t I n l e s s



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t h a n t h r e e g e n e r a t i o n s t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w i l l b e u n f i t f o r a c i v i -

l i z e d l a d y o r g e n t l e m a n t o l i v e i n .

"From the boy who shines your boots to the Senator, they are

a n a t i o n o f b o o d l e r s . A m e r i c a n s a r e t h e c a s t - o f f s f r o m e v e r y l a n d

o n t h e f a c e o f t h e e a r t h .

I saw a good deal of the American woman-in fact, " most all"

t h a t s h e c o u l d s h o w m e w i t h o u t e x p o s i n g h e r s e l f t o Y a n k e e ' s a n g e r .

Verily Yankee's women, and sometimes unwise ones, do not be-

l i e v e i n h i d i n g t h e l i g h t o f t h e i r c h a r m s u n d e r a b u s h e l o r a n y t h i n g

e l s e . By the time I had bee n in the States a month, I bega n to

a s k m y s e l f , w a s a n y w o m a n i n t h e l a n d t o b e t r u s t e d ?

I was informed * * * that in a we stern town, there wa s not

a v i r t u o u s w o m a n , a n d t h a t 7 5 p e r c e n t o f t h e m h a d s u f f e r e d f r o m

"modem ap pendicitis . "

( W r i t e r ' s n o t e - p a r t i c u l a r s r e g a r d i n g t h e e x p l a n a t i o n o f t h i s l a s t

s t a t e m e n t , w h i c h a p p e a r s i n t h e b o o k , c a n n o t b e p r i n t e d . )

Y a n k e e i s a d e a d l y a s s a s s i n , w o r s e t h a n a r a t t l e s n a k e . Yankee is

a w f u l l y b r a v e , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n i t i s 2 0 t o 1 . Yankee doe s not care

t o f i g h t w i t h h i s f i s t s . T h e A m e r i c a n p o l i c e a r e n o m o r e f i t t e d f o r

p o l i c e t h a n a b a r r e l ; t h e y b e a r a r e s e m b l a n c e t o a w a l r u s o n e n d .

T h e s t a n d a r d o f f a i r p l a y , e v e n t h a t o f g o o d t a s t e , i s n o t t h e s a m e

as in England . Yankee is vulga r and ignorant . He wears tan

s h o e s w i th a d r e s s s u i t . T h e t y p i c a l A m e r i c a n h a s n o i n t e l l e c t u -

a l i t y . He has a nether lip like a motherless foal reared on a

w h i s k y b ot t l e . H i s h a i r i s c u t " s l o p b o w l " f a s h i o n . H e i s s a l l o w ,

with pointed narrow j aw . Of this type are made ma gistrate,

j u d g e s , a n d s o f o r t h . Young men of America are of the ladylik e

type . M e n i n A m e r i c a a r e e f f e m i n a t e l o o k i n g . They are a mix ture

o f p o o d l e d o g a n d g i r l .

I t i s q u i t e a r a r i t y t o s e e a n A m e r i c a n c i t y - b r e d c h i l d w i t h l e g s .

T h e i r p o o r l i t t l e a p o l o g e t i c p i p e s t e m s a r e s i m p l y p i t i f u l . Already

t h i s p r o c e s s o f d e c a y h a s b e g u n . Yankee has no instep . His food

i s a s f l a t a s a pa ncake and as "na rrow as the trend of his mind . "

* * * H i s l e g s a r e t h i n , a n d s o i n f r e q u e n t l y i s h i s b o d y . H e i s

a tramcar . I v i s i t e d t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a U n i v e r s i t y a n d h a d a l o o k

through the dental s chool there . I inquired ca refully f or the

s p e c i a l i s t s w h o w o u l d n o t t a k e o n a n y t h i n g b u t c a n i n e s . I found

t h a t i t h a d n o t c o m e t o t h a t y e t , b u t i t i s t r e n d i n g t h a t w a y .

The carrion-eating vu lture would have su ited the Americans

q u it e as w el l a s a n e m b l e m o f l i b e r t y a s t h e e a g l e .

I n f o u r g e n e r a t i o n s w h e n t h e a g g r e s s i v e n e w n e s s o f t h e C o n g r e s -

s i o n a l L i b r a r y a t W a s h i n g t o n h a s b e e n t o n e d d o w n , i t m a y b e a f i n e

b u i l d i n g . T h e C a p i t o l i s s h o d d y .

T h e E n g l i s h w r i t e r s o f b o o k s , a n d t h o s e w h o w r i t e f o r t h e p r e s s ,

h a v e a t t a c k e d a n d c a l u m n i a t e d e v e r y i d e a l o f o u r n a t i o n h o o d f o r

g e n e r a t i o n s , b u t t h e y h a v e l e f t t h e v i r t u e o f o u r w o m e n u n a s s a i l e d

u n t i l o f l a t e y e a r s . Where one heard a grudging compliment paid

to the virtue of our women, now we hea r the most cruel a nd un-

t r u t h f u l a s p e r s i o n s c a s t u p o n t h e m i n d i v i d u a l l y a n d c o l l e c t i v e l y .

There is no use to remons trate ; t h e y w i l l t e l l y o u t h a t s e v e r a l

E n g l i s h w r i t e r s w h o v i s i t e d t h e S t a t e s h a v e w r i t t e n i n t h e i r b o o k s

that the American woma n is simply "rotten," and they ought to

know . T h e E n g l i s h a r e m o r e l i k e s h e e p t h a n l i o n s ; t h ey h e rd c l os e

t o g e t h e r i n t h e i r o p i n i o n s , w h i c h t h e y g e n e r a l l y d o n o t f o r m f o r

t h e m s e l v e s a n d w h e n t h e l e a d e r o f t h e f l o c k s a y s " b a h , " t h e y a l l

"bah, bah . " I f h e s a y s " b o o , " t h e y a l l " b o o " t o g e t h e r . They read

Y , A m e r i c a ' s P e r i l , b e c au s e t h e K i n g r e a d i t . T h e y l i k e i t f o r t h e

same reason he liked it-because it "slammed it to the Yankee

u p s t a r t s . "

This particular writer says he ca me aw ay from America with a

nasty taste in his mouth . H e s a y s t h e f i r s t h o t e l h e s t a y e d a t

was in San Francisco and the w aiters look like " a lot of dirty

b r i g a n d s . "

H e e v i d e n t l y b e a r s a m o s t v e n o m o u s s p l e e n f o r W a s h i n g t o n , l i k e

t h e r e s t o f h i s c o m p a t r i o t s . He says he doesn't see how Washing-

t o n c o u l d h a v e b e e n a n A m e r i c a n i f h e n e v e r t o l d a l i e . Writing

of the Wa shington Monument at Wa shington, he waxe s torpidly

e l o q u e n t . H e s a y s t h a t W a s h i n g t o n ' s M o n u m e n t i s a m e r e e l e v a t o r.a n d l i k e e v e r y t h i n g i n A m e r i c a , f r o m j u s t i c e o n , i t i s h o l l o w a n d

c o r r u p t ." He say s the Wa shington Monument is typical of Ameri-

can usa ges and customs--hollow and corrupt . He adds : " Y a n k e e !

Yanke e! hav e you anything in your land that is not hollow?" Hec a l l s t h e A m e r i c a n b o y s " y o u n g A m e r i c a n d a s t a r d s . * * * Poor,p i t i f u l l i t t l e Y a n k e e s . "

I t i s p u z z l i ng a n d s i n g u l a r t h a t t h e o nl y A m e r i c a n h e a d m i r e s is

Theodore Roosevelt, of whom he speak s pityingly as "Roosevelt,p r e s i d e n t o f c h a m p i o n s p i t t e r s o f t h e w o r l d . "

L i k e m a n y E n g l i s h m e n , h e f r e t s b e c a u s e o n o u r c u r r e n c y w e h a v e

t h e w o r d s " I n G o d w e t r u s t . " H e s a y s t h a t t h i s s h o u l d b e c h a n g e d .

I t i s t o b e w o n d e r e d i f t h e i n s p i r a t i o n t o e l i m i n a t e " I n ' r o d w e

t r u s t " f r o m o u r c u r r e n c y d u r i ng t h e t e r m o f o f f i c e o f t h e o n l y A m e r i -

c a n t h i s E n g l i s h m a n a d m i r e d w a s d o n e t o s o l v e t h e p a r t i c u l a r s e n -

s i t i v e n e s s o f t h i s a n t i - A m e r i c a n B r i t i s h e r .

