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"This control (of world's oil supply) would enable us to
exert such pressure as would make American industrial interests
amenable to His Majesty's pleasure. But it would be
unwise to make disciplinary use of our fuel power before we
secure remission of our $4,000,000,000.00 debt. Otherwise, the
American industrial interests might retaliate by forcing the
United States Government to exact from us the agreed interest,
to maintain tariff barriers against our merchandise, and
to withdraw support from the rate of exchange, which would
make our labor and resources for years pay tribute to this
country (United States), an unnatural, unfilial, and unthinkable
proceeding.
"We are conducting a vigorous campaign for the cancellation
of this war debt, on the grounds (a) that we fought
America's fight for her for 2 years, while she was prospering
in cowardice; and (b) that at least the material burdens should
be distributed justly, if the world is to be made safe for
democracy. Synchronously with this agitation for the remission
of our debt, we are agitating for further loans of American
money to rebuild our markets in Europe . . . In these agitations
we are receiving valuable, if not wholly disinterested, aid from
our financial auxiliaries and fiscal agents."
If this is not treachery of the basest sort, what do you call
it They've got our money, used it to buy up the oil properties
of the world, and are seeking to escape payment of it. When
they have accomplished that, they propose to make "disciplinary
use of our fuel power in order to make American industrial
interests amenable to His Majesty's pleasure." They add insult
to injury by the statement that
"We fought America's fight for her for 2 years while she
was prospering in cowardice."
And the grounds here stated are the grounds upon which
they are seeking to cancel their debt to us,—leaving out of course
the word "cowardice."
However, we are quietly continuing our work in Mexico
until the United States Government shall be put in a position
to take it over. An American war with Mexico would cost us
nothing; it would satisfy certain American industrial interests;
it would guarantee our title to the Mexican oil fields;
it would humble, by impoverishing, this purse-proud people;
it would give us an opportunity to show the American that he
—isolated in the world—needs our protection against our ally,
Japan; and while America was busy warring we would enjoy
a clear field in the European, African, and Asiatic trade, together
with the monopoly of the markets of a South America
hostile to the Monroe Doctrinaries of democracy. For these
reasons our press is fully reporting Mexican outrages, but a