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

OF many u tho arts and sciences. But
To-day. an ut;er etervailcr. q siagn1-
lion !rlflnt a parSiysis sseirE To have
fallen upon her. either because OF her
exaggerated pride. this result OF her re-
liglun 50 ~pfbdpctlve OF Supersutiuns, VI,
the corruption, the oppression. the low
lstntidunf OF political morals, the lick OF
patriotism among It's rulers and people.
With few honorable exceptions. they.
have utterly refused to accept OF the
wonderful changes, improvements and
Announcements In ~! lirrS, Of thelr
nelghbors. Whatever the actual cause
may be. Il has brough; ,fils great nntioni
to-day 10 be without an army or navy
10 be utterly PROSTATE and helpless he.
fore the sTasping desires OF her grtat
OF their high priests, tie diplomats, NJ
TO how she may lie properly carved. al
TO those little pounds OF itsh.
WHAT OF THE FuTuREs
What may result from these conflict
Ing interests. desires and contentious, 50
far only diplomatic. We can only sur
mise. for the newspapers give conflict
Ing da!ly, tciegrrnia rs to the situation.
Some OF them are US follows:
"Baifopr, H!ek5-Beach ard others OF
Lord sailsbury's cabinet have Spoken,
brave words as 10 England'y demands,
that Germany shait made Kiao Chou
bay anopen, free trade port; that Russia
shall give up Port Arthur and Ta!leu-
wan, and open all OF CHM, that she
may gain. TO free trade; that England Ii
about to form an alliance with Japan.
which will make her stronger than all
tile other nations. In war vessels, In the
orient; that Russia, Germany, France
and England are every day increasing
their war navies In the orient: that
Germany has consented to make Kilo
Chou bay an open port: that Germany
has made further demands upon China
for more territory around the bay; that
Russia has positively refused TO retire
from Port Arthur, or to allow Tatien-
wan 10 be made n free port; that Ger
aid Balfour's speech claiming that Eng
land 10 standing firmly to Its guns IN
the eastern question, IL all rot: that the
patience Of the people OF England liz
strained, because OF Saisbury's retl-
cence; that Salisbury has retrcnted un-
der pressure from the position which he
declared he never. never would vacate;
that Salisbury now says that he only
sketched in neutral tints' his demand
that Talien-wan should bea free port.
and that Russia should retire from Port
Arthur; that the queens speech would
tell everybody lust what was going on
In the orient, and Just how Salisbury
was going TO settle the questions In dis
pute. that England and Russia we're
coming closer together, because they
had OF would force Turkey to withdraw
all claims TO Crete, In spite Of the oppo-
sit!on OF Germany and Austria"
The following significant words were
taken from Lord Salisbury's recent
speech at the opening OF parliament:
There Is Il much more serious danger
Of overtaxlng our strength. However
strong We may be, there Is a point be-
yond which u strength does not so.
1t Is courage and wisdom to exert that
strength to its atta.Eabie limit, but
madness 10 pass It." Stress IS laid. also,
on the extreme Importance" of avoid
ing the rashness which, more than
once In history, has been the ruin Of ma
tions Us great and as powerful as our
Selves
On the face OF these, Lord Salisbury's
admissions, i seems that England has
backed down, because she was afraid
TO face 4 combination Of Russia, Ger
many and France. A morning paper
comments on the above as follows:
Caution Is o virtue. no doubt, In states
men, but It may be carried 10 excess.
! We recall 10 Lord Salisbury the words
Of Patrick Henry: They tell US, sir, that
We are weak: but when shall We be
stronger?' VIII England be stronger In
Chinese waters when q railway shall
have permitted Russia TO place a great
land Force in Manchuria. when the Rus
sian war fleet at Port Arthur shall have
been doubled, and when Japan, failing
TO receive the rest Of the indemnity due
her from China. shall have had to dis
nounce her plans for the enlargement OF
her fleet?"
Wheeling, Feb. u, 1888.