The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-07
RESULTS OF ENGLAND's WARS.
Great Britain Has Had More Than
Any other Nation.


For England the gates OF the Temple OF
Janus are seldom closed England has had
more wars than any other nation Of the
first or second class which the world has
seen in the modern age. When William.
the Duke OF Normandy, conquered England
in 1866. over:arowing the Saxon dynasty
and starting the Norman line Of monarchs.
he created a feud between England and
France by melting claims on the part OF
English kings to the French crown. which
put these two cour tries on opposite sides
in nearly all the wars which ragged in
Europe from that day to Waterloo. seven
and half centuries later. Some OF those
wars have altered the current Of the
worlds history from their day down 10 the
present time.
BY England's war against Spain. which
eliminated in the destruction of Philip
lis invincible armada in 1888. SPANS
primacy among the nations ended. and her
decline and fal! dates from that event.
By the war Of l651-54. during the days
when Cromwell was at the head Of the
Government, waged between England and
Holland. then the greatest power in the
world. Holland was started on the down.
ward course, feud was created between
the Dutch and the English which, N one
of its manifestations. Is raging today in
South Africa. and England laid the founda-
ton of its pre-eminence in commerce and
IN naval strength.
The conflict known in American history
as the French and Indian war, which was
the New Worlds extension Of the Seven
Years War QI56-63l. put all of Frances
dominions in Canada and east OF the Mis-
sissippi in British hands, and wrested from
France the territory in Asia which was the
beginning of England's great Indian en-
pire The war OF American independence
OF 1853 drove England out OF the thlr-
teen colonies. by far the most valuable
part OF her American domain, and was the
severest blow which England's power and
prestige ever received in the thousand
years in the life of the English nation
which began back in the days of Alfred the
Great
England's most important wars in the
past hundred years were those with France.
which ended in 1915: that with the UnitsS
States which closed in the same year, anC
the struggle with Russia in the Crimea in
1886, in which England had France.
Turkey, and Sardinia as allies. In ad-
dltiou TO these she has had innumerable
smaller wars. which were principally re-
volts against her authority in one part or
another OF her world empire. BY the Ma
poleonic wars England. by the aid of many
other countries. at last overthrow the greas
corsican, and in doing this much of the
English prestige lost in the American rev.
,lution was regrined.
As a consequence of the war OF 1924
with the United States England was forced
% relinquish the right Of search of vessels
If other nations at sea. although this was
lot mentioned in the treaty OF Client.
which brought the war to an end. The
Irimean war saved Turkey from the same
sort OF ultimate subsection and suzerainty
o Russia, which England established. or
shich she seeks now to establish. in the
On the whole. nearly all OF
Sngland's wars have resulted in gains.
Immediate or ultimate. to her. except the
wo she waged against the United States.
Whether or not the war against the South
,frican Republic and the Orange Free
state will advance Englands power and
influence is question which cannot be
answered with confidence for few weeks,
o5sibly few months, to come but prob
bly, this will eventually result in British
ain