The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-28
B. H A B E r.
LONDON PRESS OPINIONS.

London, March 81 The following
extracts from the editorial columns
of the British press indicates the spir-
it and temper of the English people;
THE STANDARD
says the calling out of the reserves is
not such a serious matter to the iu-
dustry of the country as the mobiliz-
ing OF the continental army, since the
entire reserve force and militia COM
prise only 100000 men, and this NUM-
Der can easily be spared from the ag-
gregatc population, and will not serl-
ously interfere with trade or agricul-
turc. All the preparations now being
made indicate that the cabinet coun-
ell consider II more probable that war
will be declared than that peaceable
settlement of tho difficulty will be
reached. The nation is in humor to
settle this business at once and for all.
The general impression is that Eng
land is better prepared for war now
than she has been for years past. She
can continue the war in the Soudan
and also send 10000 men to
India, which was never be-
fore SO tranquil. The Soudan campaign
proves that the troops are still what
they were in the old days. Trade
has been treated to such regime of
safe denial that there is little to lose
through war and never was there
such time In the present generation
when the nation would so calmly ac-
cept as necessity that which she
would never accept as her choice.
THE TIMES
this morning says: "Disreali called
out the reserves in rs and Earl Derby
retired from the ministry. Earl
Derby's opinion therefore and his ex-
pcricnce were unequal. Risks of rHp-
turc with Russia are now greater
than they were then, as the czar's
forces are almost at the gate of Con-
stantinoplc, even IL the cabinet were
disposed to preserve peace by conces-
sion after concession. II is now clear
that such policy is as unsafe as it
would be hishonorable and that yield
ing would ALLEVIATE the Afghans
and degrade us in the eyes of the peo-
Pile in the east without averting
war, which can only be postponed
at most for three years, and delay
would only benefit Russia to the det-
riment of England.
Whatever frontier shall be traced
we must protect the Afghans. II will
be always in the power of Russia to
provoke quarrel unless we convince
her IL will not be 10 her advantage
to do so. Compromise in the present
state of affairs would bo represented
90 "a Rusoian victory nnd wnuld pro
duce opposite convictions in Russian
and Afghan minds.
We are pursuaded that If Russia,
reckoning upon want of spirit and
inadequate sesourses in England, is
preparing herself for war and IL will
be in order 20 test the strength of the
cohesion of her vast empire, which
will bring the dreams of her ambi-
tious statesmen and soldiers to n cruel
ending.
THE GLOBE
also declares that Earl Granville, ON
the 10th inst, proposed TO Russia that
both Russians and Afghans should
withdraw from that portion of the
territory Mt present subject to dispute
and remain outside of il during the
continuance of the negotiations then
in progress, and that to this proposal
Russia sent no reply until last
Wednesday when she refused to ac-
cedc to EDgland's proposition on the
ground that withdrawal of her
troops would be a source of humilia-
ton to Russia. After this answer
WIS received the cabinet decided to
employ the reserves and the militia
: and send the ultimatum already re-
ferred 10.