Evening journal., 1897-12-22
TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Great Britain has for many years
been engaged in a systematic territor-
ial land-grab game. Many thousands
Of miles of the most desirable land in
Asia, Africa, America and Oceanica
have been brought actually within her
empire or else within what is just as
potent, her sphere of influence. "
Wherever the acquisition of territory
will foster British interests without
leading to serious entanglements with
other powers, the British flag is run to
the masthead and the work of develop
ing the country for the British benefit
begins. Vast colonial possessions,
which have proved the ruination of
other ambitious nations, have been the
making Of the tight little island" ="
They have brought her both wealth
and power and made her mistress Of
the seas not only in point of naval
power, but also in point Of the
strength Of her merchant marine. Ter
ritorial expansion has been her hobby.
her colonies pay expenses and, at the
same time, remain eontented beneath
the British flag. The disastrous result
of the tyranny she exercised toward
this country something over a century
ago, taught her a lesson which has
served to lead her to adopt more lib
eral policy towards her other colonies.
Hence she has been able to retain their
allegiance
While Great Britain is great land
grabber, she is jealous OF any other
power which sets itself up as a COM
petltor for desirable spots on the
earth's surface. This has led the Brit
ish press, backed by British public SEN
timent, to rail against Emperor Will
liam OF Germany and Gar Nicholas OF
Russia, for the occupation of ports on
the Chinese coast. There is already
talk of the great powers of Europe
partitioning China among themselves.
When that time comes the world win
find Great Britain in the front rank
of the partitioners, and if the great
powers of the old world are not very
circumspect they will find that the
treaty OF peace will give to her the
lions share of what benefits may de
rive from the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
Chinese empire.
She has the happy faculty of main
tanning her" splendid isolation until the
other nations have exhausted them
selves in fighting each other Then,
fresh, rich and powerful in resource,
she steps in and makes her demands,
which are usually granted because
there is no help for 1t, so judiciously
does she select her time for making
them.
Her colonies sooner or later absorb
the adjoining colonies of other nations
which are not such masterhands in the
art of colonizing, and Germany and
Russia may simply be preparing Chi
nese territory for ultimate British oc-
cupation. France ana Italy, Spain and
Holland. Germany and Belgium have
all at various times contributed colon
les to Great Britain. Her purposes in
Africa at the present time are to alb
sorb everything which other European
nations have made ready for absorp-
tiOn, and sooner or later she will do il.
She drove France out of Canada and
Egypt Several of her most valued pos
sessions of to-day once belonged 20
Spain, and Gibraltar is in Spain it.
self.
The Dutch felt her power in this
country and in the East Indies. Bel
GUMS interests in the Congo district
will sooner or later pass into British
keeping with or without Belgium's con-
sent. The Transvaal. which is under
tho nominal protection of Germany
has been determined upon as valu-
able prize and sooner or later war or dl.
plomacy will throw it more fully into
the British grasp. Russia has felt tn,
power of her purposes in Turkey anC
Afghanistan ard Beloochistan. Ital,
will one day be glad TO entrust to Brit.
ish soldiers the completion of the worl
of African colonization by it so disas
llOuSlN DtSun.
In short history proves that of al
the great European powers Great Bri
tain is the only one which does pofit
able and permanent colonial work
Wherever she plants her 1al
she builds a church and
school-house and, instead of losing he
identity, she gradually forces the con
quered people to learn the Englisl
language, and the English ways of liy
ing and doing business. 1t is worl
necessarily slow, but none the les
thorough and lasting.
over in Maryland everybody seem
to be endeavoring TO throw Mud.
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