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<v Speaker 1>Chapter forty eight of Philip Drew, Administrator by Edward House.

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<v Speaker 1>This LibriVox recording is in the public domain, recorded by

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<v Speaker 1>the Progressing America Project, Chapter forty eight an international coalition.

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<v Speaker 1>Busy as General Drew had been rehabilitating domestic affairs, he

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<v Speaker 1>never for a moment neglected the foreign situation. He felt

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<v Speaker 1>that it was almost providential that he was in a

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<v Speaker 1>position to handle it unhampered, for at no time in

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<v Speaker 1>our history were we in such peril of powerful foreign coalition.

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<v Speaker 1>Immediately after receiving from Selwyn the information concerning the British

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<v Speaker 1>German alliance, he had begun to build as it were,

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<v Speaker 1>a fire behind the British Man Ministry and the result

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<v Speaker 1>was its overthrow. When the English nation began to realize

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<v Speaker 1>that a tentative agreement was being arrived at between their

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<v Speaker 1>country on the one hand, and Germany and Japan on

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<v Speaker 1>the other, with America as its object of attack, there

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<v Speaker 1>was a storm of indignation, and when the new ministry

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<v Speaker 1>was installed, the diplomatic machinery was set to work to

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<v Speaker 1>undo as nearly as could be what their predecessors had accomplished.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, Drew negotiated with them to the end

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<v Speaker 1>that England and America were to join hands in a

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<v Speaker 1>worldwide policy of peace and commercial freedom. According to Drew's plan,

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<v Speaker 1>disarmaments were to be made to an appreciable degree, custom

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<v Speaker 1>barriers were to be torn down, zones of influence clearly defined,

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<v Speaker 1>and an era of friendly commercial rivalry established. It was

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<v Speaker 1>agreed that America should approach Germany and Japan in furtherance

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<v Speaker 1>of this plan, and when their consent was obtained, the

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<v Speaker 1>rest would follow. Drew worked along these lines with both

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<v Speaker 1>nations using consummate tact and skill. Both Germany and Japan

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<v Speaker 1>were offended at the English change of front and were

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<v Speaker 1>ready to listen to other proposals to them. He opened

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<v Speaker 1>up a wide vista of commercial and territorial expansion, or

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<v Speaker 1>at least its equivalent. Germany was to have the freest

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<v Speaker 1>commercial access to South America, and she was invited to

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<v Speaker 1>develop those countries both with German colonists and German capital.

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<v Speaker 1>There was to be no coercion of the governments or

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<v Speaker 1>political control in that territory. But on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>the United States undertook that there should be no laws

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<v Speaker 1>enacted by them to restrain trade, and that the rights

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<v Speaker 1>of foreigner should have the fullest protection. Drew also undertook

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<v Speaker 1>the responsibility of promising that there should be no favoritism

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<v Speaker 1>shown by the South and Central American governments, but that

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<v Speaker 1>native and aliens should stand alike before the law so

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<v Speaker 1>far as property rights were concerned. Germany was to have

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<v Speaker 1>a freer hand in the countries lying southeast of her

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<v Speaker 1>and in Asia Minor. It was not intended that she

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<v Speaker 1>should absorb them or infringe upon the rights as nations,

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<v Speaker 1>but her sphere of influence was to be extended over them,

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<v Speaker 1>much the same as ours was over South America. While

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<v Speaker 1>England was not to be restricted in her trade relations

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<v Speaker 1>with those countries, still she was neither to encourage immigration

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<v Speaker 1>there nor induce capital to exploit their resources. Africa and

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<v Speaker 1>her own colonies were to be her special fields of endeavor.

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<v Speaker 1>In consideration of the United States lifting practically all custom

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<v Speaker 1>barriers and agreeing to keep out of the Eastern Hemisphere,

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<v Speaker 1>upholding with her peace and commercial freedom of the world

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<v Speaker 1>and of the United States. Recognizing the necessity of her

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<v Speaker 1>supremacy on the seas, England, after having obtained the consent

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<v Speaker 1>of Canada, agreed to relinquish her own sphere of political

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<v Speaker 1>influence over the dominion, and let her come under that

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States. Canada was willing that this situation

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<v Speaker 1>should be brought about, for her trade conditions had become

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<v Speaker 1>interwoven with those of the United States, and the people

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<v Speaker 1>of the two countries freely intermingled. Besides, since Drew had

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<v Speaker 1>reconstructed the laws and constitution of the Big Republic, they

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<v Speaker 1>were more in harmony with the Canadian institutions than before.

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<v Speaker 1>Except that the United States were not to appoint a

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<v Speaker 1>governor general. The Republic's relations with Canada were to be

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<v Speaker 1>much the same as those between herself and the mother country.

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<v Speaker 1>The American flag, the American destiny, and hers were to

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<v Speaker 1>be interwoven through the coming ages. In relinquishing this most

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<v Speaker 1>perfect jewel in her imperial crown, England suffered no financial loss,

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<v Speaker 1>for Canada had long ceased to be a source of revenue,

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<v Speaker 1>and under the new order of things, the trade relations

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<v Speaker 1>between the two would be increased rather than diminished. The

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<v Speaker 1>only wrench was departing with so splendid a province throughout

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<v Speaker 1>which that noble insignia of British supremacy, the Cross of

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<v Speaker 1>Saint George, would be forever furled. Administrator Drew's negotiations with

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<v Speaker 1>Japan were no less successful than those with England. He

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<v Speaker 1>first established cordial relations with her by announcing the intention

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States to give the Philippines their independence

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<v Speaker 1>under the protection of Japan, reserving for America and the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the world the freest of trade relations with

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<v Speaker 1>the islands. Japan and China were to have all Eastern

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<v Speaker 1>Asia as their sphere of influence, and if it pleased

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<v Speaker 1>them to drive Russia back into Europe, no one would interfere.

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<v Speaker 1>That great giant had not yet discarded the ways and

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<v Speaker 1>habits of medievalism. Her people were not being educated, and

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<v Speaker 1>she indicated no intention of preparing them for the responsibilities

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<v Speaker 1>of self government to which they were entitled. Sometimes, in

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<v Speaker 1>his day dreams, Drew thought of Russia in its vastness,

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<v Speaker 1>of the ignorance and hopeless outlook of the people, and

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<v Speaker 1>wondered when her deliverance would come. There was he knew,

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<v Speaker 1>great work for some one to do in that despotic land.

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<v Speaker 1>Thus Drew had formulated and put in motion an international policy, which,

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<v Speaker 1>if adhered to in good faith, would bring about the

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<v Speaker 1>comity of nations, a lasting and beneficent peace and the

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<v Speaker 1>acceptance of the principle of the brotherhood of man. End

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<v Speaker 1>of chapter forty eight,