viii PREFACE 



for those who are longing for the day when 

 justice and not force shall rule the destinies of 

 the world. If disputes such as are here traced 

 and recounted can be adjusted without war; if 

 differences of temperament, of ambition, and 

 of interest such as are here described can be 

 settled without armed conflict; if points of honor 

 and of national pride like those here presented 

 can be satisfactorily met without the shedding 

 of innocent human blood, then surely there is 

 no limit to what may be hoped for in the cen 

 tury that is to come. The United States has 

 sedulously followed the earnest injunction of 

 Washington in maintaining friendly relations 

 with all nations while entering into alliance 

 with none. Having been itself carved by revo 

 lution from the side of the British Empire, it 

 is but natural that both the bonds of friend 

 ship and the causes for jealousy should be more 

 numerous between the United States and the 

 British Empire than between the United States 

 and any other people. This is a plain histor 

 ical fact which must be accepted by those who 

 guide opinion and who frame public policies. 



Friendship, close intercourse, and peace be 

 tween the English-speaking peoples involve 

 no antagonism to the interests or influence of 