H e s a y s , " T h e d o l l a r i s d i r t y i n t h e W e s t . I t i s p o s i t i v e l y f i l t h y

i n t h e E a s t , b o t h m e t a p h o r i c a l l y a n d a c t u a l l y . "

T h e i n s c r i p t i o n " I n G o d w e t r u s t " i s a l y i n g r e l i g i o u s i n s c r i p t i o n .

H e s a y s t h a t h e a p o s t r o p h i z e d a N e g r o t h u s : "Aye! White r than

you, Yankee , ex cept for about a hundredth of an inch . Whiterthan you!"

A m e r i c a n s w i l l b e s u r p r i s e d t o l e a r n t h e a u t h o r ' s s t o r y o f t h e

B a t t l e o f M a n i l a B a y , b u t t h e y m a y r e s t a s s u r e d t h a t i f t h e h i s t o r y

o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i s r e w r i t t e n a c c o r d i n g t o C a r n e g i a n i d e a s a n d

t o c o i n c i d e w i th t h e B r i t i s h p a t r i o t i sm o f P r o f . M o r s e S t e p h e n s , o f

t h e S t a t e u n i v e r s i t y a t B e r k e l e y , C a l i f . , t h i s , in a f e w g e ne r a t i on s ,

w i l l b e a c c e p t e d a s t h e c o r r e c t v e r s i o n :

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"England bea t the Spaniards at Manila . T h i s i s n ' t g e t t i e r a l l y

k n o w n , a n d I g o t t h e s t r i c t e s t c o n f i d e n c e f r o m a c e r t a i n a d m i r a l

in Chicago when Dewey gave the whole secret away . "

This writer tells his readers that Dewey we nt all the way to

Manila without ascertaining if he had c ertain guns and ammuni-t i o n . In consternation, Dewe y se nt to Admiral Seymour, of the

B r i t i s h s q u a d r o n i n M a n i l a B a y , a n d o b t a i n e d t h e g u n s a n d B r i t i s h

ammunition with which the Spanish were whipped .

H e s a y s t h a t D e w e y w a s c o n f u s e d a s t o w h a t t o d o i n t h e b a t t l e

and signal ed Seymour, who from the British fla gship directea

the American admiral how to procee d, signa ling "Fire your port

b r o a d s i d e s , " a n d i n r e f e r e n c e t o o n e S p a n i s h s h i p A d m i r a l S e y m o u r

directe d Admiral Dewe y not to fire but to "bl ow her out of the

water . "

T h e c l o s i n g r e f e r e n c e t o t h e b a t t l e o f M a n i l a B a y i s a s f o l l o w s

"And now you have for the first time the story of how the

E n g l i s h b e a t t h e S p a n i a r d s a t M a n i l a . "

This book, which s o p l e a s e d t h e l a t e K i n g , a n d w h i c h w a s r e a d

so widely in England, did not miss its mark-the e ver growing

t e n d e n c y o f t h e E n g l i s h p u b l i c t o a c c e p t a s f i n a l t h a t t h e a b s o r p -

tion of America by Great Britain would simply be a matter of a

f e w y e a r s .

Referring to the United States being sk illfully steered into

B r i t i s h w a t e r s , o n e i s a s t o u n d e d t o r e a d t h a t " c o u r a g e o u s P r e s i -

dent Rooseve lt real izes the deca ying tendencies of the United

S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a . A sk i l l f u l p i l o t i s a t t h e h e l m , an d h e i s n o t

unawa re of the dange r * * * but his assistants- what of

them?" (The Senate) .

Continuing, he say s he hopes the President will "wea r ship"

ere it is too late, a nd steer the ship into the safe and deep

waters beyond (England) . His book ends with the expression

of a ce rtain conviction that America a nd Grea t Britain would

" g o h a n d i n h a n d a n d t h a t t i m e i s n o t f a r o f f , " a n d a f u l l - p a g e d

c u r s e o n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d i t s c i t i z e n s :

" L a n d o f s a l l o w , s c u r r y i n g m e n !

Land of bribery and c orruption!

L a n d o f t h e g r e a s y f o o d !

T h r i c e c u r s e d a r t t h o u ! "

B u t t h e s e B r i t i s h p l a n s f o r t h e p e a c e f u l o r m i l i t a n t a b s o r p t i o n o f

t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f A n d r e w C a r n e g i e ' s e x e c u -

tive ability and money, the treason of me mbers of the Benedict

A r n o l d P e a c e S o c i e t y , a n d t h e w i l l i n g c o o p e r a t i o n o f t h e r e w r i t e r s

of the history of the United States have gone sadly amuck on

accou nt of the thrc itend war betwe en England and Germany. Them a t t e r o f t h e a r b i t r a t i o n t r e a t y w i t h E n g l a n d h a s b e e n u n d u l y a n d

indecently rushed, m uch to Mr . C a r n e g i e ' s d i s p l e a s u r e ; t h i s i n d e l i -

cate haste was ca used by the hysterical announcement of Lord

C h a r l e s B e r e s f o r d , t h e h e r o o f m a n y a n a v a l p a r a d e , t h a t t h e B r i t i s h

Navy was not what it seemed ; t h a t t h e N a v y w a s " w i t h o u t o f f i c e r s ,

w i t h o u t m e n , w i t h o u t t h e n e c e s s a r y u n i t s , a n d i n t h e e v e n t o f w a r

with Germany the British Navy w ould be a present to the enem y .

P l a n s f o r t h e p e a c e f u l o r o t h e r w i s e a b s o r p t i o n o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s

w e r e o v e r w h e l m e d w i t h t h e f e a r t h a t G e r m a n y w o u l d g i v e u n t o h e r -

s e l f a p r e s e n t o f t h e B r i t i s h N a v y , a n d p o s s i b l y e v e n m o r e . Whilet h e p l a n s o f C a r n e g i a n p e a c e w e r e n o t s c h e d u l e d t o b e r i p e f o r a

test until 1915, the fe ar of war with Germany in the imme diate

p r e s e n t f o r c e d t h e i s s u e w i t h s u c h f e v e r i s h h a s t e t h a t m o r e t h a n o n e

c a t w a s l e t o u t o f t h e b a g o f d i p l o m a c y . E n g l a n d c o u l d n o t t a x h e r

p e o p l e a n y h e a v i e r t h a n s h e w a s t a x i n g t h e m , a n d e v e n i f s h e h a d

the neces sary funds at her command to build a navy that would

compare with Germany's she did not have time . Germany w asr e a d y t o s p r i n g , a n d E n g l a n d h a d l i t t l e f a i t h i n t h e F r e n c h a n d

Russian Navies combine d against the Germany Navy . S h e d a r e n o t

e x p e c t t h e J a p a n e s e N a v y t o f i g h t s h i p t o s h i p w i t h t h e R u s s i a n

N a v y f o r f e a r t h e y m i g h t r e m e m b e r o l d s c o r e s a n d f o r g e t t h e y w e r e

f i g h t i n g f o r E n g l a n d a n d t u r n t h e i r g u n s u p o n e a c h o t h e r .

There was only one su btle influe nce which could stay Ger-

many's hand, and that wa s the arbitration treaty b etwee n Eng-

l a n d a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d t h e p o s s i b l e r a t i f i c a t i o n o f t h a t

t r e a t y b y t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s S e n a t e . The treaty w as sp rung upont h e S e n a t e , j u s t a s reciprocity with Canada was, and it did notoccur to the British Government that there woul d be any dif fi-

culty in quietly slipping the treaty through the Senate, and

q u i c k l y w i d e n i n g i t i n t o a d e f e n s i v e a n d o f f e n s i v e a l l i a n c e .

T h e r e h a v e b e e n t i m e s i n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w h e n

t h e c o u n t r y h a s n o t o n l y b e e n t h r e a t e n e d w i t h e n e m i e s f r o m w i t h -

o u t , b u t a l s o f r o m t r a i t o r s f r o m w i t h i n .

T h e r e h a v e b e e n t i m e s w h e n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s S e n a t e h a s t a k e n

u p o n i t s e l f t h e f u n c t i o n s o f a c o u r t o f i m p e a c h m e n t .

