THE, BRITISH NAVY AND ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY.
[To Tam EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—"If only we could escape from this Triple Alliance !" " If only England could offer us an alliance which would give us more than moral support, bow happy we should be."
Wherever I went I heard sadness expressed at the thought that circumstances over which they had no control were likely to end in the Triple Alliance." "I found on inquiry that this feeling was common in all classes." These sentences are taken from an extremely interesting article on Italy and Italian foreign policy by Canon Rawnsley in the Daily News and Leader of July 2nd. It seems almost ironical that the Daily Hews and Leader should thus be made to furnish its readers with one of the most potent of all arguments in favour of a strong Navy, and particularly of our presence in great naval strength in the Mediterranean. Canon Rawnsley shows that whether Italy is for us or against us in the near future depends, not on Italian goodwill (which we already possess), but solely on the strength of our fleet.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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