Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-05-16
A Russians View VI the Future.

The following conversation (say
the London Globe) recently tool
place between a well known Rus
sian nobleman and the writer:
Il repeat what l said" observed
Cracks Koff, "that England will no
occupy her present position for very
many more years.
"rhen who will take her place
You ?n
Perhaps"
"But you can never become .
great maritime power"
"No, we shall be military power
but your dominion over the seas vii
also pass away"
"Who viii! take it ?"
1.-THE Scandinavian monarchy. ]
mean Sweden. Norway and Den.
mark. All great maritime nations
have passed away-the Ducth, the
enitiaas-and it was on the ruins
of the Spanish Armada that you rose
TO the first rank. Some day your
enemies will combine to give you
such defeat that you will never re-
cover from it. OF course these
changes will be gradual. We shall
take India, TO which we a:e even
now steadily advancing, but we shall
first 90 to war with Prussia"
And what will become of her, or,
rather OF the German Empire ?"
ut will be divided into Prussia, ds
a kingdom, the heal Of the Protes-
tant States; Bavaria will occupy all
the Catholic portion, while Hungary,
Bohemia and the Danubian princi-
palities will form the kingdom OF
Scalvonia and Austria will form
a third-rate power. France will re-
cover Alsace and Lorraine, but will
her. There will be no Pope, b,
Rome will be the capital OF Italy,"
"And Turkey?"
"Thcre be no Turkey. CONSTANT
nople will again be the capital OF the
Greek Empire. Spain and Portugal
will probably be joined into one king
dom ?"
"And Malta and Gibraltar ?"
"You will have to give them up
when you yield Canada to the Unit
ed States, who will also take Mexi-
co.,
"But will not France help us ?"
mo. France will remember how
you have behaved toward her dur
ing the late war. Your policy in
:hat campaign will prove the begin,
ming Of your downfall. Had you in
terfered, Germany would not have
been so puffcd up with conquest rs
she is at the present moment, and
France would not have had cause to
remind you how you deserted her IN
her distress"
"You have not told me what will
become of Holland or Belgium in
you IDEAS"
"Holland and Belgium will again
torn one kingdom, but with the lat.
ter as the most powerful portion
Luxemberg will revert to Germany,
and Schleswlg- Holstein to the king.
dom OF Scandinavia"
"What family will be on the throne
Of France, do you think, after the
present troubles are at an end ?"
"The Orleanists for a time; but
eventually the Napoleonlc dynasty
will return and establish itself more
securely than it has ever been be.
FORE"
"You said just now that there
would be no Pope. How will the
Roman Catholic religion prosper
without one ?"
"There will be no Roman Catholic
religion, properly speaking. The
declaration OF intallibility was the
death blow of Rome, and people are
now beginning to open their eyes to
its great errors. The marriage ol
priests will break down one Of the
very next barriers"
"But you surely do not believe
that the Greek religion will be adopt
cd by all the world ?"
"No. There will be two great
Churches for long time-thc East
ern Greek, and the Western OF
Protestant. These two will one day
fuse together, as in their tenets they
are not widely apart
"Where will be the head of the
| Western Church p
"In England
"But l thought you said that We
should not be any longer first rat.
power"
"Nor will you! but your island
will remain intact and become ths
headquarters ofthc w estern Church.
You say island why not is
lands -
because Ireland will most prob
ably be a separate kingdom or repub
lie"
"Then how about your Ireland
mean Poland ?"
All we have cut that orange IN
60 TOO many pieces Tor her ever t.
prove too troublesome. You SCI
Austria and Prussia together will
ourselves, ali possess portion o