Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08
no HELP ENGLAND.
ALLIANCE WOULD BE A GOOD
THING FOR JOHN.
HAh Coestry Weu.d 0n'y Be the Su<-
s~s~-x1As Fesps~ Who Have Mossy u
L~~a Arx Afraid That the MtShs Of
Britain Ia 10 he DeshruAe6.

Sir George Sydenhzm Clarke has II
The current Nineieeats Ce1tury al ar
ticls concerning an ARglo-AmsricAn
alliance Pc considers ths subject
from the B-7tish poizt Of risw. he
deals with concrete tarts instead Of
sentiment or day dreams, and there
fore affords Americans q fair oonesP-
oon OF What coalition with Great
Britzs. Foal5 Dean-no1 In the pallil.
cot IN the classroom. not In the iss-
lures Of dreEmers and literary sn1ha-
sizs-s-brt in the kefEal course q the
irving politics CT the civilized word.
at the outset Sir George turns his At
tentio1 10 the offensive and defensive
features OF IN Angio-A-1sricza ALI
snce- Ee does not Waste his tine n
discussing all the sweetness and Ihs
light which would come u civilization
with the nsE combination He goss
directly TO the point, and that poiat
is WAL For instance. he says: -Aa
Angzo-Arasrlean alliance would for
purposes Ct war be wholly free from
the conditions which involved the CO
ALTON Of Pitt. ths Angle-Frsneh con-
tinaton of 1854, OF the German lezzus
against iittls Denmark in 1884. which
BY an easy Transition dissolved ftssG
into the PTzsso-AzStriEz campaign u
1865 Il VIII BE observed that Sir
George is lot dslzding himself wiki
expectations Of universal peace or
Tr<ytrfrff1 .--
granted that the alliance N question
would be an alliance Of fighting pow
en- Consequently he holds uo for or
tsdihezticr the picture Of the exhaust
ing warfare Of England upon Napo-
leon, Of the bloody and costly invasion
Of the crinea. and Of the six years OF
conflict BY Ehieh Germany fixed the
present boundaries IN Western Eu-
rope In 2 word. he makes prominent
the Fery patent fau-pztent 10 every
body exesr. American advocates Of IN
Anglc-ADsriesn coslitlon-that II is
the duty Of al ally to fght, and that
II We enter into an alliance with Eng
land ws have 10 expect enly what the
allies against Napoleon, against Rus
sis. and against Denmark have ex-
pe-lenosd in this century Sir George
also discusses several possible at
senpts 70 rob Great Britain of Canada,
5oets Africa, and Australia. 10 divide
The zpoiIs among continental powers.
and numerous additional contingencies
which the United States would be ex-
pected to fight against On sea and
land.
The question that sensible Amerf-
nszs hare been asking for several
months Is: What possible benefit
could the United States derive from an
alliance with Great Britain Unfor-
tnnatsiy, like other British pablicizts.
Sir George negleets to answer this
question. As far az can be gathered
from his article, our business in TIE
alliance would be merely 10 save
Greater Britain from partition, TO fur
Their her diplomatic CAMPAIGNS. and 70
hold Our army and navy in readiness
TO support her against the rect
Of the world. II is interesting and
instructive to contemplate the one
sidedness OF the proposed Anglo
American bargain as il appears til.
moment we get down to details. Whai
do the American people think OF Il.
Just nov. when they are recovering
from their only war in this genera.
ton, when they are mourning theil
dead and counting the cost, how dc
they feel about being pledged by theii
national government to enter upon 8
boundiess sea OF complications, war.
fare, and carnage to uphold thc
threatened power and commerce Of {
foreign government? The mere state
Inent Of these questions implies an in.
suit to American intelligence anf
craftsmanship. Ii is atrocious thai
men exist in this country who are 81
eallous TO the best interests OF thoi,
oxn people ana so sensitive 10 tie as
piTations Of foreign power that the
tolerate the idea of an Anglo-Aaeri
can alliance even as subject o.
academic discussion
IL Americans would only consider
the whole question as practically am
minutely as 1t is being considered IL
England. 1t is doubtful If even thr
most perverse of our political dream.
ers and the most supine of our An.
glomaniaes would dare continue long.
er the present agitation in favor o.
blaekening Cur glorious future will
all the burdens OF Enrope's dyins
past.-Inter Ocean.