The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04
ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICANS.
1T is ATTRACTING MUCH ATTEN-
TON IN ENGLAND.

Fears Entertained That Congress
May Take some UnfavOFabie
Action Toward That Country.
Salisbury Does No@ Believe in an
AngIo-Amcrican AIiiancc, and Is
Taking small Interest in Our Poll
tics-Much Interest in the Cana
dian situation.
C pyli- H., 1900. by the Associated Press)
l. AdCn. March With The triumph of
he brit sh aims the uogey Of continental
inte4fe. ence ha- pa d INTO seelusion and
low d now am more curious and. to
Americans. T. ore ME es & phase com
ov,r he Ease. ing web Of in erhaiunal
rel4d. ms as :. IT a. ed through the press.
This consists OF suppositi ms rega ding
the attitude of the American Congress %
ward Great Britain, the possibility of It's
recommending Intervention. voting SYM
patty with the Beers, refusing 10 ratify
the Nicaragua treaty and, lastly but
chiefly, refusing 10 consider the Cana
dian contentious in a spirit of friendh
ness.
The great public interest in all this is
mainly the result of many special cable
dispatches from English correspondents,
stating that the administration is being
severely attacked for alleged friendlness
towards Great Britain and in view OF
the com ng election, might be forced to
make some sort of an anti-British dem
onstrad, n in order 20 Offset such accusa-
tons as that Of form ng an alliance.
To cap this climax comes a strenuous
appeal in the Times to-day that Lord
Pauncefote, the British ambassador at
Washington should BE- retained at any
rate until the election is over.
1t is the foreign office and the colonial
office which may be said to n chiefly
concerned in the rela tons with the United
States. The former meets all the sSua-
lions broadly as il would in dealing with
any continental power. The latter looks
at all United States matters through the
eye of Canada. Hence, between the TWO
departments there are differences of opin-
ion and sometimes friction
Lord SaIisbury's Attitude.
Regarding Lord Salisburys point of
view, the Associated Press is able to say
that for some time past he has been taxi
ing little interest in American politics and
that he is averse to any form of Anglo
American alliance, believing THAI the con-
stitution of the United States is unsuited
TO such bond.
He feels under no obligations TO foster
pro-English sentiment in the United
States. In feet for the most part he
remains in profound ignorance as to the
trend of American public opinion.
In the case of Lord Pauneefote. the tan
gible instance which has brought up so
prominently the question of the relations
with the United States, Lord Salisbury
has taken no steps, and, at present does
not contemplate doing anything 10 prevent
Lord Pauncefote from retiring April l.
With he lfrraff - 10
diplomatic service.
Canadian Interests.
At present there pervades the Colonial
Office an overwhelming dread of American
complications, Fenian raids into Canada,
and what not, while there are hopes of
getting the Alaskan and other sputes
settled. The low ebb of this feeling is
not shared in the slightest by the forei IN
Office.
Another curious view which seems to be
taken by the colonial office and the writ
ers for the press in close touch with that
department, is that since Canada has split
blood for the cause of Great Britain. Can
adas various contenticnS with the United
States must be considered as transcen-
dental In other words to halo the war;
heroism on behalf of the empire the con-
siderations which formerly Influenced
Lord Salisbury in dealing with Canadian
American matters must now be sacrificed.
1t is needless to say that such idea hIs
not been suggested 70 nor considered by
the American ambassador.
Regarding the Nicaraguan canal, no di-
plomatic communica tons have passed be-
tween Washington and London, and the
matter stands just as it was when Great
Britain consented to the modification of
the Clayton-Bu treaty. The British
government has not considered any meas
ures to be taken should Congress reject
or modify the Hay-Pauncefote conven.
lion, such as conditions governing Great
Britain's official attitude toward the Unit
ell States as they exist to-day.