The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-19

"a ENGLAND DooMEDs

Great changes are taking place In the
centers OF Industry in the world. and II
viii not be surprising IL the star OF en-
psre' should be found 10 be pursuing its
Westward way far beyond the points In
contemplation when that famous smile
was first expressed. Roscoe consilng
used TO say that progressive commerce
advanced on isosisrmai lines. and his
theory will be realized II Japan should
prove 10 be the next field OF Industrial
development.
The terms OF the proposed treaty with
China seem TO indicate that Japan Is far
sighted. and discerns infinitely greater
advantage I'm the development OF her COM
merce than Ia the acquisition OF terri
tory. The opening up OF business 'rela-
tons with China means that Japan VIII
enter into successful competition with
some OF the European nations In the man
ufactnre OF many articles. By buying
her cotton In India. raised with coolie
labor. and manufacturing IL with low
priced artisans and mic hands. she will
take a large and lucrative trade from
England. The british government already
sees the menace 10 her supremacy. and
comments In the Esniish papers are d.
rected TO tina, feature of the treaty.
In no country In the world is the condi-
ton more apparent than In England OF
the rich becoming richer and the poor
poorer. The revolt against mono-metal-
Ism IN only one Of the Indications OF
discomfort. The number OF unemployed
I'm the larger cities Is appalling. and the
wages OF unskiiied labor are decreasing.
As an empire. Great Britain was formia-
able. but with the growing Independence
and alienation or her colonies. she is re-
treating 10 a position In which her main
reliance Is her possession of gold. For
years she has drained the economies. In
turn. she has. II II true. expended vast
sums upon public works. bat they are
represented by Indebtedness which II now
maturing, and repayment Of the principal
Is being added 90 tho burden OF interest
taxation. Engiand's productiveness Is fall
ing OF ms compared with her increasing
population, and In a few years. unless
conditions change. she VIII be a nation Of
creditors. and not OF producers In that
event she must become an enormous buy
or. and her gold viii gradually leave her
for countries whence she must bay. 81
IBERIA has been thrown open by means OF
a great railroad. and new fields Of cheap
wheat will be cultivated. Argentine Ia
already producing wheat. and will soon
be a heavy cotton producer. Japan Is des-
tined 10 become q manufacturing country
and will wrest from England the market
OF the Orient. American enterprise and
ingenuity win seize new opportunities.
and have on this continent alone sufficient
field for their operation.
II viii he no new thsng In history for a
great nation 10 decline. and With her
colonial dependencies falling OF. as each
succeeding generation rcmaves them fur
Their from insntar heredity. ties and inter-
ssts. she will shrink hack into the position
OF n small island.
should the oppression % the creditor
become too irksome, a great wave rntght
sweep from her the accumulated indsht-
edness she has heaped on colonies ard
weak nations IN pitiless exaction. Thts
would be a misfortune for The world for
a time perhaps. a. g would shake all
commerce 10 its foundations. hut the
means by which England has wrung the
stlpuiationH IA the hond from countries
like Argentine. ard which resulted n tire
failure 81 narins Brothers. deprive her 90
the sympathy which exact Justice usually
acccrtis 20 the OBLIGATIONS 81 a coatra~t.
IL IL admitted that this catastrophe Is
not likely 20 extend to private debts. bat
the colonies may claim that the iacuey
expended On them was their oWn. and
that the debt - enc not - the empire
but 20 the colonial government
The Interests involved are eacrs auS
ana the TRANSITION mus, be slow. hat it
seems 90 - taking nlsce. Whether q Is
only tidal wave which will recete ard
leave England again higa ana dry. pow
srfui and arrogant or whether e Ia tha
inexerahie law whsch seems - hAve gov
eFnei since earliest history. which
wrought oft its desisa In rxypt. Rome
and Spain. Is yet only conjecture. l>at
tho situation Is fur % interest. ana nct
least 20 the United states
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