Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-10
THE BEHRiNo SEA.


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The Invasion OF Canada Considered.
LONDON. July THAT important in
structiOns have been sent to the British
naval squadron in the Pacific is a mat
ter of well-authenticated report, but the
instructions can not definitely be ascer-
tanned 1t is understood that the flag
ship Warspite has been ordered to the
Pacific coast of British America, and
that formidable array of mon of war
is to gathered there to defend vessels
sailing under the English flag against
American attack.
How far the English may be prepared
to go is not stated. but American cruisers
conveying prizes to San Francisco viii
be very likely to encounter English
ships of war on the voyage. and probably
be asked for explanations
1t is stated that the American naval
force on the Pacific is insignificant COM
pared with the British squadron, and
that the English will have no difficulty
in asserting England's rights, as they
are called in those waters. A hostile
encounter between British and Amer
lean ships would not of necessity in
volve war, but would certainly tend TO
provoke it.
In this connection Lieutenant-General
Henry Brackenbury, of the British
army, director of military intelligence
and brother of the late eminent Major
General Brackenbury, is quoted as COM
menting on the recent assertion of GER
tain American Senators that Canada
will fall ready prey in the event of
war between the United States and
Great Britain. ut took the Northern
States, General Brackenbu bury says, '.four
years to conquer the Stat ties of the South
and that with every advantage in the
way of climate and knowledge of the
country invaded. as we'll as the great
and unusual advantage of the presence
of several millions of a slave population
in sympathy with the invaders and
from whom many valuable recruit Is were
obtained for the Northern army. The
United States would find the invasion
and conquest of Canada even a more
formidable task. Winter campaigning,
which was far from difficult in the warm
climate of the Confederacy, would be
impossible there and an army caught in
the winter SHOWS would either be
hemmed in. with imminent risk of de-
struction by an energetic and tireless
enemy, or would have to retreat under
circumstances, not dissimilar, as to the
retreat amid the SHOWS and piercing
gales of Russian winter. Besides,
the ports of Canada would not be block
AIDED. as were the ports of the South
during the war, and the supply of men
and material would be abundant. The
Americans of British and Irish stock are
undoubtedly, with proper discipline,
soldiers equal to any in the world, but
it is to be remembered that of emf
grants from the continent of Europe
very large proportion are fugitives from
military service"
The General added that war between
Great Britain and the United States was
a calamity not to be contemplated with
out the most serious provOcation; but that
in the event of such a war an invasion
of Canada would not be a holiday cam
paign.
The aggressive action in regard to
Behring sea is somewhat complicated in
popular opinion here with the rising in
dignation on the subject of the Amer
lean tariff. Thousands of skilled
English workingmen will be thrown out
of employment should the tariff be
adopted, in Sheffield alone from 1000 to
$500 persons being employed solely
upon American work. The manufacture
ers in certain lines regard the tariff as
prohibitory and are casting about for
some method of relief. The action
takes the form of petitions to Parlia-
ment and personal appeals to members
of that body.
ANGLO-SAxON ZOLLvEREIN.
A New Zealander Talks on Wool and a
Pan-British Confederation.
WASHINGTON, July Hon. Robert
Oliver. of Dunedin. life member of the
New Zealand Legislative Council, who
has been visiting Washington for several
days. in an interview respecting the
United States trade relations said: ''Of
course we in the colonies are much in
terested in American matters. We are
extremely anxious to have better trade
relations I, myself, am a sheep
in the wool question. My sheep
are cross of Leicester and Lincoln
shire sheep. with an original strain Of
merino. / ship 1000 frozen carcasses of
mutton to England every year. It
strikes US as absurd that the bulk of OPP
position in America to our wool comes
from men owning less than thirty sheep,
when the greatest possible increase in
price of their fleeces by the tariff. al
lowing that there is any increase at all,
will not half pay the increased cost of
the WOODEN goods they are obliged to
purchase. The difficulty is that they
are raising sheep for wool on high
priced lands and arc not paying
enough attention to mutton. 1 read
Mr.. Blaine's letter to the Senate
in regard to Pan-American reciprocity
and regret that he could not see his way
clear to favoring an extension of recip-
rocal relations to the English speaking
colonies of Australia and to Canada, all
of which are closer in blood, in customs,
in spirit and friendship to the United
States than the Spanish-American ma
tions can possibly be. We would
eagerly welcome reciprocal trade rela-
tons with America. Sir George Gray,
ex-Premier of New Zealand and one of
our foremost statesmen, is not alone in
hoping for great Anglo-Saxon zollver-
Elm and confederation in the future
Clippings.