The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-04
MH. CiiAMBEnLAlN AND ANGLO
AMERICAN ALLIANCE.

New iork Tribune.
No moro Blgpinrent speech has been
made Dy British sialrBmau for many
yeis than that spoken Dy Mr Joseph
Chamberlain a. Birmingham m Friday
evening There have been articles pub
llahrd lH magazines aud newspapers on
both hi1cs of tho Atlantic upon the sub
lrcl Of au AuRlD.Am'rcIn alliance,
pointing yut lis advantage and ndy0cat-
Do treaty OF amity Drtwecn the twY
great EngllHh-HpnkIng nations. The
nearest approach 10 li. however. hitherto
made WIS the lney-InuucofOrlc treaty
VI arbitration, which fhc United States
senate rD rutnirsnly mlngIod ana Killed.
Imt however prevalent such ideas have
been among the generality VI Englinh
nnd American thInkers. SIR. Chamber
lain iE The nfHt rcspDullD.e afatssman 10
give expression % the wish that such a
combination might be- made.
iilH words viii attract attention nnd be-
weighed lu every caWni in Europe.
"Iho time hnH arrived whom Great Brit
ain may b. confronted Jy combination
NJ powers ana our hrst duty. therefore.
ia 10 draw all parts of lDe empire into
,loso unity. ana our next 20 maintain
tho bonds of prrmnneul unity with our
klusmrn across the Atlantic.
"Ih,rr Do pow,rfu lud generous ma
ton. spuh.nR tho language. bred Of our
race, ana having Interests Identical with
ours would go'sD far 10 bay that. ter
rOiy uh War may be-, even war itself
la.
aud noble cause the stars and stripes
ANA lhe union jack should wave together
over an AusiO-ShHyn alliance
D. d. one Df the most Euusmct0ry re-
suits of Lord Salisbury policy and al
,hc present time these iW0 great nations
understand each other better than tny
over have done since. over a century ago.
they were separated uy ihe Uunicr 0f "a
Brush government
Great Britain .s today confronted by
armed EufDp, by thr Triple alliance ot
Germany. Austria ana Itily ON the one
Wide ani by th, Rur4lu.Freurh alliance
un tH, 1,h,r-au jealous oi h,r power
her wealth. hDr vast colonial possessions
aud her progress. This h the British
situation. md our gWn may not be un-
liko %.
90 70 fgw months when This Spanish
war ls brought ip ID conclusion. thr same
powers. eager 90 assist Spain out of her
Iriyulu,s. may attempt 90 interpOsc-
may. indeed. claim the right % suggest
90, terms of settlement Such luterter-
,upe 81, would not brook for an instant
but capable as thc Emitted States may
be- 10 the long run OF maintaining its own
rights and deciding .ts own questions,
the fact that We have Great Brltlans
friendship viii make % ail the easier for
ua 90 establish peace with spain accord
lng ,p our own terms.
Nor is 10 concerning Spain only that We
may hud our interests conflicting with
certain of the Europcan powers. our in
tcfrst- in China are next Ia extent TO
those of Great Britain and our policy Is
identical with hers thus suggesting
further possibilities of combination. II
not II alliance.
The question Is not one TO be decided
on- hand. IL is of too great magnitude.
too lar reaching in consequence. while Il
Is opposed by the traditional policy OF a
hundred years.
Nevertheless the uttcrancc of Mr..
Chamberlain lis OF the weightrst import
and viii attract attention throughout the
civilized world