New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
ENGLAND WAS ANXIOUS.
UORRTED BY GERW4Nf.
Feeling against 4ihance Spread'ns
Tile Iloskan agreement.
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copyright; 1908: BY The Tribune Associaton'
London, Jan 2T / a. ma single day may
bring about a marked change in the Nehe%ue'a
negotiations for better or worse Inc ihost ooh
snicuous feature of yesterday in this city was
the perturbed state of mind of prominent NM
listers The government had two causes VI
anxiety either of which should nave suhioeu
TO disturb the digestion of the cohVaieseh's
minis ters. One was the absence OF eNPiana'o,
of f1ermanv's provocative assault al Maracaibo
and deliberate effront to the washington so'
ernment in the interruption of the peace nego-
.,..,ops. .be other was the increasing pressure
of ,,u,,lic oninion i'm favor of the withdraWai OF
England from the alliance with Germany. Inc
silence OF the Berlin Foreign Office was omlnous'
and created a suspicion that the MINISTERS mere
had been guilty of amazing folly III coIiit
ting England to an 'ronclad alliance WIN 'i'e
German Emperor when he had the Interior Pui-
pose of challenging the Monroe Doctrihe anu
disturbing the peace of the TWO contiiiei's'
Equally ominous was the rising tioe OF pupliC
dsapproval of the Anglo-German coahtioh' 1>o'
. single voice was raised anywhere III the
United Kingdom in defence of the government
The alliance was condemned by the press OF all
parties before there any apparent grouho
for suspicion that the German Emperor was
hent upon keeping the Venezuela question open
and aisinp the Monroe issue. The alliance is
nov abhorred alike by classes and masses, since
it imposes upon England full share OF respoh-
sibility for offensive naval operations ca'u
lated to prevent the settlement Of the creultots
claims and cause widespread Tritatioh III
America. I have full authority for the state
ment that Premier Balfour and LORD Lahs-
downe are receiving remonstrances from sofhe
Of the strongest constituencies, and many OF the
most influential members of the unionist party
are against a continuance of cooperation with
Germany in what has become an obnoxious ana
harassing policy 10 the United States. These
protests would he multiplied if American criti-
cism were strongly directed against British
responsibility for an alliance with an unman-
ageable partner who has tropical bees nuzzlng
under his spiked helmet. The stock exchanges
of the Continent not yet aHected oy the
rumors of naval preparations in Germany anu
the United States. There is a conhdent leelihs
among bankers of this city that the German
Emperor will make amends for the indiscretions
of his naval officers soon as he appreciates
the full force of American and British opinion
One statement constantly repeated In American
dispatches causes surprise in official circles
here, namely that Minister Bowen has de-
marded a suspension of the blockade as an
Indispensable condition of the negotiations for
a settlement 1t is not believed that he has
suggested this requirement that Venezuela
IS not conciliatory in any respect.
Sir Michael Herbart receives praise from lhe
English press for his success in the practical at
tempt to secure a settlement Of the Alaska
boundary dispute It is generally assumed that
Sir Wilfrfd I.aurer who is regarded as the
strongest and most reasonable imperalist among
colonial statesmen, has been fully consulted by
the British Ambassador, and that the Canadlals
are satisfied with the new turn of this diplo-
matte affair. One prominent Canadian here has
complained bitterly to me of the sacrifice OF
Dominion rights involved in this new conven-
tion but that is not the view generally enter
tanned in colonial circles. Another Canadian of
great influence describes the convention as
sensible attempt to settle the controversy in a
friendly way. The commission of six Jurlsts'
representing equally each side, might not, he
added have a decisive influence, but it was
more likely to approach the subject in a just,
impartial and practical spirit than a commits
sion of seven or nine jurists, with an arbitrator
or neutral to force an agreement between con-
tending parties equally divided.
The Irish Times" claims to have the most ex-
cellent authority for stating that the Canadian
Government is absolutely determined TO in
stitute a fast steamship service soon as pos
sible, by which mails can be landed at Van
couver within eight days from London The
Dominion authorities have not yet fixed a port
+,i cid Of he la nj ir