| Show ANGLOSAXON UNIT Incidental Questions that are Being Discussed with Ihe Main Topic LEAVEN OF GOOD FEELINGS IS WORKING nntloo t 1hollgUOh tn tho lole ou I I New York June ilOne of the questions ques-tions asked by Englishmen since Mr Clmmbcrlalnn unexpected advocacy of an AngloAmcrlan Ilanc Is a prac heat one cops the London correspondent corres-pondent of the Tribune What have the Americans Ihcy Inquire ctu offer us In return for our moral support and naval prestige We can understand under-stand how much they have to gain from o alliance with the power hav tog the strongest let allont especial ly If thy are bent upon changing their foreign policy and taking on active part In East Indian us well a West Indian affairs Gal an alliance must be bad upon equivalent advantages What compensation vlll there bo tot England I return for the tremendous power 1 of the navy1 The are questions which Oregon stonIly Lonl1on put to Americans living In The best reply which can b made to questions ot this kind Is that nn alliance with America will be the C tnnnge t sagllard ogalllt the fobboce o England food supply in fllure war The slallstlclans hive shown that the wheat harvest of the Unlled Kingdom Is equal to the requirements ments t of only fourteen weeks and that during the remaining thirtyeight weeks an Imported supply Is I the only peiurce During the greater jiurt of the ytar there Is I never mom than six weeks supply of nheal In Knglund If ImiHirtatlina of food wore cut off I partially Interrupted ihe price of bread would rise trod a large porllon of tIre population would be exposed to starvation This Is I tarvaton the real sourer of danger In time of war ns every sober minded Ingllshmin known The United Kingdom wllh Us beer lar position and Its powerful lleet would be sooure from Invasion but It would not be prolre tad ugnlnsl famine No irifeginrd would be so Invaluable l to Tngtand an a good undeistnndlng with Amcrli whr the Iemgrmtshneo of hoe Imported food sui pl > Is I drawn Such un undrtnnthR wo1111 Ie I wortb en noah I n mow metul 000111 any cuaI The Y eommlooiln on Mllonal wbmeut stoere has Cconly 111 an tniroaoett cerr port on tIre hJec 01 food rource f the Unbind Kglndom iinl reGmmnd the Jurchos lllllj ttornge by the nrltl h government of eight million quarters of wheat ns a rtserve supply for the emergency of war This storage scheme H I iidto noted en the ground that n fourteen comAs supply of food Is I nn Indlspensl lobe requirement of national defense I Is I not likely that anj action will bn taken toy Parliament upon this report re-port With the rclallons belween lnloni and Amrlco contanlly 1m proving there Is I certainly no Ulgpnc for this storage project of the panic mongers Ilul the tact that such a M lh t nl hnnh P n of the dependence of England upon Imported food las not been without significance The report Is I n storehouse store-house ot practical arguments for Eng lishmen who nre peeking for evldeneo nf the utility of n treaty with the United State There Is I another comment which Is I frequently made by Englishmen upon Hie proposals for an AngloAmcrlcin nlllince Tills relates to the necessity of Imposing upon the Unltwl Stales nn obligation to Increase I Its standing army and to develop the lighting re rooters of II navy fhe olJcllon I raised that in oiy who could not be 11Icnl111 upon to molill ni O1IY 01 CO 000 men at short notice would be of little use In I nn emergency Men who fil0 IhU view refer to the focI hooch lIce American squadron at the China station while sufficiently powerful to crush the Spanish Steel In Ihe Philippines Philip-pines tins been 1 unequal to the naval forces England F ranee Germany and Ilussla In lliesc waters and must be largely Increased nnd supplied with coil from Ihe statIons and dry docks If there Is I to be cooperation wllh Great IlrlCaln on equal terms Otherwise an alliance would be a onesided bargain with tho obligations saddled neuttrly lnglanl1 ond the odmarotogreen upn In < nialtage n joed by the United States at n minimum mini-mum cot In1 vlthout an oItuato ne 01 respooolbtllty Thoe who di crass the subject In this spirit con tend Ihat oem of lbs Nnl1llons 01 on olllallC must be nn obligation on the palt L of the United Stales to Increase I Ibis cincUucy ot the navy t maintain I pooceer 01 feet In the West Indies lh a ha8 un lcr Amrlcan control ind In double the strength of the I tanlnK rmy on a pence footIng Any proposition for nn cffecllv at lIanc 1CtW 0 two counlrlc relates to an clnnge I of territories to be effect el for mutual advantage Englishmen who hove accurate knowledge of the condition nf their Wet Indian possessions posses-sions are In despair their fullire Th sugar Islands are doomed they teem I us deoendeerlesitleorontotry nhoje tree tral policy doc not Ir Hit tariff diseriminoiboens In Great llrllalns favor The Unlled Stat on he olhir hand with Its tariff ytem and wllh Us great market for sugt toeae be able to i develop their resourc and restore lllelr prosper ity Why hould not lannlca and oilier Islands aok these candid Englishmen he added Ito I-to the Amrlcnn Union onr Vota lean IJn rcelrmei fro mlry tuba rlnT Will It not he pessiholn tl Irranc 3 finds 01 enctoungo boy which Wand like the Philippines con be 1 Iransferrc to Enghnd wllh I superior facllltle lacIU Inr governing Ihem I nenercec lIon with othr retocatm htate of Iho enplr an1 come o the West Indian possession bo hindod over to the United stale with a tarIff east and a market precisely pre-cisely alapted to Ihclr economic re qulremenls These are Illustrating of the prom tlcil spirit In I which the projected al once betwein the two countries Is I lentallvely dlsrussrd by the thoughtful mel In fnglund The Idea of pliclng Iho Unllfd Stales under bonds to double the peace establishment of Its andlng army and to enlirge tho srop of Its naval activities may be asH hlmrlcal as the ntion that so ox change Ihee principles af teertlentre mon bo effected on I Is I necessary from I an Amcrlcan point of view to dlscusi cither proposl lon i i lolatlyr but the fact that re fleeting men of light nnd Influence care to make practical applications of the of acllon Is of real significance The leaven I ot Intemnllonal good feellnfr Is I working I A promo go England l worms conjuring with the high sounding Ihra Splendll Isolation ollndlnl can opInion on1 Ir Chamberlain hue suggested anoltern oLive policy based Ipon the common In benee tee of the Eng < Inl speakTns llsh leklnS nner Id I may be pre mature ll may ben n igary of optln be-n but It has mae I i deep Impression Upon the English people i an1 with their practical Irrtinct tlirv nre discussing I In a cilculatlng sIlt I from the point 01 vIew 01 enllghlened Belflnteresl purled 111111 01 Ilitlll Capo llnltlen Haiti Juno GrCOp rlghled 1SDS by Chic Associated teral Advices from Mole SI Nicholas my that iterday t0000rtiopt some ills toner off Jnn lohl n seopart on the I lorlhvvest coastotllalll hal cnn y be ween Port de Palx and Mole St Nlch trios a combat took place between hrec Spanish nnd four American war hips The American ships me said to ira vow withdrawn from the combat One 01 the Spanish warships entered On inrbor of Jean Itnbel for water Olll tern of ships lyIng I nt Mole SI Nicholas moerecntrc meLt rllcnt Iran Ilabel Is I nn Insignificant srnport nnd there Is no telegraphic stnllon IhiMs It Is I thought possible that the panlsh chb pmene000teerdtveee a the vanAord 01 the Cadiz Slave lIch lIc-h ensteten t the Amerlron I nhl s ore neot cenrctoltmd hut it Sr belIeved here that they every prohabl coul boot |
