The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-17


speech, although it was made under
circumstances which give it the ap-
pearance of an attempt to Gust Lord
Salisbury from the foreign office"
GERMAN VIEWS.
The Daily Nails Berlin dispatch says
that Chamberlain Birmingham speech
is characterized by the German press in
general as undiplomatic, acknowledge
ing England's weakness in the face of
Russia, and as an undignified bid for
Americas favor. The government evil
IDENTIFY is reserving its opinion. The
semi-official papers content themselves
with expressing establishment at a
member of the cabinet speaking so
plainly, the Post adding that it would
have been better for England's inter-
ests if the speech had not been deliv-
cred
The Koelniche Zeitung alone describ-
ed the colonial minister's speech as a
model of modern political eloquence,
and congratulates the orator on being
a practical politician with modern
views, speaking to the British nation
with Bismarckian bluntness.
The National Zeitung says the speech
was nothing less than an acknowledge
ment of bankruptcy, not only of Eng
lands policy hitherto. but of the whole
British power, and remarks that the
British nation is hardly likely to iden-
tify itself with the colonial minister's
utterances. The general impression is
that England will not be able to form
an alliance with the United States, as
the interests of the two nations are not
identical in the east, and America
would not supply the necessary mill
. tary quota in the event of war with
Russia
All newspapers which allude to the
subject state that England viii find no
ally in Europe against Russia, least of
all, in Germany, which has no reason
for Quarreling with Russias action in
China.
Prince Bismarck's organ, the Ham
burger Nachrichten, remarks:
TT would be a deplorable error on the
part of Great Britain to imagine that
any continental power should have the
strange idea of entering the lists at this
critical juncture on the side of English
arrogance and to bolster up exclusively
English interests"
COMMENT AT PARIS.
The Daily Nails Paris dispatch says
the Temps, which saw in Chamberlain's
speech only a bid for German alliance
and a blow in the back to Salisbury,
now discusses the chance of an ap-
preaching war and says Chamberlain
wishes to take revenge on the Niger for
Port Arthur at the expense of France.
1t warns the secretary for the colonies
not to go too far.
The Debats merely called Chamber
lain 'Boulanger in multi who wish
ed to disintegrate the conservative par
ty. Now it INDUCES in wild talk about
Chamberlain having the project of sud
denly falling on the French fleet and
destroying il, afterward dealing with
benefit from French alliance. The eff
feet of the speech would be not only
to make the French speculate on the
chance of war, but TO stimulate a de-
sire for more alliances
The Matin says the speech has
brought war between England and
France within measurable limits.
The Eclaire does not believe France
is aimed at directly, but sees in the
speech only a maneuver of Chamber
lain to ruin the government and come
in himself as the advance guard of
future Imperialism
The Figaro believes that the main OBJ
ject was to hustle France about the
Niger question. 1t seeks consolation in
the fact that it is not England. but
simply Chamberlain, that menaces
France and Russia.
The tone of the popular papers, Libre
list
The Daily Mails Vienna dispatch
says: Mr.. Chamberlains speech in
Birmingham is dealt with at some
length by the press here generally. The
opinion is held that though it does not
forecast immediate war, it auours i'll
for peace should Mr.. Chamberlain ever
become premier.
RUSSIAN OPINION.
ST Petersburg. May 1.-THE Novoe
Vremya, commenting upon the recent
speech at Birmingham of Joseph Cham
berlain, the British secretary Of the
colonies, says: 1--WE doubt if the Unit
ed States desires an alliance, and ques-
ton whether it would be agreeable to
the other powers that the United
States, after wrestling the Philippines
from Spain, should afterwards sell
them to Great Britain"
The Novoe Vremya says that the