The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-22
GAME G GRAB IS OVER
ENGLAND MO LONGER ABLE TO
BLUFF THE WHOLE WORLD -
ANGLO AMERICAN ALLIANCE
JOHN BULLS LAST HOPE
TRADE Is BEHIND THE MOVES
MADE BY LORD SALISBURY

New Tip Expected Soon From Of
the Effect That Unless England
Can Secure an Alliance With
America the "Mistress of the Sea"
VIII Have to Quit Trying to Run
the World and Behave Herself.
Special Correspondence The ST. Paul Globe.
LONDON, Aug. 10.-As 1 write this
letter the news of Russia's moves at
TIE ether end of the Red sea Is lust
being published and is adding to the
uneasiness of the press and public If
England is beaten at the Chinese trade
puzzle, 1t will be quite enough, but to
add to this defeat the actual presence
Of Russia directly on England's route
TO India will create fun enough.
Meanwhile, the English editor wants
to know where England Is coming in
anyway, and his nervous system has
received another rude shock The re-
cent moves on the international chess
board. tending to show that England
cannot run quite all Of the earth, are
not very well received by the English
press and the public at large as yet,
ard it is time for another tip" to be
sent out by the government. This tip
will surely be Forthcoming soon. and
those who view this country from the
point Of view Of an outsider can al
ready anticipate 1t.
In my last letter I pointed out how
everybody, press and all, has gone
crazy over the alleged "Anglo-Ameri-
can understanding" and 1 endeavored
to suggest the true meaning of it, The
Importance attached here to the CO.
operation of America in furthering
England's policy could not be made
any palmer than 1t is In this present
crisis over our old friend Russia. Sub
Joined to kilograms and articles about
alleged Russian aggression are special
cables fl ON special correspondents sent
tc Washington to interpret everything
done there as especially friendly to
England. This Is a part of the plain,
which I have already outlined, to kesp
before the public this "Anglo-Ameri-
can understanding" idea, and thus en-
deavor to aid IN it's becoming an ac-
ccmplished fact.
To say that the dispatches from these
English correspondents in New York
and Washington persiS,tently misrep-
resent American public opinion, and
even the opinion of public men in
Washington, IS only to tell a small part
of the truth. The most fragrant of all
the cOnlo6nnts
American news to Londe is the spccal
correspondent Of the London Times.
Day after day does he load down the
cable with silly twaddle, sneering at
everything said in America against
England and praising everybody who
says anything in criticism of America.
He has done this ever since the Vene-
zuela dif1culty-but that Is another
story.
In England's present opposition to
Russia the English public read with
delight the cables from Washington
assuring them that England has
Americas moral support whatever
that may mean, although one or two
more truthful ones admit that there
are no tangible signs Of the American
army moving on Russia
TIP EXPECTED SOON.
But I will explain about the "tip"
which may soon be looked for. Eng
land has been moving heaven and
earth nearly to gain an AngloAmeri-
can alliance. This has not been forth
coming in a definite form, so now it
is an understanding" of some sort
that England wants with us. She calls
US brothers and cousins, and the same
flesh and blood, and everything else
nice that she can think of, even going
so far as to sympathize publicly with
our position and actions in Revolu-
tionary times. Public men close to the
government, from Lord Salisbury
down, have gone as far as they dare
in the direction Of their aims, and
the public at large Is whooping it up
for America. They grasp at straws.
sent over with unusual agility by the
English correspondents in America, to
support their blind belief in American
partiality toward England as a nation.
And all this is the result of the '.tip''
which went out after deep thought by
the greatest minds over here about
the time Of President Cleveland's mes
sage calling Johnny Bull down a peg.
The present England never had a
greater shaking up than at that time,
and she has been doing some serious
thinking ever since. She was brought
face to face with 'arbitrate or fight"
and evidently she didn't care so much
about fighting America as she seemed
for a short period to profess.
The truth is, Lord Salisbury was
forced to take more reasonable view
of things by the queen, the Prince OF