Not much importance is to be attached to the sentiments expressed by Lord Strabolgi, formerly Commander Kenworthy of the Royal Navy in his interview granted" to the United Press, Not because there Is no merit in his suggestion, but because well nigh impossible of realization, An Anglo-American naval pact against aggression would sult the policies of both countries down to the ground, as completely assuring their sea borne commerce from aggression, and if, as: he suggests, such a pact would be open to the adherence of other Powers might in the long run bring about a better understanding than will probably ever be achieved by periodical discussions as to the possibility of naval limitation oF reduction, But the persistent dislike of the isolationist group in the United States of foreign entanglements of any sort whatsoever, Jig the most potent factor militating against the successful termination sarly such arrangement. That section of American political thought is a very powerful one, and reference to the advice of George Washirgton would still be sufleient to secure sup-ort against" any such prenasal whether it originated in Great Britain or in the United States, That a common. union for the maintenance eace throughout the world, by. the United States and Great Britain would rove effective is almost certain. The pressure which could be brought to bear in all parts of the world would probably be too heavy for any comination to withstand long, but the fact that this would be so. has very ttle weight against many decades of conviction that entanglements are just the things which the United States should avoid,
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