, 1875-12-11

sor,as po"ition a. the commanding shai iehollcr
10 Tho aJets tanat viii be an accomplished fact.
md tho announcement Of tho purchase h.s
easssa , snsh nntveras, feeling Of JOY snh pr,de
~ thn English breast that tbofo is no doubt huh
that Parliament viii aeal what tho Ministry,
with MI ardscisT no. ofsen aBaociAted WITH tho
acts q British Ministry has done.
~. AZ ~ 70 frompt and nppor.une" Bava tho
11mes, will crafty tun country hot only on No.
count Of the ultimate snascrlai advantages prom.
!tod. 6"t becAuto it Rives Kskurauce tbst Wo
have anrcrn'aent q split aud Inttiative.'
Tho Saturday I2erte'c AayB: "There can bo
no qunstion ttiht Parliament will 7asiiy tho 40
iton Of ttie Mlpls.ry. and all that remains to do
!. to attt4'paso and tsos Tho consciousness Of tho
step takrn.'
THE QUESTION OF TIE Houn.
Tho Hrent 1Heation now 10 Wbhs will hn tho
@ ] VIZ 9s. na shs e' sis. s e Sos s-
nente' Powers Accept EnR'And'h initiative hs
bin: for them to nro:oad Ia tho work Of annaxa-
tiou Tas dark rnmors OF ,,,p past feu days
teem to take on = semoauce al reality 10 yiew
of tEe revealed facts: the dtea1v marching of
l:ahhtAn tfoops towards nor Bouthern frontier,
tho silent preparations for times of trouble
1hsch Am,r ria has made and, moro than slI, tic
dltnAtch ot EnH!!sh t.naps and shpn tn tho d.
rcction nt Mal.a.-alI hese:thlnga lead lis to lho
vte" that the c!ond w!,iea has beeu so Ion9 soaa
hosering OF tho Ea,trrn horizon Ia ytaibiy
Craving in sise and densitY. and laleu with do
strict ve !!!c. Soma dAva ago Berlin telegram
anuounce1 to tho English ,suolic that
nUMoEs or wAn
have been in Active circulation in Berlin In cpf~
ooct IN with preoarAloaH for war. Tho rnnnra
are based npon an alleged latter from "a english
NtA!cs!nan {whoso nauae d1es not. honever, ap-
pear), in rhicn tho wnfta "immtnent md
'fo.na,dabio' ws1e apahed 10 Tho suppobed
preparations. Tha language Of tho j9aturdaa
I'er,e.o appears tu ttuplv however {diNnrtug I'd
this from ths .No'ning Post). that Engaud. ID
tsxlpR tho stcp ahe has, has at the ssms tins
takou caro- to Insure her oHu safety In ths
mattor.
WHAT WILL TIE KA1sEns sAr2
:" We shall soon hear what these Emporort
think Of tia purchase. portaps shoy may moi
much reeres it, They could not in nny case con,
t,o' E9ypt, a. betueen thom and ERypt lies
.ea Oh ~lich the English navy can act freely.
They only Ioso What they could not havo Rot
but they NAV hold thas thus loss ent,tIea them ia
claim nt1at they would iiko 10 havs. In dividing
tho sposs Of Turkey thoy we'll know that they
viii havo to reckon vlth each other. but they
wall expect not to hafo to reckon with England.
They viii also SAY, that England haa got what
rhe wants. and now theI must hav&
what they naut. The fied of ptunder may soam
open 10 shetn and tho E4storn question 10 have
cnteteti III q now phase. Even. however. II THIS
b. So it does not follow that the Engi,sh M1u,s-
~ has beea WRONG. II nnsy hava beea seon too
| bo willing ~ henltlto. aud it may have thought
that to let it be knoTo at tho outset Whist it
wanted. u g,tIs. Ana to get It 10 at apparontIy
| lrgsl way aud ritho,t hakiug auy ones leaye,
was tho choa.cst and honcntost course. Dat
| hero again it mist b. sad that 10 take such
cousse Was not light mattar, and that what has
beon dono has mh,s tho immediate future An
Anxiula tlne for BtA.esluen ~ wsli ~ for dnao-
ctcra.'
From tho abovo you will perhaps gather AZ
good AT idea a. it Ia possible glvo Of Epgliah
festng on tho subjcc. Of the purchase. As to
the result thiH purchase will have GU tue future
Of tho Oriental ques Til. canuo. YET bo ssosr-
tained. D3ubtiess THU stop taken BY England
must hastrn evenss. though ns might well ask