Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-14
An EnaIishnlan on the Alliance.

An EnqIishman on the Alliance.
That much talked about Anglo
American alliance may never be any
more of reality than it is at present,
! but it does no harm to gossip about its
possibilities and probabilities. The
current number of the Pail Mall Ga
zette contains an article on this sub
ject by Lord Charles Beresford which
| is of more than ordinary interest con-
iuence of the writer in England and
throughout the English speaking
world He has recently visited this
country and is more than ever firm
believer in an alliance, both on COM
mercial and sentimental grounds.
He frankly states that in his opinion
an alliance of this kind should be
entered upon by the two great English
speaking nations, because lit would
pay" This is a rather blunt way of
stating the case; but, after all, if it
We're not that the suggested alliance
would be mutually beneficial to the ma
tons chiefly interested, it would be
merely an "iridescent Dream" incap-
able of practical realization.
Lord Beresford regards the fears of
commercial rivalry as "bugbear."
which can never form real obstacle
to the development of cordial relations
between the two nations. The large
railway orders which have recently
come to the United States from Eng
land indicate. in his opinion, that Brit
ish manufacturers are not quite up to
date, and he urges them to make more
general use of the latest appliances
and discoveries if they would keep up
with their American competitors. This
is. of course, good advice, and if the
British manufacturers are wise in their
generation they will profit by it. Lord
Beresford closes his entertaining ar
ticle as follows:
The food Of the British Workingman
| is more dependent upon the good Will
| of the United States than upon any
other country. on the other side,
| wherever the American manufacturer
abroad finds an open market for his
surplus products, and free trading ia
cilitieS, ii is the British taxpayer. by
means of the British fleet. who has
opened and kept that market open. l
am afraid that it is upon this latter
ground that the backWardnesS of the
| United States to assist us in china is
based. They believe that where our
flag goes. their trade will follow; but
the good sense and honor of the Amer
lean nation will make them see. before
| long, that such an unequal diStribu-
tion of duty must injure our mutual
interests ultimately, for this reason |
look forward confidently to the future.
to q commercial alliance between the
two sections of the AnglO-SaXon race;
and in that alliance of the English
speaking people. the true heirs of all
the ages. I see foreshadowed that
closer community of interests, that
drawing together of ties too strong
to be resisted. which will bring about
the greatest racial confederation the
world has ever known. The mission of
the Anglo Saxon, whose language. re-
ligion, civilization, literature and re-
gard for civil and personal freedom
has penetrated every quarter of the
globe, is a mission which cannot be full =
filled until the responsibilities of our
race have been manfully assumed, not
by the United Kingdom. nor by the
| United States, but by the whole Anglo
Saxon race.
We practical people. and as
time goes on there will be a vast ma
jority in both countries who will rec
ognize that commercially. industrially
and economically such a confederation
would pay. Nor do | think the slight
difference in the forms Of our repre-
sentative government will De any draw
back. | was greatly struck during my
visit to the states by the hearty and
loyal enthusiasm with which Queen
Victoria's name was received on all
occasions, and | believe as much affec-
ton is felt for Her Majesty in the
United States as in this country. For
the present our duty is to cement that
friendship which is increasing between
the two nations, to identify our ma
tional interests and help each other
when needed. UnselfiSh loyalty to our
best traditions. and n frank Andcavoi
to avoid quarreling over trivial point
of difference that may arise will best
serve our purpose of uniting our pol
icies. our peoples. and our aims"