The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-15
WHAT OF WI FuTuRE?

WHAT OF Tho BuTuRE7
What may result from these conflict.
Ing interests, desires and contentious, SO
far only diplomatic. we car ouly sur
mise. for the newspapers giys Conflict
ing daily kilograms as to the situation.
Some Of them are as follows:
"Baiforr. Hieia-Beaeh ard others OF
Lord S%allshury,s cabinet have spoken
brave words as 10 England's Demands,
that Germany shait made Kiao Chou
bay anopen, free trade port: that Russia
shall give up Port Arthur and Tal!en-
may gain, to free trade; that England is
abour to form an alliance with Japan.
which will make her stronger than ali
the other nations, In war vessels, In the
orient: that Russia, Germany, France
and England are every day increasing
their war nlvies In the orient: that
Germany has consented to make Kino
Chou bay an open port: that Germany
has made further demands upon China
for more territory around the bay; that
Russia has positively refused 10 retire
from Port Arthur, or TO allow Tasiea-
q to be made n free port; that Ger
aid Balfours speech claiming thnt Eng
land 10 standing firmly to its guns In
the eastern question, II all rot: that the
patience OF the people OF England Is
strained, because OF S~alisbury's iretl-
cence; that Salisbury has reiterated un-
der pressure from the position which he
declared he never, never would racate.
that Salisbury o says that he only
skerched in neutral unts' his demand
II that Tu1lRr- V.a SkA.ttI hna fr.A. VlNrt y
and that Russia should retire from Port
Arthur: that the queens speech would
tell everybody Just what was going oil
in the orient, and Just how Salisbury
was going TO settle the questions in dis
pute: that England and Russia were
coming closer together. because they
had or 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 S~alisbury's recent
speech at the opening of parliament:
There Is n much more serious danger
Of o~vertaxlng u strength. However
strong We may be, there is a point be-
yond which u strength does not go.
1t Is courage and wisdom to exert that
strength I o its ~atta!nable limit, but
madness To pass It," Stress Is laid, also,
on lle tStftiHe importance OIL avoid
Ing the rashness which, more than
once in history, has been the ruin OF ma
t!ons as great and as powerful IS our
Selves
On the face OF these. Lord Saiisbury's
admissions, u seems that England has
backed down, because she was afraid
10 face 4 combination OF Russia, Ger
many and France. A morning paper
comments on the above as follows:
caution Is q virtue, no doubt, In states
men, but 1t may be carried to excess.
We recall TO 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 a railway shall
have permitted Russia to place a grea,
land force in Manchuria, when the Rus
sian war fleet ct Port Arthur shall have
been doubled, and when Japan, failing
TO receive the rest OF the indemnity due
her from China, shall have had 10 dis
band q great part Of her army and re-
nounce her plans for the enlargement OF
her f1eet?"
81 o. c. DEWEY.
Wheeling, Feb. u, 1888.