St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-06
AN Ably FOR SPAIN
STARTLING CLAIM MADE THAT
ENGLAND HAS FORMED AN
ALLIANCE
TO CHECKMATE AMERICA
IN HER AVOwED DETERMINATION
TO ENFORCE THE MONROE
DOCTRINE.
BRITAIN TO BE WELL REPAID
For Her Aid She Is to Receive I'M
pOrtant Concessions From the
Castilians.

NEW YORK, April GA dispatch to tn
| World from London says: The positive state
ment came to your correspondent from lead
| ing financier of the city (the money making
part of London) that England had concluded
a treaty of alliance with Spain. His fna
message was within ten days Europe will
be startled by the official announcement o.
| this fact
Continuing, the World correspondent says
Il give this statement with the reserve which
Its international Importance warrants, point
ing out only that the sensitive money interests
of the city often better informed on such
matters than in any other part of the com
munity, except the highest official authority
and that my informant is now, and for many
years has been, associated with the leading
financial enterprises, conspicuously the inter
national ones, Of London bankers. His name
IT 1 could mention 1t. would be recognized as
very authoritative by every New York banker
as well as every London banker.
Such a treaty would have a vastly i'm
portant bearing upon the continental situation.
1t would have a commensurateIy important
bearing upon the Cuban question In the
United States
II quoted to my informant the statement in
the New York newspapers reaching me by
yesterdays mail that the Washington gov
ernment has received a semi-offlcial intima-
tion from the British ministry that Great
Britain would approve of the recognition by
the United States of Cuban belligerency.
His reply was that exactly the contrary
is the case; that in the first place the Sails
bury ministry is disposed to do anything 1t
can with safety and in reason to
CHECK THE PRETENSIONS
Of the American government to interfere in
either West Indian or South American affairs
particularly in the West Indies, where
Great Britain herself has most important in
terests-and that secondly, Spain by this
treaty has made important concessions to
England in return for the latters more or
less active support Of Spain in her conflict
with the Cuban. rebels.
81 can furnish no further details Of this
alleged treaty than that, according to my in
formant, it will include giving to Great Brit
tain the right to harbor and refit her fleets
in the Mediterranean ports Of Spain. The
harbor of Cartagena is one Of the finest on
the Mediterranean, and would shelter the
entire British navy.
1.-THE Salisbury administration has openly
and officially stated one of its chief reasons
for the extraordinary movement, the advance
on the Soudan, accepted as hostile by France
and Russia, was to make a friendly diver
sion in behalf of Italy. All Europe has in
turn accepted this assurance as proof of
England's sympathy with the triple alli-
ance, and even Germany showed apprecia-
tion of this fact by voting with Italy and
Austria to assist England's war with the
Khalifa France and Russia, on the con-
trary are ablaze with hostile indignation
against England because of this movement.
From all this, the Importance of an Anglo
Spanish alliance to Great Britain is obvious.
Neither Gibraltar nor Malta-England's only
two ports on the Mediterranean-is capable of
either harboring or refltting a fleet, but with
both the Italian and Spanish ports thrown
open to the British navy, the French fleet at
Toulon would be at England's mercy, and
Russia could hardly make 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 al
lance as above Indicated 1t would, more
over, leave her in safe possession of Glib
raltar.''