The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02
ENGLAND EXPOSED.

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ENGLAND EXPOSED.
The worst that has been said of the
selfishness Of the English people, or at
least Of their official representatives,
their Indifference to the sufferings or
the rights of others. their -omnivorous
greed, and the readiness with which
they sacrifice the principles that they
profess to hateful foreign policies, is
borne out by the attituoe of the pres
ent government of Great Britain to-
ward Greece and toward the Trans
yaal. 1t may be too much to draw an
Indictment against a whole nation. 1t
may be, and we hope it is. true that
the Salisbury ministry is not true to
England's best impulses. and that
majority Of her men and women would
today. If they could control their gov
erning machinery, cut adrift from the
policy of infamy that directs the at
fairs of Europe, and lift once more the
honor of the English name as high as
it stood in the days when the glorious
little island stood out against the
schemes of France and Spain. But
we must take facts as we find them.
The fact is that England. as repre-
scented by her cabinet, is a partner in
the agreement which leaves to- the
Christians Of Southeastern Europe only
the choice between dying gloriously
and hope1essly with arms in their
hands. and walking submissively to
slaughter and outrage at the hands OF
the loathsome Turk. The fact is that
England will not raise a hand to help
the Greek revolt against the oppressor,
or the helpless victims of Armenia.
Nay, more, the bewildering and incred-
ible fact is that the guns Of English
Warships have been directed against
Christian forces, and that the military
and naval prestige of England is today
the strongest bulwark of the tottering
power of the unspeakable Turk.
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by difficulties at home or in her col
onies that she could claim inability to
act abroad, this might be a partial ex
cuse. She condemns herself when, at
the very moment that she lifts no
finger to aid the Greeks in their heroic
struggle, her ministry proposes
grant of 100000 in aid of an as
sault upon the liberty of the Transvaal
republic in South Africa. This is the
final outcome of the bold robberies Of
Cecil Rhodes. He has bluffed the
whole English government. He knew
his ground. In the gigantic buccaneer-
ing project which he has carried for
ward in South Africa, with only. a 1.-THE
of the ability, but million times the
effrontery Of Warren Hastings, he has
had behind him the knowledge that he
could claim and demand support from
home Rhodes is no mere adventurer.
He did not dare to plan alone
against the Beers. He did not
dare to contemplate the gigan-
tic scheme Of subverting liberty
in South Africa to the English
arms without acting in concert with
men of all ranks in his own country.
Preparations are now being made to
embark the English government itself,
and to tie UP the honor Of Great Britain
with the absorption Of the Transvaal
republic and the extension Of British
domain over every inch Of South Afri
can territory that can be stolen with
out coming to the actual test Of arms
with Germany or some other European
power
It was an impressive and an exciting
scene when Sir William Vernon Har-
court publicly protested in parliament
against. this tarnish on the British
name. and when Mr. Chamberlain was
compelled to avow the substantial COM
plicity Of the ministry in the South.
African enterprises. whose piratical
character has been so poorly conceal
ed. Thus, in two continents all that
England has claimed to represent for
civilization. for progress and for hui.
man liberty stands exposed to the
binding glare of truth that 'cnvers'