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

the additional ,ltie OF sfEmprsss OF To-
dia,' England has SO badly governed
India that, to-day IL IN Hike an lr-
ange squeezed dfy. leayins only the
rlad Allied With ptsiilenc.. famine aud
-ebeilions,
In sorc!ng opium Oh the unwilling
people OF China In 1si0-s, she becaIne
the owner IN fee OF Hong Kong. with.
several treaty ports. and an Indemnity
OF s3o,00o.eoe. A~us;:a!in and canada.al-
though called coioaies, are Virtually
free pid areN empires. England main
tnins free trade Il hens In IniIn, Hong
Kong, and IN ali her colonies. opening
all her ports throughout the world to
THE commerce OF every nation, on equal
conditions with her own, therefore. de-
nand!rg the sarrc from all other ,ia.
tIon,E colonies.
Enslsnd's 100000 OF people are
mainly mechanics. not aG.ieu!turists:
therefore she must have peace. not
war. IN order TO thrive and give her me.
chatiics occupation; she must have
peaceful .stns through Tblch her CONE
riercc can. pc transported unharmed.in-
10 every nook ana corner OF Tim world,
on the basis OF the ''most favored ma
ton clause" II Is because OF this de-
sire, thiE Eeeesyitgl 10. uatrammeled
commerce With Chila's So0,000,oGo PEG.
pie, that cauaes her to look With angry
eyes Oh the late actions Of Germany,
Russia and France In China.
ENGLANn's -sHREWDNEss.
Was II an honest, unse!ish desire, for
the sood Of ali nations, on the par, Of
England, when she lately offcrsd %
loan to China $780, 700, 900 at a low rate
OF interest. provided that China should
refuse 20 make the concessions de.
manded OF her by Russia. Germany and
France. and place Eagland's represer-
,tatlves i%n'cohtrol OF her financial oper-
atlons. both Internal, as to her custom
duties, and external. and grant to Eng
land the sole right 70 build railroads 80
oil that part Of China. south Of the
go 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
it'dA Eltht tt-lNlbtSd ga ASh W
tIoas, and re~-dlstributed her navy Of
her great forts at Halifax. Bermudas,
Jamaica and st. Lucia. From Gibraltar
TO the Niger river. TO Cape Colony. to
Zanzibar, Delagon Bay, TO Alden: from
Gibraltar to Malta, Cyprus. Alexandria.
the Suez Canal to Alden: from Alden to
Bushirc and Raudar Abbas In the gulf
OF Persln, along the Persian and Belu-
chlstan coast to Rurachee, to Bombay,
to Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, to Bur
nah, Singapore, to Eong Kong, to AUS
tralia and her Islands In Ocean!ca; she
has joined them with a band OF steel
buried under many fathoms Of salt
water. by which she can have ommu-
nlca,Ion with them. Z.
In conjunction With Japan, she could
in thirty days possess herself with
every Russian. French and German
chip in the oriental seas. Will 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 navies throughout the
world. VIII she do 1t? She would then
only have one enemy on the ocean,
France. England's greatest COMPETE
tors as land-grabbers 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 ~Salishur2's cabinet, have
spoken brave words as to Englands
determination 10 protect her commerce.
as against Russia and Germany, In
China: they have fired the newspapers
and music hall habitues to great enthu-
| at oa~. hf1f rE1aaa " p,aap { tya ft for nil
these things?
Germany, under the first Kaiser Will
lam. Bismarck and Won Moitke. became
q most powerful nation in European
politics. advancing her commercial
standing by marvellous strides. mainly
at the expense Of England. AUnder her
present cratic. Kaiser, she Is trying to
dominate and Stub every nation In the
world with her magnificent military SUI
acknowledgements of England's colonies.
she has taken unto herself generous
slices OF east and west African coasts,
but so far has proven herself q poor
colonIzer. The Franco-Russian" ALI
ancc forced her into forming the Drei-
bund, a COMPUTATION with Austria and
Italy. for Greater power and safety; in
her great fear Of Russia, she has become
q mere s~atrapy or fice-kingdom Of Bus
sla; what Bismarck named "Bauch-
rutschen vor husband" 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 war with China, and III the latest
development OF tho eastern question, by
her initiative IN swooping down, with
out warning, on kiao Chou bay in
China. There Is method in this mad
ness, for by this Kiao Chou incident, the
Hayti affair, 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. 1t Is very
evident that her present kaiser would
o keep the peace very long; and l
have no doubt but, In conjunction with
Italy, Austria and Spain, would give the
United States n test of its boosted great
ness, backed BY such powers of defense
and ofense as have been given US by
u magnificent statesmen + am
fully convinced with the Ideas OF Jerome
Buonapnrte, OF Baltimore, that u few fat
funerals ut washington would be con-
duclve TO the health. The morals and pa
triotism OF our so-callcd statesmen;
VINO have SO far proven themselves 10 be
OF that class OF mcn who fail to lock
the stable-door in time.
FRANCES POSITION.
France is n Of the great powers in
Europe that must be taken into consld-
Grafton in any important movement in
Europe, Asia or Africa, and demands
still greater consideration since her al
lance with Russia. With her mngnif-
j cnnt armN- aud n lunI M i.u -arllt- nH.