And the
principle involved is precisely the same as in the case of the simple
labor scab. A group, in the nature of its organization, is often
compelled to give most for least, and, so doing, to strike at the life of
another group. At the present moment all Europe is appalled by that
colossal scab, the United States. And Europe is clamorous with agitation
for a Federation of National Unions to protect her from the United
States. It may be remarked, in passing, that in its prime essentials
this agitation in no wise differs from the trade-union agitation among
workmen in any industry. The trouble is caused by the scab who is giving
most for least. The result of the American scab's nefarious actions will
be to strike at the food and shelter of Europe. The way for Europe to
protect herself is to quit bickering among her parts and to form a union
against the scab. And if the union is formed, armies and navies may be
expected to be brought into play in fashion similar to the bricks and
clubs in ordinary labor struggles.

In this connection, and as one of many walking delegates for the nations,
M. Leroy-Beaulieu, the noted French economist, may well be quoted. In a
letter to the Vienna Tageblatt, he advocates an economic alliance among
the Continental nations for the purpose of barring out American goods, an
economic alliance, in his own language, "_which may possibly and
desirably develop into a political alliance_."

It will be noted, in the utterances of the Continental walking delegates,
that, one and all, they leave England out of the proposed union. And in
England herself the feeling is growing that her days are numbered if she
cannot unite for offence and defence with the great American scab. As
Andrew Carnegie said some time ago, "The only course for Great Britain
seems to be reunion with her grandchild or sure decline to a secondary
place, and then to comparative insignificance in the future annals of the
English-speaking race."

Cecil Rhodes, speaking of what would have obtained but for the
pig-headedness of George III, and of what will obtain when England and
the United States are united, said, "_No cannon would. . . be fired on
either hemisphere but by permission of The English race_." It would seem
that England, fronted by the hostile Continental Union and flanked by the
great American scab, has nothing left but to join with the scab and play
the historic labor role of armed Pinkerton. Granting th