The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-07
England's Attitude.

An immediate interest is given to the
great war drama in the East by the atti.
tude of the British government. By the
utterances of The Ministry in Parliament
as to the dererc. of the interests of Eng
land; by it intimation that it might re-
gard q trenty made between Turkey and
Russia in accordance with the outline
already made public as q practical def
enca to put itself on its defence; by it,
declaration that it would only recognize
tAiB treaty if.made with the sanction of
Europe, It seems TO follow that England
may yet be numbered with the bellige-
rents ere the imminent solution of the
Eastern question becomes finality. It
Is true that there may be in Ministerial
fnlminations great deal of sound and
fury without much gunpowder; for in
the presence of public that needs to be
excited to give its latent sympathies any
value, and in the presence of an opposi-
tion disposed to require some definite
declarations Of national danger as rea-
son for voting money, government may
commit itself generally to tone of OBJ
servation on current. politics that it GER
tuiniy would not hold in its diplomatic
communications with the foreign Powers
at H.hich It s:syy .sa;;ii ;;n ;ts ;;ts domestic as
sembly. This is true of governments at
large. and there Is good reason in the
history Of the present British government
why it should be peculiarly suspected of
not having in fact any such belligerent
intentions as it declares in Parliament.
One of the virtues especially claimed for
the tory party is that it has always been
the organ of the support Of English glory
and greatness abroad. For many gener-
ations that party certainly led the Eng
lish nation through the mire terribly in
supporting the fiction that England was
omnipotent in the earth. Upon the last
accession of that part5- ~ power in Eng
land it was noted that it came upcn the
stage when that function of Goryism must
be revived, and the government came
gayiy tofwatd, tiierefoue, when. it was
demanded that the instructions in Her
zegovina should be paci6ed by come gen.
eral action. But its dissent from Europe
England's independence of spirit and
shown that, while anxious to have before
the country the credit of sustaining Eng
lands greatness abroad. it is equally
anxious that it may have this credit
cheaply and avoid any possibility of the
mishap of great war. In the ground
on which It puts It's demand for snpple-
mentary supplies this spirit plainly APP
pears. Money, for instance, is not de-
manded that England may really fight
| money is not wanted to support practi-
cally in the East those interests which il
! 20 ies.ie,i ,i ssussia IIay invade; Dut money
| is demanded in order that England may
90 into a conference with a bold front,
! and with the appearance of having the
support Of the Parliament for whatever
| schemes or projects it may there put forth
lin fact, in order that it may impress
Europe with its bellicose intentions, moi
that It may put them in operation. But
If this role is played to q certain point il
! "a avident thai il must reach n stage from
which it would be impossible for the
Ministry to extFicate itself without wal
abrosd or q scandalouA collapse in it
swelling attitude at home, and in that
case it will fight. AS all the relations Of
the government 70 the difficulty are now
to become topic OF somewhat yirnlent
party warfare in Parliament, and as the
complications in the East seem TO grow
hourly deeper, the government may iind
! itself propelled by circumstances beyond
the point to which it intends to go. -NesI
YORK. R,rdld