The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-11
The Speech of
Salisbury
MAKES A STIR.
His Reference to America
Basis Of Comments.

London, Nov. 11.-Lord salisbury's
speech at the lord mayors banquet at
the Guild hall, especially his reference
to America, is making a stir through
out Europe
The Paris evening papers yesterday
Thursday had a much less satisfied
tone than the utterances of the morn
ing press, While the whole continent re-
fleets the feeling that the speech con
veys a grave menace for the future.
La Liberte of Paris says: 1T is a
question Of an Anglo-Amerfcan
agreement Respecting the Philippines
directed against Germany
The Journal Des Debats regards the
speech as an invitation to America to
make an alliance against Europe. but
doubts whether Americans will will
ingly play the role of train bearers to
English politics.
The London morning papers again
lake occasion to wish we'll to America s
colonial mission. The Times says edi-
torially: No doubt the idea of La Lib
erie is grotesque: yet it shows a truer
appreciation of the spirit of Lord Sal
isbury's remarks than the singular in
depreciation put upon them by one cor
respondent, Henry Norman, who finds
IN them the prepOsterOus implication
that the English attitude during tn
war was due to the notion that our in
terests would be furthered by the Unit
ed states being plunged into war. Lord
Salisbury clearly did not refer to the
late war at all. He paid the United
States the compliment of holding that
their entry into the world of politics is
an event of great Importance. His
further remarks obviously meant that
America and England would stand to-
gether in a friendship based upon COM
munity of aims and sentiments. Ger
man critics are more perspicacious, and
evidently dislike the prospect Lord Sal
isbury suggested.
The Daily Mail, which deprecates
Emperor Williams visit to Spain as
most ill advised and lportune. saws:
The first article of national policy
is a close friendship with the United
States, and it would be better for Ger
many to act in harmony with Great
Britain than to try to irritate America.
The Standard, in its editorial, alb
solves Lord Salisbury of any intention
to sound note of warning in abiding
to Americas entry into world politics,
and welcomes the cooperation of the
venting the vast domains of China,
should they become derelict, from be-
coming the preserve Of any single Eu-
ropean state.
The Daily News says: Lord Sails
bury's remarks were unusually OBJ
scure. Perhaps he was abiding to
Germanys irritation In any case,
Germany cannot contemplate the SUI
preme folly of fighting to exclude
America from the Philippines If she
wants to display colonial energy in
that direction. Germany is too late.
America has been deeply and justly
incensed at Germany's favor toward
Spain, and she certainly will not ask
the kaisers leave before appropriating
the fruits of victory.
Lord George Hamilton, secretary of
state for India, speaking in London last
evening, said he agreed with Lord Sal
isbury that it was quite impossible to
overestimate the Importance of Amer
cas- entrance upon coloniZing policy.
england and America he declared,
whose ideas and interests are identi-
cal, should stand side by side in the
promotion of civilization and good gov
eminent in the dark places of the
earth
Berlin. Nov. 1O.-The National lei
tung says today: Germans regard the
American reference in Lord Salisbury S
Guildhall speech as the most significant
portion of his remarks, They believe
it was the hope of American support
that gave him the courage to speak
with resolution
The Vossiche Zeitung and the Ber-
liner Post also refer to Lord Salisbury s
American illusions and reach the con-
clusion that his speech gives little hope
of prolonged peace.