If war is to come be tween England and Germany, let us keep

o u r h a n d s o f f . While deploring war and the horrors of war, we

must choose between the lesser of the 2 evils-the killing of

s o m e t h o u s a n d s i n b a t t l e o r t h e c o n t i n u a l o p p r e s s i n g a n d t o r t u r i n

o f m i l l i o n s . A war between England and Germany woul d mean the

killing of perhaps a few thousand men; but it would also mean

l i b e r t y f o r 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 o p p r e s s e d o f I n d i a ; l i b e r t y f o r 1 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0

P e rs i an s ; l i b e r t y f o r 4, 0 0 0 , 00 0 I r i s h ; l i b e r t y f o r t h e s t r u g g l i n

Egyptians from Alexandria to the Sudan . It might even meathe pea ce of the world-the break in the trail of blood .

From the Sudan to London, Theodore Roosevel t hurrahed for

England ; i n E g y p t h e t o l d a p a t r i o t i c a n d b r a v e p e o p l e t o b e " l o y a l

to the British Government ; he said English rule in India was



great. Ask the Indians . Ask the Egyptians! • * * and youmight also ask Mr . Morgan Shuster . Hands off!

Carnegie set up the Church Peace Union in 1914 with a $2,000,000

fund to further his aims .

World Alliance for P romoting International Friendship through

the Churches has as its stated purpose "To organize the r eligious

forces of the world so that the weight of all churches and Christians

can be brought to bear upon the relations of governments andpeoples. "

Steps Toward British Union, a World State , and

International Strife-Part VII

REMARKSOF

HON. J. THORKELSONOF MONTANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESTuesday, September 3, 1940

Mr. THORKELSON Mr. Speaker, under leave to extendmy remarks in the RECORD, I include an art icle by the Reverend

Dr. W. Pascoe Goard which appeared in the National Mes-sage, Mar ch 28, 1936, the official publication of the British-

Israel World Federation. This article i s entitled "British-

Israel I s True . "

We wish to speak a word of caution and expostulation to those

of our brethren of the Christian ministry who are boldly challeng-ing the truth of the British-Israel .

First, we may present our credentials to justify what we areabout to say hereaft er . The following has been written without

particular consultation with our associates, but t here need be noquestion that they carry the weight of the judgment of the clergy-

men and ministers, educationists, and other professional men, and

of the laity, who stand with us in the many countries where our

movement prevails .

What i s the trut h of the British-Israel? The truth i s thatthe British-Israe l i s not a denomination and i s not an ecclesi-

a s t i c sect ; but i s instead a subsidized political organiza tion .

The question may then be asked, Howcan the British-Israel

call the Christian clergy "brethren" when their organiza-

tion is not ecclesiastic, but political, as I have state d?

It is generally stated, in order to give weight by comparison to the

opposition, that there are no scholars in the British-Israel move-ment . No doubt those who make such statements think that they

are strictly adhering to truth, and that this movement is one

carried forwa rd by those not qualified to judge .

The statement, however, is not only untrue-which is the nega-

tive form of the statement-it is positively untrue . A much shorte r

form of expression might be used . Facts will be desired to support

this statement . Anyone who cares to searc h the literatur e of the

British-Israel movement will be struck with the fa ct that among

the small number who for many year s stood together in defe nse of

this truth a very larg o propor+' on of them carried t he various

degr ees which our universities bestow . Such degree s were earned

from Oxford,* Cambridge, London, Birmingham, Durham, Trinity

College, Dublin, Aberdeen, Yale, McGill, Toronto, British Columbia,

and many other universities . We warn our opponents, if they have

any respect for tr uth, to avoid circulating such misleading state-

ments as these .

I do not believe anyone w i l l deny that the British-Israel

World Federation i s well connected and well financed. Thequestion i s , Who are the financial promoters of the subver-s i v e movement to establish a world government? Can it bepossible that the international bankers are the financialbackers? Can it be possible that this movement i s con-nected with the Grand Orient Lodge? Is it not true that

the British-Israel and its proponents comprise the groupnow actively promoting war, and i s it not true that thebackers of this movement are those who control gold andinternational gold credit? We must recognize that theBritish-Israel world movement is anti-American and de-structive to the principles of this Government .

Turning to standing and experience in the various churches :

Within our ranks have been archbishops, bishops, we ll-placed

clergy, ministers of high standing in the various churches, heads ofeducational de partments a nd institutions, distinguished membersof the bar, and so on . Such positions as have been occupied by

many of those referred to have been achieved through merit in

long and vigorous years of service in the various branches of the

Christian church .

It i s indeed unfortunate that many Christian churcheshave allowed the British-Israel in the church organizations .

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Ministers should know that political movements withinchurch organizations w i l l destroy the church itself .

Of late a movement to bring forward such leaders as Dr . Goudge,

Dr. Dimont, Dr . Campbell, and so on, heads of theologica l divinityschools, has evidently had as its object the forming of a ring

around us of authority . We recognize the attainments andachievements of these highly esteemed men in other fields, but notin the one under consider ation . Within our movement we canmeet these ge ntlemen with men of equal att ainments, of as wide

experience ; teachers and a uthors of equal standing . We cannotallow position or authority to weigh in a question of fact s andtruths. That arg ument does not meet the point at issue . But if

the argument continues to be advanced, we balance it as we havealrea dy said .

We respectfully ask of the ra nk and file, of those who oppose

us-What is it you oppose? We recommend each opponent to facethis question, lest in opposing us he may be found to oppose the

very standar d upon which the whole doctrinal struct ure of his own

communion is based . We will state the t hings for which we stand .

Dr. Goard employs a subtle argument to disarm anyone whomay take issue with his statements . The fact remains, how-ever, that the British-Israel i s to establish a world state with

a David as King, and the capital of this state, according to

their own publications, is to be Jerusa lem . I am opposed tothe British-Israel, beca use I am quite we ll satisfied with our

own government and unwilling to crusade for the British Em-pire or for t he real mot ivators behind this movement in Asia,

Africa, Egypt, or anywhere else .

We accept t he Bible as it stands. We are quite aware of thevarious approac hes to the Bible and of the various criticism towhich it has been subjected . We do not speak in ignorance ofthese things, but rather with the full knowledge of t hem as men

who have been over the g round again and again for many yearspast. Our approach to the Bible is an intelligent one . Ouracceptance of the Bible is confirmed by facts beyond counting .

It is our considered opinion that with the fact s in hand which we

possess, it is impossible to do other wise than acce pt the g r e a t ,

sequent, even consequent, development of facts and truth as i t i s

presented in Holy Writ .

We believe the Bible as it now stands does not need a ny other

interpretation than that which facts, history, and experience

accord . The Bible car ries information not otherwise possessed byhumanity, and which must have had a source higher t han humanity

because its scope is wider than the sum tota l of unaided humanknowledge. For instance, the Bible contains knowledge of thepast before human history began, and knowledge of the future towhich humanity has not yet attained but is from day to dayatta ining. We accept it in its spiritual revelations, in its contacts

with natural science a nd history, and in its prophetic dealing with

the future . We take the Bible to be what the Pra yer Book assures

us it is, namely, "The Word of God Written . "

I shall not discuss the historical aspect of the Bible or

its revelations, for I grant that education existed then aswell as today. The point in issue i s that the British-Israel

have appointed themselves as the chosen people to sit in

judgment on the throne of David in Jerusalem, and I do notdeny the British-Israel such rights . Reserving my ownrights, I object to giving my aid in this cherished de sire, and

I refuse t o share any re sponsibility in establishing this world

state .

The Bible dea ls with Israel as a continuous national entity, fr om

Sinai to the end of the world .

The Bible deals with Juda h as a separate nat ional entity, fromits organization as a kingdom under David to the coming againof our Lord Je sus Christ

These two paragr aphs are illuminating, for they reveal the

real purpose of the British-Israel plan ; and it is to esta blish

Judah as a kingdom under David, and so stated in the latter

paragraph . The British-Israel movement i s , therefore,

backed by those who are interested in a Judaic state, andthey are not the gentiles or those which the British-Israelpretend they represent .

The Bible dea ls with the continental empires and nat ions, from

the granting of the imperial charter to Nebuchadnezzar of Baby-lon and to his successors right down to that time indicated by

Daniel, of which he said, "I beheld till the thrones were cast

down * * * " Many scriptures show this to have been theending of the Babylon succession, which took place in A . D. 1 9 1 8 ,

2,520 years after the granting of the grea t Babylon charter .

We see that these three participants in world history have been

the chief actors on the stage . They have so monopolized the activ-ities of world history that what has taken place outside of their

scope has scarcely been worth te lling .

Bible prophecy and secular history are now mer ged into one .

