The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-01
ANOTHER TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
UNITED STATES, ENGLAND AND
GERMAN EMPIRE.

spoke Yesterday of the Friendship
of the United states and Germany
for EneIand-Germany Row on
Good Terms With EngIand-Chnm-
berIain Warns Those Who Are At
tnclSing the Queen.
London Nov. SO-Joseph Chamberlain,
The Secretary Of State for the Colonies
in a speech at luncheon at Leicester to-
day. said that ever since the great split
in the Liberal party he had found himself
mark for the slanders and msrepreseh-
tations OF the "baser sort OF politicians"
but that he had found compensation in
the generous appreciation of the majority
of his countrymen.
Continuing. Mr.. Chamberlain said he
was deeply gratihed that the foreign sela-
tions of Great Britain were so satisfactory,
and he asserted that the country owed a
debt of gratitude to Lord Salisbury for
the great improvement in Great Brltain's
position. Tt was especially gratifying, he
said. to note the friendly relations existing
between the Anglo-saxon branches, say
ing that the understanding between the
United States and Great Britain was in
deed a guarantee of the peace of the
world.
This statement was greeted with cheers.
The world. he asserted, was not govern
| ed entirely by interest. Sentiment was one
| of the greatest factors.
Referring to the attacks of the foreign
press Mr.. Chamberlain said these news
| papers had not even spared "the almost
sacred person of the Queen" This. con-
| tlnued the speaker, provoked natural In
| dignation, (which may have serious con-
| sequences. If our neighbors do not mend
| their ways
An outburst of cheering greeted this
threat of the Colonial Secretary.
| 1t was a matter for congratulation, Mr.
| Chamberlain asserted that the worst Of
| these disgraceful attacks" did not appear
| In the German papers.
American Friendship.
| Dealing with the attitude of the foreign
! relations, Mr.. Chamberlain said:
II rejoice, and II is perhaps natural.
| for I have taken a personal interest IN
| the matter. In the friendly feeling which
| 1 hope is now permanent between the two
| great branches OF the Anglo-Saxon race
| l have so many friends In the United
\ States almost many as l have here,
| and / can conceive of no greater dsas-
ter TO the two countries than to find them
selves hostile TO each other Yet ! remem-
| ber, when / first visited America my
| surprise and astonishment at the evidence
| given me by statesmen and politicians and
| in articles in the press OF constant sus-
| piclon of the objects of Great Britain
constant doubts as TO her integrity, and
a generally unfavorable estimate of our
| prospects and character.
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many causes due 10 the fact that the
United States has never been at war with
| any greater power but England, due to
| their traditions extending over CEN
| tury, due to a feeling that the sympathy
| of Great Britain was not with them in
| their Civil War, and to the general be-
lief that the people of Great Britain would
see with satisfaction any harm that might
befall them.
II appeared to me almost useless to
| contradict these mistaken opinions. But
| what the asseverations of statesmen could
not do was done by the sympathy we were
able to give when the United States found
itself the object of suspicion which has
so often accompanied our own transactions
| when engaged In a war of justice against
| oppression, a war in favor of civilization
and good government. Our action proved
| to the Americans that we were indeed one
people of the same thoughts and guided
0X the same pEluclDiSSs Lie dSSNAdAt1
that was given them in the course of the
Spanish war will, / believe, never be for
| gotten, and has placed our relations In an
admiral position.
with Germany, Too.
"The union, the alliance, II you plase,
the understanding between these two great
| nations is indeed a guarantee of the peace
of the world. But there is something more
| which / think any far-seeing English
| statesman must have long desired. that
| we should not remain permanently isolat-
ed from the continent of Europe, and /
think II must have appeared evident TO
| everybody that the natural alliance is be-
tween ourselves and the German empire.
We have had our differences quarrels and
contentious. but they have all been about
| petty matters. These difficulties have
been gradually removed. until now I can
not conceive that any point can arise in
the immediate future which can bring our
| selves and Germany into antagonism OF
| interests on the contrary, / can forsee
| many thing in the future which must
| cause anxiety to the statesmen of Europe,
| but in which our interests are clearly the
same as Germanys and In which the un-
derstandlng of which / have spoken in
l the case of America, might, IL extended
10 Germany, do more perhaps than any
combination Of arms to preserve the peace
Of the world"
a new Triple alhance DetWeen the Tel
tonic race and the two great branches of
the Ango-Saxon would, said the Colonial
| Secretary, be Of a potent influence in the
| future Of the world.
The speaker explained that he used the
the word ALLIANCE" but IL mattered lit
| tie whether they had an alliance commit
ted 10 paper or IAN understanding which
| existed in the minds Of the statesmen Of
the respective countries"
| a determination In every case TO look
for favorable motives upon the part Of
those with whom friendship was desired
| would be an enormous advantage 10 the
| nations concerned
WAYLAID by MEXICANs.