Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-17
Britain, Germany, and the East-The
Anglo Understandings.

LONDON, November 16.-Joseph Cham
berlain, who was the guest Of the Conser-
yative Club in this city this evening, in
replying to a toast to his health, spoke al
length on Colonial matters.
Mr.. Chamberlain warmly defended the
governments Chinese policy, contending
that Great Britain had good reason tc
be satisfied with the results obtained, as
compared with other Powers"
Regarding the contention that Great Bril-
tain ought TO have an agreement with
Russia, he said: Experience has taught
us that we require better guarantee than
a paper agreement TO secure the policy
of an open door. The best security, in my
opinion, is the desire Of other nations, like
Japan, Germany, and the United States,
to preserve an open door. Japan is be-
coming an important Power, with whom
our relations throughout have been those
of cordial friendship; while with Germany
and the United States our relations, l re-
joice TO say, are now closer and more cor
dial than they have been for some time.
Germany and the United States are the
two great commercial nations whose in
terests are identical with our own.
I'm what have said have not meant
a permanent, formal treaty Of alliance,
nor need I say this now, but that a
speech Of mine some months ago gave rise
10 neutrality-suspicious..
"Those persons are very premature,
very much mistaken, who think that
Great Britain is In need Of an alliance for
her own security, or in order that other
Powers may pull chestnuts out Of the
fire"
This was received with loud and pro-
longed cheers, which greeted every ref
erence to the United States.
In an eloquent peroration, Mr.. Cham
berlain developed this theme, declaring
that If England ever needed an alliance
she would give as much as she received,
but that she would never need more aid,
In his opinion, than would be cheerfully
afforded by her own children. He scorn-
ed the idea that England should fear
German competition, as he believed he
said, that AngIo-Saxon cooperation and
influence would prove irresistible. and that
there was no reason why, even without
an alliance, Great Britain's friendly re-
lations with Germany should not be
strengthened.
ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS.
81 rejoice" he said, in conclusion, Eat
the change that has occurred in the leila
lions between Great Britain and the
United States. They stand in a relation
inherent from tnat occupied by any Otner
peoples. 1 know a hundred reasons why
we should be friends; none why we should
be otherwise and / believe that has been
the true feeling of this country toward
the United States for many years. All
misunderstanding have been happily ie-
moved, and the combination of the two
English-speaking nations would fear no
other alliance.
"Our imagination must be fired when
we contemplate the possibility of such
cordial rlderstanding between the seven
ty million people of the United States
and our fifty million Britons, an under
standing which would guarantee peace
and civilization to the world
1--WE shall welcome the United States
in their new career as a colonzng nation,
because we know they are animated by
the same motives and aspirations, en-
ploy the same methods, and love justice
even as we do ourselves, and such a new
departure will, doubtless, as Lord Sails
bury has said serve our interests. not
in any selfish or mercenary sense, but
because 1t will give each better under
standing of the others worth, increase
our sympathies, bring us closer together,
and make easy and inevitable that most
desirable cooperation"