Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-06
THE MIGHTY TO BE LAID Low.
Downfall Of England Foreseen by A. r.
Gilbert, Of Salem.

Gilbert, Of Salem.
a Salem banker, Of the firm Of Gil
bert Bros, writes rs follows TO tn,
Portland Oregonlan:
The question Is being asked by
nearly every one, "Will there be a
j war with England?" My answer is
that there will be; IL must come,
sooner or later, and / fully believe
> that IL will come soon; in fact, the
gauntlet has been thrown down and
accepted already. America says plainly
"You must;' England says she won't,
and there the matter rests, awaiting
only a favorable time for one or the
other to back down.
/ am fully convinced that England,
like Rome, has reached the height of
her glory, and her star, like Napol-
cons, is beginning 10 set. Gnd she
must fall as other rItiDns have done
/ believe that her stfengli Iaakes her
weak. History only repeats itself.
When nation reaches 4 certain point
! or lligh-watcr mark there must come |
= react Un and The law Is laid down.
'ThuS far silalt thou 90, and no far.
lier," and then comes the fall, and
great viii he the fall England will
take. She will be brought low in the
dust, and her strength will be the
means of her downfall, and the map
Of the world will see the greatest
change II has ever known.
The signs all point to great dis
senslon in the English government.
As soon as the queen dies, IL will
break out in all its fury. As
long as she lives, the throne will be
respected; but, should she die, and ,
her death can be looked for at almost
any time, will the mass OF the English
people permit corrupt and arlsto.
cratic government TO rule any longer?
She Is burdened with a train Of paid
subjects that are draining the country q
and taxing the people, who are already 7
crying out, "How long, Oh, Lord, how
long shall these things beP" y
believe that, should we haye war
with England, she would have the
worst war at home. She has now q
more Of this world than she can take
ARE OF. The different countries that IlI
IN under the English yoke are only
'iding the time when they, in their
weakness can show that they are 7
'trong' ] do not believe that, In case "
u the queens death, the Prince Of
wales would ever be allowed to 20 CT
lpon the throne. There would be such
strong protest go up from the peo- u
pie that 1t would throw the whole a. -
government into bitter war at
home. and then Canada, Ireland, India W
Ind other countries would show their fC
Independence and the yoke would be
lifted and their freedom declared. HI
cannot believe, taking the history sc
II the past, from the time OF Moses 6,
lntll now that any nation would be v
'ermitted TO rule or control the W
'orld' Nations in the past have tried
u ana have tried 1t, and have paid "
he penalty and as sure as the sun al
'Ses and SETS England will go the
'ay the rest have gone. W
he
Neither will corrupt nation he an
ermitted TO stand; at least, history
'ys So The boasted strength ofa W
alton has nothing to do with IL; IL da
the right that will prevail in these 20 20
eat questions. We have only TO
'Ke as an example the Royolutlon vo
I'd We will see that, so far as power fu
ID s'renthwere concerned, they were co
'ainst US, but right prevailed and a ca
eak nation was made strong. Every sn sl
title that was fought in Bible his ~
ry tells the same story, No matter Of
w strong the enemy or the nation ga
as II right was on the weaker side ms
won' Gideon, with only 800 men. th'
n'ed and defeated the great Phili- VII s"'
me army with its thousands OF wa
aimed men-utterly routed and de. mt
ated them Goliath comes next du
aS'lns of his great strength, backed |
mighty army Of the best trained NH
a equipped men of the day, Come a., ~,
j" said Goliath, 'send n man 4, e'