This change is attributed to the fact that the New
York Sun learned privately from Washington of the serious view taken by Mr. Taft concerning Germany's growing Navy, and that its second leading article echoed the opinion of the American Government. The New York Sun, we are told, is very close to the new President, and its chief Washington correspondent was one of his principal campaign managers. "This news- paper does not change its editorial stand without imperative reasons, and there can be little doubt that Mr. Taft used it to make known the fact that his own sympathies are with Great Britain." The Sun's article has been copied extensively throughout the country. We are further told that the Outlook followed the lead of the New York Sun in saying : "If the safety of the British Empire were really challenged, this country would have a great stake at issue, for any real diminution of English power and influence would be a disaster of the first magnitude to the United States." The Standard's article is, we may note, confirmed by an article oh similar lines in Friday's Morning Post from the pen of Mr. Maurice Low.
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