The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-11

| fslands, AZ proclaimed and carried out by Nj
dladstons himssii som, some twenty yesrs ago =. >,
eye on all the information they can get fret
as to the real value for lighting PURPOSES OF thu
alive strength in torpedo boats Of France mn,
hussia on the one hand and Of Great Britain
| At another time 1 may have further interest
Ing matter to suggest In regard TO both oi these
points. Spst nov content myi ,e Eth re-
and with calling your attention TO The i'm portan
| circum stance, Officially admitted IN England
OF Great Britain. great as they are arc
| only adequate TO the compietion within
The f yIa and second class The Existing in.
! ioriority In such ships OF Great Britain t.
| France aud hussla cannot, Therefore. be done
| away with within a tweiNemonth or within
| two years. unless the Governments OF llussa
and OF France knock OF work altogether in
ing construction for the public account by
| private builders You can luGge as wei Is
10 W dc this rs for the no benefit Of or d"a.
in thi; direction. the Russian Govetnment,
combining its shiphuildlng orders to kussil
alone, has Just suspended that policy. and Is
perhaps even in England j Tor the construction
OF new fighting machines Possibly our Amerl-
can shinUuilJers also may be called upon to
accelerate the preparations Of the Gar for
sary. the whole British navy out Of the water.
eral. this desperate race Of three OF the great
nations In the. world to secure universal peace
by preparing for the most destructive war tho
world has yet seen!
Clearly the sultan. the famous " Sick Man Of
Europe, will be wise 10 his day and genera;
OF such n conflict by helping husband france
to present united front and getting himself
OF their squadrons and their battnlions. What
does Il profit him or Turkey that BulEaGla
should In his name be administered as "A llet
nj Ina n ('pDnFQ n -
torlon;y ruling in the interests OF Austria
and intensely Objectionable to Russia What
does II profit him and Turkey that he
should nCuro as the nominal suzerain OF Egypt
while that country is openly controlled and
ruled by Downing street. and its finances sad
died with the cost .: an English army estab-
lished there lin contempt OF international
promises made to all Europa to protect The
comm U nlcations between England and India
by way Of tho Sucz Canai2 1.-THE Sultan is TO
rlay second 1ddlc in his own orchestra TO
possibly help him against Russia In the hour
OF need, why should not he play second nddle
to Russia. 4 linssia. instead OF turning him
Venient and satisfactory to herself that he
should retain hia position for an indefinite time
II this arrangement with Russia Is satlsfnc-
tory to France. a. all the sign, concur now to
any any" protest against It We be expected Of
such u sort az 60 disturb either France.
or the sultan. or the CAR Not from Aus
able and ultimately dangerous to Austria.
such an arrangement could DO resisted eiiectu;,
support Of Italy aud Of ticrmany. Italy cer-
tainly neither can nor will support Aus
tria In any eifectual resistance to surh
whatever unKieties German statesmen may
feel "a to the consequences In the fnturo
and tho Danube. is in no position to-day to- risk
war with France Az RUSSIA. Tor ne Me- Iir,mt
sr p rse thcreore l. lett S cone
front IL iiusso-Turkish combination on tho
lines SO long and 80 silently con .idered be-
that power Is Great Britain. Fatal as such
com bination must he to her position in tho
IN ust Gs to oil her plans and dreams Of impe.
rial sway and extension is there anything
n ths actual condition and outIo9k Of
she will venture to encounter such com
tinntion in the Only way in which 1t can be
this In america as we'll as. or better than we
can in Europe. But think speak by the
card when SAY that S s o sya pSe
Great Britain has the courage. or the power II
she had the courage. to oppose this Hppar-
policy iis Of Franee and q Russia, Wien It is
Nth the s assent Gnd SSVepSG
dent OF the ottoman Porte.
moyements of the Russian fleet in the
European situation than any dispatches are
likely to yield for some time to come. An
Aveian on his own GagshIn.. escorted Iy his
squadron. will make an end Of AL the existing
traditions OF European diplomacy touching
the Bosphorus. DO you suppose that England
will fire a shot either, to prevent or to resent
such visit2 We shall see 4 PERSONA visit
mis- squadron will mark a new departure
in the relations between Turkey ami
.ns ta Ba therefore Eas a. Set tTs HFSs
to day are that this new departure will he ae-
centuated in a still more emphatic and deci-
Meanwhile 1t is amusing and almost pa
thetir to watch the efforts which the London
sTes and ths9 Hsn si %S that eT the
entente between Russia and Franc. Is unnat-
ural and cannot last, and the next day that tho
hands OF President Carnot and his Premier
dent Dupuy and his Premier CarnotJ against
the Socialists and the Radicals. in the
French tha %rG th, STS sEms
France undoubtedly was OF evil
omen Tor the French Socialists. because 1t pos
ny Carnot and by Dupuy against the threaten
ing revival OF the Socialist and revolutionary
emphaslze tho wider aud more Important In
Significance OF these RUSSIAN dem
orstrations in France 1t would be found in the
efforts OF the British press TO magnify and en-
courage the Socialist opposition in the
new French Cham bers against tho actual
ingly indiscreet and mischieyOus encourage
ment given by the English Homo Rec
Rotary Asquith. to the Anarchist Commun-
lists OF London assembling in Trafalgar
square TO eStol and celebrate tho authors
OF the dynamite Outrages in Spain. as glorious
successors OF the Anarchist " martyrs" OF Chi
cago, may have been intended merely to help
the Socialists In the French Chamber against
the Dupuy Government and the russian alli-
Ance. However this may be. such a perform
Ance, on the part even OF q second-rate member
Of Mr.. GlAdstons's Government coming or at
the very moment when spain was inviting all
the European nations to take concerted action
against the Anarchists Of all countries, is
hardly OF a nature to enlist tho sympathies OF
any Continental country on the side OF Great
Britain In Any attempt which she may make to
" protect" Turkey out OF the right to put her
self under the protection" OF Russia and
France AN AMERICAN TRAVELLER
ne suatehed Her Poskstbook In the strs.t.