The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-19
ENGLAND, THE INcENDIARY.

pan ana Cnlna Into war lo purlHer
 Her Aims and Now Would Embroil
 the Continental Powers That She
 Might Grab Land While They Would
 Fight-Her Appeals in Humanity's
 Name Not Regarded by Him as
 Worth Mentioning-No Anglo-Rus-
 sian Understanding Possible He
 Thinks.
 made occasionally a speech in which he reviewed the whole course of recent di- plomatic events. These were called his clearlng-up speeches. In all his long official career he made but five or six of them, and each one marked an epoch in the history of Germany's relations to some great power. However he may have turned or twisted in the diploma tic emergencies of other times, Bis marck almost invariably gave to the world undeniable facts when he eX- plained on such occasions to the Reich stag just why he had been moved to follow this or that course in interna- tional affairs.
 Acting apparently in the same spirit, he has recently given to the world, through the columns of the Hamburger | Nachrichten, a remarkable statement | regarding the present Anglo Russian conflict and the menace it contains for the peace of the world. For a person n int roly's tUI nf | speech the article in question reads as | if dictated by him, word by word, and not as if merely inspired in the usual manner of Bismarck with his official organ The views given by Bismarck are noteworthy not only because they come from a man of forty years expe- rience in international politics, but also | because they represent accurately the opinions expressed semi-officially now adays in almost every capital of the | Continental powers. The article fol- | lows:
 l ''All that is happening in the Orient and in east Asia is only the prelude to | the decisive struggle which Russia | some day will force upon England | While the northern colossus, which al- ready has pushed forward it's foreposts 1 to the very doors of India, is ever in- I tent upon developing and guarding it's military roads to the frontier, and upon | freeing Its Black Sea and Pacific fleets 1 from the restraints now laid upon | them, England prepares to defend her. l self. She prepares to defend herself by l seeking, in nervous haste, to gain pos- session of those positions from which she can threaten Russias advance by l land, and can prevent Russia's fleet l from getting to sea. Therefore, Eng | land has fixed her eye on Arabia and l Syria and Armenia From these lands 1 she could make flank movement on 1 Russia's line of operations against h. | dia Therefore, also, has she looked re- | gently to Crete, where she could estab- l fish 0 naval station from which she 1 could operate to check the Russian Black Sea fleet. In east Asia she seeks to obtain the island of Quelport (off the southern extremity of Corea). This is 1 land would give her the same position 1 to Vladivostok that Crete would give her as to the Black Sea. These Eng fish plans suffice to explain the incendi- ary policy which England pursues un- remttingly.
 "Englands object in making trouble In the Orient is not only to gain posses sion of the military and naval bases referred to, but also to keep Russia so ] busy that the English Cabinet will
 have free hand in east Asia, and thus 1 be able to restore English prestige and
 influence in that part of the world. Tn
 east Asia this task would be very diff ficult, however as recently Russa's in-
 f1uence there has grown extraordinari- 1 ly. Enormous interests are at stake l for both in east Asia. Years ago 1t was
 predicted that east Asia was about to play more conspicuous part than ever before in the world of international poll
 itics. We think that the beginning of
 this new condition is apparent In Eng I lands effort to further her east Asiatic
 interests by spurring on the powers of
 the European continent to a general
 war It was apparent also in her poli- cy of setting Japan and China upon | each other, although in this case she
 has failed to secure the expected bene-
 fits.
 Tn their struggle for the predomina- ting position in east Asia, Russia and
 England seek first and foremost to con- trol the peninsula of Corea which,
 owing to it's geographical situation be-
 tween China, Japan and Russia, is ex-
 ceedlngly important The trans-Sibe-
 rian railway will enable Russia to act
 in Corea with much more decision and force. The construction of this railway was a matter of life and death, as far
 as Russia's maintenance of her incom- parable naval station at Vladivostok
 was concerned. Without such railway
 connection with Europe there could be no lasting guarantee of the safety of that station, which has cost endless la
 Dor and uncounted millions and is of the greatest importance for the far
 reaching plans of Russia in the Pacific. Vladivostok is a thorn in England s
 side, for she knows that, in case of war, Russia could operate from that port to
 destroy the English trade with east
 Asia, India and Australia, and could
 compel her to weaken her European
 fleets to re-enforce her east Asiatic squadron. The trans-Siberian railway
 will increase enormously the value of
 port troops and materials in a tenth
 the time it now takes by sea.
 However, Russia is not content with
 the possession of Vladivostok which
 while 8 valuable naval station, is not
 always free of ice. She wishes to gain
 another strong position, namely the is-
 land of Gensong (Port Lazareff) which
 lies five degrees further south off the