The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-21
EUROPE vs.. ENGLAND
Continued from Page l.

exploits. The present Transvaal war |
is practically step in the mobilization |
of all the forces of the British Empire, |
the colonial forces included. 1t i'm
ports, likewise, the denying to the colo
MES of a right to a separate life, to
separate interests: all life, all interests
| must be sacrificed for the English ideal.
| II is notorious that for a number of
years the leading English statesmen
| have persistently put forward the idea
| of the colonies cooperating in the de-
| tense of the Empire. The Transvaal,
! in case of the success of British arms,
is destined to be a second Alsace and
| Lorraine, which formed the corner
| stone of the vast building of the Ger
man Empire; the Transvaal is a rally
| ing point for the colonial forces.
| He who has drunk blood shall drink
| it againl" AS the Prussians, after the
war with Denmark, fought the Aus
1 TRANS and then the French, so En-
| gland, after fighting the Transvaal, will
have ready weapon to fight in any
direction that may be thought neces-
sary. The central power in London
will simply turn the fighting energies
of the colonies in the direction selected
to North Africa, to the Persian Gulf,
to Arabia, to Abyssinia, to China, to
Canada, to Nicaragua, etc. The En-
glish politicians will, with the greatest
ease, bring pressure to bear on all
points of the globe, when required.
So much for England, in case of her
success in the campaign. But the char
acter and scope of this success will in
the long run depend on the attitude of
the worlds Powers.
The two crucial questions, for the
| fhn
realize the full meaning of the present
English move? and, Will they play the
English game?
What of the success of England in
; trying to create an antagonism between
Germany and Russia?
I do not believe in it, and for the fol-
lowing reasons. Germany has nothing
whatever to gain by an antagonistic
policy toward Russia. All the efforts
of the German Empire are directed to-
ward gaining full access to the seas
> and increasing it's naval power. By
spreading to the north, in the direction
of Holland, Germany comes into col
lision with the English, as she is sure
: to do in the south, if the Germans ven
| tured to find open access to the Medi-
| terranean.
The second task, in the Mediter-
ranean, is rendered impossible to Ger
: many by England's little game with
poor Italy. Coupled with the Anglo
4 German commercial rivalry, this antag-
; onism between the political aims OF
Great Britain and Germany goes lons
!, way to explain the present situation
and it's future developments, and il
also shows that unfriendly relations
: with Russia would not "pay" Germany
aims m
many are identical without coming
S anywhere into collision. The Russian!
/ and the Germans seek the seas" il
), their own separate spheres. This an
e ttagonism of Russian and German aim
: to those of England must necesSaril.
! underlie the relations between Russi;
= and Germany, whatever aspect thes'
8 relations may at any time acquire 70
# the moment. 1t is true that both coun
st tries, Germany and Russia, are ca
l. pable of creating many difficulties 70
L one another, but they will always hay
L to reckon with their respective posi-
l. tons in Europe, and they are boun
to keep an eye-ay, both eyes-on En-
l. gland. The events in the Far Eas
offer an example of the position sketch
E. ed above. England dared not answe
a. to the seizure of KiaoTchao and tn
n Emperor's speech at Kiel, because sh
r feared that Russia supported Germany
he on the other hand, English politician
r would not adopt an openly aggressiv
in attitude toward Russia in China, be
a. cause they secretly believed in prot
in able rupture between Germany an
n Russia. The English were mistaken
es nobody in Europe wishes to fight the
to battles.
n. Whatever, therefore, may be til
Sc compensation that England is ready |
We pay to Germany for her benevolent a
he titude in the present campaign, it
nd plain that by associating herself wit
re England, Germany would be carryin
er on suicidal policy; would weake
o. herself by aiding in their designs Il
an English statesmen, who are directir
he the policy of a State far superior
Is Germany as worldwide Empir
at True, we read in the papers about q
100 Anglo-German arrangement in Il
question of Samoa, about Togolan
M Zanzibar and the Portuguese Africa
Ir- colonies. But this is nothing else ths
I'D a repetition of the fable of the robb
,ar who stole COW and gave his comra
wv the mllk-Jug. Germany cannot re
i've satisfied with the milking in the for
The of concessions in Zanzibar, when E
nc gland takes to herself the cow of t
q fable, the whole of South Africa, the1
the by strengthening the English positi
iii in the Indian Ocean and rendering
COS most useless the German colonies
- East Africa.
+od The question which now faces t
aw European Powers is: Can the strengt
I've ening Of England on the Indian Gee
aoo leave them Indifferent; can the halar
MI of power in the vicinity of the Ottom
az, Empire and in the Far East be distu1
~ ed? And all the world Powers ha
W. likewise to answer another uuestio
LIZ. iii How shall the putting forth by Engla
t ~, of her colonial forces affect them?
l@y The second question I have alrea
e as answered, and it will aid me in rep
I'VE ing to the first if l say that the Ira,
vi wall war, coming as it does after
we Soudan campaign, gives unmistaka
sai evidence that it is career of conuu
that they have begun IN London.
on the English were anxious about tn
gar commercial interests, they would
inr-