Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-20
ENGLAND PREPARING FOR WAR
WITH RUSSIA.

mate object is to secure possession Of
, the Golden Horn and an unobstructed
channel to the Mediterranean. She
| seeks to fulfill the hope and ambition OF
Peter the Great and become a great mar
thine power. Il is The accepted policy
of England to combat this Russian
scheme. There is much in the infiu.
ence in an axiom. England is moved
to acts of aggressive war by the old self
Qualification, britannia rules the wave. u
With the Black Sea for shipyard, Con
stantinople Us the key to the Sea of
Marmora, and the Dardenelles the key
10 the Mediterranean Sea. and Russia
could ard would dispute with England
the position of Mistress Of the Ocean.
There is precious little sentiment in Eu-
she made an alliance with the Catholic
Powers of Sardinia and France and the
Moslem Turk to urge war against the
only Christian Prince in the East Of
Europe. This was done in furtherance
of q selfish policy, merely. When the
South, egged on to make war upon the
flag and the authority of the nation,
sought to accomplish secession in the
name of CoDfederacy whose corner
stone should he African slavery, England
was tho most conspicuous and offensive
ally Of the rebels. But for English
sympathy and English dupliciiy the war
would not have lasted half SIS long rs il
did. The cost TO this country in lives
was frightfu'; while the cost in dollars
was at the rate OF hundreds Of millions.
Now We fpd Great Britain again on the
side Of cruelty. barbaiity. and the most
offensive illustrations Of Mohammedan
rule. The Eatural instincts are moth
ing; human sympathi.s are nothing; The
prote ciicr Of moii.ers and daughters and
children and wives and old men against
the rapacioGs cruelty OF n foe more mer-
CHESS than the Sioux is nothing when
weighed against most sordid ana self
sh interest. In the war which seems
ii English Eii can sustain
The Turk against the Car, all hope will
lie out Of every Christian heart in Bal
,aria; The struggling patriots Of Bosnia,
IF Servis. of Montenegro, Of Herr 60
'ina, will be given over 10 the ;reacher |
rus passions and hart! crueltias of the |
savages Of Eastern Turkey, !
nd Christian graves will be multiplied |
" the thousand from the Black Sea to |
he Austrian border. The heart of En-
land is not in this Turkish alliance |
}ut the heart Of England will not stay
he hand Of British power and ambition.
'ha wretchei drama of the Crinea will
e repeated, all The horrors of a needless
ore;sn war VIII be visited upon the peo-
lie of the British Empire. Tia. war is
imminent is bu, too plainly Swallowed
,.th by Tia London Telegraph, which
ays:
Easiani, much as she loves ami de-
res peace, must wage war from end to
I'D OF the world rather than permit the
ussian flag to be hoisted at CONSTANT
ople. Lord Derby justly said that for
ritish interests the Eastern question
entered in Constantinople, and We hold
clear to all sensible and resolute Eu-
ishmen that. at the first overt invasion
T. IL |
it'll the assent of lhe Sultan, should
ost assuredly cast anchor in the Golden
orn. Those to whom such a step
light appear like help for the Turks
ay take comfort, for it would be sim
Iy an act vital to British security and ,
in the name of and for ,
le protection of British rights. If it |
ere not done, Asia, from Scutari to
hanghai, would know and proclaim
that We had abdicated the
.epter of the East. and commerce along
1 our oriental lines would live at the
ercy of future Black Sea squadron.
These further reports reach us from
ondon, under date of October 10:
Late on Tuesday morning e summons
as isaued for q Cabinet Council to be {
ED to-day (Thursday). 1t is rumored
lat the Government intends calling an
session of Parliament in con- s
.quence Of the grave aspect of the |
astern question. 1t is also stated that {
,e Government has applied to the
airds to have ships ready to transport 9
oops.
The Times, in a leader, says: 1t is
sted that orders have been given by
10 War Office to the Commander-in-
hief to have three army corps in readi- :
sss for immediate dispatch to the Med )
arraneaD. Also, that q plan for the :
,fense Of Constantinople, prepared by 7
e Board of Royal Engineers. has been {
rwarded 10 the Admiral commanding /
e British fleet at Besika Bay. i
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