The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-27

ireland, Gibraltar, Alden Another Strong
Fortress, Trinidad, Ceylon, Borneo, As
censIon Island, Bormah, Malta, Ja-
rnaica, MauritIus, Hong Kong. India and
All the Rest that have Succumbed Under
the Slash of EncIand's Sword and Her
Fierce Rapacity-How She Intends to
Get the Mouth of Orinoco in venezuela.
/ Washington; Dec. 25.-ThA extensive
territorial possessions of Great Britain.
| upon which t7le sun never sets, were -.rt
acquired without vast expenditures
and the sacrifice Of may lives, bat on
| the wt-ole the depreda lions Of the rob
Der nation have been profitable. Some
| Of hsr conquests have been effected ct
| small expense. Others have cost enor-
NOUS sacrifices. None have failed to
yield q harvest of gold. Brftain's
schemes fer the spcilation of mankind
have been Ia tc!4ei and have prosp=r.ad
| alike g times cf violence AID contsn-
| ton, when tssle whole world was in arms,
and in peaceful times, when only the
| r6obe- nation cas found excuse 10 I'M
| sheath the sword. Whether tapping the
| hf5o,o5 Of numbered Ireland or pillaging
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s- wiagd--g war Of determination upon
her own colonies o. terrorizing the pep
! pie &c orfentan countries, greed has
| bsen ting inspiring motive and spells the
| objsct Of 6, serbs of brutal exploits COW
erfrg the four centuries within which
( the d1milions of England have been ex-
| te-ded TO the remotaSt corners of the
planet IF Americans need any IN
cantive to faithful adherence TO their
announces d5terminaficn to exclude the
! rcbber nation from further 2ggrand<ze-
ment in the western hemisphere, Il is
found not only in the crimes of Great
Britain against America, but offenses
/ no lsss heiroUs against every country
| under the sun. Consider the lcrg list of
| conquered states and municipalities tf1at
flav5 been despc;ted and fcrcib'y added
| 10 TIE British empire-tEe almost in
Vulnerable crimes by which the rcbber
| 70 ton has succeeded in levying tribute
| upon the race.
GFbretser was deliberately stolen from
| Archduke Charles of Austria, an ally Of
E-gian5, in 1904. Char,es laid claim 70
the Spanish throne ana his pretensions
| were supported by England. The f1eetS
CT the allied powers besieged and cap
| tpred the great fortress. Possession
was taken in the -ame of the victorious
| Austrian, and lis colorS took the place
| of TIE Sponish flag. But G:braftAr was
| garrfsOned by English troops, and their
| commander YVES net unmjndful Of the
value of the proze. Without the least
| hesitation or comDUnction he removed
the coloFs of the Austrian, hoisted tne
| flag Of the Anglo-Saxcn pirate ard a
| larceny unparalleled in the aunuls CT
| the world was eccomplShej. At first
| the protests of the betrayed ally were
| met by equivocsl premises of restitu-
ton, but from that day until this the
English have had possession of the most
| Important fontificat lions Of Europe, with
only such title as the midnight house
| breaker might lay TO booty stolen from
a corpacsner fn the depreciation. No
| EngliShman has ever ATTEMPTED denda,
of This monstTous crime, but many
| have condemned It as disgracefu. to
English arms. Treason more cold
| blooded and deliberate was never prac
| tice5, and it seems unaccountable that
after such an exhibition of depravity,
E-gland should have had the ha.r dghood
b propose an alliance with any civilized
power on THE earth.
Adens an Arabian seaport, rendered
almost q,naproachalb.e by natural forti-
ficatio1S, important as a coai1g sta
ton and supply depot between Europe
and India, end Isiecord only to GibraNeT
/ in military Importance, was apprcpTia-
TED by the British in 1889. Indignities
suffered by some ShipWreck6j British
| seamen and "a demand for indemnify
pavad the way for it's occupation. Its
| chief value is as one of the strong
holds guaranteeing to England control
Of TIE Suez canal, and in this respect
| its unwarrantei capture and the pur-
pose it serves furnishes to the people
of This country valuable object les
son. The Nicaragua canal, when butt
| vii. revoleItioliZe the carrying trade of
| the civilized world. 1t K the evident
/ purpose of Greet Britain to sUrroaa
| the great waterway with fortified naval
] stations, tic the end that the old world
and not the neGv stall Control it. The
G5braIter of the South Atlantic ocean
! is Great Corn Island, off the coast CT
| Nicaragua. What The Suez carel is
70 the Old world, the Orinoco river with
| Sts seventeen manageable rivers Is TO thu
| rlaiw. Englagr now seeks to tear from
| its nightful owcers ownership Of this
| great river, which. with its tribut aries,
| pene5Tates ard ramifiss the most fer
tile regions of South America. The rob
| Der nation i.as recently seized Trinidad,
and should war be declared tomorrow.
would take possession of Great Corn
| Island within q fortnight. Fer half 2
/ century England has been siren gthen-
| ing her (ho.d upon the countries south of
| US, by the foutifica ticn Of every inch of
ground in her possession, intending llti-
g
! mastery of z. continent by the seizure Of
strategic points commanding al the
| great ARTERIES of communication. FIRST
/ in import arcs, because already f. ex-
| iStence, is the Orinoco, possession of
Whit: would GO far towards paving the
way for control Of tie Nicaraguzn CO.
nal. The conquest of Adsn, preceding
the construction of the SUez ca-al. was
| chiefly important on account of its rela-
ton to future developments II is in
the siaIne view of .he affairs OF South
! America t1aa: British Sggress;onS in
t1Gt part If the world assume momen-
| tous importance. involving. in fact, the
| future prosperity ard independence of
| ole Americas.
Ceylo-. tue riGrast and most pros
| peTo1s OF British co,onies. was invaded
by -f.e Portuguese during the last half
Of the seventeenth century, but on &C
count Of ,lla high handsj military rue
est2bl shed by the ccaquerers. he En-
! eira rsuiod of Portuguese occupation
| was characterized by turbulence and
b'coEshei. The Portuguese were driven
on: by ms Dutch. AMI ihersuDon the
! great island snteTed Upo- a career az
developments Sn6 prosperity which
/ s,-eucefcrah has shown lirtls abat=-
ment- The wonderful prosperity Of
I Ceyio- marked II as 2 prize for the
rohbs- nation. Ceylon was added 70
| the SPOTS accumulated by Great Bri-
! tain cary in Hll6s century. final conquest
OF Ire island beng accCmp -ished - 1915.
In 1871 Sir james Brooks, = subject e
| The British crown. obtained from she
SSiua- Of BzTneo rfTe title OF rzjzh. wit
! con -rOl Of ocre Of ehs richest provinces
/ &, C,.e country. Forthwith TIA district
/ s=czn,e 4 B--tisfS possession ans -he
I nc-ives found hens ives traGsfer-ei
/ by The SGT II ths recipient of Tne me-
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