Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-08-24
ENGLAND AROUSED.
Lord Sailsbury's Policy Is Bitterly
Condemned.
A WAR WITH RUSSIA PROBABLE.
The Chinese Question Threatens 10
Seriously Involve tho Two Great
,POwers-Uncle Sam May Take
A Hand An The Game.

Chicago, August ia special ca
London says
Europeis share In the rejoicings
over the re-establishment of peace in
Christendom is disturbed by gloomy
torebodings that it will not be per-
| mitted to remain long unbroken.
These fears find their freest express
sion in England, and England is the
only country which is considering the
necessity of breaking the peace of the
| world in the near future.
In other words, Fin gland is the only
country which, perhaps, will turn the
diplomatic war now raging in the far
| east into a physical war. No conti-
mental government believes that Eng
land will venture to tlo this. There
| fore, the consequences of the signing
of the peace protocol in Washington
are discussed at all continental cap
itals without reference to the imme-
| diate crisis in China, which Is abb
| sorbing Engfand's attention
The most important feature of Eu-
ropean comment is the universal rec
| ognition of the fact that the United
| tiality, which must be reckoned with
in considering every question involv-
| ing the rights and interests ma
tions. 1t is interesting to note how
complete, if not how ungrudging, this
recognition has become during the
| past four months. There is not the
slightest sign of disposition 10 raise
| any opposition to the terms OF peace
as far as they are defined In the pro-
| totol.
There isl no voice of protest yet
| against Americas retaining the Phil
ippines, or so much of them as IS OF
political Importance. 1t is, indeed,
regarded as a roregone conclusion
that the islands will become virtually
American, as the result of the Paris
conference.
It is hoped at most continental
chancelleries that Spain, by cajolery
and pleading, or by superior guile,
may succeed in retaining the Asiatic
group, and the Spanish government
will probably receive secret aid in
the shape of the best advice that the
diplomatic wiles of the continent can
suggest. But the Philippine question
is bound up in the general As-atic
crisis, which is certain to take new,
and, perhaps, unexpected shape be-
fore the peace commission will get to
work. The position of most European
powers, therefore, is still underlined.
| Russia's course in heaping humilia-
ton after humiliation upon England
is relentless and apparently regard
less of consequences. 1t is not true,
| however, that Russia is delfbeT ately
melting Great Britain to war. 1t Is
| believed at St. Petersburg, and
throughout Europe, for that matter,
that nothing which may happen in
China will force Lord Salisbury to
draw the sword. The chief reason
for this belief rs the we'll kn- fact
of the queens determination never,
under any circumstances, to sign an
other declaration of war.
The real question is how far it rs
safe for England's rivals to trust to
this assumption. There is point be-
yond which the queen herself would
be powerless. There have been indi-
cations in the past few days that this
point is almost within sight. Public
SEN timent throughou England Is
very deeply stirred. Lord Salisbury's S
critics to-day number the great ma
tority of Englishmen. His own party
almost unanimously condemns him.
There is not "a wspaper of any con-
sequence in Great Britain which has
not, during the present week, at
tackled and criticised the Eastern
policy Of the government.
Public opinion in England is un-
demonstrative until it can bear no
more, then it becomes msistent and
coer-cive. The limits of its passive
submission to repeated humiliation
are we'll nigh reached, according to
all indications. It is already in open
rebellion to Lord Salisbury and will
even override the wishes of the queen
herself If it is only convinced that
national honor and national interests
are both at stake.
This condition of the public mind
will probably force the government
before long to do one of two things
either Forcibly TO intervene alone or
in conjunction with the United States
to keep open markets in China, or a c.
cent the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Chi
nese empire. toward which events are
obviously Fastening, and TO seize
, whatever is possible for the British
share. There is reason to believe
that Russia, France and Germany
hope that Lord Salisbury will resort
: to the latter policy. 1T is almost GER
, tain that those powers are so far
agreed that they expect to restrict
the British share in such a. division
of the prize to very narrow limits.
The United States, of course, will
get noShing, as it wants nothing ter
ritorially, but it will be inevitably be
shut out of the markets which it doe,
want, except such as Great Britain
will kindly consent to share with
America.
which make the history of the civn-
lied and uncivilized world. Her day.
of self-contained isola ton is gone for
ever. She may advance a little fastel
or little less fast to meet her man
ifest destiny. but there can be nc
American citizen to-day who does mo-
feel that the old order of things ha.
changed since America stood at thu
parting of the ways four months ago
and that she stands to-day upon the
threshold of new life"
Then referring 10 the intertwfnei
interests of Great Britain and tn,
r United States in China, the Gazette
4 lsays:
!. We can only say that the lates
: news does not auger well for tn,
maintenance of the newly restored
|. peace of nations, in which all men O
!. good will are rejoicing today"
!. The Globe says:
q The ending of the war ma rke tn
|. final disappearance of Spain from tn,
a new world. For good or iii, the Unite
|. States has taken place among tn
: great powers and must accept the re
a sponsbhities. They have taken q 30
!. sitIon which will compel them no hay
Ia foreign policy which Will dsmans
q means of making them respects,
4 abroad They are sireauy becoming
!. strong naval power, and large