This is within the scope of our faith . What objection has any

churchman of any denomination to make of the fact s here given,



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and on what grounds can such objection be raised? Surely everyBible reader must know the truth of that which we have juststated . If not he can easily verify the truth .

We see and know that the genera l course of the history of each

of these peoples is told in the prophetic scriptures . Further, bythe interwea ving of these lines of prophecy the genera l course of

world history was foretold .

We take t hese lines of prophecy and we compare t hem carefully

with world history . This is not an easy task . It takes much orig-

inal research, which we have gone to the labor and expense ofmaking. For instance, for years we have maintained a researchdepartment, the members of which have worked and still work in

such institutions as the British Museum, and elsewhere, where thetreasures of knowledge are deposited . As a result of the gener al

scholarship of our leade rs and the special knowledge thus obtained,

we can give chapter and verse for much of the information required

to establish the fact that history fully fulfills prophecy . A largeand growing literat ure is produced and is still being produced in

this field of research .

What a triumph that is for the Bible and for those who preach

the Bible facts and truths. Dr. Driver was compell ed by his lackof this special knowledge to a dmit what he believed to be a f act,that many of the promises made by God to the northern Kingdomof Israel and to t he southern Kingdom of Judah had never been ful-

filled, and that circumstances have so changed that they never can

be fulfilled, but must be rat her looked upon as ideals which God

would fain see fulfilled in the life of His people . This is not averbatim quotation, but whoever desires to do so will find theoriginal statement in the introduction to Dr . Driver's Commentar y

on Jeremiah_The fact t hat a scholarly wing of the British church, for whom

Dr. Driver spoke as the regius professor of Hebrew at Oxford, shouldhave found itself driven by the grea t atheist, Tom Pa ine, and his

follower, Bradlaugh, to make such an admission, denotes a gre at

trag edy for British Christianity .

The whole thing was a consequence of Dr . Driver's failure to read

the continuous history of Israe l and to identify it in its modern

strength. Possessing this key to the knowledge of history, we a re

able to say that every covenant which God has enter ed into, every

promise which God has made, and every prophecy which God hasauthorized concerning the northern Kingdom of Israel and thesouthern Kingdom of Judah have been and are being fulfilled tothe letter up to date, and time only is the element required to com-

plete the fulfillment of them all . Thus we bring triumph to thechurch; thus we restore shaken faith in the Bible and all its impli-cations. Why Christian ministers should oppose us in makingknown this triumph is beyond our understanding .

This article which I am quoting is interesting, and I shall

now requote a part of t he foregoing paragraph :

Possessing this key to the knowledge of history, we are able to

say that e very covenant which God has entered into, every promise

which God has made, and every prophecy which God has authorized

concerning the norther n kingdom of Israel and the souther n King-

dom of Judah have been and are being fulfilled to the lett er up to

date, and time only is the element re quired to complete the fulfill-

ment of them all .

In making this statement, Dr. Goard takes much forgranted, and I am sure he will find many disappointments on

the road he has selected to follow . I realize that he expects

the armed forces of the United Stat es to aid him so that his

prophecies may be fulfilled, but the t axpayers of the United

State s, who pay the expenses of the Army, and particular ly

the men in the Army who must give their lives to please Dr .

Goard, might object to aid him in establishing a world state

in Egypt .

It will be and is being objected to that we substitute the national

and secular phases of the gospel for the spiritual evangel. We dono such thing, and we commend this fact e specially to the judg-

ment of our evangelical brethren . Speaking to the latt er for a

moment, we say that the evangelicals have rightly opposed withvigor and courage the mutilation of the Bible by the higher criticaland modernist schools. We join with them heartily in this. Butnow we say in all kindliness, and wit h the ser iousness which be-

longs to such a statement, t hat our evangelical opponents go muchfurther than higher critics and modernists in dete rminately ignoring

and often vigorously denying the whole of the kingdom messagewhich deals with the state and its administration . To do this is to

deny or ignore quite half of the Bible literature .

Further, we call the attention of our evangelical brethren to the

fact that at every point the kingdom message, as it refe rs to the

state, interpenetrates the e vangelical message as it re fers to the

church of Christ .

The evangelical message cannot be given in its fullness nor in its

full power if the kingdom message and its refer ences to the state

are e liminated . It would be foolish for either side t o boast ; itwould be equally foolish to fail to e stimate the work being done .

Accordingly, we say that because we understand and use the na-tional element as it penetra tes the spiritual evangel, we not only

preach the evangel as our evangelical brethren do, but we pre ach itin its fullness with the fullness of its power in a way that our

evangelical brethren who disregard the kingdom message as it refers

to the state cannot do.

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORDThe question is asked, What are the standards crf doctrine re cog-

nized in the British-Israel movement? We make answer : We formno denomination ; we are not an ecclesiastical sect ; our members asa rule are members in good standing in their own communions . Wesend a constantly increasing army of members into congregat ions

and churches. We take none out. We leave it to the membershipand adherents of our movement to exercise perfect free dom as to the

formula by which they express their faith. Among us we hold t o the

Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Cre ed . One wing of our adherentsexpresses its faith in the terms of the Articles of the Church ofEngland. Another wing holds as the expression of its faith thestandards of the Presbyterian, Congregational, and Baptist Churches

Still another wing holds the Methodist standards . These three grea t

expressions of faith cover in genera l the same gr ound and may be

considered as the basis of the faith of British-Israel . Further, as a

body we hold and use the Book of Common Prayer, r ecognizing that

that book in its entirety and in detail is compiled upon he assump-

tion that the people who use it and hold it dear are the people of

Israel and inheritors of the covenants made with our forefather

Abraham .

These three para graphs are informative, because we find

that the Brit ish-Israel movement is not a Christian move-

ment. It is not a denomination or church movement andit is not ecclesiastic, as I have alr eady stat ed in discussing the

first paragraph. The interesting part is this statement :

We send a constantly increasing army of members into congrega -tions and churches. We take none out. We leave it to the member-ship and adherents of our movement to exercise perfect fr eedom as

to the formula by which they express their faith .

This statement leaves no doubt as to this movement, for it

is an organization which Judah is employing to destroy and

upset Christian faiths in order to establish their own world

state . The statement, "We ta ke none out," is true, for these

"fifth columnists" are sent into every church, and even into

the Government itself, to spread British-Israel a nd world

union now. This in itself proves clear ly that all of these move-

ments are un-American, anti-American and most damnablysubversive. If we had a patriotic Justice Department and law-

enforcement bodies that had the interest of the United States

at heart , they would bring every one of these organizations

before the bar of justice, because t hey are enemies of the

United States and performing tre asonable acts ag ainst our

Government .

Stated briefly, the Bible, the prayer book, the g reat confessions

of faith are ours . We are probably unique in this, that alone wehold what was gener ally held by the established church, the Cov-

enanters, the Puritans, and all the great denominations up to a very

recent period, namely, the fact that Britain and her associate nationsare Israel . Consequently we hold the Bible in its entirety, both in

its references to church and state ; we hold the prayer book to meanfully what it says ; we hold the great confessions of faith, with all

the understanding of the fat hers who produced them . We hold thestate to be designed of God to be as holy as the church, and webelieve the time is speedily coming when upon the holy vessels of

the temple and the bells of the horses in the streets there will be

inscribed equally, "Holiness to the Lord . "

This paragraph also identifies the source of this movement

in these words :

We are probably unique in this case, tha t alone we hold what w as

generally held by the established church, the Covenanters, the Puri-

tans, and all the grea t denominations up to a very recent period,

namely, the fact that Britain and her associate nations are Israel .

This statement re veals how deceptive this movement is, for

Great Britain and her associates comprise Mongolians, Ne-

groes, Australians, and many other racial types, who are not

of the tribe of Israel . I may also say that no one would make

such claim except the British Israel ; and the reason for that

claim is due entirely to the fact that the background of this

movement in Judaic .

Knowing these things, we know that we, as Israel, ar e subject to

the Israel constitut ion, that in fact our kingdom is made up as of

old of Jehovah, the King of Israel, represented on earth by the House

of David, of the nation Israe l, over which the King bears rule

and of the constitution, which consists of the commandments,statutes, and judgments of the Lord .

This paragr aph lets the cat out of the bag, for Je hove, or

Je hovah, is the God of the Je ws and David is their coming

king . Their constitution or laws is the Talmud, and their

prophecy is taken from t he Old Testament .

tS THIS AN AGE OF REASON?

