ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2308, 26 May 1898, Page 24

ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE.

The New York Times recantly declared, in the course of its campaign for thß retirement I of Mr Sherman from the post of Secretary cf ! Sf^te, that nothing but the absence of a contc<il\iag head afc Iba Stats dtpirlmeutcxplajaod .or excused the delay in mulring a if-vinai *>nd pulilic daclaratioa of support to fc'ne policy of Great Britaiu in. tbe Far JUasb. The New York correspondent of the Standard stated th*t the comments in the American newspapers on Lord Salisbury* temporary retirement from active political work constituted a tribute of respect " worthy of a foremost place in that surprising series of events which, starting from the approach to hostilities over the Venezuela question, has sin.cc led up to thß present entente cor.HSIWI &OKI $*Ji?M«*lA f JS e « ci( ?B9 deference"

to American susceptibilities duringthe crisis oVgg Venezuela waa "now repaid by the certainty that w^ra Great Britain involved in war the United States would safeguard her possessions on this (the American) side of the Atlantic.'/ And the New York Tribune, in referring to Lord Salisbury, -made recognition of hl«| Hinceritiy and straightforwardness, and cf his fziecdly disposition towards the United Statesf "He has been," said the article in its con'i cladiag passage, " the champion of British interests over those of- America ; he would j doubtless, nbould ccohbioo arise, be a ready champion of American int? rest3 over those o£ any j-ation in the *vo*ld outside the AngloSaxon race. To fcitn, as & man, t.ac sympathy of this nation ia giveu no leas warmiy than that cf bis own."