Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-12-01
British and French Bluster---Material Guarantees
of Peace,

British and French Bluster---MaterIal Guarantees
Of Peace.
The Emperor of Russia affects great friendship for
the United States That's all my eye, and Nicholas
Romanoff 1t is his interest 10 keep in with US. In
sober earnestness, we don't believe that have one
sincere friend among the governments of Europe
Nevertheless it is the interest of the Russians 10 keep
On good terms with us, and they doing us good
service, while merely working for themselves. They
make it impossible for the domneerng ''Allies to
carry their nsolence towards beyond words, their
position compels them to take these back At least
one half of the diplomacy in the Soule ranspred
in the Crmea. Sebastopol was not taken nor likely
to be-a tartar had been caught. and Louis Napoleon
did not dare draw upon himself the hostility of a
maritime power. The result that Mr.. Soule was
inrited to pass through France, by the Nephew Of
my Uncle" England and France buster about
Cuba and the Sandwich Islands-the Russians cut
their armies TO pieces, and already outnumber them
in and around Sebasopo where their affective army,
Turks and all, is little over sixty thousand men,
Need we ask for any stronger " material guarantee "
than that All their buster will pass off like Louis
Napoeons prohibitions. But if the war in the East
and the success OF Russia therefor the real adv
tages so far have been on that sde-secure peace to
US, we have nothing TO thank Nicholas for. If he
had his WISH he would undoubtedly desire to
spring up between and the Western powers
by which he would obtain an ally, every gun turned
against US being much diverted from the attacks
against him, and every blow struck by US, being a
blow against his enemies.
Another instance of British interference, or at least
of British desire to interfere is exhibited al the Sand
witch Islands. The position of that group, a half
way-house between the American ports on the Paci
fc and the opposite of Asia has drawn attention
to it, and rendered its acquisition by the United States
an obi ect of desire on the part of large number O.
citizens indeed, there is every reason to beiev,
that this feeling is very largely preponderant thu
Pacific side. Much OF the present population ant
nearly all the trade of the Islands is American hence
the desire for the annexation the group natural
sreported that treaty for this purpose has been
cluded between the representative of the United State
and the King and his council However this may be
General Miller, the British Consul General for tn
Islands, has thought proper to make verbal remon
STRANGE against such annexation, in a speech whic
he made TO the King occupying over an hour in tn
delivery, in which he acquainted the King, in tn
name of his (British) government, that any attemE
to annex the Sandwich Islands to the United State
would be in contIavention of an existing treaty an
could not be looked upon with indifference by tn
British Government, with much to the same efec
1t seems, also, that British squadron has bee
ordered to Honolulu with the evident view of giyin
weight to this interference. That will be the amour
OF Consul Nliller's doings. The news from Sebastc
pol guarantees that The effective force of he allie
is not as much as seventy thousand men. The Rus
slams in the fortress are said to number betwee
thirty and forty thousand men--in the field owe
forty thousand. The perilous predicament of the a
lies is thus Everything that can float is carr,
ing forward reinforcements. Consuls are down Doe
anybody suppose that, under these circumstance
Consul Miller or Cuba will be able 10 kick I'M fu,
with US. Not bit of it.