Let us now be practical . The United States Army andthe United Stat es Navy, conscripts or no conscripts, are to

crusade in a stupid war in Asia and Africa . Our young men



are to give their lives-not in protection or defense of theUnited States, but for the sole purpose of establishing a

kingdom in Arabia with Jerusalem as the capital, and withDavid as the king of the world .

I now conclude by quoting the last paragraph :

These are the t hings we hold ; these are t he things we teach .

On what ground do Christian ministers oppose us? On whatground do they say that we ar e schismatic or heretics? Surely, if

either ourselves or our opponents are schismatic or heretics, it

must be our opponents, for we stand squar ely for the fa ith which

was first delivered to the saints .

Published by the Covenant Publishing Co ., Ltd., 6 BuckinghamGate, London, SW. 1 . Printed by the Stanhope Press, Ltd .,

Rochester, Kent .

I hope that Members of Congress will read this insert,entitled, "British-Israel Is True," and another insert en-titled, "The International Situation," because both state the

purpose of the British and the American Israel, as well as

the Anglo-Saxon Federation.

Steps Toward British Union, a World State, and

Internal Strife-Part VIII

REMARKSOF

HON J . THORKELSONOF MONTANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESTuesday, September 3, 1940

Mr. THORKELSON Mr. Speaker, under leave to extendmy remarks in the RECORD, I include an art icle entitled "The

International Situation . " This article appeared in the Na-tional Message, the official orga n of the British-Israel World

Federation, under date of November 23, 1925 . It i s also

affiliated with the American-Israel Movement, located inKnoxville, Tenn .

The front page of this pamphlet shows the battle map ofEgypt and Arabia, with arrows pointing from Ethiopia towardthe Sudan ; and with three arrows pointing from Persia, Si-

beria, and Tobolsk, toward Iraq and Arabia . There are alsothree arrows pointing from Moscow, central Europe, andsouthern Europe toward Syria, and one arrow from Libya,pointing toward Egypt . This map i s therefore to show thedirection of attack on these British Mandates, as prophesied

by the British-Israel World Federation.

What i s our position in this battle plan of British-Israe l?

Our position i s supposed to be on the side of Great Brit ain,

to war in the Sudan, Egypt, Arabia, Iraq, Palestine, and Syria,

against all the world powers . It will require a large ar my to

fight the wor ld, so I am not astonished when the Chief insists

that we call out 40,000,000 men to fight for the British-Israel

World Federation . All of this is to establish Jerusa lem as the

capital of the world and the center of this world governmentin Egypt and Arabia .

Our Army will travel by the way of the Pacific and Indian

Ocean to India and the South African British possessions,such as Tanganyika and Rhodesia, from which attack w i l l be

launched against the forces that are supposed to attack this

little parce l of land lying on each side of the Red Sea . Thismight seem like a cra zy plan, but it is that which the British-

Israel and Gr eat Brita in have in mind in this war .

I have described the map and shall now insert the articlewhich appears on the other side of the pamphlet .

We come to the consideration of the international situation . Theatte ntion of the world has been drawn irr esistibly to Italy by the

movements of Italy . This is focused at t he moment on the inva-

sion of Ethiopia . We have not dealt a t larg e with this matte r, and

we have avoided having much discussion on it in the NationalMessage . It is important, and the events will be the measure of the

importance . But, after all, it is but a detail of the larger plan .

Ital y is moving; Russia is quiescent, and Ge rmany active onlywithin her own boundaries . We consider that Italy is less of a

menace to ultimate world peace than either Russia or Germany .

We turn to our Book and there find our instructions . We give, in

connection with this article, a map of the heart of the world . Wecall to mind that the city of Jerusalem is placed exactly in thecenter of the world's population . We further call to mind that t he

Great Pyramid is the center of the land surface of the world .

Around those two centers, including them, we find the mandated

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territories and possessions of Britain . Taking Jerusalem as a center,

and looking eastward and north and south, we have Palestine,

Trans-Jordania, Iraq, Arabia . Again taking our stand at J erusalem

and looking southward , we have Egypt and the Sudan ; with the

countries beyond that we do not now deal ; they do not come into

the picture. The map shows the British mandated t erritor ies and

possessions as the heart of the world, and this they are . Whoeverpossesses them a quar ter of a ce ntury from now will dominate t he

world. God has said t hat Israel shall possess them . We believethat the Celt o-Saxon world is Israel . Therefore, Israel, the sons

of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with Ishmael, will possess the land .

But Italy has announced the intention to regain that w hich onceconstituted the eastern part of the Roman Empire . That is plainenough and needs no explanation .

Russia has long announced her intention and has every plan made

to take possession of the Euphrates Valley and Palestine, at the least .

That also is historic, plain, and needs no interpretation .

Germany, in the last war, made a definite attempt to hold the

land which, through Turkey, she had occupied . She lost the war,

but not the ca use, and has by no means given up hope or intention

in regar d to such possession.

The Bible takes knowledg e of all this, and prewrites the history

of the thre efold atte mpt to obtain possession of the land . Thethirty-eighth and thirty-ninth chapters of Ezekiel a re very definite

on the matter . We shall later quote the necessary passages to illus-

trate this . The minor prophets have had ver y clear vision of this

upheaval, as they had very clear vision of that upheaval whichended in the destruction of Jerusalem . We recommend the readerto turn to Joel a nd read that wonderful prophecy . In my copy ofthe Oxford Bible it begins at page 1112 . It embraces less than fourpages, and can be read in half an hour . I would recommend thenthat the re ader should turn to Zechariah, chapter XII, and readit to the end . In my copy it is page 1152, and two-and-a-halfpages of the Bible embrace it all . In chapter XIV, verse 2, thereis this statement : "For I will gather all nations against Jerusalemto battle ." Now, this is a prophecy which would not have fitte d anyformer period of world history . It is a prophecy which will fit no

future period of the world history . It is a prophecy which will

have fulfillment now .

All nations, then, are to be gathered a gainst that territory now

under the British throne, which has Jer usalem for its center . Threegroups will move aga inst this ter ritory, with the intention ofoccupying the whole or a part thereof . First among them will be

the chief prince of Me shech (Moscow) and Tubal (Tobolsk) . Thesecond group listed ar e Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya . The thirdgroup listed are Gomer (Middle Europe) and all his bands, the

house of Togarmah of the north quarters, a nd all his bands, and

many peoples with him . In the map on the previous page we have

trac ed ar rows to show the lines of approach by which the various

peoples will invade the British territories, all aiming at Jerusalem as

the centra l point . Here is the map :

Translated into modern phraseology, Centr al Europe, Russia, and

that power which holds Ethiopia and Libya will be marc hing toward

a common center with one definite purpose ; namely, the seizing of

the la nd. Those who would read what will be the final issue of thematter may read the passages already named in Joel and Zechariah

and, more specifically, the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth chapters

of Ezekiel .

The following passages furnish those details :

"And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee,

O Gog, the chief prince of Me shech and Tubal :

"And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I

will bring thee forth and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all

of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a gr eat company with

bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords :

"Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with t hem : all of them with shield

and helmet :

"Gomer, a nd all his bands ; the house of Togarmah of the north

quarters, a nd all his bands : and many people with thee ."-Ezekiel

xxxviii : 3 - - 6 .

The Lord's army who shall oppose them are :

"Sheba and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the

young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take aspoil? Hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? To carry

away silver and gold, to take a way cattle and goods, to take a gr eat

spoil?-Ezekiel xxxvii1 : 13 .

The gathering of the nations is expecte d and provided against bythe Lord ; the King of Israel :

"For I will gather all nations against J erusalem to battle ; andthe city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the womenravished ; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the

residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city .

"Then shall the Lord go forth, a nd fight against those nations,

as when he fought in the day of battle ."-Zec haria h xiv :2-3 .

Mr. Speaker, I shall make no comments on this article,

except to say that this i s a description of the coming warthat i s planned to take place in Egypt . I shall nowinclude

excerpts from other articles, giving the names of the maga-zines, s o that those who read may be better informed of themost devilish plot which has ever been evolved by the brainof man .

I now quote from "The hand of God in the White House,"by Edna Bandler :

Franklin D . Roosevelt, ordained and used by God to be His execu-tive-to be the leader and deliverer of His people (like Moses) to



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deliver them out of t he depression and out of chaos .

Only the hand of God could have delivered this man out ofthe net of the Chaldeans . But he stood alone like a Christian

statesman and pleade d the cause of his people . Just he and God-no "party man" or organiza tion could boast . Just the hand of God

put him on the throne .

