New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-18
ENGLAND AND FRANCE AT ONE.

NJ DeJcasse has won a splendid victory his
treaty with Great Britain has been ratified by
the French Chamber of Deputies by an over
zvha,rrinr majority That il would be ratified
was expected. But probably few, II any, e1-
pected its majority would be so large as 10 De
actually in some respects more Impressive IMAM
o unanimous vote would have been. France is
proverbially impulsiye She has for centuries
regarded England as her traditional foe. She
has for some years been eXulting in an alliance
with Russia ard has been regarding Russia as
her nearest friend. Yet now by more tnan
four-ffths vote her Congress ratiies treaty
OF close approa chulent with her own and her
friend Russ:a's traditional foe az the very time
when that power and Russia are nearer clash
than they have been before for score OF years.
OF q truth. the cause Of sweet reasonableness
sand of peace is making progress among the
nations,
Upon the face of it N. Delcasse's triumph ap-
pears greatest in some Of the specific provisions
of the treaty He has induced the French Depu-
ties TO approve the surrender OF the French
Shore of Newfoundland and TO approve the
British occupation and control Of Egypt. We
Z shall not say he is a gician: but it is within
bounds TO say that few years back no Minister
Of France could have even proposed either OF
those measures without mourning grave danger
Of being turned out OF Office and of being
Inobbed in the streets of Paris. Yet NJ Delcass6
has not only proposed but has carried them
both by an overwhelming majority, and there is
reason 10 believe that on that account he is the
more secure in his Office and is held in higher
popular esteem. AS for Colonel Marchand, the
quondam hero of Fashoda" who at one time
was expected to ride into the French Presidency
as a imam on horseback" by virtue of his oppo-
sition TO "perhdlous Albion" he has, almost I'M
noticed, shaken the dust OF unappreciative
France from his feet and gone into exile in
I quest OF some land where chauvinism is held in
higher esteem.
More significant still, however, is the fact
that the treaty was ratified not so much on
these special grounds or on those Of British con-
eessions 10 France in Morocco and elsewhere
as on the general ground OF q friendly and init
mate Impeachment between the two countries.
That was the chief argument put forward by
II. Delcasse. That was what most appealed to
the Judgment Of the Deputies. That is what
commands the approval OF the French nation.
That is the consideration Of supreme impor-
fance and benehcence 10 the world. For the
relations between two such powers do greatly
concern the whole world. A few years back
the suspicion, the chickering's, the seIni-estrange-
ment. the policy Of pinpricks" between them.
were cause OF apprehension 10 al nations Now
they have come together in mutual trust and
friendship and that fact should be an equal
cause Of reinsurance and confidence TO all.
The United States regards this consummation
with unqualified and profound qualification.
There is reason TO believe that Italy also looks
upon il with pleasure. Russia might be sup
posed 20 lie displeased yet she gives no indica-
: ton OF such feeling, but on the contrary. Of