The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-01
CHAMBERLAIN ON
THE SITUATION
Friendly Relations of the Anglo
Saxon Branches Gratifying.
MANY FRIENDS IN AMERICA
The Assurance That Was Given The m
in the Course of the Spanish War
Will, l Believe, Never Be
Forgotten"

London, November 30.-Joseph Chamber
in a speech at luncheon at Leicester to-
| day says that since the split in the liberal
| party he had found himself mark for the
ISLANDERS and Misrepresentation of a "baser
| sort of politicians" but that he had found
| compensation in the generous appreciation
of the majority of his countrymen.
Continuing, Mr.. Chamberlain said that he
was deeply gratifed that the foreign rela-
tions of Great Britain were so satisfactory,
and asserted that the country owed debt
of gratitude to Lord Salisbury for the
great improvement in Great Britains posi-
tion. 1t was especially gratifying, he said.
to note the friendly relations existing be-
tween the Anglo-Saxon branches, saying
that the understanding between Great Brit
ain and the United States was indeed
guarantee of the peace of the world
This statement was greeted with cheers.
1t was of the utmost Importance, Mr..
Chamberlain further remarked, that Great
Britain should not remain isolated in Eu-
rope, and her national alliance was with
the great German empire. They had had
difficulties with Germany, but their inter-
ests and sentiments were the same.
Dealing with THE attitude of foreign ma
tons, Mr.. Chamberlain said:
Many Friends in United States
81 rejoice, and it is perhaps natural, for
I have taken personal interest in the
matter of the friendly feeling which
hope is now permanent between the two
great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race.
II have so many friends in the United
States, almost as many as l have here,
and can conceive of no greater disaster
to the two countries than to find them
selves hostile to each other. Yet 1 re-
member when / first visited America my
surprise and establishment at the evidence
given me by statesmen and politicians and
in articles in the press of constant suspi-
cion of The objects of Great Britain's con-
slant doubts as to her integrity and a gen.
une unfavorable estimate of our prospects
and character.
Once, addressing a great meeting in
Philadelphia, I ventured to say what we
wanted was a new Columbus to set out
from America to discover the United King
dom and return to America and tell them
something they did not know of the char
acter of the strange inhabitants of those
islands. 49,
This ill-feeling was due, no doubt, to
many causes due to the fact that the
United States has never been at war with
any great power but England due to their
traditions, extending over a century due TO
a feeling that the sympathy of Great Brit
ain was not with them in their civil war
and IN he hat Of
Great Britain would see with satisfaction
any harm that might befall them.
Useless to Contradict Them
at appeared to me almost useless to con-
tradict these mistaken opinions. But what
the assertions of statesmen could not do
was done by the sympathy we were able to
give when the United States found itself
the object of the suspicion which has so
often accompanied our own transactions
when engaged in a war of justice against
oppression, war in favor of civilization
and good government
"Our action proved to the Americans
that we were indeed one people for the
same thoughts and guided by the same
principles. The assurance that was given
them in the course of the Spanish war will,
1 believe, never be forgotten, and has
placed our relations in an admirable posi-
ton. The union, the alliance if you please,
the understanding between these two great
nations is indeed a guarantee of the peace
of the world. But there is something more
which I think anS far-seeing English
statesman must have long desired that we
should not remain permanently isolated
from the continent of Europe, and think
it must have appeared evident to everybody
that the natural alliance is between our
selves and the German empire. We have
had our differences, quarrels and conten-
tions, but they have been about petty mat
tiers. Those difficulties have been gradual
ly removed until now I cannot conceive
that any point can raise in the immediate
future which can bring ourselves and Ger
many into antagonism of interests"
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