New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
ITALY AND ENGLAND.

The late Edward ' IL ana hlng VICTOR
Emmanuel III are my authorities for as
serting the existence Of some secret ALL
ance between England and Italy since
the two monarchs have in public
speeches, not once but on several occa-
sions, referred TO each other as valued
allies. Yet neither Englands Parlia-
ment nor the Italian Chambers are cog
infant OF the terms of the agreement
that binds together the two powers; and
| similar absence OF information exists
with regard TO the secret clauses Of the
treaty concluded between the British
crown and the Car on the subject OF
Anglo Russian interests in Asia Great
Britain is known TO be bound by SINH
larly secret agreements with a number
Of other governments. We have the
Kaiser's word for this. when he com
planned that his English uncle, the late
King. was occupied until the very hour
Of his death in negotiating secret treaties
with foreign powers, great and small, all
having for their own object the isolation
Of Germany.
Matters have been brought to a head
in England by the tardy discovery the
other dan that in the month Of July last
and again I'm September Great Britain
and Germany were to such an extent on
the very brink Of war against each
other that for eight or ten days on each
occasion the English battleships and
cruisers stationed i'm the North Sea were
kept with their decks cleared for action
and with their torpedo nettlngs out at
night, so as to he ready TO resist any
such unheralded naval coup by German
torpedo boats as that by means of which
the Japanese opened the war against
Russia at Port Arthur seven years back
While the gravity of the strain between
Germany and England at these epochs
has been officially admitted at Berlin
AS we'll Is in London, yet both houses Of
Parliament and the people Of the British
Empire as whole have no definite in
formation as to the precise cause of the
trouble that thus so nearly involved two
Of the greatest empires of the world in
titanic struggle, and the public i'm
preston that the tension was brought
about by Great Britain's determination
TO support France in her dispute with
Germany on the subject Of the Morocco
| imbroglio in obedience tn the terms Of
the still unknown entente cordIale is
nothing more than conjecture.
| Britons i'm all parts of the world seem
TO resent the idea that any one or two
men, even though they bc the monarch
and his Secretary of state for Foreign
Affairs. should have il in their power TO
cmbroll the empire In n war without the
people having any voice in the matter or
any knowledge beforehand of the reason
why. It ia not that there Is any lack of
confidence in King George, who has al
ready shown himself to be mere level
| headed and sagncious thar most of his
predecessors on the throne But he may
be wrongly advised or badly Influenced.
The question of peace or war where an
empire of near 100000 0O0O-that is to
CAV about a nth Of the entire human
race-is involved is too weighty 10 be
determined by any one man, even though
ne he the Anointed Of the Lord That is
why from henceforth such matters will
he decided by a Committee on Foreign
pelotions. composed OF members of both
,ouses OF the Imperial Parliament at
Westminster.
with rogerd 10 France. the situation
IN the past has been even still more