New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-17
CHAMBERLAIN GLAD OF 1T.
THE SECRETARY SPEAKS AGAIN OF IN
TERNATIONAL SENTIMENT.
FRIENDLY WORDS FOR THE UNITED STATES. GER
MANY AND JAPAN-ENGLAND WILL GIVE


MANY AND JArAN-ENGLAND WILL GIVE
A. MUCH As SHE RECEIVES.
London Nov. 16-Joseph Chamberlain. who
was the guest Of the Conservative Club in this
city this evening in replying to a toast to his
health. spoke at length on colonial matters.
The Secretary OF state for the Colonies said
that almost all international troubles OF recent
years had arisen from the competition of nations
for the undeveloped territories on the worlds
surface i'm the possession of barbarous tribes OF
decaying nations He dwelt upon these vast
tracts as outlets for the teeming populations
and trade of civilized nations Mr.. Chamber
lain predicted an immense future for Rhodes'a
and Great Britains other acquisitions in Africa.
oven the Gold Coast and Lagos. "when medcd
science shall have succeeded in overcoming
malarial diseases
PAPER AGREEMENT NOT ENOUGH.
He warmly defended tho Governments Chinese
policy. contending that Great Britain had "G'o'
reason to be satisfied with the results obtan'o
AS compared with other Powers" Regarding
the contention that Great Britain ought to nave
an agreement with Russia. he said
"Exocricnce has taught that we require
a better guarantee than paper agreement !"
secure tho policy ~ open door. The pcSl
security, in my opinion. is the desir" 81 oth''
nations. like Japan. Germany and the 'ni''p
States to preserve An open door. Japan Is PC
coming an important Power. with whom ""
relations throughout have been those OF coro'a'
friendship while with Germany ana the Ch'''"
States our relations | rejoice to say, arc no"
closer and more cordial than they have nee"
for some time.
Germany and the United states arc the TWO
great commercial nations whose interests a''
identical with our own. In what nave S"''
I have not meant A permanent, formal treaty
Of alliance nor need I say this now out 'n"'
4 speech Of mine some months ago gave r's'
to misinterprctations.
Those persons are very premature very
much mistaken. VINO think that Great Britain i
in need Of an alliance FOR her own security OF
in order that other Powers may pull chestnu's
out Of the fire"
ENGLAND NEEDS 80 ALLIANCE
This was received with loud and prolonged
cheers which greeted every reference 10 'he
United States. In eloquent peroratioh MI
Chamberlain developed this theme, declaring
that II England ever needed an alliance she
would give as much as she received Dut that
she would never need more aid. in his OPINION
than would he cheerfully afforded BY her own
children He sccTned the idea that England
should fear German competition, as he believed
he said that Anglo-SaXon cooperation ana 1T
fuence would prove irresistible. and that there
WAS no reason why. even without an alliance
Great Rrtain's friendly relations with Germany
should not bc strengthened.
'I rejoice" he said in conclusion. "at the
change that has occurred in the relations -
tween Gres, Britain and she United states TO
u, tncv stand in relation different from that
occupied hr any other people ! know hun
dred reasons WIZ We should he friends. none
why We should be otherwise. and believe that
has boon the true f. ling Of this country toward
the United states for many years. All misun-
dcrstandlngs have been happily removed. and
the combination Of the two English-speaking
nations would fear no other alliance.
FIRES THE IMAGINATION
"Our Imagination must be fired when We con-
template tho possibility of such a cordial under
standing between tho seventy million people ~
the United states and our fifty million Rritons,
an understandings which would guarantee peace
and civilization to the world. We shall wei
come the United states in their new career as
a colonizne Nation. because We know they are
animated by the same motives and aspirations.
employ the same methods and love justice a.
ourselves: and such 4 new departure will, doubt
less. as Lord Salisbury has said serve our in
tcrests. not in any selfish or mercenary sense
but because it will give each better under
standing of the Others work increase SYM
pathies. bring us closer together and make easy
and inevitable that most desirable co-Opera-
tion