The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20
ENGLAND, TURKEY, BULGARIA AND
IREL AND

The fall of Kars, that redoubtable
Turkish stronghold, has fallen like a
bombshell on the English crown and
cabinet. Turkey, the outWork OF
British India, has up till now been
fighting the battle of England as we'll
as her own. her Britanic ally looking
on undisturbedly the while. SO far,
UP to the fall of Kars, the war was
little less than succession of advan-
tages, in many cases victories, on the
side of the Turk. Nor is it all clear
that the fall of kars will by any means
balance the profit and loss account, so
far, between the cOmbatants.
Whether it does or not, the English
Government is pushing forth premon-
tory signs of apprehension for It's
II injun II 'empire. The London
Standard conservative has what
looks like feeler thrown out by the
Cabinet. 1t says:
1.-The war has now assumed the
character of a war of Independence
The war, not of a government bent on
maintaining it's tyranny, but of a peo-
pie struggling for their existence. 1t
is idle to suppose that in such war,
even if all the other powers are con-
tent to be passive, England can con-
tinue indefinitely the part of an
unconcerned spectator. Apart from
our share of the common interest.
much as it affects our neighbors. we
have a special and peculiar concern in
the war, arising out Of our Aslatlc
dominiOn-a dominion which is as ex-
tensive as that of Russia. The
European concert has nothing to do
with the rivalry of England and Rus
STA in Asia
Having put Iout this feeler the
Standard retires, falls back for the
moment. but keeps on the lookout to
atch its effects. The Morning Post
also an administration paper. does not
take the matter entirely as coolly as
the STANDARD. 1t is guarded, to be
sure, but 1T seems to lbe tired of look
ing on from Il distance at the mortal
struggle SO long and $50 tiercely going
on. Thus it finds words. The Morn
ing Post asserts that the strategical
results of the fall of kars. are most
important, but the political conse-
quences will not be less widely felt,
and will certainly bring into the fore.
ground the question of English policy:
rs abstention the policy which is
worthy of such an Empire as ours. OIL
is it policy which is safe! If the
designs of Russia are dangerous and
her aggression unwarrantable--if the
integrity of Turkey is the bulwarh o.
the English Empire, where is the log
ic of hating any longer at the wise
neutrality of last spring, Surely the
fall of kars will awaken this countr,
to sense Of the dangers of inaction.
No: it is not IA policy that is safe 70
England" SO far rs India is concern
ed. But it holds out-this abstainins
policy does hold out-a brief Safet,
to the English Crown and Government
"a brief respite from danger IA
greater and far nearer home.
England has isolated position. do
minion of the seas. and controllin:
power over seagoing commerce. an,
she has. too, vast aggregated wealth
She has also thirty millions of Eng
fish. Scottish, and, for the present
, we must add, Irish people. under he
wing. The steady. stolid valor of tn,
} first. the hardy enterprising fearless
ness of the second. the ehivalrou
daring and dash of the third Havin;
all these, what is she afraid of
Well. certainly. if she had contro
of all these there would be no occasion
for her to keep silent and shaking il
/; her shoes. But she has not all these
The first four things we have note,
she has-and they are good substan
tial things in their way. The secon,
three things we have arrayed are bet
ter things-better than all the othe
things combined. They are thing
without which all the rest are use
less.-are not her own even--are a
the mercy of who sails in and cares t
takes them. Englandss inspired bar
is not far wrong when he eNclaims:
"she holds what have been the noblest ns
tons"
.. But what does she hold now! No.
| that life and death struggle for he
, Indian apanage stares her in the face