New-York tribune., 1900-08-08

Yet after all. England" continued the speaker
rs but paying the penalty OF her own stupidity
The men that are fighting to-day
TRAINING OF the same blood and Drawn
AGAINST as those that fought in the PENN
AMATEURS" sular campaign and overth-ew Ma
poleon Waterloo. The soldiers
under Roberts the same stamp and stripe OF
men as those that fought under wellington Yet
the soldiers of the Iron Duke were considered the
finest in the world. Why is It that being OF the
same type, they much poorer fighters? Since
the days OF Napoleon. II my memory does
err, the English have not come into conflict with
any civilized Power except when they went with
Turkey and against Russia in the Crimean War.
Poeon returned from Elba, and the English have
peen continuously and successfully fighting. but
always with oarbarOUs half-cviliZed tribes with
little or no knowledge Of modern warfare. To a
snile. do you suppose that JefTries or Terry Nc
Govern when thew are training for priZeNzht
would prepare themselves for match BY boxing
With amateurs OF course they wouldn't and
they probably get a proper licking i they did
ing against amateurs. At the end OF that time she
ana the oheT @ faow ami only 1'fefn bs she All
but gets lambasted AZ that. The blow TO ner arms
British soldiery other things being eGuai was The
This the Beers have conclusiveIy proved IS not
as a naval power false aIsoe She has a mighty
nay It is true but can It fight Since ENGLAND last
combat has changed, the vessels, guns, ammuni-
different and It remains for England to prove n
combat that she is entitled 10 her proud name Of
Mistress OF the Seas"
"AH this" continued Mr. staunton." Is food for
thought, and mighty unpleasant thought, for the
English statesmen OF to-day Then,
GLOOMY too. the expense Of the Boer war
VIEW OF has been colossal. and It still
THE FUTURE on apace. With her credit already
strained to meet the demands Of
the last year England may well shudder as her
feet lead her the brink of the Chinese Precpice.
To meet the cost OF this VIII tax her
every resource. and II that war should lead to a
European conflict her position would be terrible
The British Isles carry animal and cereal pro-
visions for thirty days at the extreme
outside By that I mean if England could be
bockaded completely for thirty days at the end OF
that time she would be starving. She is not self
supporting. and must look outside for the means to
live Suppose now that after China has been sup
pressed extinguished European conflict breaks
and England becomes involved with a really
first class Power. That Power viii compel her TO
then IL will be case OF far called. her nav1es melt
away and without her navy she is at the mercy
strained 70 the breaking point ana should anotner
fight come she will be hard put TO 20 raise the
and thinking Engushmen see Ihey reallZe Ile
blow the Boer has been 10 them and that the
fear of the English army will never again De with
this generation. They see the damage 10 Lnelr
financial credit and dread another war The En-
pire is unquesIiOnably in dangerous position, and
the English know it. No wonder London IS gloomy
zenith Of their power and are on, the decline
Within one-aC the outside two-decades / look Tor
India will realize the great latent strength tnt Is
hers and when that day comes, and those tOO10OtO
under the stars and Stripes than under the British
flag