The sun., 1900-03-05
WE'RE now DRITAINS B0GY
England Anxious AbOnt the
Attitude Of Our Congress
Regarding Africa.
SOLICITOUS ABOUT CANADA
The Colonial and Foreign Offices
Are Said to be Almost at log
gerheadS--- Lord Sails
bury's Way OF Looking
at the Matter.

mental interference mas passed INTO Seclu-
sion, and now Il new, more curious ana
to Americans more interesting phase
comes over the fascinating web of in
ternational relations as portrayed
through the press. This consists of sup
positions regarding the attitude Of the
American congress toward Great Brit
ain, the possibility Of its recommending
nterycntlon, voting sympathy with the
Beers, refusing To ratify the Nicaragua
treaty and, lastly but chiefly, refusing to
consider tnc Canadian contentious i'll a
spirit OF fliendliness.
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 tllcndli-
ness toward Great Britain and in view
Of the coming election might he forced TO
make some sort of an anti-British dem
unstration in. order to offset such acct
satons as that Of forming an alliance.
want Taunccfote Retained.
| 10 cap this climax comes Il strenuous
appeal III The Times that Lord 'auncc-
fotc, the British ambassador at Wash
ngton, should be retained, ut any rate
until The election is over. While an ut
ta9y incorrect New York special AYERS
thut communications are passing be-
tween London and Washington toward
this end vivid pictures are drawn Of pos
sib!c complications which might cnsur
were the anti British sentiment 10 be-
come ascendant either i'll the present
congress or i'll the next election.
10th in the cable dispatches and i'll the
comments made here it is inferred that
Lord Salisbury is or should bc taking Il
Al,
in active part in assisting those persons
in the United States who exhibit friend
liness toward Great Britain.
Inquiries III regard to this situation re-
veal the fact that the governments at
titude, which is the only one worth any
thing ut present, must be considered
from two points of view, that of the for
cign Office and that of the colonial office.
Between these there is a great gulf daily
widening, not so much personally be-
tween Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, the secretary of state for
the colonies, as between their depart
mcnts.
For weeks the friction has been grow
ing until the colonial ollicc is almost ut
loggcrhcadS not only with the foreign
Office, but with almost every other de
partment 10 such an extent has this
gone that any minor detail of business
submitted tn the colonial Office hy out
sidCrS, but requiring the sanction, say, Oh
the war office. is almost certain to fail 10
50 through owing to Mr.. Chamberlain
unwillingness to cooperate with oIhpl
heads. Even should it he accomplished il
is with Il degree of distant formality as
deadly to effective cooperation as I'M
masked hostility. 1t is the foreign Office
and the colonial office which may be said
to he chiefly concerned i'll the relations
with the United States. The former
meets all the situations broadly as il
would in dealing with any continenta
power Tho latter looks at all United
States matters through the eye Of Cana
da. Hence between the two depart
ments there are differences of opinion
and sometimes friction.
Regarding Lord Salisbury'S point ot
view, for some time past he has beer
taking LITTLE interest in American poll
tics. and he is avcrSe To any form OF ~
Anglo American alliance, believing tha
the constitution Of the United States il
unsutod to such bond To use III,
words Of one who is in the closest conf
dcnce OF the premier, "thc politics of tin
United States have such an Influence ol
: foreign policy and render the duration q
! supreme power 81 ulltfitulu lllill any III
lance would kill itself quicker than an,
J one could kill it,
Z Caused by Chamberlain.
4 He feels under no obligations To fnstc
Z pro- English sentiment in the Unite,
States In fact, for the most part, H.
8 remains in profound ignorance MS to TIL
4 trend of American public opinion Iii
4 idea, as represented by the speaker jus
s quoted, is to trade fairly and squared
Z thout embroiling himself with any eN
4 traneous matters, nor does he desire I
8 sacrifice the good of the whole cmpir
Z for the sake of Canada alone.
4 In the case of Lord Pauncefotc. til
8 tangible instance which has brought II
\ so prominently the question of the rell
y tions with the United States, Lord Sails
: bury has taken no steps and at prcscn
does not contemplate doing anything /
prevent Lord Pannccfotc from rctfrin
April | in accordance with the age limi
G of the diplomatic service. Already III
ambassador has had an extra year, an
this was not solely due. as generally III
10 derstood, to diplomatic reasons, bu
+ chiefly on account Of financial considers
z tions which personally affected Lor
Il. Pamcefotc.
f. 1t is not understood that Lord Paunc,
n fote desires to stay in Washington
~ There are others in the service. whcl
= promotion is unusually slow, waiting t
take his shoes, and it would he a bn
,r precedent to extend the term still longe
n. That is the official view, yet it is poss
ic BILE, though scarcely probable, that
Y. Lord Salisbury is convinced that BIRTHS
So interests, which now include so man
TO unsettled controversies with the Unite
no States would suffer he might within til
10 month ask Lord Pauncefotc to remail
m But to say that such Il step is promp
ks ed by the political conditions in ii
an United States would he giving Lol
III Salisbury credit for understanding SOM
thing Of which he is apparently almost
in ignorant us the average Britisher.
IS. fact. it was only through inquiries mac
,r by Il correspondent al the foreign off,
he that the attention of the officials of til;
$, department was drawn to the many Il
NJ ticlrS dealing with the subject.
q, But. while Lord Salisbury and the fo
pr eign office contine themselves to the broa
n. iSsucs mt stake and marvel nj the n
ut counts attributing to them desire
fOrln II: .iMcri,.an alliance when tho nj