The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-18
CALLING CAR A DEVIL
SPAIN IS ABLAzE WITH WRATH
Andfsw Carnegie Believes an Anglo
American Alliance Is Certain
Some Time In the Future

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Some Time In the Future
Associated Press Special wirs
NEW YORK, May ia dispatch to tn
World from London says:
The Russian Ambassador has been di
rected to demand from Lord Salisbury, |
ls reported. an explanation of Mr.. Chamber
lain's assertion that Russia is ineligible fo
an alliance because Of her perfidy.
The prevailing opinion now is that Mr.
ChAmberlain's speech, in which he advo
Gated an Anglo-Saxon alliance, was {
grievous indiscretion.
It has excited sentiment without promis
ing to attain any advantage.
His indiscreetly calling the Gear "Tht
Devil' is sure, 1t Is believed. to give indy
ing onlense In st. Petersburg.
<: In the city Of London (the financial dis.
erlct) today. great depression prevailed
Rumors were flying about that the govern.
rnent proposes to offer large issue of ex.
ohequer bills to form war chest. A fur.
ther rise In the bank rate was freely pre-.
dicted.
Mr.. Chamberlain's main and immediate
object Is known to force France to evacu-
ate Brossia. West Africa. even at the risk
Of war. 1t has leaked out that in his pri.
vate talk to bankers last Thursday Lord
Salisbury said that the West African situa-
ton ID the most serious matter the Cabinet
has now to deal with, and its satisfactory
solution seems well nigh impossible.
This anticipatory declaration by the
Prime Minister gives gravity to Mr..
Chamberlain's speech which 1t otherwise
might have lacked because Of the universal
suspicion that he was playing simply his
own hand.
{ A further element Of seriousness Is i'm
parted to the situation by the remark Of
the Duke of Cambridge at the volunteer
banquet on Friday night that France had
been given a month to clear out of Bros
STA, the disputed district in West Africa.
The Duke denies having said this. but vol
unteer officers present declare that his
words were taken down at the time and
passed around the table to all the guests
on a slip Of paper marked CONFIDENTIAL"
A variety Of circumstances, in short, tend
to cause great anxiety here concerning the
outlook which is now affected by the in
spired statement from French agencies
that the West African negotiations are
progressing satisfactorily.
English Editors
Everything seems to prove the worth
Of the words Of an editorial published
broadcast here that Mr.. Chamberlain S
proposing an Angio-Saxon alliance springs
from desire to drag the United States
into a war over a miasmatic swamp in
West Africa.
Among even the limited section of poll
ticians In Parliament favorable to such an
alliance, the idea Of Mr.. Chamberlain 8
declaration is treated as absurdly in ad-
vance of events, while the bulk of the
members of Parliament who would rather
be Indifferent or hostile to it, are affronted
that q minister should hawk offers of a
British alliance in the market.
Mr.. Chamberlain, himself, Is delighted
over the sensation he has created, though
his jubilation obviously is not shared by hts
colleagues. Several members of Parlia-
ment pressed him privately for a more
explicit statement concerning the danger
ahead. He mere replied oracularly:
Events will justify"
The Liberal leaders intend to have de.
bate on his speech at the earliest possible
moment, which annot now be until after
Whitsuntide recess. A drift Of opinion
regarding the Anglo-American alliance
may be gathered from articles in the prin.
cipal papers. No newspaper has received
the suggestion with enthusiasm.
The News fears that whatever chance
there is of realizing an alliance "gush ant
jingoism" are likely to destroy Mr.. Cham
berlaln. It says:
HE waS guilty Of jingoism in arguing
an Anglo-Saxon alliance as an engine O.
decisive action"
The Globe observes:
1--WE would be glad to live in the likeli
hood of a permanent alliance of the Eng
disappearing nations, but in the case o
the United States their foreign polio,
undergoes such quick and violent change.
that friend Of today becomes an enem,
Of tomorrow, as long as our naval supre
macy endures we have no need for help Of
the ocean, while the United States coult
give no help on land"
The st. James Gazette remarks:
"The good people who fancy that all 4
now completed but signing formal treat!
of offense and Defense are going much to,
fast. and are likely to do only mischief
The United States have yet to realize thei
own isolation and actual danger but TO
British support in Europe"
The gush referred to by the News l
supplied by editorials from certain New
York papers. which may have been easil
drawn out by Mr.. Chamberlain interest
ed effusiveness.
In the Lords
LONDON, May 17.-In the House of Lord