The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-02
The Coantry Greatly Distressed by the Dull
ness of Trade, and Threatened by an Al
lance of Three Great Powers
The British Government Issues q Proc.
lamation Annexing Burmah.
Preparations for Serious Fighting in the Sou
dan-Bavaria's Crazy King and His
Creditors-Other News by Cable.
THE SITUATION IN ENGLAND

Full of Serious Diffculties-Trade Depression
aud Its Remedy.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The immediate future is full
of serious difficulties for England at home and
abroad Trade was hardly ever in a more de-
pressed condition. Poverty ''stalks gaunt and
wretched' throughout the land. Free trade is
blamed for this. The demand for revision of
tariffs in the direction of protection has arisen
in earnest The alliance of Germany, Russia
and Austria is once more menacing fact. You
have only to read that clever and well-informed
Berlin journal, the Kreuz Zeitung to under
stand this. Should Mr.. Gladstone come into
power, this alliance would assuredly be antag-
onistic to England. Even with Lord Salisbury
in Office the alliance may not be very cordial in
its relations with England. But it is well known
that Lord Salisbury and the Conservatives have
far more influence with Germany than the Liber
ais have. The Conservatives at least respected
by Russia, Germany, Austria and the rest of the
powers. To be respected in that connection is to
be feared, and to be feared is to be strong.
Emerson was in England during an anxious and
serious period Of her history, and hope / may
be permitted to quote, as possibly apropos of the
pTtSoub SItudblOu, Tie idSL WOTOS OI Ills LOucuIng
and eloquent farewell TO Manchester: "And so,
gentlemen, I feel in regard to this aged England,
with the possessions, honors and trophies, and
also with the infrmities. Of q thousand years
gathering around her, irretrievably committed
as she is to many old customs which cannot be
suddenly changed; pressed upon by the transi-
tions of trade, and new and all incalculable
NODES fabrics arts, machines and competing
populations, see her not disprited, not weak,
but well remembering that she has seen dark
days before. indeed with kind of instinct that
she sees little better in cloudy day, and that in
storm of battle and calamity she has q secret
her old age-not decrepit but young. and still
daring to believe in her power of endurance and
expansions. Seeing this, say, All hail! mother
of nations. mother Of heroes, with strength still
equal to the time; still wise to entertain and
swift to execute the policy which the mind and
heart ofs2ankind require in the present hour
So be it. knd il it be not so, If the courage Of
England goes with the chances of a commercial
crisis, will go back to the capes of Massachu-
setts, and my own Indian stream, and say to my
countrymen, the old race are gone, and the
elasticity and hope of mankind must henceforth
remain on the Allegheny ranges or nowhere" /
have especial information from private source
in St Petersburg that the three Emperors have
aspect of the Eastern question; and IL my CORE
spondent is to be relied upon land think he isl,
Germany is playing very astute game and one
which may, IN the long run, prove far less to the
advantage of England than is at present deemed
possible in high official quarters.