The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-01-06

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pay $15,OO0,000 as damages to the US.
This year when other European nation
wanted to tell the US. that she should
not fight Spain, and to form united
combination for this object, England
refused to JOIN them, showing plainly
that if they joined Spain, she would
help the U. S. This would have
brought on general European war, of
which they have long been afraid.
Had it not been for this moral as
slstance OF England, there is no telling
how great might have been the war or
how long, what nations might have in
the end been blotted from the map Of
the world. Mulhall, the great statisti-
clan says that while those who speak the
German, French, Italian, Spanish, Por-
tuguese and Russian languages have
only doubled during the present centu-
ry, or at least none have trebled, those
who speak the English language have
increased five and half fold. This
shows the increasing power of the
English speaking people. And when
we find that they can be virtually
united in any great moral object, it
shows the power they are likely to
a frr to f,,f,,
the world; the more so tecause they
are the leading nations in the Chris
tlan civiliza in of the world and real
ly to day hold the destiny of the world
in their hands.
Filth Christians note the fact that
the war was begun in the spirit of the
Good Samaritan, and has been largely
carried on by those who believe in thu
! author Of that parable. The men
whose pictures have been on buttons,
IN newspapers, and books, and many
places as the honored of the nation,
are largely Christian men. Hobson is
a noted Y. NJ. G. A. worker; Captain
Gridley of the flagship Olympia, Com
modore Watson and Captain Chester
of the Cincinnati were as brave before
a sneer at religion as before battery
Captain, now Commodore Philip of
the Texas, who said after the battle Of
Santiago. believe in God the Father
Almighty" and "Don't cheer boys,
the poor fellows are dying" afterwards
said to his chaplain, in regard to the
victory, at was all in answer to pray
er," and with Admiral Sampson is
Congregationalist, Dewey is Presby-
terian, President Mckinley is Meth
odist, and many soldiers were seen in
the trenches before Santiago, with one
hand holding rifle and the other an
open Bible or prayer book.
OTHER NATIONS
too bave been making advances The
Gar of Russia, whose country few
years ago we thought but half civilized,
has issued call in behalf of peace,
which has astonisbed the world, and
every nation invited has responded to
it.
The Turks, who, a short time ago,
conquered the Greeks, when they at
tempted to help the Cretans to relig-
lous liberty, have at last been compell-
ed to Withdraw from Crete owing to
an ultImatum presented by England,
Russia, France and Italy; and there is
but little doubt but that Americas
stand in behalf of Cuba gave them
backbone to do so.
THE MOHAMMEDAN POWER
in the Soudan has been broken 10
pieces. The Mahdi there more than
sixteen years ago, began an empire,
which he dreamed would be universal.
He drove out or cut to pieces four Eng
lish expeditions from that country,
the last OF which was that of General
Gordon, who was killed Then EGG
land gave up the fight, and the Mahdi
established strong empire in the
Soudan after killing hundred thou
sand people. But his successor, tie
Khalifa wanted also Egypt, which was
under the protection OF England, and
twice invaded that country. So Eng
land began to realize that what Cen
cral Gordon bad predicted was true,
that there was no peace for Egypt as
long as the Khalifa ruled in Soudan.
So she fitted out an expedition two
years ago which has slowly, but surely
worked its way up the Nile until last
September Mahdism was utterly roul-
ed.
Thus the events Of the year point to
marked advance Of christian civili-
zatiop ia the world. M..