The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-08
JOHN BULLS LATEST.
GREAT BRITAIN JOINS HANDS WITH
THE SPANiAROS.


tton When Announced, 10th In This
Country and Europe - Conversations In
Mediterranean Harbors.
New YORK. April "a dispatch to The
World from London says: The positive
statement came To your correspondent
from u leading tinancier Of the city (ths
money-making part Of London) that Eng
land has concluded treaty of alliance
with Spain. His final message was,
within ten days Europe will be startled
by the official announcement of this fact"
Continuing, The World correspondent
says: give this statement with the re-
serve which its international Importance
warrants, pointing out only that the sensi-
tive money interests of the City are often
better informed on such matters than is
any other part Of the community except
the highest official authority, and that my
informant Is now ard for many years has
been associated with the leading financial
enterprises, conspicuously the interna
tional ones. of London bankers.
Uncle sam Would Be Interested.
"His name. If could mention it, would
be recogn.z d as very authoritative by ev-
cry New York banker as we'll AS every
London banker. Such a treaty would
have n vastly important bearing upon the
continental situation. 1t would have
commensurately important bearing upon
the Cuban question in the United States.
Iquoted TO my informant the statement
IN the New York newspapers reaching me
by yesterdays mail that the Washington
government had received "a semi-official
intimation from the British ministry that
Great Britain would approve of the recog-
milton by the United States of Cuban bell
ligerency.
Spains Concessions to England.
His reply was that exactly the contrary
Is the case; that in the first place the
Salisbury ministry is disposed to do any
thing it can with safety and in reason to
check the pretensions of the American
government TO interfere in either West
Indian or South American affairs-par-
ticularly the West Indies where Great
Britain herself has most import interests
and that, secondly, Spain, by this treaty,
has made important concessions to
England in return for the latter's more or
less active support of Spain in her conflict
with the Cuban rebels.
Some Harbors i'm the Deal.
/ can furnish no further details of this
alleged treaty than that, according to
my informant, 1t will include giving to
Great Britain the RICH: to harbor her
fleets in the Mediterranean ports of Spain.
The harbor of Cartagena is one of the
finest Oh the Mediterranean and would
shelter the entire British navy. The
Salisbury ministry has openly and OFF,
cially stated that one of its chief reasons
for the extraordinary movement-the adj
vance on the Soudan, accepted as hostile
by France and Russia-was to make a
friendly diversion in behalf of Italy.
Its Importance tn England.
All Europe has in turn accepted this
assurance as proof of England's sympathy
with the triple alliance, and even Ger
many showed appreciation of this fact by
voting with Italy and Austria to assist
England's war with the khalifa France
and Russia, on the contrary. are ablaZe with
hostile Indignation against England be-
cause of this movement. From all this
the Importance Of An Anglo-Spanish alli-
ance to Great Britain is obvious. Neither
Gibraltar nor Malta-England' only two
ports on the Mediterranan-ls capable of
either harbpring or refitting fleet.
Which Is why. and so Forth.
But with both the Italian and Spanish
ports thrown open TO the British navy the
French feet at Toulon woul be at Eng
lands mercy, and Russia could hardly
make a junction from the Black sea with
the ships of her French ally. Such are
the apparent reasons why Great Britain
should wish TO make such an alliance as
the above indicates. 1t would, moreover,
leave her in safe possession of Gibraltar