I have seen the hand of Go d in the White House . From the day

the shield of David and seal of Solomon was discovered on the

porte-cochere of the White House kitchen, President Roosevelt has

been accused of placing the Jew sign on everything : The six-

pointed star rightfully belongs to us, and George Washington or-

dered it on the White House pillar, and it was not an accident

that Betsy Ross, whose fat her and family were the makers of the

first Stars and Stripes; Betsy changed the sta r to the five-pointed

star, but God meant it t o be so . We, "the preserved of Israel,"

were lost and hidden until a time appointed to be revealed .

With the David shield, Solomon's seal, the gre at pyramid mes-sage, "A memorial fore ver," told in the book of Joshua, fourth

chapter, and this pyramid coming out on the new $1 bill with the

six-pointed star, all has great significance .

"All the shields of the ear th belongeth unto Me, saith the Lord,

and when the standa rd and the e nsign is set up, ye shall know

your redemption draweth nigh ." The r eason this obverse side of

the seal is only on the $1 bill is because "Christ and His people are

one." On our ea rly coin with the 13 links of chain, and in thecenter of the coin "We are one," and on the other side it was

written : "Mind your own business ." Our shield and all the shields

of the nation tell their story . In my new book, Unveiling of Israel,

many startling things . A great prophecy has just been revealed .

I shall now quote from a book entitled "The House of

Israel" :

Much is made of the "per petuity of the Davidic throne . " If the

Davidic throne wa s to be established forever, then it must befound somewhere now . The English throne must there fore be the

throne of David, and King George the seed of David, for d oes not

the Scripture say that "David shall never want a ma n to sit upon

the throne of the house of Israel"? (Jer . 3 3 : 17, 20-21 . )

I shall now quote an excerpt from Time, of September 16,1936, by Mrs. Edna Bandler, whose husband, I believe, was aprominent Jew :

"The coming of the Lord Great confusion upon earth

• * * September 16, 1936," was announced last year in Man-hatta n by a Mrs . Edna Bandler in volume 1, No . 1, of a magazine

called the Prophet . Last week Mrs. Bandler turned up in thenews again, conducting a "week of prophecy" in Town Hall daily,

donning a white veil and prophesying for the 25 to 100 people

who dropped in, admission free, to hear her .

Edna Bandler is the white-haired intense-eyed widow of a rich

diamond merchant. Until 2 years ago she lived in a mansion, fullof gilt and marble . which John D. Rockefeller built years ago in

West Fifty-fourth Stre et for his son, John D . , J r . She now dwells

and conducts prophetic services for a small band of followers in a

lushly furnished duplex studio in West Fifty-seventh Street , a

neighborhood in which flourish many swamis and faith hea lers .

Mrs. Bandler prophesies in a helter -skelter flow of word s whichmany a listener last week found incoherent . Several of her ideas

accord with those of British "Pyramidologists," who believe that in

the courses of masonry and many tunnels of the Gre at Pyramidof Cheops are t o be found prophecies of the world's history until

the year 2045 . Pyramidologists thought September 16, 1936 wasto be epochal for t he world, but Prophetress Bandler now denies

that she predicte d anything like the world's end . She insists,

however, that, known only to her, 300,000 people were slaughtered

on Mt. Carmel on that date . Sample Bandler prophecies :

Fascists are the Philistines . Mussolini is the Biblical "beast of

the iron teeth," and he will take over Spain .

The 12 most powerful nations on earth are the 12 t ribes of Israel,

of which Prophetr ess Bandler will identify only England (Ephraim),

France (Reuben), the United Stat es (Manasseh) .

President Roosevelt, to be the last United State s President, is

God's anointed . Because he is divinely ordained, a nd also because

man's span is 70 years, the Pr esident will be allowed to a ppoint

as many Supreme Court J ustices as he pleases .

The world's rede mption will come through love . "I'm giving the

last love-call for the world before the t ribulation comes . "

When all communications between the United Stat es and Europe

are cut off, when radios go dead, when we are forbidden by decree

to speak the name of Jesus, when David, Duke of Windsor, ta kes

an airplane to Je rusalem, then we will know the conflict is at

handThis will give my colleagues an idea of the British-Israel

World Feder ation, an organiza tion which is widely distributed

into every nook and corner of the Nation . These subversiveteachings which have for their purpose the creation of aworld government, with Jerusalem as the capital, should

now be clear to all who read this message. This movementhas infiltrated our churches, schools, and even the Armyitself, as this quotation clearly reveals :

More than a year has passed, but at last we have secured, through

the help of Mr . C. H. M . Foster, the honorary secretary of the Kes-

wick convention, testimonials from several men of high rank inthe British military and naval service, which we intend placing in

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORDthe hands of every officer in the United State s Army and Navy A

a foretaste of what our r eaders are to receive in the next months

from the publication of these wonderful stories of G od's dealing i

the lives of great men of empire, we quote a sentence or two, from

the letter from Admiral Sir Harry H . Stileman w hich accompanied

the manuscript . "I send it with the earnest prayer that my ex-

perience as a r econciled sinner may help some brother officer i

the United Stat es Navy to lay down the arms of his rebellion at

the feet of t he Lord Jesus, the capta in of the Lord's host, andaccept from these piarced hands God's gift of eternal life . " Thes

admirals and these generals are men who won their promotionsand highest honors in the Great Wa r . Their testimonies are go-

ing to be of great inter est, heart wa rming, thrilling words to putinto the hands of young people .

This movement is very subtle, and on its face a ppears to be

a Christian movement. We must, however, take into consid-eration that the people who fight and die in this war are not

only Christians, but include other creeds and ra ces as well

We will conscript an army today, not to protect America, for

we are not threatened . We will instead organize an army tofight in the Holy Land on the side of the English. Can wehope to succeed in this war, fa cing as we will all nations in

the world? The answer is absolutely "No. " We should,theref ore, make it our business to build the defenses of the

United States, wash our hands of this deadly internationalintrigue that is enshrouding common sense and sound rea-soning. And this may be done, as I have said many, manytimes, by returning to our fundamental teachings and to theprinciples set fort h in the Constitution of the United State s

Steps Toward British Union, a World State, and

Internal Strife-Part IX

REMARKSOF

HON J. THORKELSONOF MONTANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESThursday, September 5, 1940

Mr. THORKELSON Mr. Speaker, under leave to extendmy remarks in the RECORD, I include certain excerpts fromthe magazine Prophecy, monthly-current events in the lightof Scripture, June 1936 .

I am endeavoring to shed a little light on the British-Israel World Federation and the Anglo-Saxon Federation,

for both of these movements are not, as I have said, in theinterest of the United States .

Unfortunately, members of these groups-and I believ

many of them are innocent members-are going hand in hand,supporting a plan which is undermining our churches, chang-ing our educational system, so as to prepare the public toquietly acc ept a colonial sta tus in the British Empire .

This movement is carried forward, as I have said, by thevarious endowment foundations and by the many pro-Eng-lish organizations, such as the overseas Club, the Pilgrims,

American-Canadian Clubs, and Anglo-American Clubs, aneven the Octavia Society of England . All of these have many

branches throughout the United States, and are in realityas subversive as the communistic party itself . The only dif-ference is in that the membership of these upper-strata

organizations occupy a social status, which leaves them more

or less immune from criticism . However, it is important that

light be shed upon their activities, so that we ma y know them

for what they are .

The first article concerns Bishop T . Manning, and is evi-

dently a criticism of statements which he has made . BishoManning is well known and no doubt the walls of his churchcarry many secre ts that in themselves would be a revelation

I shall now quote this article :

[From Prophecy Monthly-Curre nt Events in the Light of Scripture

of June 1936]

WORKING TOWARD THE ONE VISIBLE CHURCH"Mystery Babylon, the grea t, the mother of harlots and abomina

tions of the earth" (Revelations, 17 : 5) .

The Episcopal bishop, William T . Manning, who a fe w year s ag

had something of a testimony for orthodox Christianity, is no



campaigning for a great religious federation to include everything

Protestant and Cat holic. In an e ssay being distributed in several

nations he decries the "sin" of disunion of Protestantism andCatholicism .

He calls for "true and full conversion to Christ" in Protestantism

of all sects and Catholicism, whether Roman, Anglican, or otherwise .

