Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-13
MKlNLEY MESSAGE PLEASES
Reference to the "0pen Door,
Pronounced a Very Note-
worthy Passage.
Understanding Witf1 France.
ia. Regard to Egypt an
bnpossibility..

Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies speaking at a Conservative
gathering in Wakefield, Yorkshius, fully
discussed. home and foreign affairs and
the govsEnmentspoaacy in Egypt, which,
he said depended entirely upon the pos
Eibility It reaching IN understanding
with France. ~ thing which is i1upassi
BILE so long as t1n French pursue-a pol
icy Of transportation"
With regard tO the relations between
Great Britain and Russia, in c.anec-
ton with the Fsu' East he said that,
while hikhert0 the effcR1s to rcaah an
agreement. had failed, he believed All
agreemenhwith Russia was necessary;
unless verw serious complications wers
to be encountered
Refe1s&to' ABcEin1ey1h Message.
II am naeCe sanguine Of arriving. alta
settleme:lt,,": said Mr.. Chamberlain,
''because tis not 5er our interest alane.
The objects,we have in view are shared
also by the United States Germany and
Japan, all sAwhich have Mentical inter-
ests. I daresay yul have observed tha
very pregnant passage in the recent
message If President McKinley-the
passage reforming to the very important
interests &E America I'M the East. in
which he declares these interests shall
not be preiudicea by exclusive treat
ment. Tllat,is a very noteworthy pas
sage, and, without being prophet, I
think shau not he too samguine if Isay
that, in t]nanaar' future, we shall not
stand al1na as guardians of the 'vRen
door,"
Rs-Re21sF e 1anaation.
Mr.. Chamberlain then referred tathe
charge of inconsistency brought against
him in hoastine Of Great Britain's
''splendia- isolation" and then toating
for allianeak He said: *
"When2Lrefezred to isolation I meant
the isolation. of the British empire, COM
prising tha, United Kingdom and our
children over the seas, who ara well
able to defend Aheir own possessions, and
their own. exclusive interests against all
attack but surely it is not unreasonable
to seek an alliance and to expect coop,
Grafton. where the interests involved. are
those. of others as we'll as ourselves.
Datiaa All Combinations.
"B1t, if L congratulate you onthe de.
velopment of good feeling between us
and. great continental state, still more
dol rejoice at the growth of friendly re.
latiops between ourselves and. our colo.
nias,. between ourselves and the United
States. Already the United, States, il
regarded from the standpoint of poten
tial resources, is the greatest Of civil
lied states, with its immensa.popu
Of intelligent citizens, chiefly Anglo
Saxons, and, if we are assured of the
Anglo-Saxon race, whether it abides un
der the Stars and Stripes. or under the
Union Jack, there is no other combina
ton that can make us afraid
National Alliance by Marriage
Replying later in the proceedings to {
vote of thanks for his address, Mr.
Chamberlain said he hoped ere many
years had passed to see a federation o.
the empire with colonial representative
in the imperial parliament. Referring
to a personal allusion to his ''setting {
good example in forwarding the hoped
for alliance with the United States b,
marrying an American" he said:
$50 many Englishmen are following
the example that I think it quite posi-
BILE the alliance may be accomplished
without the interference of the govern
ments." [Laughter].