Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-15
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Rumors Of contemplated Intervention
| by European powers in the South Az
rican war continue Notwithstanding the
| public declaration of Lord Salisbury
that Intervention would not be accepted
! by Great Britain. In his address at the
lord mayors banquet the British prime
minister, after having stated that Eng.
lands desire is equal rights for all men
of all races and security for its subjects
In the empire, said: 1--WE do not allow
any other consideration to cross our
path. ! have seen IL suggested-and IL
seems to me Wild suggestion-that the
other powers will interfere with this
country and in some form or other die
tate to those who are concerned in u as
to what its upshot should be. Don't
let any man think it is III that fashion
the conflict will be concluded. We shall
have to carry it through ourselves and
the interference of anybody else will
have no effect upon 1t. In the first
place, because we would not accept that
Interference, and in the second place
because we are convinced that there is
no such idea i'm the mind of any govern
ment in the world"
In view of this explicit avowal of
Great Britain's position, undoubtedly
made with full knowledge of the feel
ing Of European governments, no cred
cnce can be given to the latest
report to the effect that as re-
suit of the meeting between the
czar and the kaiser the question Of
friendly Intervention in South Africa Is
about to take definite shape and that
the offer will emanate from the car.
In the first place it is in the highest de-
gree improbable that Russia would take
the initiative in such a move, for the
reason that that nation has no direct
interest in the South African conflict
and an offer of intervention coming
from that source, even if supported by
Germany and France, would be cSpe
cially offensive to Great Britain. Russia
is in nowise concerned about the fate |
of the Transvaal republic a1d it would
certainly not be to her disadvantage |
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upon British resources as TO impair Eng |
lands ability to adequately safeguard |
her interests in other quarters. In tie |
second place, there is no apparent Iea- |
son why Germany should desire to in !
tervene, since there is no danger to her |
African interests. whatever the outcome |
of the war; There is no doubt that she |
has an understanding with England |
which assures absolute security to her
interests and it is most likely that this
also binds Germany to an attitude of
neutrality. There is abundant
evidence of the most cordial relations
between England and Germany and
it Is quite inconceivable that the latter
power would risk the impairment Of this
by proposing to intervene in
the South African war. AS TO France,
her attitude is not matter Of much
Importance. There is il very bitter feel
ing in that country against England, as
there was against the United States at
the beginning of the war with Spain,
but it exerts no influence elsewhere. No
III EuIOpe, WALL inc pOSSiDie eA-
ception of Spain, gives any serious at
tcntion to French opinion or wishes,
that country having in this respect an
isolation almost as complete as that OF
Italy, which in international affairs
commands practically no attention what
ever.
AS we have heretofore pointed cut,
with Germany maintaining absolute
there is not the least danger
Of European intervention in South AZ
RIGA. No power will venture upon such
I move without German support and
there Is the most ample assurance that
this cannot be obtained. Lord Salisbury
spoke from accurate infor-
nation when he said that no idea of in
tervention is in the mind of any :ov-
ernment in the world.