The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-09
Ccontinucd Prom Saturday,

All tho rest is mere ideallstio twaddle. Never theless, England needs us as a counterpoise aEance and Russia.
 needs us as a customer for it's merchandise
 Before war. the best patrons that Dual dstrust navy, which drove England Into the arms of France and Russia.
 That away with. Our colonies are lost Our foreign trade is annihatcd.
 If we were on the point of full agreement with England before the war; in spite or our fleet our colonies and our commeroiaI rlNalries "Iial reason have to suppose now that our fleet our tcally disappeared forever the hatred or lhe Peo- pie across the Channel will survive indefinitely?
 We. must bo aware, however, that it will take time before old attitude of mind toward revives. The reestablishment of good relations will be assisted by the fact that further threat on our part against France Belgium Is exceedingly i'm probable in the future. and England consequently, But an ali-powerfuI spain France. or Russia be uncomfortable to England as German mastery on traditional colonial policies, its against Philip II. Louis XVI and KY, the French Republic, Napoleon l. and Nicholas I.
 The other political factor which must take into account is, as I have already said, Russia, as suming that it reasscmbles itself into federal gov
 Bisn,arcl.s principle Back to back with Rus sia.' was very apt Unfortunately. disregarded the time of tho Berlin Congress This error of policy persisted and developed as time went on
 1890. he swinging back toward Russia He took the Triple Alliance seriously some. It was rather one of his caprices-an evil caprice of n giant Bismarck wanted to checkmate Gortshokof more than he did Russia. Our estrange- ment from Russia was the cardinal feature of his
 During the period immediately proceeding war-that epoch of diplomatic brainlessness error. rather than of our neglect of England. cipftated the world catastrophe A return Russia therefore. of the main tasks of future foreign policy. This should be a cordial understand ing rather than an alliance.
 alliance with Russia would directed against England. It is widely enter tained that cordial relations with Russia would necessarily hostility to England and that are compelled in a way to choose between Russia and England.
 Quite the
 An agreement between England and Russia will be facilitated by good relations with Russia, if try disburden Russia of it's difficulties. instead of eudeavoring, usIcad did before, and if that country has a free hand in Asia and the Orient.
 It is true that tho recent friendship between Russia and England was work. It the of common irritation of those countries with sequence O Berlin congress the the Triple Alliance after denouncing the reinsurance treaty. bear in mind, however. that it will be easy reestablish good relations with Russia of the Tsars, which constantly appealing Give up Austria and will give France.'
 We have succeeded in making ourselves thor ouEhiy hated in that country also, and, therefore. shall have permit the Entente tc make bourgeois Russia under its protection
 Charles Rivet. for years representative of Temps PetroErad, concludes his interesting book. Ige Deruor Romanoff. with this remark: May glimpse the Russia that and has disappeared forever, n order make 1t obvious that the versaries of Germany arc going to gain by the fall O. Romanof'
 When Russia was profoundly excited in conse- quence of the foolish mission of Liman von Saun- ders, the French Press actively pouring upon fire, MT. Sazonoff said to Whatever sou may do, sir. you will not embroN with many adds. But it precisely Ger many that took upon herself 1914 do what the excellent Mir. saNonofr thought could not be