, 1888-11-07

over Europe, but which circumstances
now unforeseen might easily bring into
activity. OF course, there are plenty OF
people in the different countries of the
Continent who are in no sense hostile to
England, and who wish us no harm. A
very little. however, might make the jea-
Ious feeling the dominant one, and then
plenty of good moral reasons, besides the
reasons of policy, would be found for at
lacking England. England has already
been likened to Carthage, and our neigh
bOurS would take little time to discover
that we were a selfish and effete Power
purely materialiStic in our ideas, doing no
good, and only numbering those portions
of the earth which we were mOnOp0llSlng.
The nations once worked into such q
frame of mind, it would not take long to
raise the cry; Delondd est Carthage and
to set the diplomatiSt at work PARTITION
ing the British Empire. Suppose, again,
that we became involved i'll q war with
some one Power, and appeared to be get
ting the worst of it, would the rest of Eu-
rope be able to stand by and see that one
Power get all the spoil Would not they,
instead, Join in, and trying to make our
destruction sure, secure a fair distribution
Of our much coveted possessions Per-
haps we Shall be told that this is all ex-
aggeration, and that no such feeling exists
anywhere. Yet only this month the IRISH
W0rld published a leading article on
some words attributed to the present
Emperor William, which set forth how
he will some day cut off the Colonies
from the Mother. country, and leave Eng
land to bleed to death. OF course, the
young Emperor never used the words at
tributed to him. They were put into his
mouth, however, by some person who
knows how to sound the true note as to
the hostile feeling towards England that
exists on the Continental feeling which
finds, also, a very ready echo among the
five million IriShmen III America.
We have written thus with no desire to
play the part Of danger,mOngers or al
armists, for England, we are quite well
aware, is not at this moment in any speCi-
al danger. All we desire to do is to prevent
people living in a FOOLS paradise, and
thinking that as long as England does not
want to injure any one else, no one Will
ever wish to injure her. There Is the dan
ger. If the discovery OF what people very
unreasonably call NapOleOn's baseness,
wickedneSs, and pertidy has this result,
good to England will certainly have been
done by the publication of the Crown
1TllCcS DldIy. GuSllouhuCu muSO lOOh
facts in the face, must realise that, though
they nave no special enemies, they are the
most generally disliked race on the face of
the earth, and be on their guard according
~. The lesson they have to learn is
enforced in yet another passage Of the
Grown Princes Diary, and we shall quote
it, since it is in itself apology enough for
what we nave written &C find that there
were some evil purposes against England;
that is now past but who can tell whether
the prevailing prediction [among us] for
Russia and America may not yet one day
add fuel to FOUR hatred of England 7"
Fortunately, the danger of enmity between
England and America is at an end for
ever. The rest Of the passage is, how
ever, full of significance, and shows how
suddenly hostile intention towards this
country may spring up and threaten her
with dangers no less real because so com
pletely ignored by the majority of her
people.