Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-02-16

ds1en<ise aili3| Ne between Al 5t
q i'd lonlssoa For tie past
longer tf,eIe h'|z Been tircula |IE.4
the English psess ki9respecti part
lines. n,l,srvosas ap psehension 81 Enrope
opposition ard still more nervous apple.
hension Of the. fact t}5 Great Britain a I
the present moment y unable 70 lace Vt |
with honor 10 herself RS
Constant editorials IL The most unsen-
satjonal papers have almost eyeloped this
phase oi the agitation into national
nightmare, which not ~ all justified by
the tenor Of the continental neKs publish
al III the Engish papers, ~ the demands
for an Increase in the active naval and
I military strength, openly urged, to enable
Great Britain to cope with the most ag
gressive movements that could possibly be
credited to Russia, France or Germany,
were only co-relatiye with the extent to
4 which Great Britain has been drained in
order to support her South African war,
these manifestations of the press and con-
| slant public anxiety would be understood,
| but the clamor for greater standing
, army and naval mobilization so. much ex-
! ceeds the comparatively slight deficiency
in the defensive potentially caused by
, the war in South Africa that an impartial
; observer can scarcely help coming to the
!, conclusion that there is more under the
q surface than news from the continent con-
, veys and after careful investigation the
a Associated Press learns that this impress
{ sion is quite correct. In the first place,
much of this press clamor for tremen'
!, dous armament in order to meet unforeseen
emergencies is originally inspired with a
view OF compelling parliament to pas
!. quietly any financial measures proposed
by the government and to make the same
Ia popular with the people who, through ad
" ditional taxation, may be called upon tt
ia add their mites toward the stupendoui
plans now pending to place the British EN-
;. pire upon military eminence so supreme
as to be beyond the fear of opposition
Lord Salisbury himself is perhaps NOR
independent and more regardless of news
papar influence and the aid OF advertising
:" than any statesman of the day, yet a
g this crisis he has not disdained to use hi
Immediate subordinates as direct agent
Is to foster among leading London dailies
public agitation, magnifying the posi-
20 bilities OF foreign interference and mini
L MIXING the capabilities of home defense
T. Russia:s activity in China and Persi
Us and French and German antagonism ar
freely paraded before the nation as an in
n centive to be up and arming, even if
IL needs be to the point of putting into OF
Grafton the militia ballot act, which
n almost synonymous with CONSUMPTION.
ne Portugal to he Protected.
=, Yet the accounts of anti British activit
:, all the world over, as dished up for tn
\ British readers, are not causing the TO
- eign office any serious anxiety, and the
Va do not include the real reason for the tr
: mendous military activity, which is d
termination to convince Portugal that
~ is advisable to meet Great Britain's d
a, az mands regarding the ports essential Il
w carrying on the Boer war, namely: De
agoa Bay and Beira, and at the same tin
'e having secured Portugal's assent to ever
~ proposition made, to be in position
90 support that country against united E.
NJ ropean opposition. No word of this
III printed or limited of here, but a repr
sentative of the Associated Press lear
,ey that immense pressure is being brougl
ny to bear upon Portugal by continent
ms powers to prevent her from giving aid
Ia Great Britain. Portugals minister hel
Ter Senior Pinto De Several, is almost
ny much an Englishman as Portuguese, al
DC his government is only too willing to
len everything far beyond the bounds of ne
nd trality 10 help Great Britain to prote
Portugal. Lord Salisbury is determin
est that this shall be done, and is counting
the cooperation of his countrymen to p
the nation on footing to defy Europe
'es opposition.
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