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moment" Only yesterday England
was pressing upon the sultan Of Tur-
key immediate solution OF the Armen-
tan question, and. to give emphasis to
her position. demanding that additional
guardships be allowed to pass the OAR
daneiies for better Command Of Con-
stantlnople in the event OF trouble.
Then camc President Clevcland's
message on the Venezuelan question.
Armenia was brushed aside and Eng
land began to tell us how easy Il would
be 70 ny waste our coast cities II we
concluded to PROD John Bull any fur
ther with on, rrre,evant Monroe doc
trine.
Some ignorant and thoushtless cx-
pressions from the French and German
press. and the silence OF Russia, en-
Outraged England to infer that In tho
event OF war between that country and
the United States she would have at
I, least the sympathy OF France and Ger
many along with the impotent good
viii of Spain, while we would be left to
our own resources. England did not
hesitate to remind us Of the crippled
condition of our finances and the super
iority of her navy over ours.
The ill-timed movement OF n British
trading company IN South Africa has
once more and with startling sudden
ness changed the current OF English
thought and brought the government.
the press and the people OF England
face to face with an extraordinary
peril. Jameson's movement against
the Dutch republic of the Transvaal de-
yeiopes the real position OF England in
the family OF nations. The search
light Of diplomacy finds in all the
world no friendly power to which in a
time OF need England can turn for an
ally.
For her there is nothing In the triple
alliance. Germany. bound to her by the
closest royal family ties; Germany.
which furnished her with her Hanover
ian line Of sovereisns; Germany, on one
of whose ducal thrones sits an English
prince.-Germany has covered her with
humiliation aud broken her heart The
loss OF a naval battle would have been
less woundIng to English pride than the
message of the German emperor TO the
president OF the Dutch republic con-
gratuiat!ng him and his people on tbeIr
sueecsstui resistance to British ag-
erosion. That mesessaS vas q portent
Of evil, and all England 90 understands
II. It was written with the sword and
10 backed by tho finest military ma
chine in Europe.
"stroug, proud and great" as she Is.
England realizes that she stands alone.
the Ishmael OF nations. So she stood
a century and a third ago. at the end OF
the sevcn-ycars' war. Through that
period Of blood and waste she had been
in alliance with Frederick the Great.
of Prussia, the resi- of Europe against
both OF them. She had furnished Fred
erlck with n large sum Of money to
maintain the best army In Europe.
This was the policy of William Pitt.
who sought to build UP England be-
You'd the hope of rivalry.
Pitts policy was changed by the next
ministry. England broke with Prus-
sla. Russia changed front and clasped
hands with Prussia. When WORKOUT
and Impoverished Europe signed the
peace OF Paris in 1868. England was
left without friend among all the
powers. Ten years later the Boston
tea party came of. Two years later
Lexington wns fought. The next year
the Independence Of the American col
onles was declared.
Only n few years before England had
wiped out France In india and In the
new world. Plnssey and Wandewash.
L6dlshurg and quebec were atill mem
ories to MI with pride the bosom OF
every Engiishmnn. The maritime
power OF England was supreme be-
yond dispute. but the colonies found
friends among Englnnd's pnemIes and
founded nation which to-day con-
fronts her with one Of the grnvcst prob
lens she Inns to face.
London has ceased to swnEgcr, There
is no more talk about the easy de-
structlon OF Caracas. our coast cit
les are not to be laid waste tomorrow.
or given the option OF staggering
tribute. The movement against the
peaceful but self.respcctIuR Beers lsIe-
GREETED and dIsnvowcd nsaIn in tones
that tell Of John Bulls keen npprecn-
ton o. his position. There Is no thought
OF sending hcctH to Venezuela. to tn"
United States. 10 South Africa. II Ia
lust possible that tho time npproachsq
lis nearer at hand and coming on fast
er than anybody could have believed
when tho boosted British navy may
have all It can do to defend the British
channel.
II war shall come. II win not be n
Bevcn.ycnrS' war Europe could not
now maintain 10 long n war fought
with the modern nnRlnecry Of dCStruc-
ton. But the end Of that struggle may
be OF n kind 10 encourage rome British
colonies to emulate the example OF l77G
and to help them to accomplish n Ike
result. Not one Of tho English colonies
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