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Show TO HELP EimAJU). ALLIANCE WOULD DE A GOOD THING FOR JOHN. rt.i Coanfry VToa'.t Only tto tl.o Saf. freT Tli rn.p, Who lUvo Money to Lonn Aro Afrut.l Thnt tl.o Mtsht ol Urltitlu U to 1U UntUroucO. V Sir Qcorgo Sydenham Clarko has tn tho current Nineteenth Cantury an nr tic o concerning i,n Anglo-Amcrlca'a alliance. Ho cousldcra tho subject from tho nrltlsh point of view. He deals with concrete facta Instead of sentiment or day dreams, and tbcro-foro tbcro-foro afforda Americans a fair conception concep-tion of what a coalition with Great Britain would mean not In tho pulpit, not In tho classroom, not In the loe turcs of dreamers and literary enthusiasts enthu-siasts but In tho actual courso of tho nvlng pontics of tha civilized world. At the cuttct Sir George turns his attention at-tention to tho offcnslre and dofennlvp features of nn Anglo-Axirlcan alliance. alli-ance. Ho decs not wnio his tlmo In discussing all tho sweetness and tho llgnt which would come to civilization with tho new combination. Ho goes directly to tho point, and that point is war. For Instance, ho says: "An Anglo-American alllanco would for purposes of war bo wholly free from I tho conditions, which involved tho co-. , n-ltlon of Pitt, the Anglo-French com- blnatlon of 1S54, or tho German leaguo 'against llttlo Denmark In 1801, which l.by nn eaBy transition dissolved Itself into tho Prusso-Austrlcn campaign of 18C0." It will to observed that 3Ir , Gcorgo Is not deludlns himself wltL . expectations of universal pcaco or I tranquil conquest. Ho takes it for granted that tho alllanco In-question would bo nn alliance of fighting powers. pow-ers. Consequently ho holds up for our edification tho picture of the exhausting exhaust-ing warfaro of England upon Napoleon, Napo-leon, of tho bloody larjd costly Invasion of tJio Crimea, and of the six years of conflict by which Germany fixed the present boundaries In Western 5u-ropo. 5u-ropo. In a word, ho makes prom'nont the very patent fact patent to everybody every-body excopt American advocates ot an Anglo-American coalition that It in the duty of nn ally to fight, and that If wo onter Into an alliance with England Eng-land wo havo to expect only what tho allies against Napoleon, against Russia, Rus-sia, and against Denmark havo experienced ex-perienced In this contury. Sir Gccrgo also discusses eercral possible attempts at-tempts to rob. Great Britain cf Cinarta, South Africa, and AiuMtvMh, to divide tho spoils among continental AiverR. an.-, numerous additional contlmjvrp.t! "Rich tho United States would expected ex-pected to fight against on sea suid land. The qunstton that- senslblo Araoil-cans Araoil-cans have iien asking for ncvoral months to: v.'nat possible beneC; csiiid tho United States derlvo from an alliance with Great Britain? Unfortunately, Unfor-tunately, like other British publicists, Sir George neglects to niiBWcr this question. As far as can bo gathered from hU article, our business In the alliance would be merely to cava Greater Britain from partition, to further fur-ther her diplomatic campaigns, and to hold our army and navy In readiness to support her against tho rest of the world. It Is Interesting aud Instructive to contcmplato tho ono- sldednes3 of tho proposed Anglo-American Anglo-American bargain oc It appears tho moment wo get down to details. What do tho American peoplo think of It? Just now, when they aro recovering from tholr only war In this genera-! genera-! tlon, when thoy are mourning their dead and counting tho cost, how do they feel about being pledged by their national government to enter upon a boundless sea of complications, warfare, war-fare, and. caruago to ' uphold the threatened power and commerco of a foreign government? Tho mero statement state-ment ot thcEo questions Implies an insult in-sult to American Intelligence and statesmanship, It is atrocious that men exist In this country who aro so callous to tho best Intcrosta ot their own people and so sensitive to the as-j as-j plratlons of a foreign power that they tolerate tho Idea of an. Anglo-American alllanco even as a subject of academic discussion. If Americans would only consider tho whole question as. practically and , minutely as It Is being considered In England, It Is doubtful If even tho ' most perverse ot our political dreamers dream-ers and tho most supine of our An glomanlacs would dare continue Ions er tho present agitation in favor of blackening our glorious future with all tho burdens ot ICuropo'a dylnji nasL Inter Oepan. |