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with so 900 Anglo Indian troops from Hindostan.
That is, by the first OF june Great Britain could

ths PSea Of Marmora, backed by fleet of at least
twenty five Of the most powerful war ships
to the fleet. l speak only Of ironclads There
would be. 10 addition to Hornby's present force
81 thirteen .ships. the Thunderer, Devastation
ships; the Nelson Northumberland and shan
non armor belted ships Of the class
se n the Yards whers they
were building for the Turkish govern
ment at the outbreak OF the war; the Citation.
turret ships, and last and greatest Of all, the
Infexible, donble-turIr,et citadel ship. c.rryng
whole, besides the four monster guns OF the
Intiexlble. twenty-two 50 ton guns. eighteen
s5-ton guns, forty guns of from 1g tons to Is
tons. and about sixty 12-ton guns. In short 1t
would be more than u match for, all tho other
nayies Of the world put together"
But, after al. this fleet would n6tb able to
reach the Russian and forces, would it,
1t woull be able to keen, them four miles
from the shore Of the sea at all points between
q Constantinople. force the BosnhoTgns, lay
waste the Russian coast OF the Black Sea' Dc
stroy Odessa. drive the russians out OF Batnum n
and cover any expeditionary forces which 1t
might be deemed advisable TO land anywhere to
harass the Russian q INKS or rear. in Europe
or In ASH In aWord 1t wend f Go eiy f fos smn
plies wholly on the long. dtftlcult ana ekpen-
sive land route through Koumelia. Bulgaria
said. break tho financial back OF the Hussian
experiment." ,.. g., r..,,..
under stand you 10 mean t0AJ the Eng1lSH
strategy would be- to play game Of what we
Americans call freeze outT"
"Aw, ali don't know exactly what that is
but gu ppose It is about what would be done
However, the straits and the Black sea and
Roumelia would not, by any means. be the only
theatre OF offensive operations. neet OF ht,een
or twenty great irOncIa's with an expedition
airy force OF 600 or 10000 men. would be sent
THE BALTIC"
What for? To reduce the forts at Cronstadt
and lay st Petersburg under contributions
1856. but the Gulf of Finland wouldn' float his
three; deckers. so he had to fa'l back. Riga
would be the objective point this time. Then
Riga was not Wort h the trouble OF attack ing ;
but now Riga has brcome the Baltic emporium
terminal popt Of The great central russian rail-
ways. The heaviest ironcl,ds in tire British
navy. drawing thirty feet of water and mount,
get within easy distance of Riga and lay the
place under contribution or knock 1t down In
half day, forts and all"
Il see that the III glsh programme OF injury
is large and comprehensive.
Decidedly. You see the strength and formi-
.dableness OF Great Britain, in European war
lie in the fact that she combines the maximum
of offensive end destructive capacity with the
minimum, Of snsceptibility to reprisal and In,
vason. She fights solely TO invade. iniure and
destroy while her enemies must fight entirely
to defend. endure and suffer. A war between
YOU'D be the soriptural story of David and Go
,.. "How long. In your opinion. would the war
'.That question would be determined solely
\ by
THE ENDURANCE OF The RUSSIAN PEOPLE
In standing punishment. the tenacity Of the
Russian army OF occupation IN Roum. Lila to
bear the priyatnns Incident to their insufficient
fcommun cations and the incessant forays of the
British land forcps upon their TANKS. together
with the capacity of the Russian government
to meet the dreadful financial strain consequent
upon operations "aged under such costly and
exhaustive conditions"
Would
THE OTHER POWERS
look calmly on while England applied such
Blow torture to her gigantic antagonist"
England Germany has and would have no in
terests at stake except Interests OF neutrality.
Austria Wond mot Rs noed
conquest Of European territory and no parti-
tion Of nationrlities in whose integrity Austria
has direct or remote interest The Who'll.
struggle would be an immense duel between
the colossus of Eastern Europe. and the giant
81 the West upon 9 question OF national pres
tige affecting only the balance of power In Eu-
rope, which all the other powers are interested
in preserving. and involving territorial consid-
wers In tf Gnz w Russia nS %
ested In any degree whatsoever"
y Wouldn't Russia make trouble for England
In
either by invasion from the direction of Kho-
kand or by stirring up the Ameer Of Afghanis-
3 tan to make war on the northwestern frontier
OF Hind stan, or even by melting the Hindoos
themselves TO revoltE'
Russia could not maintain force sufficient
large r on
she would have to transport supplies The To-
cal Anglo Indian forces in the Puniaub and
And as for stirring up instruction In India it.
those peoples. The only chance q in.
the disgust which would inevitably seize
The Mussalman ppo,pq9la1iio i, . Of Western and
allow Russia to complete her projected subver-
sion of Islamism in Europa and Western
Asia. So far from affording Russia opportu-
nifty to stir up instruction in that quarter
against British authority, q declaration of war
BY England against Russia would mako
THE MUssULMANs OF INDIA.
who are the ruling race in Hindostan. the N ost
war against Russia. under present circum-
stances. the Premier, of Great Britain would
well nigh take the place formerly occupied by
the SULTAN as the head OF the faith of Islam, in
the eyes of the Mohammedan peoples of India"
Suppose England goes to war in this man
ner for what, mig be lied an idea Of Disraei.
Gladstone continually embarrass the govern
ment and distract Parliament at homer"
,sulking and growing on the part OF a minority
as there always l.! when England is at war. But
# Charles James Fox in me 2lendld zenith Of
the younger Pitts administration when Eng
land had the might of France and the genius of
Bonaparte pitted ag ainst her. it is idle to fear
that Gladstone in his do.age could distract the
administration of D sranli, backed rs it is by
eli the young blood and the fighting spirit Of
Great Britain. from the House of Lords to the
sheep walks Of Suth erlandshi1ep'
What do you think will be
THE RESULT OF THE sTRUGGLE?"
Financial bankruptcy and military humili'-
fion to RuSSia, with renewal OF the preStige
which England enjoyed before
GLADSTONE
and his fellow dreamers and tiochiaares fritz
tered it away in 1864. IS and TOLL. by stand
ing idly by while Bismarck upset the bal
ance of power and made a new map. That
man tmeaning G,adstonel has been the evil
genius OF ENGLAND. ne has reduced her to g
has suffered her to be shorn of a prestige which
1t win cost her many thousand lives and many
million pounds t regain. But she will regain
her prestige and reasser her influence AS OF old.