Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-12-21
MORNING APPEAL.
THE MUZZLED LION.

The English press is just now very busy
explaining what is meant by the CALI " to-
gether of the houses of Parliament. John
Eu'l evidently means to be in readiness to
say something about what shall be done be-
tween Russia and Turkey, or if not to say
anything, to keep up tremendous appear
ance OF wanting to. If he loses his power in
the East, his Indian possessions are in dam
ger if be goes to W. - does it at the risk
not only of losing India but of being hurt
and troubled at home; and if he does not
assert himself, he is sure to lose caste and
prestige The fact begins to seem only too
plain that ENGLAND is no longer great war
power. The Continent is too enormously
equipped and too thoroughly disciplined for
her arms to be dreaded there The United
States is a vast power, standing by itself,
and impregnable so long as it is really
united. The time has come when territory
and troops, rifcd muskets and Krupp guns,
the telegraph and the steam engire make
differences that were not known in the days
of Nelson and Wellington Only few years
ago the vast power of Austria was crushed in
three weeks. The same hand that smOte
Austria utterly subjugated France and
camped It's Uhlans in the boulevards of
proud Paris. England's last exploit upon
the Continent was not conducive to the glory
of her arms. Her part in the Grim
can war has been lat, ,hed at by her own peo-
pie. One of her most trenchant historians
adduces the facts to prove the alliance with
France in that war to have been infamous.
English Interference with the Mexican Re
public is scarcely to be rescued f.om the an
mas of National pusillanimity. "The En-
gish Lion Roars" but the continental powers
seem to act VI on a belief in the old adage
that a barking dog never bites We do not
believe that mortal power will prevent the
Car from doing what he and Bismarck want
done with Cons5antinople. If they decree
Joint Muscavite and Teutonic occupancy,
nothing viii prevent it. If they let England
into an equal share it Will be because they
are wiling to use their gigantic strength
with giants mercy. Not otherwise. Tor
pedoes are a factor in this preeminent age of
war The wooden walls of cid England are
relocated to the glories of thepast The
feet OF no nation is of avail now against the
secret engines which are laid beneath The
sea. Military men believe that with the ap-
planes now at hand, not any thing could
prevent Germany from efecting landing on
English soil. By mill ~ men We do not
mean American nor Freich nor Russian of- |
icers, bat English army men-COlonels and
Majors General. These have demonstrated |
the danger and besought The Admiralty and |
implored the War-otfice to tal heed. Every |
S ep taken by England in the Russo Turl sh |
war exhibits her timidity. The Trent fair
was almost the last serious exhibition of En-
glands insolence. She does not keep her
hand out of q The great wars that make al
bition virtue" because she choices 70 re-
main neut"al. England's wan'n2 strength
compels an unwilling prudence. The Times
may buster and Westminster Hall may re-
sound to the voices of fer>id patriots bat
the nostrils Of the Kaiser will not be offended
by the smlll of British grrpowder and he
Car heard the noise of he last English bomb
ever to be expended against him as it burst
upon the walls of Sebastopol. "Put up your
sword " says the willy old Cardinal, g States
AN be saved wi5hout it" If England be
not content to take this for her motto, then
there'is no virtue in signs and signals