The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-22
GREAT BRITAIN FR|EN[(|
MAKES IT PLAIN THAT SINE xrAxn1
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Message From Queen Victoria
Expresses Thorough SympatAvI
With MckinIey's Policy-Ensj
land Wants an Alliance WITH FL

Ion0 wants an Alt1amce With Cn3
Much conjecture has been INDUCED In
touching the visit paid the White House
by the British ambassador. The wash-N
sngton Post last week said on this poiat.h
Queen Victoria has. through Sir JuiiaI
Pzunccfote, conveyed to Presidsat McKin.1
icy her qualification at the wise and conf
servatiye course which he has thus farx
pursued In relation TO the Cuban anal
Spanish situation. She also expressed to-
HIN her thorough sympathy with the ell
forts pat forth by the United States toH
relieve suffering humanity in Cuba, witt
the hope that those endeavorsi may b.
conducted to Succession conclusion with
out war.
These expressions were not sent tn OF
flciAl FORM They would have been com-
mnnicased through Mr.. Hay. the United
States ambassador to Grea; Britain. buf
for the fact that he il absent on voyage
on the Nile. They were. therefore. cons
municated directly to Sir Julian. with the
request that he present them In person ID
the president There has been no corr
respondence with this country upon the
subject, so that the queens sentiments do<
not appear on record.
'srha desire OF the queen that mari
should be avoided was emphasized fosS
several reasons. 1t WAS pointed out that
the commercial relations OF Great Britt
ain with the United States were too ex.E
tensivs to be jeopardixed by war be-
tween this country and Spain The block
ade of the port of New York. for in
stance. IL was pointed out. would he OH
irreparah.e damage to British shipping,Y
and the cessation OF the shipment OF
food supplies to England would be exy
ceedinsly serious.
~ .rx- zf xI. ~ np
his pleasure at the utterance of the aueen.k
with the additional statement that he als1I
hoped that war could be averted.
Public announcement or the real pur-S
pose OF the ambassadors visit has hesHI
avoided. and "a denial of the fact that I'll
had relations 10 the present crisis hass
been made because 1t was feared that thoI
friendly uttsrance might be misconssrued.t
1t was thought that the approvai given hyk'
the queen to the presidents course might
be distastefui I'm certain quarters. anal
might he regarded as unduty infiuefsinge
the presidents acton In the future.
There was another reason, however.
which had its weight In the direction Off
secrecy. The attitude Of Great Britain
goes further In this matter than meres
expression OF good wishes.
.'There Is a desire. which has yet onlyl
reached the stage Of tentative suggestion.y
that an alliance may b. formed hetweenk
Great Britain and the United States. III
has been shown that the interests OF Eng
land and this country are not only iden:s
tical In a general sense. but are especially3
IDENTICAL In the great question or findinE.K
in China and the East a market for man,
ufac,ures. This suggestion has consid.a
cradle weight with the administrator
Great Britain ia finding her supremacy ms
China seriously threatened. France has
already established herself on the south. l
and Russia II aggressive on the north. J
while Germany has secured strong FOOT
hold. II England proposes to hold he'd
own she must fight for It. This explaina|
why she - forbidding her ship ownersS
to part with the vessels they are con-
structin1 and accounts FIR the large ind
crease she p making in her navy.
ut was the suggestion that, II thsM
United States would afford to Great Britt
ain her moral support in case Of troubies
In the East. she would offer us her sym.n
pathy and practical aid In any trouhlsY
that threatened with Spain. that resulted
In discussion OF the Eastern question:
in the cabinet meeting last Tuesday.
1.-THE administration appreciates thav
value Of this friendly attitude Although
II Is well understood that In this coun-l
try 1t will be impossible for the navy toI
be placed at the disposal Of Great Brit
ain In upholding British supremacy mi
our influence could be exerted with effect :
In British behalf"
The Daily Chronicle. m an editoria. on i
the Cuban si.ua ton. describes President !
Mckinley's action throughout the crisis 7
As model Of craftsmanship" II De. i
clares that the action Of the Washington
government I'm connection with the Name
disaster deserves the highest recognition
There Is every indication" says the !
Daily Chronicle. ''that the United States !.
are preparing for the inevitable s.rugglA
Soon II viii be necessary for Great Brit
ain TO show on which side its sympathiss
lie"
Arguing AT considerable length upon the
''unselfishness OF Americas motives =
desiring to put an end to the hell upon +
earth In Cuba," and insisting that
America has n better right 10 interiors 1
than has ever bees put forward as . 2
Justification In two cut of every thfee Il
wars In history" the Daily Chron.eist
says: I'VE hope Great Britain will not
only go as far officially a. the furthess 4
limits of international law permit. bat
that public opinion will declare Itself /
openly. Enthusiastically and I'm the teeth Of \
all Europe. " necessary. as sympa.htxingt
heartily with the motives impeling
America at last to take a step 80 nat.
ursf. and yet one she has 80 lone
hesifafed TO take.
At the same time. we wish II wefs
possible to persuade Spain even M the
eleventh hour. that her honor and Cuho
might be saved by the recognition Of h. d
esisahfe facts. To hid Cuba he free would I
he hard task. but II would be the sal.
est and most dign!fied course"
TIE Daily News says editoriaiIy thu
morning:
While crediting the United States win
the generous error of giving the world 3
IVA l. - = 49,
nnpreparedness for war. we srs glad q ii
see that they have shown themselves wise
In time."-Phi!sdelphia Times