The herald., 1898-05-17
ANGLO-SAxON ALLIANCE
THE THEME OF TRANsATLANTrC
DISCUSSION
cHAMBERLAlN's NEW POLICY
Well Received in England but bitterly
Resented by Continental Politi-
cal Leaders gt

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK. May ia dispatch to tn,
World from London says:
The Sunday papers are curiousl,
silent on Mr.. Chamberlain's remarka
BILE procurement In favor o.
an Anglo-American alliance. The OBJ
server. the most influential, politi
cally. Of them. however. applauds Mr.
Chamberlain's declaration on that point
while referring the accomplishment Of
his ideal to some remote contingenc,
which has not yet arisen. The Observer
says: at Is well understood In the United
States that European Intervention is no'
even discussed by the Powers just now be.
cause England will not tolerate 1t. The
real crisis will come when the terms oil
peace are drafted. Then, II ever. the Anti.
American League. at which Count Golouch
oski limited not long ago, will lift Its head
We doubt the substance of any such ap-
partition because the coercion OF America
is too big business for practical politics
but the day that witnesses any serious
combination against either the United
States or Great Britain ought also 70
witness their consolidation into an Anglo
American alliance"
The World correspondent had CONVERSE
ton with one Of Mr.. Chamberlains most
trusted followers to whom Mr.. Chamber
lain had several weeks since opened his
mind on the subject Of an Anglo-American
understanding as we'll as on the general
foreign policy Of Great Britain. This poll
tician stated:
chamberlain has been for the past year
convinced that Salisburys foreign policy
Is steadily and inevitably leading to the
ruin of England's commercial supremacy,
and he is convinced that It 10 vital to the
continued commercial expansion both Of
England and the United States that they
should make common cause against Eu.
ropean combinations.
besides that, he entertains q strong
view that the French provocation in West
Africa should be accepted by Salisbury as
casus belli England's supremacy on
the sea would enable her, in his view, to Sc
riously cripple, II not destroy. French naval
expansion for years. and he regards as
England's most imperative interest TO
weaken France SO that Russia alone would
have to be dealt with in the Far East.
"England's interests and those of Amer
lea are identical in that region, and Cham
berlain regards their combined action there
as the first step towards realization of
the Anglo-Saxon alliance. That is the
underlying motive Of his speech, although
It was made under circumstances which
give It the appearance of an attempt to
GUST Lord Salisbury from the Foreign
ONCE.
The Daily Mails Berlin dispatch says:
Chamherlain's Birmingham speech Is
characterized by the German press in gen.
eral as undiplomatic, acknowledging Eng.
lands weakness in the face Of Russia, and
as an undignified bid for Americas favor.
All newspapers which allude to the SUBJ
ject state that England will find no ally In
Europe, and Russia least of all in Ger
may, which has no reason for quarreling
with Russia's action in China.
Prince Bismarck's organ, the Ham,
burger Nachrichten, remarks:
1T would be a deplorable error on the
part of Great Britain to imagine that any
continental power should have the strange
idea of entering the lists at this critical
juncture on the side Of English arrogance
and to bolster up exclusively English in
terests."
The Daily Mails Paris dispatch says the
Temps, which saw in Chamberlain speech
only a bid for German alliance and blow
in the back to Salisbury. now discusses the
chance of an approaching war. and says
Chamberlain wishes to take revenge on
Niger for Port Arthur at the expense of
France. 1t warns the Secretary for the
Colonies not to go too far.
The Matin says the speech has brought
war between England and France within
measurable limits.
The Eclaire believes that France is not
deeply aimed at, but sees in the speech a
maneuver Of Chamberlain to ruin the gov
eminent and come In himself as the ad-
vance guard Of future imperialism.
In the Commons
LONDON, May 16.-The speech of Joseph
Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for
the Colonies, at Birmingham, on Friday
last, Is still the sensation of the day and
was introduced in the House of Commons
this evening. During question as to the
date of the discussion of the Foreign Office
vote. the Liberal leader in the House. Sir
William Vernon Harcourt, said the coun-
try desired ito discuss the New Birming-
ham foreign policy"
The remark aroused tremendous cheer
ing.
Michael Davitt, member for South Mayo,
having read an extract from Chamberlain's
speech in which the latter deprecated the
value of Russia promises, asked the
Colonial Secretary II he thought such Ian
guage and sentiments were consistent with
the friendly relations between the two
countries. but the speaker refused to allow
the question to be put.
There was tremendous cheering, inter-
mixed with ministerial "ohs"
Patrcilling Ceased
KEY WEST, May 16.-The government
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