El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-02

uoAto0 l0UO the distance. OF i WOulO
say one or two words respecting 1t, and
gard to it 10 to do what We have done
with regard to other questions that
have enthusiastically, to Judge by
RI suits. We appeal to the results, and
just look wha: the results have hean.
We were bound by our own policy
not to commence anyttt g tnat coulo
ne called the dismembermento of China,
bus have no hest ~ on in say ing that
the result of the action of others has
been to place ue in most advsn taReOus
p ,sitiOn by havioG obtained the port
which y q nave Obtained in China. It
nns enormous advantages Of its own
II has this great advantage. which
,hould be cOn-idered above ell other
Advantas e. by tGis country In select
log the obj ects OF its efforts-namely,
that the pOrt of Wei-ha;. vel can be de-
Tended. and defended without difficulty,
from the Sea; and upon the sea we fear
40 opponent. 1t is said that We
nave committed au error in allowing
Russia 70 20 to Port Arthur. think
there IL no point OF policy on which We
were more convinced than that no.
thing should induce Us to undertake
the responsibility Of Port Arthur, o.
% hard down 70 those who followed US
. DO session so full of difiicu ty, 30
pregoant with cost and danger, and
q 'ssessipg 60 very little I'D vantage to
CONT en- ate for she evils that It infici ed
upon us. think Rus -is has made u
great mistake In taxing Port Arthur.
/ do not believe it IL any use to her
whstever; but an gu t. sure it would
have been no use to W, because, II We
asd possessed it, as soon a. the S ber-
ian rail way vas ~ our doors we should
n a had n maintain q 0thonGd
desperate, and costly struggle for
that which was not worth huodre dth
part Of what We we're spending upon
+
Then It 10 cad, EVERY we'll, but YOU
have lost prestige with the Oh neee."
pre-tige 10 avery powerful missile
which anyb,dy eau ding In any body
lse's face; but generally. when zee
foreign newspapers 1elling US that
England has lost ner prest ge, 1t me ans
hat they want us to axe some OF their
cost our influence with the Chinese?
The proof of the pudding IL In the eat
ing. We have gaioed results from
China which We nave longed for for
years, but have never had q chance o.
gaining before. We have ind ced er
to open several more ports. We have
induced her to promise to US perma
nently 40 Englishman at the head of
The maritime customs, and We have
Induced her to open . l the waterways
Of the empire to English boats ana
English trade. Three years ago. ON .
such . result would have been held to
have been able to obtain this appears
10 mo to be sufficient, conclusive.
dnal answer TO thO-e who tell us that
by recent negotiations we have lost in
auence or prestige with the Chinese.
Now, there IL only one thing wish
to say more. Do not imagine that thi-
imbroglio that has taken place in
Cains 10 exceptional In its character,
or that similar thugs will not recur.
II We could look simply upon the world
a. It presents Itself to ue, II We could
merely count our colonies and our pos
esstons and our growing enormous
trade, We might, indeed, look forward
o the foture without disquietude. We
know that We shall maintain agsinst
all comers that which Ne pos, Csc, and
70 know In spite Of the jArgon about
collation., that We are amply competent
to do 20.
You may roughly divide the nations
of she world - the living and the dy-
.n9. % one side you have great coun.
Iiss Of enormous power growing In
power every year, growing in wealth.
growing In dominion, grow ing in The
Oerfection of their organ cation.
Railways have given to them the pow.
r 70 concentrate upon any one point
the whole military force of their pop
ulation and 70 assemble armies OF D
magnitude and power never dreamed of
in the generations that have gone by
Sci.nce has placed in the hands of
those a-mies weapons ever growing 10
heir efficacy of destruction, and, there
fore, adding to the power-fesr'ully to
the power-0f those who have the OBJ
vortuuity of using them.
BY the eide Of these splendid organ
stations, Of which nothing seems to
iminish the force and which present
r val cIaims which tn Q future may only
be able by . bloody arb rameot to ID.
ju-t-by she side of thee there are .
lumber OF communities which l can
only describe a. dying, thou b the
epithet applies TO them, OF course, II
very different degrees and with q very
different amount of certain applic,-
hat are not Christian, but / regret 10
.ay that 10 not exclusively the case,
md 10 those states disorgan z alton and
decay arc I'D vancing almost a. fast ss
aud incre saipg power
re advancing in the living natinps
tn II stsud beside them. Decade after
decade they are weaker, poorer, and
ess provided with leading men or In
stitutions In which they can trust, ap-
par. ntlv drawing nearer and nearer to
their fate aud yet clinging with
strange tenac ~ to the life which tn. Y
have got. 10 them m sgoveroment is
not only not cured, but Is constantly on
the increase.
The society, aud Official society, the
adm nistration, IL Q mass of CORFU ton,
o that there 10 no firm ground on
which any hope Of reform or restors-
ton could be based, and in their va. j.
Gus deg ees they are presenting q ter.
rib Q picture to the more enlight med
portion of the world-a p cture which,
ely, the increase in the
means of our Information and commun-
IcstiOu draws with darker aud more
Hoeaments in the face of
Ill nations, appealing to their feelings
10 No ~ TO their interests, calling up
IN them to brinR forward q rem dy. |
How long this state OF thiaRs IL like |
y to 60 Oh, OF course. l do not at