The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-29
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA
ENGLISH WRITER'S ADVOCATE AN
ALLIANCE.
70 CHECKMATE GERMANY.
SHOWS BRITISH FEEL NEED OF AN
ALLY.

zermany's Growing Hostility to
England and Her Increased Naval
strength Cause AIarm--A Policy Is
Outlined by Which Great Britain
and Russia Might Reach a Salts
factory Understa nding on Orien tal
Questions, With Japan Satisfied
and France and the United States
as silent Partners.
correspondence of the Associated
Press.
London, Oct. 29.-The November
number of the National Review will
contain striking article advocating
the establishment of an alliance be-
tween England and Russia. mainly for
the purpose of counteracting the al
eged serious hostility of Germany to-
wards Great Britain. The article is
written anonymously, but the Associa-
ated Press is in position to state that
It is the joint contribution of writers
who not only thoroughly understand
the subject, but are on intimate terms
with members of the cabinet, though
the National Review distinctly dis
owns any government inspiration for
the article.
Under the title of British Foreign
Policy" the article first of all asserts
that the naval policy and avowed
hostility of Germany, to which even
the British official world can no longer
remain blind. will force us to keep
on a war footing in the North Sea a
feet as powerful and efficient as the
Mediterranean or Channel Squadrons."
Dealing with Germany's part in the
intrigues against England consequent
upon the South African war. it is stated
hat neither the United States, Japan,
Austria or Italy have at any time been
even remotely implicated in these in
trigues. The real origin of the South
African was "the want of a clear and
definite policy in that part of the
world and this statement is followed
by a review of colonial unity in which
published in 1868, when the author was
Regius Professor of History at Oxford,
is referred to.
The interesting statement is made
that in 1873 Mr.. Gladstone told one of
the writer's of the article that "he
considered it would be a grand thing
for England if she could get rid of the
colonies and he quoted Sir George
Cornwall Lewis, who passed for a sa-
gacious man, as being of the same
opinion"
Reverting from colonial to foreign
policy the article forcibly traces the
growing hostility to England. with a
no of af.aA5 -
growing naval and commercial
strength, She is already stronger at
sea than either France or Russia. -
BueloWs aVoWed contempt for Eng
land is shown by quotatio from his
recent speeches. 1T is CALLING to
Englishmen,' these writer's state, ito
reflect that Germany was rewarded
Tor failing to raise Europe against US
by an Anglo-German agreement secur-
ing TO Germany the reversion to spaci-
Gus territories to which she had no sort
Of claim
German Animosity to England.
The ill-feeling existing between Rus
sla and England has, it is declared
been perpetnally fostered at Berlin.
vel or all the countries in the world
the Power which would have most
reason to rue the substitution of Ger
many for Great Britain as mistress of
the seas would be Russia If once the
sea power of England were over
thrown, Germany would be free to ex-
ecute her hostile policy towards Rus
STA, who is not less in her way than
we are. There is an idea growing
steadily amongst Germans that Ger
many should expand into an empire
branching from the Bosphorus to the
ferslan Gulf; thus would territories
De secured enjoying an excellent cli-
mate, to which the surplus stream of
German population, which now flows
10 the United States and to the Brit
ISM Empire, might be diverted, without
beng lost to the German flag. This is
by no means new idea; it is the re-
wal of an old idea, and it means of
course the supremacy of Germany in
me Near East and the suppression of
tne Slav by the Teuton. Such is the
OBJECTIVE of those ambitious dreamers
known as the Pan Germanic League,
body most tenderly regarded by the
German government and it embodies
policy as antagonistic to Russia as
the German naval programme is hos
tile to England"
No insurmountable difficulty, ii is
held, prevents Russia and England ar
irving at a basis of mutual under
standing. "The late Emperor Alexan-
der expressed his desire for such a set
uement and the present Emperor is
credited with the same disposition.
individual cases of trouble and even
ueachery between English and Rus
sian diplomats have it is admitted oc-
Cured, but we doubt whether in the
whole range of diplomatic intercourse
II would be possible to point to the be-
haVior of one great Power to another
more audaciously cynical in it's disloy-
atty than the conduct of Germany to
England over what Count Won Buelow
mas been pleased to christen the
iangtse Agreement except perhaps
the treason of Prussia to her allies on
the occasion of the Peace of Basel"
The recent incident of Koweit is taxi
en- as being striking instance of Ger
many's dislike of England, for 1T is al
Nsed that Germany was undoubtedly
esglng on the Sultan of Turkey in his
Koweit.
>, The keystone of British policy in the
gar East is friendly understanding
ana operation with Japan; but that
ptIhg recognized, there is nothing to
prevent this country from supporting
settlement of the Manchurian and
Sorean questions on lines which would
oe regarded as fairly satisfactory both
~ 81 Petersburg and in Toxic. II the
NVIean question were regulated, japan
1nould have considerably less reason
u'an at present to apprehend Russian
sDhemes, and Russia, on her part,
Hlsht devote herself TO developing her
ar Eastern dominions without risk OF