The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14

ties OF mutual sympathy, the United
states still mindful of Russia's helping
hand in the darkest hour of her strug-
gle to preserve the Union, while the
Russians on their side, keep in CRATE
ful remembrance the timely help ex-
tended by Americans to their suffering
peasantry in the year of the great ia
mine of 1891
quite different appears the mutual
position of the United States and Ger
many. The import of American grain
and natural products into Germany is
still considerable, but it is constantly
confronted with restrictions dictated
by the interests of the German Agra
rian party. The export of her manu-
featured wares abroad constitutes the
life'S blood of Germany of today, and
in that she is constantly confronted
with the tariff wall erected by Amer
ica's protectionisn; and, as the United
States extend their foreign markets
they are bound to come in closer and
closer competition with the product of
German manufacturers. Another point
of antagonism between Germany and
the United States is likely to be ere
ated by the steadily increasing emigra-
ton of Germans to America. -
But the most dangerous point Of con-
f1ict between the two nations lies in
their colonial policy; the fact that Ger
many, being forced by stern necessity
to find foreign markets for the products
of her enormously growing manufac-
lures is suddenly confronted by the
Americans in the far east, in the very
region toward which she has cast her
longing eyes, but where she had had
no time yet to cast her commercial an
Choir. We have had a glimpse of that
newly-born antagonism in the conduct
of the German cruiser Irene that came
SO near to infringing upon the neutrali-
ty proclaimed by the German empire.
Passing on to England's political
tendencies of the latter days, there are
two features to be noted: First, the
growth of her distrust as to Russia's
influence in China, and, second, her
persistent bidding for America friend
ship, the latter being sufficient proof
of the sudden increase of the influence
of the United States in the eyes of the
entire worldyeaS a. consequence of Am
erica'S recent victories over Spain.
England's distrust towards Russia is
based on the same old bogy-the fear
of the loss of India. That was the rea-
son of Englands antagonism to Russia
on the Balkan peninsula, and that is
once more the reason of her antagonism
to Russia. on the Yellow sea, now that
the center of gravity of the eastern
question has shifted from Constanti-
nople to Pel1in.
whatever the efforts of England in
that latter field, she is utterly unable
to grove a bar, to Russia's natural
tendency to gain a firm foothold on the
Pacific and to secure forever an all
year-o0en outlet on the ocean for her
Siberian railroad, yet, being still actu-
ated by her old suspicious of Russia's
designs on India, England appears blind
to the fact of a new and powerful an
tagonist having arisen at her very
elbow. as it were. Truly, whom the
gods would destroy, they first make
blind.
Ever since her political consolida-
ton, Germany has strengthened and
solidified her manufactures-stead
treading the path toward supremacy in
that field over all foreign comDetition.
AT the present time Germany's model
manufactures in many ways defy com
petition, while she has extended her
net of commercial affiliations all over
the world, has acquired large colonies,
and is now bent on building up a pow
erful fleet. Already the note of Ger
many's supremacy on the seas is
sounded by the irreDressible German
em9eror, and in that field she is sure
to come into conflict with England.
Nowhere is this more evident than on
the Balkan peninsula, where England'S
influence was once paramount. While
England was chasing there, as else
where, the ghost of Russia's antagon-
ism, and thereby alternating Russia's
public opinion, Germany has steadily
intrenched herself in Turkey, having
taken complete possession of that pow
er. Turkeys army is now differed by
German commanders Turkeys rail-
ways are built by German ca0ital.
Turkish baZarS are stocked full of Ger
man wares. even the Turkish mail is
ready to fall under German manage
ment. England will never be able to
recorduer what she has of late lost in
that region-and the same thing is apt
to be repeated in China. Neither Rus
STA, which Dursues quite different in
terests in that part of the world; nei-
Their France, nor the United States,
with her newly born colonial tenden-
cies, presents any danger to England
in the far east. Her only antagonist
and enemy there is Germany, and this
comes from the seIf-evident fact that
that powers aims and interests are
Identical with those of England.
Were Russia to seize China tomor-
row, that country would remain just
as open to products of English manu-
features and would present just as
promising a field for the placing of
English capital, for RusSiaS manufac-
lures are far from being extensive and
her capital is far from sufficient to
meet the requirement of China's vast
fields. But if, on the other hand, it be
the Germans who should gain a firm
hold on China, then, indeed, England
would have to say good-by forever. to
all hope of gaining markets in that
direction. And as it is there, so it is
everywhere. Germany aims to become
the natural heir to England's CONNER
cial supremacy, and possibly she will
not fall short of her aim This fact
just begins to be appreciated in Eng
land it is even TO be supposed that
this is what spurs England on in her
seeking the friendship of the United
States. Therefore, since the antagon-
ism oe France to Germany is a we'll
established fact. and since Russia is
the ally of France, were Germany to
pursue the policy inaugurated by her
in the course of the SDanish-American
war and recklessly rush into a conflict
with the United States, it is Just posi-
BILE that Germany might find herself
one day facing a coalition of four great
powers.
Gwen We're such a coalition to re-
main in the realms of fancy, still the
rivalry OF England with Germany is
bound to reach serious phase in the
near future, and then perhaps the
English will realize at last the neces-
sity for cultivating the friendship of
Russia
WITH WHISTLER AT WEST POINT.