The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-06

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Of his men and the war bad really be-
gun, though ii wa two year, before
the declaration Of Independence.
Ia 1872 the intel St,io- declared
war agnin-tr eat Britain OH .Jr,nc i
hy an act oi ips,s-. hut before tha,
il \rril 'l.r. brena at act q hn-
tility IN ltsirs +, rnba-eoon :}i -hil
l,iue in \u,ri,m ports. 1t wa~'oi
untii Jnit - That r.,nt Britain,
LEARNED What the actual -tatc If affair
WA and ,it,n il wa> ~ independent
adviccS.
WAK ~ l~l2.
The %l'nitcd State, va, poorly pre-
iamns! !ns ;!a; war on land AID suffered
severely for awhile. On the ocean
our navy was me Of the best and our
coast defence, were aood fer that day.
The result was that no impression
was made On nrr coat and our sailor.
were uniformly victorious. After Il
few years, when our land forces were
at last put IN =onI shape and General
jackson took charge, the enemy was
driven from our shores.
Many persons will be able to recall
the reading Of the British declaration
ct war against Russia from the steps
Of the Royal exchange in London.
That was II 'lcclaration Of war no
doubt, but it came long after war had
actually broken out. and it was not
made at st. Petersburg, but in Lon
don.
EUROPEAN WAR.
The events preceding it were briefly
these: To begin with. Russia had the
dispute with Turkey about the "holy
palaces in Palestine and seized the
Danubian principalitics. MAY 81,
1889, Russia issued the order to cross
the river Pruth; June I'd the English
and French admirals we're ordered to
Bcsika Bay as a countcr-movc then
some English and French war ships
were sent to Constantinoplc; October
S-u LIZ IuSiiSH anu IIcuCu ucctS, III
spite of the treaty Of 1871, entered
the Dardanclles: October 23d Turkey
declared war against Russia; next
Russia destroyed tho Turkish fleet ct
Sinope; then January 4, 1854, the
English and French fleets entered the
Black sea and ordered the Russian
ships to retire to Scbastopol; the Rus
sian ambassador was next withdrawn
from London; after hat the French
and English ambassadors left St.
Petersburg, and it was not until
March 18th that the sergcant-at-arms
mounted the Royal exchange steps
and formally declared war. France,
declared war. France, by the way,
did it a day sooner. Of ourse this
declaration was-what declarations al
ways are nova notice not to the
enemy, but to the people, justifying
the progressing war and asking ap-
prevail AID help.
Some years before this England
made war on 8 very small scale, as eb
ruptly as the fash Of a meteor. Some
time in 1850 thirteen British war yes
sells sailed into the bay of Salamis.
No doubt the British had been press.
ing Greece to pay certain moneys due,
but so ignorant was the counsry OF the
intentions Of the Salamis feet that the
king and queen asked for q list Of the
officers in order to invite them to an
entertainment, and the admiral &C.
tually paid q friendly visit. But the
next day he disclosed the fact that he
had come to enforce the immediate
settlement of Great Britain's claim,
and gave the Greek government TWEEN
ty-four hours Ill which to reply. AZ
ter that he proceeded to hostilitics,
laid an embargo on the Greek mcr-
chant vessels in the port, and seized
many others on the high seas. Greece
Of course did tot fight, but !. vas
much closer thing with France, for
that country recalled her ambassador
from London and the French people
were eager to give battle.
nnw BBiTISII HON ACTS.
Un another occasion, 1901. Great
Britain was holly fighting France and
negotiating with Spain in the most
friendly manner In fact, British
vessels were being rrovisioncd in the
latter country's ports when. without IL
word Of warning. they captured four
OF her ~frigatcs. seized Ill the merchant
vessels of morc1han 100 tons burden
and sank all smaller craft that came in
their way. Another instance in which
the British Swoopcd down like a wolf
was in 1907, when. in the words of q
Danish writer, The government of