The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-15

the additional title OF 'EmprsSs % In,
dia,l' England has 50 badly governed
india, that. to-day II ~ like an or
angc squeezed dry. lelvina only the
riud. filled With pt%ss!iesct. famine and
reheiilons.
In forcing opium on the unwilling
people of China In 1907 she became
the owner in fee OF Hong KONG, with
several treaty ports. and an indemnity.
OF 10000 900, Australia and canada,al-
though called colonies, are Virtually
free md arc empires. England main
lains ''frre trade at HON. IN India, Hong
Kong, and IN ali her colonies. opening
oil htr ports throughout the world to
the commerce OF every nation, on equal,
conditions With her own. therefore, de-.
rand!rg The sane from all ether ,ia-
tlpn,r cololteg.
E~hsiant's AD,Vop,eOO OF people are.
mainly mechanlrs, not acrieulturists:
therefore she must have peace, not
war. IN order TO thrive aad give her me-
ckauics occupation: she must have
peaceful sean though which her CONT
tnercc Gait pp transported unframed, In
TO every nook ana corner OF tho world.
on the basis OF the ''most favored ma
ton clause" II is because OF this de-
sire, th!E necessity for nntrammeled
commerce with Ch!na's So0,000,0eo peo-
pie. that cauAes her TO look with angry
eyes on the late actions, OF Germany,
Russia and France In China.
~ENGLANp'S sHREwDNEss.
Was Il an honest, urselash desire, for
tho good Of all nations, on the par, Of
England. when she lately offered 20
loan to China 500 0o, 1000 at a low rate
Of interest. provided that China should
refuse 70 make the concessions de.
manded OF her by Russia, Germany and
France. and place Eagland's represen-
tatlves ~in'control OF her financial oper.
atlons. both internal, as TO her custom
duties. and external, and grant to Eng
land the sole right TO build railroads IN
all that part Of China. south Of the
River Yang-tze.kiang? VIII England
90 to war 10 gain this end?
England, anticipating trouble with
this serious combination against her.
has been preparing for II with great
speed; she has smoothed over her trou-
bles with the United States, because
she must have q granery there; she has
re.armed, remained all her fortiflca-
tons. and re~-distributed her navy at
her great forts at Halifax. Bermudas,
Jamaica and st. Lucia. from Gibraltar
TO the Niger river. 10 Cape Colony. to
Zanzibar, Delagoa Bay, to Alden; from
Gibraltar to Malta, Cyprus, Alexandria.
the Suez Canal TO Alden: from Alden 10
Buslire and Baadar AbbaS In the gulf
OF Persln. along the Persian and Belu-
chls,an coast to Kurachee, to Bombay,
10 Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, to Bur-
nah, Singapore, to Eong Kong, to AUS
tralia and her Islands In Ocean!ca; she
has coined them with a band OF steel
buried under many fathoms OF salt
water, by which she a have commu-
nication with them.
In conjunction with Japan, she could
In thirty days possess herself with
every Russian. French and German
chip in the oriental seas. VIII she do
It? In thirty days She could bottle up
Germany and Russia in the Baltic and
North seas, and possess herself of their
commercial nlvles throughout the
world. VIII she do it? She would then
only have one enemy on the ocean,
France. England's greatest competi-
tors as land-sraboers are France and
Germany. Her greatest competitors in
a commercial way are Germany and the
United States. Her greatest fear is OF
Russia, that Colossus OF the North"
Balfour, Hicks-Beach, Chamberlain and
others Of Lord Salishury's cabinet, have
spoken brave words" as TO England's
determination to protect her commerce,
as against Russia and Germany, In
China; they have fired the uewspa pers
and music hall habitues to great enthu-
siasm, but, does 1t mean war for all
these things? Z
Germany, under the first Kaiser Will
lam, Bismarck and Won Moltkc. became
q most powerful nation In European
politics, advancing her commercial
standing by marvellous strides. mainly
at the expense Of England. aUnder her
present erratia.Kaiscr, she Is trying to
dominate and Stub every nation in the
world with her magnificent military su-
periority; eav!ouS Of England's colonies.
she has taken unto herself generous
slices OF east and west African coasts,
but so far has proven herself O poor
colOnIzer. The Franco-Russian" ALI
ancc forced her into forming the Drci-
bund, u combination with Austria and
Italy, for greater power and safety; in
her great fear OF Russia, she has become
g mere satrapy or ricc-kingdom Of Bus
sla; what Bismarck named "Bauch-
rutschcn vor Russland" excepting on the
belly before Russia) rs the only aim Of
her diplomacy; the result of which was
seen IN her course towards Japan after
her wal with China, and in the latest
development OF the eastern question, by
her initiative IN swoopins down, with
out warning, on Kiao Chou bay In
China. There Is method In this mad
ness, for by this Kiao Chou incident, the
Hnyti affal-. by her prohibition OF
American fruits, fruit trees, pork,
horses. etc, he Is trying hard to force
the reichsraft 10 grant him q greater
war navy.
II Germany had a war navy In Keep
ing with her splendid army, It Is very
evident that her present kaiser would
not keep the peace very long; and I
have no doubt but. In conjunction with
Italy. Austria and Spain, would give the
United States Il test of its boosted great
ness. backed by such powers OF defense
and oifense as have been given US by
u magnificent statesmen" I am
fully convinced with the Ideas OF Jerome
Buonapurte, OF Baltimore, that u few fat
funerals at Washington would be con-
duclve 10 the health. the morals and pa
triotism OF our so-callcd statesmen;
VINO have 90 far proven themselves 10 be
OF that class OF men who fail to lock-
the s%table-doo in time.
FRANCES POSITION.
France is one Of the great powers In
Europe that must be taken into consld-
GRAFTON in any important movement in
Europe, Asia or Africa, and demands