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a place among the leaders Constantinopie must
needs belong or be controlled by leader.
RUsSIAs STEADY GAINS.
Russia seems to-day the destined possessor. She
WAS once at its gates and only Englands INFER
poslton kept her out. Englands prestige in the
Orient has just now suffered severe loss by the
colapse of her Armenian policy. Russia has made
steady gains. The Slavic Balkan States are her
children hrst by moral claims for she freed them:
now by formal diplomatic recognition. They are
closing in steadily about Constantnople. Turkey
Russia has besides. natural geographic claim.
SO great "A power as that cannot be cooped up away
from the seaboard. The Bosporus is he" natural
exit She Is a great world power bostrding Europe
and Asia. France and CHINA, as wei az turkey
are her allies almost her provinces. She IS inn
mensely strong in her position with her back
against the ice Of the North ard no 30, enemy ITO to
menace her there but the Polar bears She Is strong
for diplomatic aggression because her whole power
can be- swung by single hand Safe Is her posi-
her time. and as occasion offers. TO push forwarl.
She is strong furthermore IN a certain sympathy
peoples of ASIA The peoples Of the Eas! always
prefer the n Kqss EG to In hey think h
harsh and selfish. They think him blunt chiefly
nnderstands the Oriental use of language Ian
guaec is used by. the Oriental for the purpose OF
n To no Of renorng upon objective verites IT, is
a mechanism for rc0Ortiug upon the Ireater sub
tecive verities. The Englshman is not liked.
though England is everywhere highly respected,
Constantinople has been for the last dozen years
systematically fortified against the English 10
the west not against Russia TO the east. A
Russian army can eater Constautnople at Will. |
know that when the question OF forcing the Darda
neEes with English n"ct was 0gitated last WIN
ter the English naval authorities estimated that
OIL the nineteen ships lying at Saoniki six must he
sacrificed TO do l.. The cards have been stacked
. IL looks to-day as IL the ultimate occupation OF
Cons;antinope by Russia were a toresone con-
What has England to say? The matter concerns
Ter 1t seemed for time that the discovery OF
an evasion Of the Eastern question and free her
from the necessity of worrying about the Aegean.
But the opening Of the Suez Canal ha. changed
things and. as II by jealous interpostion OF geo.
rrsphic fate. drawn the issue back the old
6ghting ground In the Eastern Mediterranean. Eng
land must II she IS 10 hold India and Australia,
control the Suez Canal and It's approaches.
ANGLO-sAXoN OR sLAV?
I'm severe contrast with Russia. England stands
I'm political isolation grand isolation, strong not
nv alliances but In and by her own intelligence.
rectltude ard Anglo-SaXon grill. Within the last
i've years England has made up her mind that
she must he strong enough. Il necessary. 10 face
All Europe single-handcd. Within that time her
navy has been doubled in strength. Within tho
next two years her army viii he. She ~ preparing
for an inevitable conflict. That conflict concerns
this question: Who Is to he the leader and cham
plon OF Occldcntalism In the twentieth century!
Shall II be the Anelo-Sayon or the Slav?
Has Russia the natural right 10 be the leader or
Occidentasm? Occidcntalism grounds itself III
the right Of the individual personality and the In