The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-12 00:00:00

ENGLISH MEDIATION.

The" Standard asks the questions, Is this the time fqr
England to be wrapt in selfish lethargy? Do we really
believe it to be our national duty to look on calmly white
France and Germany are tearing each others' throats,
Is this the result of our boasted Liberalism? Is this
how we interpret that gospel of peace which we
have accepted ? Is this our blessed principle of non,
intervention, our glorious economy, our high Liberal
humanity? Must we let the war then be fought out to
the bitter end, leaving the strongest in arms to win, aqg
to take by force whatever he desires ?
not now, when is the time for interference?
In pursuing such a course as the present,
do we promote the cause of peace, of right, of humanity,
even of any of those petty objects to which we have
pledged ourselves? What is the ground—the motive of
our present policy ? Let us hear it if there is . . •
It is not very honourable. Is it then econo ?
It is not very chivalrous. Is it then profs e?
It will not make us any more respected. Will it make
us any richer or safer? Admitting that we are a
commercial people, that our sole consideration
is and should be to look after the ledger and
the money bags—do we administer even to tills
purpose, by keeping aloof from the war between
France and Germany—by holding it to be no bad-
' ness of ours—by letting it be fought out, until
either one of the parties becomes absolutely at-.
mount, or both are ruined and impoverished ?
ting the matter on the very lowest ground, is it to
our interest that France should utterly perish—that
Germany should be the undisputed master of Europe—.
that they should go on fighting and injuring each
other until the contest ends in a mutual annihilation ?
The Standard considers that intervention is our duty as
well as our right. It is a duty which England cannot
evade just now without sinking for ever below the opinion
of the world—without sacrificing all that is most precious
to a nation—its honour as well as its interest—its good
name, its power, its existence.
THE ROMAN QUESTION.
The Manchester Examiner, in considering the Roman
question, after pointing out that assistance or otherewise
Italy is likely to receive from other nations, remarks
that obvious consideration of prudence must induce
Italian statesmen to take the settlement of the question
into their own hands. If they act with promptitude
they may make the satisfaction of the national
desires a source of strength and a new
pledge for the tranquillity of the country. 13y
procrastination and hesitation, they will allow
matters to fall into the hands of agitators, and
men of extreme opinions. If they leave to Re-
publicans the credit of liberating the Romans, and
associating their principles with the last and convincing
stage in the making of Italy they may convert discontent
into disorder, and ripen the maturity of a revolution,
le seeds of which are but too abundantly scattered around
em.

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