The sun., 1898-11-27
'NAR CLOUDS may roll BY
But There is Talk Of an Alliance
Between England, Japan and
the United States. .
BRITISH JIAGOES FAVOR 1T
The Eng lis h Lore d G h e i or
Believes Great Britain and Amer.
lea, If United For Defense,
Could Defy the
Whole W Orld.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-If the outcome
iOf ti,y friendly relations existing between
tie United States and Great Britain
should be an arm ID alliance, which is
li0t At all improbable, the jingos of
England will seize tie opportunity 10 90
ily,,re than show their teeth to Britain's
ioes The sleeping issues will quickly
be dragged to the surface. England =
colonial policy Of aggression, III which
she las never W 'akened during many
,ong years Of provocatlon Oh tie part oi
F,alice and Russia, viii be eniorced III
Africa and probably III China. But It Is
by no means "e,taln that France viii &C.
crpt the gage VI batt,e, even With the
PROMISE Vi Russian support. An aIIlance
With the Gar would, ot couise, prove a
strong factor III the matter, Dnt "hle
Russia continues to arm ailu make every
pippatatluu Tor her own defence she las
not recently gwen France reason to be-
iieye lttial IN rupture OF the iatter Win
England she Wuuid rush W her rfscle.
Russia has, besides, i.tr own quarrel
with Britain over Chinese Issues which
menace her peace; and 1t Is because
England contiiilies ~ strengthen heI
navy anucarMy that tne Ear keIs 1t I'M
perative to expeild millions in forllfyIns
t,-r own p,sltiun. IL, however, .diplo.
macy can 'pacify tire rufilrd feaCbers oI
tl,e Brush jlngoes, IN her own quarrel,
Russia Will not hasten 10 arms ~ heIl
France ifsiIe should act hastily.
A..ts tt..c n.,,A nf uff..lra hv IlC
means gives ANYTHING like "a reasonable
assurance that the peace Europe IL t
Oe niainIained. Ii kngIard cannot gel
l,er STARE or what she claiins AZ her sllaIt
in the trade Of tt,e.Far East she viii fight
for ii, anu il RUSSIA can prevent her f'oll
getting it sh. VIII not get it,. How iaI
Russia may 20 is not, oi course. known,
but il il certain li,aG the cUltrpl of tlIt
..upen trade door" III China must bt
given Il, either Russia or Brl,ain, and !
Russia wins she must face the Britlsl
MUSIC. =,
Lord Sanlsbnry's pan for an allianc.
that i'll crush Russia u Il war ensu-s II
shown by the recent suggestion OF Lore
Charles BersfOrd that u union be foi met
between Great Britain, japan and thu
United States l., protect .EngIisI, inter
ests in China. Lord Bereslord Was sent
to China several months ag, as the rep
lysentatlve of the Associated Chamber'
\ of Commerce uf Great Britain to lool
over the field and seq what Was most al
vis able to maintain British coinIn-rcla
supremacy in the vast empire, now b.
ing opened to the trade uf the outside
wprld. ..
Asa result Of his investigation Lore
Beltsf.,rd has advised the British
Premier that if England is to iio,d he
own in China against Russian aggresslol
she must ally herself with some power
fui nations, and he names as tile one'
most desirable, (probably the onIy one.
poss,ble) tile United States and Japan
Should such an alliance ever be formed
the Iong.t threatened crisis abroad wOuC
be quickly developed. The situation as j
stands las lost none Of its interest, al
though its gravity has been slightly
abated.
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| Almost every day tie cable continues
to bring fresh evidence of "vertnres OF
the part of British leaders for all Anglo
American alliance. The most important
recent convert is the Earl of Aberdeen
the former GUvernur.generAl OF Canada
who in a speech Ut Liverpool said: "Tht
proximity Of the United States IL a grea
factor in Canadian affairs, and therefore
we will rejoice in tile tendency toward
good understanding and friendship be
tween Great Britain and the Unitec
States, a tendency fully shared by Can
ada in her attitude toward the Unitet
States. l am sure ", all welcome what
I YER will help the unity Of the whole
Anglo-Saxon race, and in this respec
the Commission now sitting in Annrric'
has an important and significant bear
ing"-He refers to the Joint High Com
mission at Washington discussing Al
Americana Canadian treaty.
AT the Thanksgiving dinner Of thu
American Colony in London o:
Thursday the British Lord Chan
cellOr Was outspoken in his pro
ipssions Of the deep affection thu
English people have for us. The dream
of a union, he said, was noble am
splendid one. Our C0nsul.General Mr.
White and others ech,ed u cir Sc enti
nents and in the general gloritication o
the monarchy and Republic it was agreed
that with such an alliance the worle
might he dcfied, counting probably alst
upon Japan. But it ooks little al
though England may have t" defy tl't
world alone unless her lingo element
haul in their horns little. or the govern
,nent secures strong allies to help fyh
her battles.
While the possibility Of an outbreak o
war in Europe IS being considered, the