The Irish standard., 1898-07-09
THE ANGLO-sAXoN ALLIANCE.

THE ANGLO-SAXoN ALLIANCE.
The Minneapolis Journal has con-
siderably changed its tone on the An
glo-Saxon humbug within the past 10
days, and now agrees with the Irish
Standard that this country is abund-
antly able to take care Of itself in it's
great strength and isolated situation"
without entering into any entangling
alliance with England. Without al
lance we will be courted and respected
by all nations" says the Journal, and
with alliance we twill always be in
trouble" That is. the sensible way of
looking at the matter, and we congratu-
late our esteemed neighbor on it's
change of mind on so important a
question.
The marvellous success of our navy in
the present war has caused a change of
sentiment on the alliance with Eng
land. Many supposed that the Spanish
fleet was superior to ours and that
other nations would interfere in the
conflict. England saw her opportunity
and protested her friendship, and then
tho cry arose that the Anglo-Saxons
could whip the world by forming an al
lance. The American people are now
more self-reliant and see there is no
necessity for an alliance with England
and no danger from Russia, Germany
and France. England's opportunity has
vanished and she must meet her
European enemies single-handcd and
alone or curb her pundering propen-
stiles.
In the East the question of an Anglo
American alliance is being discussed
pro and con. Thomas +. Bayard,
Cleveand's secretary of state and min
lister to England, is heartily in favor of
an alliance with the mother country of
which he Is so enamored. In COM
munication to the New York Herald.
tho Anglomaniac says that the United
States and Great Britain are composed
OF "one people. speaking common
language. sharing one literature en-
ioyng the blessings of common free
DOM" and that mo pledge of alliance
Is demanded where brothers are con-
cerned. a single recognition of the
brotherhood being enough The de-
nationalized creature goes on to say
that "the two great English-spealling
nations. standing quietly together,
could command the peace of the world
and that "our differences have nearly
all been imported" The platitudes of
| Mr.. Bayard will be estimated at their
proper value by all who are familiar
with his career while misrcpresenting
this country at the court of ST. James.
The other parsonage who gives his
| pro-EEglish views on this subject to the
Herald is Rear Admiral Belknap. He
declares that the interests of the two
countries are identical, and believes
that quiet but not an acknowledged
understanding exists today between the
two nations. 'There will never be
any formal alliance between Great
sritain and the United States" says
the retired naval officer, but there
may be a tacit alliance. in fact
Against the alliance have spoken
John w. Foster, Harrson's secretary
of state and ex-senator Edmunds, of
Vermont. The former believes that a
formal alliance with oany nation is un-
desirable He favored the arbitration
treaty between England and America
for nsuring peace between those two
nations and sensiblyI remarks that "it
would De unwisesfor' us to attempt to
fight the battles Of any other country,
and we do not want any other nation
to fight ours Again, he says that
the Irish American interest exerted a
| strong influence against the treaty, and
IT is sure to make itself felt against
any proposition for an alliance with
England" He knows whereof he
speaks with better knowledge than
Chamberlain possessed when that no.
litical renegade in stentcrian tones de-
clarcd in the British commons that an
alliance would surely come in spite of
tho Irish. Americans.
In his Fourth of July speech ut Phil
adelphia the venerable statesman from
Vermont. ex-senator Edmunds, refer