, 1874-06-01
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ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN AHIA,

removed, 1t may happon, from our dny-n contest
botwoen England and Russia for tho maatery Of
portions Of Asia, IL ono Of those prophetic utter
ancos which aanguine wrftors proclaim and ca,l-
tio11s Statesmen hold in reserve AZ possibility
eventually to 10 mot With poop1o far TO
movod from lib, with fow tics Of commercial
interest and mono Of language, lineage, or COM
muntty Of 1doas, nevertheless an interest at
tachos ttsclf to tho qucBtion as from time to
timc tangs como OF Bomo now advance, some
outpost brought uutlor control, Of 1omo nov
treaty arranged, OF wlleu Bo,no sharp thorn Of
diplomatic discussion obtrudes itself into tho
councils Of assembled European nations.
It is not nov thing, thia future collision.
Tho great Napoleon saw with d prophetic eyo tho
growing power Of Russia, ana proclaimed that
Europe would III tlfty years become Republican
Or CoHaack. Tho fifty years haye elapsed mud
Lis prediction Is got unyorilod. nopnblicanism
Ia ground Under tho iron lloc1 Of 0ormla.l md
Russian imperialism, and tho opposition to tho
Cossacls comes rather from monarcllica1 and COM
fncrcial England. than from confedoratod gov
crnmonts rising from tue ruins Of tho old
despotisms.
At tho timo Of the British acquisition Of India,
tho Empire Of Russia WIS but omorging from q
standardization. Vast districts interycned be-
twacn tho rich provinces Of Upper India and tie
outlying hortles Of wandering tribes which owned
hnlf-a'leg'anoe to tho Ozar. With tho men,
orablo rctreat Of tho British from Afghanistan
in 1912, tho strictly aggressive policy Of England
ccasod for a tlmo. For thirty yoars the direction
OF British energy has boon IN the consolidation
and STRENGTHENING Of their occupancy OF Iudia,
and great has boon tho result. Vast achemcs OF
internal improvement have boon devised aud
proHBod forward to completion. Railways Of
lougth unoquniod except III tic United statea
layo boon built. Systoms Of canals and internal
wator communication hnvo boon PINNED. Tho
caro- OF tho forest, tho improved cultivation Of
the SOIL aud tho Introduction Of now products
lavo progressed, lanl in hand, with regulations
+for the health and education Of tho people.
Customs as old as tradition, but which arc q stain
upon tic civilization Of tho nineteenth century,
have boon suppressed and all tho r7lilo tho
grasp OF tho conquoror and oiyilzer cemeutcd,
stronger md stronger, with tho lapse of each
decade.
Meantime the colossal Empire OF tho North
has advanced with mighty strides. Tho proud
title Of tho nomauotrn, "Emporor OF AL tho
Russias, haH aequirod now Significance. A oou-
t!nual warfare Inns bcon wagcd with marching
aud conntermarching Of armies. New provinces,
now Governors, now acquisitions, havo caused 4
perpetual chango Of boundaries; mud from tho
barron idca Which was euggestod by tho single
word "Siberia," wo haro now to look upon tho
Iusaians firmly established from tho shores Of
the Baltic agd ID B'ack Sem to tho Paclno Ocean,
aud thoir watchlrcs extended down across tho
steppoy Of Central Asia till they confront tho all
vhuco Of the Auglo-Saxons through tho passes Of
tho u,ma!ayas. Waxing bold with incseased
strength, Russia has, from time to timo, prosaod
forward upon Tie boundaries Of tho docaying
Moua4chies OF Western and Central Asia. 4
treaty with Porsia, 10 1885, brought har tho PROV
iucos OF Erivnn aud Nakshiyan. The Treaty of
Adranoplo, III 1890, carried tho Russian bound
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