The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
"Entang;ing Alliances"


man. in the later years of his
| life. it is true; but he was a
i wise man and could see equally as
| far as any other man of his day. in this
dark. Yet on this particular point OF
| entangiing alliances, while he undoubt-
| edly snuffed the danger that was tC
nitrude itself a century later upon the
! attention of the country. it is doubtful
If he correctly measured and forecast
the forces and the methods by and
through which it was to be intf Oduced
This was probably due. in certain
| sense to the fact that he never hao
any daughters-thaa is, of his own.
1t is useless for any common sense
| man to argue against the existence OF
the dominating power of woman, fol-
life. History and TRADITION, ever since
the world began, will throw him down
every time he undertakes to combat that
theory; and, furthermore. his own per
sonal experiences in the event of his
assuming such a position will sooner or
later compel him to a meek recognition
of her power. in some cases. perhaps,
a little more promptly and sharply than
he expects or reliShes.
The American woman, particularly, is
just now attracting attention to herself
IL. most remarkable way. For several
years past 1T has been customary to
speak sneeringly, and even invidiously,
Of our American beauties and bellies
who, passin q by the beaux of their own
nationality, have distinguished them
selves among their rivals by selecting
foreigners for husbands, and especially
gentlemen who were subjects of the
British crown. These alliances have
ordinarily been decried and occasionally
the ladies have been ridiculed, while re-
Elections upon their patrio, ism have
been INDUCED in. They have been c-ass-
ed among the Predetermined Anglo
maniacs; and in every instance in which
they have come to grief the patriotic
Pharisee was present, rubbing his hands
sleefuliy and strolsing his beard self
consciously, while he murmur5d "Se1v-
ed her right Il told you sou and other
apt and stereotyped PHRASES of I'M
wholesome approval.
But, meanwhile, there has evidently
been painful lack of appreciation of
the underlying adroitne SIS of the Yankee
girls associated with these conquests,
and now, all Of sudden, the long
bearded patriotic" Fharisee may be
seen, standing With his legs crossed,
leaning against a barrel of New Eng
land rum and with one eye shrewdly
closed and a broad grin on his face,
murmuring to himself: "Sho! l want to
know! l guess our gals are up to snuff!
Didn't tell you all along they knowed
what they We're about?" In short, the
Yankee girls are winning out; they have
triumphantly captured British cabi-
net, and that, too, under the conserva-
tive premiership of no less distin-
euished representative Of the English
aristoCracy than the Earl of Salisbury
himself.
The first public realization, of this
transcendant result occurred when the
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the Brit
ish colonial secretary, delivered his
now famous Birmingham speech,
few weeks ago, in which he recon-
mended the INTERVENING of the Amer
lean and British flags above a union Of
interests for the Anglo-Saxon con-
quest of the world. So much for the
services of she who was Miss Endi-
colt. Of Boston, daughter of Will
lam G. Endicott, secretary of war m
the first cabinet of President Cleve-
land. But Mr.. Chamberlain is an as
tute official, and did not speak with
out foreknowledge of the support
upon which he could rely from other
sources. The Hon. George Curzon is
the under secretary of state for for
eign affairs, one of the most potential
members of the British cabinet; but,
what is more to the point, he is also
the husband of she who was formerly
Miss Letter, of Chicago. Then, again,
the chancellor of the exchequer, the
Rt. Hon. Michael Hicks-Beach, is
the husband Of an American lady.
Then we have Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, the Liberal leader of the
house of commons, and here the Yam
kee girl is manifest again as the wife
of that distinguished Englishman;
while Lord Charles Beresford, rear ad-
miral of the British navy, is possessed
of a Yankee girl as a wife. Beauti-
full, indeed. is this combination: and
as a reflection of the power of these
the fact may be added that every one
of the officials named is an ardent
supporter of the theories advanced by
Mr.. Chamberlain on the occasion
above referred to.
So forcefully has this situation
presented itself to the minds of
some that the Daily World. pub
lished at Vancouver. B. c., in one
OF her majesty's colonies, is moved to
say: There are alliances between ma
tons, some for a special purpose and
others offensive and defensive .
In reality they have installed an
American feminine cabinet, encircling
The active members of the imperial
administration and virtually putting
them in control of the destinies Of the
empire 1t is very hulniliating to ac-
knowledge this, yet. nevertheless, such
is the case. It amounts to
this: That there is an American
British cabinet ruling and shaping the
policy Of the empire; and all the dis
cussien that is now going on, whether
it would be polite to arrange an alu-
ance of an offensive and defensive ma
ture between Great Britain and the
United States. is supererogatory. as
American women have already formed
| one. Indifferent whether It is for the
welfare of the British empire or not.
George Washington's caution, In his
farewell address to congress, to the
| contrary Notwithstanding"
This much for the influences exertod