Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-29
ENGLAND'S HOPE
For a Continuance of Her Pos
ition Among Nations
May Now Depend Upon an EARLY A.
lance With Russia.
Germany's Hostility Becoming Serious and
Colonies Are Causing Anxiety.

| Correspondence of The Associated rress)
London. Oct. 19.-The November
number Of tie National Review will
contain a striking article advocating
the establishment Of an alliance be-
tween England and Russia. mainly for
the purpose Of Countcracting the al
legged serious hostility Of Germany to-
wards England. The article is written
anonymously. but The j Associated
Press is in u position t. state that it is
thc joint contribution Of writer's who
not only thoroughly understand the
subject, but are on Intimate terms
with members of the cabinet. though
the National Review distinctly dis
OWES any government inspiration for
the article
Under the title of British Foreign
Policy Inc article first Of all asserts
that the naval policy ana 'avowed hos
Uiity oI Germany. To which even the
i;ritIsh official world can no longer re-
main blind. will force us to keep on
war footing in the North Sea fleet as
p, Werfu and efficient as the Mediter-
ranean or Channel squadrons."
Dealing with Germany's part in the
!ntrigues against England consequent
upon tile South African war. it is stat
Ell that neither the United States, ia
ran. Austria or Italy have at any time
been even remotely connected in these
iEtrigucs. The real origin of the South
african war was THE want Of a clear
ami definite policy in that part of the
world, and this statement is followed
by 4 review Of colonial unity in which
Goodwin smiths work The Empire"
published in 1869, when the author was
Te!2iuS professor of history at oxford.
is referred to as follows:
a book which was received at the
time With 10 little approval-not only
advocating the disruption OF the Brit
i@l empire. but actually advising the
surrender of important military posi-
tions. II is yet profitable to read the
obsolete language OF the learned pro-
lesSor. if only to note how cruelty
events Fastened to stultify his prophe-
,ies and 10 derive entertainment from
tile 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 con-
sidered it would be a grand thing for
England if she could get rid of the
colonies, md he quote Sir George Corn
wall Lewis. who passed for a saga
cious man. as being of the same opin-
ion"
Revertinc from colonial to foreign
policy. the article forcibly traces the
growing hostility to England. with a
careful appreciation Of Germany's
grow ing 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. 1T is CALLING to Eng
lishmen," these writer's state, ito re-
Feet that Germany was rewarded for
failing to raise Europe against us by
an Angio-German agreement securing
to Germany the rcversion to spacious
territories to which she had no sort of
claim
The il)feeling existing between Rus
sin and England mas. it is declared.
been perpctually fostered at Berlin.
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