The Irish standard., 1898-05-28
ALLIANCE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
THE UNITED STATES.
CONSIDERED BY AN AMERICAN EDITOR
BRITISH MISRULE A DISGRACE TO
MODERN CIVILIZATION,
As EVIDENCED IN IRELAND's HISTORY
LET ERIN GET THE SAME AUTONOMY
OFFERED TO CUBA.

since the present war with Spain be-
gan many people, seizing upon the APP
parent friendship of Great Britain for
this country, have sedulously disseminate
cd notions circulated to create a public
opinion favorable to an alliance between
Great Britain and the United States. In
our opinion all such talk is premature,
says the Colorado Catholic.
Concerning the attitude of the great
body of lrish-Americans towards such an
| alliance, it is enough to say that they
| would oppose it to man. In this con-
| nection 1t is we'll to know how such an
alliance would be considered by the great
| body OF people who are not of Irish
origin and for this purpose we place be-
lore our readers the following views on
the question from the Rocky Mountain
News, which is good reflector, at all
times, of public opinion:
"England's open bid for an offensive
and defensive alliance with the United
States is meeting with favor in high and
low places throughout the country. The
! late speech Of Joseph Chamberlain, Eng
llsh secretary for the colonies, In which
he threw off all disguise, and, while fore
| boding war over the interference of the
powers of France in Africa and Egypt,
| but particularly of Russia in China, he
| openly proclaimed his desire for a close
| alliance between this country and Great
Britain, has created an unusual Stir in
| European capitals and led to much spec-
| ulatlon, in which the English-speaking
nations, with their countries, are arrayed
against all the countries who speak a for
eign tongue. There is no Disgusting the
fact that Great Britain finds herself hard
pressed in it's contests with the rest of
Europe. 1t realizes that unless change
occurs its commercial supremacy will fail
I into decay. With Russia, Germany and
france seeking to control the coming
traffic with amorphous China, with Rus
sia constantly melting rebellion among
the northern tribes Of India against Brit
lsh rule, with Franco occupying and
holding what Britain has for years ar
rogantly maintained were British pos
sessions in Egypt and Africa, with the
friendship of Italy for the English be-
coming doubtful, our British cousins find
that unless it can take up new and pow-
erful friends its world supremacy, even
now on the wanc, will rapidly sink out
OF sight. Confronted with this dilemma,
finding the United States with q war on
its hands, it suddenly discovers that we
arc brothers OF the blood, united by the
ties of kinship and religion, with one
political destiny and with identical COM
mercial interests in the marts of all AS
iatic countries. 1t is said the feeling has
spread from the salons Of English state
men to the stages of the dancing halls,
and that the favoritc scheme to now
arouse the enthusiasm of the somewhat
stolid British public is to sing songs in
which British and American jack tars
arc 1ncontncntly whipping the rest Of
the world and to Jointly wave the Brit
ish and American colors wherever flag
waving is in order
playing unusual acumcn in their manage
mcnt of this bit of diplomacy. They are
the friends Of Americans in the Spanish
fight against the world Bulletins from
across the ocean, originating no one
knows where, tell of proposals of inter-
vention to save Spain which would ma
tcrialZc were it not for Engand's un-
bending opposition. Here, there and
everywhere British diplomats arc report
ed as wearing the hair off their heads in
brain efforts to thwart first, France, next
Germany, then Russia, and SO on down
the list. in the avowcd purpose of these
countries to act as Spains friend in the
contest. All Of this appeals 20 American
gratitude It inclines to fiatter Americans
and lead them to conclude that with
Britain they can bid defiance to the
world. 1t is incredible that only three
years ago war with England, growing
out OF the Venezuela boundary question,
seemed imminent. Tho English press
then teemed with invectives against
Yankee impudence. There was no put
ting up with such Yankee insolcnce, and
it must have taking down even if Eng
land had to thrash the Yankees to do
it.
"Of course, it's not for the United
States to reject friendly hand while it
is engaged in war. England's big feet
is good backing to any country, and an
assurance that it will be ranged on our
side If we should .incite the anger Of
any of the other big nations in maintain
ing our right connected with the war will
make us quite stiff when stand is need
ed. But what does Britain expect in re-
turn? Nothing, only that if it gets into
a war with France, or Russia, or Ger
many In the near future congress will
authorize the president to call out mil
lion or 80 OF American volunteers to help