The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

as the worlds schOolmasters to train de-
pendent races TO Civilizations kind OF
missionary people to the uttermost parts
Of the earthr' So said President Schur-
man Of Cornell University. in the course
Of an address embracing the Monroe doc
trine and British land grabbing. delivered
recently. The self-constituted school
masters of the world have always de-
manded a heavy matriculation fee. and
large payments for schooling. They have
taught, and are teaching. for a pecuniary
profit only. and are constantly reach
ing out for more scholars.
To drop the figure of speech. Great Brit
aims acquisition of territory has been
through a series Of deliberate grabs,
peaceful where convenient, and with force
whenever necessary. Where diplomacy
and diplomatic trickery were not success
ful. an arbitrary assumption of sovereign
rights. or an appeal to arms, or both. were
resortcd to. Great Britain's possessions
in Asia and Africa were acquired upon a
deliberate policy of aggression, subsidized
private corporations and compulsory an
nexation of native states. President
Schurman illustrated how rapidly English
dominion in Asia had grown by referring
to the career Of Lord Give. When Give
who was the founder of the British en-
pire in India. went out there as a clerk
for the East Indian Company, Great
Britain owned in India only a few acres
of ground. and that for commercial pur-
poses. At the'time Of Gives death. which
occurred when he was 40 years old, six
months before the battles of Lexington
and Concord the English foothold had be-
come secure. and at the present day the
English empire in India has become one
1.-THE vastness of whose dimensions it is
impossible for our imaginations to pic
ture." In this vast territory there arc
300 100000 Indian subjects of the queen,
making Victoria the greatest Mohamme-
dan sovereign in the world.
In Africa, by following the same policy
as in Asia, with subsidized companies and
open hostilties, England has spread her
domain until Africa is pretty much all
English. President schurman illustrates
the situation forcibly. thus: "The CONT
nenr extends from the thirty-ffth parallel
above the equator to the thirty-fifth par
allel below the equator; and, with the
exception of two belts, together aggregat-
ing less than twenty degrees. British con-
troll or dominion has made its way, and
in some places a very broad way, through
out the entire expanse."
When Great Britain has, in the process
of her "civilizing," brought certain pay
ing territory under subsection, she takes
care to seize and hold the road to it,
Alden, Malta and Gibraltar are witnesses
to this fact. 1.-THE increased Importance
of the Red sea route to India gave Alden
great value as a station to hold" says an
English encyclopedia. Luckily an Eng
fish vessel was wrecked there and it was
alleged that the natives treated the sail
ors roughly. A quarrel was made up, on
that ground, and after a short and sharp
fight, Alden was forcibly occupied, in 1874.
Gibraltar was appropriated" by the Brit
ish in manner that even her own his
torians condemn. after the Dutch had
helped them capture it. Gibraltar was
needed by the British in their business,
and no copartnership in its ownership was
wanted. From it's central position in the
| Mediterranean sea, Malta was deemed a
! desirable position to hold. so it was for
chilly occupied in 1914 by the British. 1t is
deemed one of the most important of the
British dependencies. Disraeli called it
1.-The little military dollhouse" 1t is the
headquarters of the Mediterranean fleet,
and the stock of coal kept there by the
government is enormous in size.
Mauritius was forcibly occupied in 1910,
! Trinidad in 1897. Jamaica in 1865, the AS
cension Islands in 1916: Ceylon, British
Burmah, Borneo, Hong Kong, Berbice, ST.
Helena and host of other possessions
were acquired by conquest. yet, 1 must
say" said President Schurman, that
wherever Great Britain has gone she has
taken with her security to life and prop
erty and. in the MAN, just and righteous
rule: but the fact remains that she has
this dangerous habit of annexing territory
in all continents"