The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-14
ALLIANCE WITH AMERICA.

London, March lathe St James
Gazette this afternoon in an editorial
headed Together with America, says
1.-THE Cuban situation cannot be al
lowed to go on much longer II the
Names destruction is proved to have
been due to an external explosion it will
then be shown that Spain cannot as
much as keep order in the harbor of the
Cuban capital, and the United States will
be. justified in refusing to tolerate such
condition of things any longer, and in
asking our moral support to bring 1t te
an end.
"In China, no doubt, it is we who are
chiefly concerned, but the United States
have great interests there, and they are
identical with ours. We both ask fol-
the open door and nothing else. Here,
then, moral support may be given fol-
| the moral support of the American gov
ernment.
at has every claim to insist upon max,
ing its voice heard, it must needs to have
seat at any conference on the Chinese
question, we can calculate 1t will be
found in agreement with ours.
"It has hitherto been the ruling princi-
ple IN American politics to abstain from
alliance with European powers But
the time for alliances has come for the
United States They can no longer
afford 80 view the,,conflicts of the Euro
pean powers as something remote and nc
concern of theirs. 1t may be a fortunate
thing for both thar this fshould !. be the
case, just when it is so possible for Eng
land and the United States to act togeth-
or. On our eide there is every disposit-
ion and we can claim to have show it
in our acts. 1t is for them toftake the
next step. They can now, by speaking
q word in regard to China. make clear
to the world that the two Anglo-Saxon
err
IN TIME OF PEACE.
Washington, March 12-There is great
activity at the Washington navy yard,
three shifts of men working "a hours
continuously. The completion of the
big guns there is being pushed ahead
with all possible haste and the rush has
led. to large demand for maohinists of
all kinds which up to now has not been
met.
A enlistment office for bluejackets
was opened at the yard today. Thirty
marines have been detailed from the yard
to go with the Columbia or Minneapolis.
They are held in readiness to start at a
moments notice. Some of the four
inch guns have been completed this week
and were shipped to Indian Head to be
tested. Not day passes but guns OF
some calibre are finished and are taken
down by the tug Triton to the proving
grounds to be tested. Two or three of
the monster 13-inch guns with the excep-
ton Of few finishing touches to be put
to the breech mechanism are ready to be
tested.
THE FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.
Frankfort. March IA calmer view
Of the situation was taken on the Boarse
today. Spanish securities continued to
go down and Americans declined.
Paris, March 12.-Prices on the Bourse
today opened weak on the renewed de-
cline in the price of Spanish and Brazili-
an securities, and afterwards improved, but
reaction followed. Spanish tours
were especially affected by the utteran-
ces OF the impartial and were further
depressed in response to London adj
vices. The closing was weak all round.
Spanish tours closed at 81 5.8, a net de-
cline of 1-l6 from yesterdays close.