The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-09
BRITAlN'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AGAIN DISCUSSED BY COLONIAL
 SECRETARY CHAMBERLAIN,

Egyptian Policy Depends Upon Agree
 ment With France-Possible to Com
 ciliate Russia-B British, American,
 German and Japanese Interests Iden-
 ucal-Noteworthy Passage in McKin- iey's Message-The ''Open Door''-No
 Ang1o-Saxons Afraid.
 London, Dec. S.-The Rt. Hon. Joseph chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, speaking at conservative gathered in Wakefield, Yorkshire, this evening, fully discussed home and for eign affairs and the governments poli- cy Tn Egypt which, he said, depended entirely upon the possibility of reaching an agreement With France, "a thing Which is impossible as long as the French continue their present policy" There were no insurmountable obsta- cles to an agreement On the contrary, 1t was quite possible to conciliate the reasonable ambition of Russia with the fixed policy of Great Britain to main tain equal opportunities of trade for all nations.
 T am more sanguine of arriving at settlement said MT. Chamberlain, "be- cause it is not for our interests alone. The objects we have In view are shar- ed also by the United States, Germany and Japan, all of which have identical interests. I daresay you have observed the very pregnant passage in the re- cent message of President Mckinley to the United States congress, referring to the very important interests that shall not be prejudiced by exclusive treatment. That is a very noteworthy passage: and, without being a prophet think I shall not be too sanguine that in the future we shall not stand alone in the open door policy"
 When I referred to isolation I meant the isolation of the British empire com prising the United Kingdom and our cousins over the seas, who are well able to defend their own possessions; but surely, it is not unusual to seek an all liance and to expect cooperation where the interests involved are those of others as well as ours. In the case of Ger many we have ascertained by a friend ly exchange of opinion that there are many things regarding which we can assist one another. I think that I may hope that in the future the nations will come frequently together and that our joint influence will be used on behalf of peace and unrestricted trade.
 But if I congratulate you on the de- velopment of mutual feelings between us and great continental state, still more do I rejoice at the growth of friendly relations between ourselves and our colonies, between ourselves and the United States. Already the United States, if regarded from the standpoint of potential resources, is the greatest of civilized states-with it's cosmopoli- tan intelligent citizens, chiefly Anglo Saxons, and, if we are assured of the Anglo-Saxon race, whether it abides under the Stars and Stripes or the Union Jack, there is no other combina- ton that can make us afraid"
 Replying later to vote of thanks for his address MT. Chamberlain said he hoped ere many years had passed to see a federation of the empire. Refer ring to personal allusion to his ''set- ting good example in forwarding the hoped for alliance with the United States by marrying an American, he said: 'So many Englishmen are fol- lowing the example that I think it quite possible the alliance may be ac- conplished without the interference of governments" Gaughter.