The essays are to be the subject of discussion and questionnaires

among these Anglican communicants during the next 4 years toobtain a statement of essential principles, or a platform on which

the reunion of Christendom may be approached by Anglicans .

This platform will be presented a t an international convention in

London in June 1940, to which three representatives from everyAnglican diocese in the world will be invited .

"In the grea t task of r econciling Protestantism and Catholicism,"

he said, "it seems t hat God has set the Anglican communion in the

middle place for the very purpose of reconciliation . "

We can never believe that when our Lord prayed t hat His people

"might be one" that He contemplated that the desired unity should

be manifested by one comprehensive religious corporation . Wherewill we find in the church epistles any intimation that God r ecog-

nizes in any way the existence on earth of one visible church under

the authority of one ecclesiastical organization? God recognizes

only the mystic church, comprised of born-again persons, wherever

they may be, and God's purpose require s no tinkering at the hands

of schemers to repair its unity, for it has never been broken . Theunity for which our Lord prayed (John, 17 :21-23) is a unity of life

in the Father and in Himself .

If the good bishop is working for such a unity, produc ed only

through the reg eneration of individuals, we are with him . A churchthat is the crea tion of the Holy Spirit must be a church founded

on the eternal rock-the deity and atoning work of Jesus Christ.

The apostate d enominations can never be brought toge ther on such

a basis. Any vast human organization such as is proposed can bebrought into existence only through compromise . It would be thecounterfeit of the body of Christ, the prophesied federa tion of

apostate sects which is to mark the days of the age end . With sucha movement, we would have no part whatever .

The words of the risen Christ recor ded in Revelation should be

sufficient guidance as to His mind in this age . Here He addressedeach of the several churches of Asia and His appeal at the close t,f

each is: "He that hat h an ear, let him hear what t he Spirit saith

unto the churches." His appeal is to the individual believer inrespect to His Word and He holds each individual church responsible

directly to Himself.

My opinion i s that the people should be left free to worshipas they please, within the rights and liberties of the Consti-

tution. For anyone to attempt to establish a monopolisticchurch, as advocated by Bishop Manning, i s as unsound asmonopoly in commerce and of the gold which i s now in theTreasury of the United States. All of this i s a part of the

British-Israel plan to undermine the United States. I shall

now quote an article from the same magazine entitled"Proofs o f British-Israel Trickery," on page 21 :

PROOFS OF BRITISH-ISRAEL TRICKERY

If it seems to some of our readers that we have much to sayon the subject of Anglo-Israelism, they should understand thatour mail is flooded with letters and litera ture from re aders who

are t aking up with these ideas, and our increasing conviction that

this is one of the lat ter-day dec eptions, leads us to repeat our

warnings .

We sometimes receive let ters fr om premillennial ministers de -

fending these doctrines, and remonstra ting that we have no right

to term this a heresy for it is being preached by many who are true

to the fundamentals of salvation . This we do not doubt, yet weare cer tain that these sincere men do not re alize to what extent

they have been imposed upon by official literat ure of the move-

ment, or to what port they are being led . It may be t rue t hat some

advocates of Anglo-Israelism preach "Christ and Him crucified ; "

but it is equally certain that some of t he outstanding writers on

the subject have no place for this message but preach legalismin its full potency. In all the literature, it is the peculiar "gospel

of the kingdom" which is given prominence, and this is a doctrine

of the supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon people and their ca lling to

reform the world .

One of the most startling exposures of the official literature thatwe have seen in small form is a recent booklet by Rev . Roy L. Ald-rich, of Detroit, entitled "Anglo-Israelism Refuted ." Mr. Aldrichdated the subject with Howard B . Rand, general secretary of the

Anglo-Saxon Federation of America, in a high school auditoriumin Detroit . Mr Rand utterly failed to answer the propositionsstated by Mr. Aldrich .

In the booklet mentioned, Mr . Aldrich gives numerous quotations

taken from the best known books of the movement, showing howthe writers have deliberately misquoted Scripture or omitted por-

tions of verse s which would have ruined the ar gument . He showshow they have also misrepresented the position of other writer s .

But if one wishes conclusive evidence of the fallacy of the thing,

he should read the quota tions as to time reckonings and the set-

ting of dates based upon pyramid measurings and the year-daytheory. He quotes again and again from positive predictions ofofficially recognized leaders, showing how their dates brought forth

nothing, and how subsequent issues of the books dropped theserefer ences and substituted ref erences to dates still in the future .

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Anglo-Israel literature has been saturated with predictions that

Armageddon would take place in the years 1928 to 1934. In thisperiod was included the seven times for Judah's trouble, the gat her-

ing of all nations against Je rusalem, the repealing of all man-made

laws by Britain and America, the adoption of the constitutional law

given to Moses and the a ssumption of Authority by Christ. We wereto see in 1934 the last war for 1,000 year s. It was flatly stated

that if these t hings did not come to pass as scheduled, it would be

the first time that the r evelation of the Sone Bible (pyramid) hadever failed . One of their most cocksure writers, W . C . McKendrick,went so far as to say : "You can depend upon it that every divinely

inspired prophecy from 1917 to 1936 will come true at the a llottedtime

. Armageddon will be upon us 11 years from the time we tookJerusalem. "

Those who are sincere seekers of truth should accept our chal-lenge to read Mr . Aldrich's booklet and check his quotation with thestandard books from which they are taken . They will find that

they are following blind leaders who have not hesitated to e mploy

trickery in their efforts to maintain a following . We do not ques-tion the sincerity of many who have accepted and are teachingthese doctrines, but we do pray that they will let the sure Word

of Prophecy be their guide . When the books of men become es-sential to one's maintaining of a system ca lled Christian, we have

reason to suspect that we are off the main track .

I have ta'- en the liberty of including this article, in order

to show that British-Israel i s suspected by many people, whoknow the real background of this movement . My reason forinserting these ar ticles i s to bring to light the fact that ther e

is a movement on foot to try to establish authenticity, or toprove the prophecies of the Old Testament . We have noneed for occultism, or for astrology, or for phrenology-feel-

ing the bumps on the head, and such hocus-pocus . Whatwe need i s good, sound statesmanship, that is based uponthe Constitution of the United States . What do we careabout Moses, and what do we care about the prophecies ofthe Old Testament? What interest can we have in thepeople who are trying to interpret these prophecies in orderto compel us to enact these mysteries in a real world war,which can only end in the sacrifice of millions of lives . Letus get back to sound reason and common sense, and forget allof this soothsaying, legerdemain, and phophesying. OurNation cannot be guided by astrological predictions or by anyother mystic procedure, for such entertainment is fine in theparlor but has no place on the Ship of State .

I shall now quote another short article from the samemagazine :

THIS IS JERUSALEM SPEAKING"Then will I turn to the people a pure language ." (Zeph . 3 : 9 . )

It is intere sting enough to find that a languag e for centuries

considered dead, should be suddenly revived and spoken by 90percent of the Jews in Palestine, but doubly striking to lea rn that

within the last few months, a Palestine Jew, Jacob Maimon, hasadapte d the international stenographic system to the Hebrew lan-

guage, achieving the maximum of efficiency required . Maimon andhis adept students are a familiar sight at meetings of the Zionist

General Council and the Zionist Congress, compiling complete r ec-ords in Hebrew. Classes were sta rted some time ago in Tel Aviv,and the first shorthand writers are on the staff of Daver, theHebrew labor daily .

On March 30 Hebrew made its world debut as a radio language,when the Palestine broadcasting service was inaugurated, withaddresses by Sir Arthur Wauchope and members of the Jewish andArab community.

"This is Jerusalem calling" were the words that opened the sta-

tion in English, Hebrew, and Arabic, and introduced the speechof Postmaster General William Hudson .

In various parts of Jerusalem, crowds thronged the outside ofradio stores listening as the radio loud speakers broadcasted the

country's first program .

We read in a J ewish paper that a serious disturbance threat ened

as Arabs warned the Palestine Broadcasting Co. that a nationalissue would be made of it, if the new broadcasters dar ed to re fer

to Palestine as "Eretz Israel ." Use of the phrase, which is theHebrew for "the land of Israel" has already ca used the resignation

of the Arab section of the broadcasting station .

It i s quite evident, afte r rea ding this article, that the Arabs

did not like the Jews to say, "Eretz Israel ." The Arabs nodoubt look upon Arabia as their own home, which is proper andright, because they have lived there longer than anyone else .

This article also calls attention to the split in the false and

true Semetic ranks, for the Arab, we must confess, i s a trueSemite .

