The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-07
THE PROPOSED ALLIANCE.
What United States Could Give TO
Great Britain.
WOULD FEED The ISLANDS PEOPLE.
EnElnnd's Weak Point Is nm Ina
oiiit! to Provide Food at Home
sufficient for Population


American alliance, is practical one. says
the London correspondent of the Tribune
What have tho Americans, they inquire,
TO cfler us In return for our moral support
ana naval prestige? We can understand
now much they have TO gain from an all-
ance with a power having the strongest
fleet afloat, and probably If they are bent
on changing their foreign policy and taking
an active part in East Indian as we'll as
West Indian affairs. But an alliance must
be based on equal advantages. What COM
pensation will there be for England in re-
turn for the trcme ndous power OF her navy?
lh,se are questions watch are constantly
put to Americans staying in London The
best reply which can be made to questions
oil this kind is that an alliance with Amer.
lea VIII be the strongest safeguard against
the failure OF EnElands food supply in Tine
OF war. The statistioians have shown that
the wheat harvest OF the United Kingdom
is only equal to the requirements of four
teen weeks, and during The remaining thr-
ty- eight weeks an imported supply Is the
ony resource. During the greater pnrt of
the year there is never more than six
weeks supply of wheat in England. II
nupoTtatons of food were cut off Or partly
ard large portion of the population wouli
be exposed to starvation. This is the chief
danger in time of war. as every sober mind.
ed Engishman knows. The United King
dom. with It's insuar position and it's pow
CRU! fleet. would be secure against inva-
sion hut it would hot he protected against
famine. No safeguard would be 20 invalua-
bl, TO England as n good unlcrstau ling
with America, whence the largest share of
the inn orted food supply IL drawn. Such
au understanding would he worth as much
as Il powerful auxiliary navy.
The Yerbourg committee on National
wheat stores has recently made an ex-
haustiye report on the subject of the food
resouces OF the United Kingdom. and re.
commend tho nurchase and storage NV
the British government of 4 600 oOO orar-
ters Of wheat as a reserve SUNNY far ,he
emergency Of war
with the relations ho,weep ENGLAND and
America constantIv imnroyiny tbere Is
mn urgency for mis- storage nroiec, ~ tho
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