Evening journal., 1898-11-17
THE ANGLO SAXONS.
Chamberlain Speaks Of Union
Of America and England.
WILL KEEP THE WORLD At PEACE.
England Welcomes the United states
ms n CoIonizing Power-Great
Britain and Gerinuny-The
Future of RhOdesfa.

LONDON. Nov. l7.-Mr. Joseph Cham
berlain. who was the guest Of the Con-
servative club in this city last evening.
in replying to a toast to his health spoke
at length on colonial matters.
The secretary OF state for the colonies
said that almost al international trou-
bles 81 recent years had arisen from the
competition Of nations for the undevel-
oped territories on the worlds surface
in the possession Of barbarous tribes or
decaying nations. He dwelt upon these
vast tracts as Outlets for the teeming
populations and trade of civilized ma
tlons."
Mr. Chamberlain predicted an i'm
mense future" for Rhodesia and Great
Brtain's other acquisitions in Africa.
even the Gold coast and Lagos, when
medical science shall have succeeded in
overcoming malarial diseases"
lie warmly defended the governments
Chinese policy, contending that Great
Britain had good reason to be satisfied
with the results obtained as compared
with other powers" Regarding the con-
tention that Great Britain ought to have
an agreement with Russia, he said:
Experience has taught US that we
/ require "A better guarantee than paper
/ agreement to secure the policy Of an
/ open door The best security, in my
/ opinion is the desire of other nations
/ Ike Japan. Germany and the United
states, to preserve an open door. Japan
/ is becoming an important power with
whom our relations throughout have
! been those of cordial friendship. while
with Germany and the United States
our relations, 1 rejoice to say are now
| closer and more cordial than they have
been for some time.
/ Germany and the United States are
/ the two great commercial nations whose
interests are identical with our own. IN
what 1 have said / have not meant a
/ permanent, formal treaty Of alliance
nor need 1 say this now, but that a
/ speech of mine some months ago gave
1 rise to neutrality-suspicious..
Those persons are very premature
very much mistaken-who think thai
Great Britain is in need of an alliance
for her own security or in order that
other powers may pull chestnuts out OF
the fire."
This was received with loud and pro-
longed cheers, which greeted every ref
erence to the United States. In an elo-
quent peroration Mr.. Chamberlain de-
veloped this theme, declaring that Il
England ever needed an alliance she
would give as much as she received
but that she would never need more
aid, in his opinion than would be cheer
fully afforded by her own children. He
scorned the idea that England should
ed, he said. that Anglo-SaXon coop
GRAFTON and influence would prove ir
resstible and that there was no rea
son why, even without an alliance
Great Britains friendly relations witt
Germany should not be strengthened.
Il rejoice" he said in conclusion, "a
the change that has occurred in the re
lations between Great Britain and tn,
United States To us they stand in Z
relation different from that occupied 10y
any other people. 1 know a hundred
reasons why we should be friends
none why we should be otherwise, ant
/ believe that has been the true feeling
of this country toward the United
States for many years. All misunder
standings have been happily removed
and the combination of the two Englisl
speaking nations would fear no othe
alliance.
"Our imagination must be fired whel
we contemplate the possibility of sucl
cordial understanding between tn
600 people of the United State
and our 50,000000 Britons, an under
standing which would guarantee peac
and civilization to the world. We shal
welcome the United States in their ne1
career as a colonizing nation. becaus
we know they are animated by tn
same motives and aspirations. emplo
the same methods and love justice a
ourselves. and such a new departur
viii doubtless. as Lord Salisbury ha
, said serve our interests, not in an
selfish or mercenary. sense, but becaus
II viii give each a better understandin
Of the others work, increase our sym
! pathies. bring us closer together an
b make easy and inevitable that most de
sirable cooperation"