I wish to quote still another article from the same magazine,which is in regard to a manifesto, which the editor received :

We who have subscribed our names hereto declare that we areopposed to anti-Semitism in whatever form it may take, as In-



28 CONGRESSIONAL RECORDconsistent with our heritage of liberty and fair play as citizens of

America, and as unworthy of those who bear the name of C hristian .

We further declare that any attempt to use the Scriptures as an

excuse for an anti-Semitic at titude is a perversion of God's Word

and irreconcilable with the spirit and te aching of the Lord J esus

Christ. * * * We wish our lives to be worthy of the Gospelof Christ so that the Je w may differentiate between the Gentile

who is a Christian and the one who is not . And where ver the re a re

those seeking to make the Je wish people acquainte d with the con-

tents of the Chr istian message, we w ish to uphold their hands in

prayer and sympathy. * * * To the Jewish people we declare :

We have for you a hea rt full of sympathy . * * * We have nopart in the stirring up of base passions against you, and we want

you to know that those who are t hus guilty do not express the

love which the Lord J esus Christ has commanded us t o show you .

Among the many signers are Dr . Ge org e W. Arms, Brooklyn, N. Y. ;

Dr. Arthur I . Brown, Bible lecturer ; Dr . Oliver Buswell, WheatonCollege ; Dr . Herbert W . Bieber, Philadelphia ; Dr . O. F. Barthoiow,

Mount Vernon, N. Y . ; Dr . H . A. Ironside, Chicago; Dr . Howard AKelly, Baltimore ; Dr. Fred Melday, Denver ; Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer,

Dallas; Dr . Robert Evans, Pasadena ; Dr . Otis Fuller, Grand Rapids ;

Dr. Albert G . Johnson, Portland; Dr . Cortland Myers, Pasade na ;

Dr. Wm. Pett ingill, Wilmington, Del . ; Dr. Her bert Booth Smith,

Los Angeles ; Dr. John Bunyan Smith, San Diego ; Dr . WH. Rogers,

New York; Dr. W. P. White, Los Angeles ; Dr . Harold Strathearn,Rochester, N . Y . ; Dr. Theodore Taylor, New York ; Dr. Frank Throop,Columbus, Ohio ; Dr . I. L. Yearby, El Paso, Tex., and many others .

People like the signers of this manifesto are responsiblefor anti-Semitism, for it is they who designate the anti-Semite and who raise the question so that it becomes anissue . These gentlemen who signed the manifesto must beSemites themselves, or else why would they go into battle

against an enemy of their own selection and designation?Surely no one bears any enmity toward the Semites aslong as they are willing to conform to the same rules andregulations that all Americans have obligated themselves todo. A citizen of the United States, however, has the rightto speak in defense of his own Government, without hav-ing his life threat ened by those who employ the term anti-Semite, and who are Semitic ; and I include the gentlemenwho signed the manifesto in that category.

Would it not be more honorable if the same gentlemend; *4 14a o,? themselves ; that theyare =auk

porters of the Semites; that they believe in extra Constitu-tional rights for them; that they believe they should ownand control all the gold ; that they believe they should ownall the business and means of communication in the UnitedStates ; that they believe the so-called anti-Semitic, or gen-

tile American should work with a pick and shovel while thepeople they support, the Semites, should be lords over theland? Should these gentlemen come out like this, we wouldknow where they stand ; but they, like the others, hide be-

hind a screen of deception.

From now on I shall assume that all who use the designa-

tion anti-Semitic are Jews or close associates of the Jew .

I believe the gentlemen in question will concede this pointto me, and in doing that t hey have also classified themselves .

The so-called anti-Semites, or gentile Americans can thenmeet t his unfair designation as a clear-cut issue .

I was indeed astonished to hear the gentleman from NewYork [Mr . CELLEaI denounce those of his own race of "Abra-ham, Isaac, a nd Jacob" for ha ving besiege d him in his office,

to express their views on a critical piece of legislation .

They, of course, act ed within their constitutional rights, in

seeking this audience ; and, more than that, they actedwithin the provisions of a re solution passed by a conference

of rabbis, who, in 1936, went on recor d as claiming military

exemption for conscientious objectors of their own race .

I can well understand the Member's embarrassment, par-ticularly in view of the position he has taken in regard tothe conscript ion bill ; yet these people are , as I have said,

clearly within their constitutional rights, to express their

opinion; for it is the people of this Nation who must fight

and die in defense of their own rights . I take it that these

people do not object to ser vice within the United Sta tes, but

they do object being conscripted into service and then sentto the Far East to fight for a nation and for a cause 4nwhich they have little inter est .

As a Representative in Congress, I have given audience tomany people who are not residents of my own State, but I

sideration and courtesy-no matter who they may be .. Afte

all, it is the people who are the power in this Nation, and w

Members of Congress are elected to protect their rights ; an

when we fa il in this worthy object t hey must, in view of our

failure, act in their own behalf . It is because of this tha

these people are here in Washington to protest against theconscription bill .

I wish to further quote from the Prophecy magazine :

Can it be that the modernists sense the need of a re vival and of

getting back to t he grea t commission?

Let us read on:

That Prot estantism is not as potent as it once was is hardly a

matter for dispute . Our denominations mean less and less to us

They represent no important convictions on the part of theirmembership, and would visibly collapse wer e it not for their veste d

interests and the spirit of fellowship sustained by a commontradition .

Yes; all this we can follow if the writer is thinking of the resultof a denatured Gospel, with its resultant loss of a missionary incentive . Surely there are many churches where the pulpit stand

for no positive convictions, and membership in them amounts t

little more than belonging to a social club . But perhaps we have nocaught this editor's drift . He proceeds :

"it is high time the churches and leade rs who sense the weaknesof our sectar ian missionary structure should come together in

missionary project which is independent of de nominational con

trol . An ideal alternative would be for the Federal Council o

Churches to take over the missionary enterprise of such denomina

tions as would transfer their present responsibilities to it . It i

both logical and urgent . "

And why, pray tell, should we hand over the management omissions to this troup of Modernists?

"The primary reason," says the Christian Century, "is thadenominational agencies do not and cannot express the conceptio

of Christianity which is taking form among us toda y . The goashould be nothing less than the re orientation of the Christia

Church in respect to the w orld mission of Christianity . It i

probable that the very word 'missions' would have to be abandone

for a more Christian term . "

The cat is out of the bag . It is not a revival of the 'old-tim

religion that these gentlemen are desiring. New emphasis upothe marching orde rs given by our lord, is not in their tl f ~

No,-they-mod even rid the' cbttilCTi t4Y>5 ~rd t41t1 1if

that men without Christ are lost and needing the good news o

salvation . Instead of g oing forth "to seek and to save that whic

is lost," they would instill into the church the "new conception o

Christianity's social responsibility . "

No longer are we to r egard missionaries as saving brands fro

the burning . Under the direction of the Federal Council oChurches, we would delega te them t o put out the conflagratio

by introducing modern scientific methods and mass social reforms

As Dr . S'nailer Mathews once put it : "The chur ch should be les

concerned in rescuing people than in educating them to keep ou

of danger . "

But if we are to set aside complete ly the fundamental basis

missions as given us by the Lord Je sus Christ ; i f the church i

no longer to hold convictions based upon a divinely inspiredChristian revelation-one wonder s why we should trouble ourselve

to maintain such an organization as the Christian Church, orwhat need we have of a Feder al Council of Churches of Christ

"Woe unto them, for t hey have gone in the way of Ca in . "

In concluding this speech, may I say that the FederaCouncil of Churches is a subversive organization, the members of which are clothed in garments of pink, red, andscarlet, all the colors of radicalism and communism. It i

now well to take heed, for this movement is carrying thisNation into trials, tribulations, and war . No nation casurvive unless it maintains Christian morals and believes i

the teachings of the Man who came from Galilee. It is thifaith that has ca rried people on, a nd it is this faith which ha

built up the Christian civilization, a civilization which can

not survive when we deny Christian teachings .

I have included these articles in my remarks because theare self-explanatory and more or less in line with the posi

tion that I have taken as a Member of Congress. No natiocan survive that foregoes the teachings that gave it life an

security, and these teachings cannot survive if we destrothe Nation that gives the people an opportunity to expresand fortify themselves in the comfort that such teachingsgive them .

We must, therefore, as I have said before, return thiNation to those sound and fundamental principles upowhich it came into life, namely, the Constitution of th

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