The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-10

more than splendid dotage" In an Ut.
ticle in the Nineteenth Century fol
June Mr.. Stanley pushes this thrust
further home. He reviews the reverses
which England has suffered at Athens
at Constantinople, at Toxic, and at
Pekin and points to the conclusion
that England must ally herself with
some strong nation or cease to be a
powerful factor in the politics of the
world.
Mr.. Stanley's proposition is that
Great Britain is not strong enough to
stand alone either against the triple al
lance of Germany, Austria and Italy
or against the dual alliance of France
and Russia. IF the fates forbid our
Joining the triple alliance" he says,
the alternatives before us then are
either an active and obstinate resis-
lance to the dual alliance or a grovel-
ing quiescence, with curtailment of en-
pire and decline of power" With I'M
colored lucidity Mr.. Stanley analyses
the recent failures of British diplo-
macy He taunts the London govern
ment with its impotence to stop the
Armenian massacres, to protect Greece
from Turkey, or to stay the march of
the Russian empire eastward. He tells
how the massacres in Armenia contin-
ued without even a check from Lord
Salisbury's warnings and threats. "The
dual alliance" he says, processes to
see selfish design in all that we pro-
pose. The triple alliance assumes in
difference and states The whole
Eastern question is not worth the bones
of a single Pomeranian grenadier.' The
threat of Russia to meet coercive meas
ures with force paralyzes us, for behind
Russia is France We are indeed splen-
didly isolated"
However, IL Is not the extinction OF
British influence on the European con-
tinent that most deeply disturbs Mr..
Stanley, but the series of defeats which
have marked the swift decline of Brit
ish influence in East Asia. He deplores
most bitterly the inroads which Russia
Is making in China. 1t is the loss of Man
chooria and Port Arthur to Russia that
moves him more deeply than the failure
cue Armenia. 1t is the approach of
France to the upper Yang-Tse valley
which excites his alarm more keenly
than the slaughter of Armenians or
Cretans touches his humanity. He
in the Franco Russian ma
chinations in East Asia the promise |
of general upheaval and disintegra-
Of nFfo fn1
cares a rap for the nations that are to
be rent asunder and apportioned |
among the continental powers, for Mr.. |
writes pnrely from a British
point Of view. He knows no interest
except self-interest, and he knows no
humanity except such as will rebound
% the profit and might of England.
What he seeks is merely some alliance
by which England can assure herself of
Ter share of the plumber.
Naturally, in looking about for help.
Mr.. Stanley comes upon Mr.. Chamber
aims policy of an Anglo-American al
lance. While he evidently would re-
'ard such an alliance as most welcome.
lie SENS to think England never win
70 able to obtain it. person reading
between the lines can see clearly wbv
le is thus hopeless in a matter in which
oseph Chamberlain and Arthur ]. Bal
our have been so sanguine. He can
oncelVe OF no reason why the United
tates should be moved to close sucb
n alliance. Under no circumstances
you'd the Washington government he
BILE to gain any benefit corresponding
the slightest degree with the compli-
atoms which 1t would be obliged to
ssume. In his discussion of the uues-
lon he shows that he is utterly unable
0 perceive any advantage which the
jnited States would derive from aIlv-
1g her interests with those of Great
rita1n. The Anglomaniac's idea that |
e would gladly give our American
lood and our American treasure mere
for phantom sentimentality, with '
ut receiving a single substantial bene- s
In return, does not appeal to Mr.
tanley's sense Of practical politics. He /
nows America better than does Mr.. I
hamberlain, and infinitely better than {
pes Mr. Balfour. Therefore he is able e
Judge much more intelligentlv than a
Their exactly what we would have to '
In or lose by entangIing ourselves T
it'll an old-world power.
Mr.. Stanley has done a real service
loyal Americans by telling the world
ainly just why England needs us.
Id needs us badly. Any American ).
no reads his article can see at
ance how complete is England's iso- :,
ton and how urgent is her demand
r aid, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Come over into Asia and help u.s." Is
q burden of her constant cry across
e Atlantic, but, with the facts before b