The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-08

strongly Urged In the National Beview,
of London, for the Purpose OF Coun
teracting Alleged Serious Hostility
OF Germany-A Defiance to Latter
Nation


London. October ao.-The November
number OF The National Review viii
contain a striking article advocating
the establishment OF an alliance be-
tween England and Russia, mainly for
the purpose OF counteracting the al
wards Great Britain. The article is
written anonymously, but the Asso-
ciated Press is in a position to state
that 1t is the joint contribution OF
writers who not only thoroughly un-
derstand the subject. but are on init
mate terms with members OF the cab
met, though The National Review dIs-
tinctly disowns n government in
~spiration for the article.
Under the title OF British Foreign
Policy" the article first of all asserts
that h naval policy and avowed hos
tility or Germany, 10 which even the
British official world a no longer re-
main blind. will force us to keep on q
~warfooting in the North sea a fleet as
powerful and efficient as the Mediter-
ranean or Channel squadrons."
Dealing with Germany's part in the
intrigues against England consequent
IRol III South "a II At
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
war 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
Goodwin Smiths work The Empire"
published in 1863, when the author was
regius professor of history at Ok
ford, is referred to as follows:
"a ook which was received at the
time with no little approval-not only
advocating the disruption of the Brit
ish empire, but actually advising the
surrender of important military posi-
tions. 1t is yet profitable to read the
obsolete language Of the learned pro-
fessor, If only to note how cruelty
rel fastened to stultify his prophe-
cies, and to derive entertainment from
the self-opinionated insistence with
which he announced the decline of con-
Quering tendencies among nations"
The interesting statement is made
that in 1873 Mr.. Gladstone told one OF
the writer's of the article that "he o n
sidered it would be a grand thing for
England if she could get rid of the
colonies, n he quoted Sir George
Cornwall Lewis, who passed for a
lcll oo al VI NHC oSLiAS
opinion"
Reverting from colonial to foreign
I policy, the article forcibly traces the
growing hostility to England. with a
careful appreciation of Germauy's
growing naval and commercial
strength. She is already stronger at
sea than either France or Russia"
| Buelow's avowed contempt for Eng
land is shown by quotations from his
recent speeches. ut is calling to Eng
| lishmen,'' these writer's state, Ito re-
fleet that Germany was rewarded for
failing to raise Europe against US by
| an Anglo-German agreement securing
to Germany the reversion to spacious
territories to which she had no sort OF
claim"
The i'll feeting existing between Rus
STA n England has, it is declared, been
| perpetually fostered at Berlin yet "oi
all the countries in the world the power
which would have most reason to rue
the substitution of Germany for Great
Britain as mistress of the seas would
be Russia. If once the sea power OF
England were overthrown. Germany
would be free to execute her hostile
policy toward Russia, who is not less
in her way than we are. There is ar
idea growing steadily amongst Ger
mans that Germany should expand into
an empire, branching from the Bos-
phorus to the Persian gulf; thus would
territories be secured enjoying an ex-
cellent climate, to which the surplu:
stream of German population, which
now f1ow to the United States and &c
the British empire, might be diverted
without being lost to the German flag
This is by no means a new idea; it Is
the revival Of an old idea, and it means
of course the supremacy Of Germany IN
the near east and the supersession OF
the Slav by the Teuton. Such is thN
objective of those ambitious dreamer:
known as the Pan-Germanic League
a body most tenderly regarded by the
German government, n it embodies &
policy as antagonistic to Russia as the
German naval programme is hostile tt
England
No insurmountable difficulty, it ii
held, prevents Russia and England ar
irving at a basis Of mutual understand
ing. The late Emperor Alexander ex'
pressed his desire for such a settlement
and the present emperor is credited
with the same disposition.
Individual cases of trouble and even
treachery between England and Rus
sian diplomats have. it is admitted. oc-
CURED, but we doubt whether in the
whole range of diplomatic intercourss
it would be possible to point to the be
havior of one great power to another
more audaciously cynical in its dis,
loyalty than the conduct of Germany
to England over what Vor
Buelow has been pleased to christer
the "Yangtse agreement" except per
haps the treason of Prussia to her al
lies on the occasion of the Peace OF
Basel"
The recent incident of Koweit Is
| taken as being a striking instance OF
Germany's dislike Of England, for ii is
| alleged that Germany was undoubt-
! eddy egging on the sultan of Turkey
| in his endeavor to establish a protec-
| torate at Koweit-
'sThe keystone OF British policy in the
| far east is a friendly understanding
| and cooperation with Japan; but thai
| being recognized, there Is nothing to
| preven this country from supporting
a settlement of the Manchurian and
| Corean questions on lines which would
be regarded as fairly satisfactory,
| both in ST. Petersburg and I'm Toxic. II
the Corean question were regularized
| Japan would have considerably less
| reason than at present to a~pprehend
| Russian schemes, and Russia, on her
| part, might devote herself to developing
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