Show HANDS ACROSS THE SEA V V VV V OR THE FIRST FIRT TIME TI IE in the tiie history of the United Unit States FOR the tile result of a presidential election has been tib of foreign concern Heretofore as a matter of o 0 diplomacy cl c European governments have refrained from expressing pre preferences preference ference f e in American politics polities just as our own f V considered it discourteous dis our to show official sympathy for conser conservative conser conservative conservative or liberal in England Now however we are aie in world politics we have stance it not the form of an all au alliance with Great Britain t J pres president S Side V ident ide and his cabinet have thrown themselves into the of Salisbury and the conservatives and in return the th conservatives con cn V are patting the administration adminis ration on the back It is a moving case c se of you tickle me and Ill tickle you V VV V During the campaign camp it was strenuously denied that there therewa I wa watt w any understanding between the two governments Now that tha McKinley has won Lord Salisbury sees there is i no n t any V j rea reon on Why the truth should be concealed and the Ambassador Choate shows that the administration is ii quite I ite will willing willing willing ing t to announce the facts V 1 In his speech at the lord mayors banquet Lord Salisbury sid said d We Ve believe that the cause which has won is IS the rause a of civilization and commercial honor with more lore to the same s effect ct Ilie seven millions and more of Americans who voted vot l for f f Mr tt Bryan Dryan may be excused if they object to the tone of tha th premiers I speech He declares d lares that he considers them pledged to barbar barbarism ism and commercial dishonor and even the tile gracious condescension cen cension sion with ith which he patted Mr McKinley on the bask bank b k doo not oi V the offensiveness of his words V V Reverse the case for a moment Suppose that Mr Blaine Blame w were r re secretary of state and an and that at banquet t he ha were ware to toc characterize c a liberal victory in England as a cause for congratulation lation laton Would the English of either party enjoy the situation Suppose further that a British ador were present and Mr Blaine Blame were to refer to any British party as contemptuously cont as V Salisbury spoke of the Democracy would a British diplomat ap approve V prove the utterance by his presence as Choate did this one ori The Thi ThiV Thet t V question answers itself V V VV V S and decency should sh uld have made Choate leave leav or repel the reflections on his countrymen Lord atti attitude attitude attitude tude ward toward t American parties parti is not t his fault he lie naturally cultivates cultivates vates yates the organization and the policy that have helped sustain n his liis own enterprise in South Africa His speech was the thel logical gica out outcome outcome ut come of our own foreign policy It was exactly what Mr Mc and Mr NIr Hay have been looking for and it will confirm them the l in the belief that they are right V VV V Friendship for Great Britain of itself is a most desirable thing But it t is no more desirable thin than close Glose with F nce ce or Germany or any otier obier foreign nation It Is not half 11 lf so profitable as an entente would be with Russia More than all no foreign alliance can be formed In time of peace except in disregard gard of all our national traditions in defiance of the injunction left by Washington and in utter contempt of our national rial Ted teel ings ing The humiliation of the present pr sent situation is not ina cordial relation re with England for that is worth having haing but bitt in p the tile p rice tice thatis paid for it it We Vc are giving the nations a public ex exhibition e of our preference for fo John Bull when hen we should have no favorites We Te are ae are ab 1 tt li lg one of the articles of faith that V has hs led l d to the splendid isol isolation n of which the country had rea rca reason son to be proud because it insured us the good Will of every foreign for foreign foreign V eign power and an the enmity of none We VVe signalize our entry into V the international arena of grab and plunder by an open declara declaration dc tion of sympathies that must alienate some of our allies in ill trade as well welt as war notably France V The question must occur to ever every American what is the ob object object V of this sudden mutual admiration and close dose alliance ance between the Republican party in America and the conservatives of Great V Britain it Surely it cannot be a matter of business for Britain V docs d es not make bargains that profit theother the other party to the trade It cannot be a matter of former obligation since France Fra ce in hi revo revolutionary revolutionary days and nd Russia during the war of the rebellion placed V us Ui under obligations that must endure as long as the republic republica lasts lats a ts that too in the face of danger to us from Great Britain Only one possible explanation has offered so far that would account for th tb rapprochement rapp m nt and that f Is V their identity of politics the one in South Africa and the other in inthe inV V the Philippines with China as a common of operations op in the near future Both nations ave lye approved overwhelmingly the tbt th men nien responsible for these policies They have a aright right t to HS s sume that they will be upheld in a continuance nce of those tho e policies McKinley has already let it be known that he lie expects to crt sh the Filipinos by force fo ce of arms or he would not have pub published General McArthurs report which was held back until af after after after V ter the election Lord Salisbury will continue with his recon of the South Afi African ican map on imperialistic lines V Liberty as America has considered the term heretofore may take tc a R back bak baJc seat or 01 go hang as it chooses but the subjugation of who aspire to independence will continue as the thc fruit of the British and American Al elections and tile hands given out at the Lord Mayors y rs ban banquet 1 q duet t Truly ruly we are a great people and McKinley is our prophet p 5 0 V |