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cious and sympathetic treatment OF
France at this epoch three results
would follow: One is that the cost Of
maintaining six unnecessary British
army corps would be reduced; the sec
ond is that the royal navy could be
made invincible, and the third is that
Germany would be isolated.
In Germany the longing for slice OF
territory in a temperate climate is des-
perate, and this longing is not inspired
by hatred to Great Britain. Germany
and England desire the same thing.
England possesses what Germany Co
vets. Common sense suggests the ne
cessity of being prepared, for, although
the kaiser is our great and good friend,
English incapacity is German opportu-
nifty. To isolate Germany, therefore,
we must be friendly with France, and,
above all maintain our navy supreme.
Russia has her own difficulties. The
chief interest of Russia, like the chief
interest of Britain, is peace. If Russia
goes to war with a great power during
the next twenty years. she will break
up. Peace to Russia is, therefore, the
chief Russian interest To insure it all
that is required is that England shall
be ready at any moment to mobilize the
whole strength Of the empire against
the invasion of any inch of British ter
ritory or the abridgment of one British
right. But so long as Britain success
fully keeps what she has gained, she
will not need to fight Russia, France or
Germany to prevent their occupying
territory which she does not require.
In a word, the key to the solution of
British problems abroad is an arrange
ment with France based on the cordial
recognition of a French protectorate
over Morocco.
While in Paris I was interested and
somewhat surprised to learn the depth
and force of the desire for closer phys
| icaI relations with Great Britain. Eve
ry egg, every pound Of butter, and eve
ry bunch of flowers that is exported
from France to England is loaded and
unloaded five times before 1t reaches its
destination. Engineers concerned in
this matter claim to have solved all the
difficulties in connection with the chan
mel train ferry, to which l referred
some months ago. They propose to in
stitute a service of train ferries on lines
somewhat similar to those already ply
| ing between the Danish islands and on
Lake Baikal. At these places the fer
ries are an unqualified success, and
their success justifies the hope that,
with certain alterations the present
system of travelling between London
and the continent will be revolution
lied.
The promoters of this scheme do not
intend to initiate d complete goods and
passenger service all at once. A very
modest beginning will be made, two fer
ries only being employed, and these will
be utilized chiefly for the conveyance of
goods trains; but If the experimental
goods service is found to pay night
passenger service'will doubtless be in
stituted.
The inconvenience of the present
journey between London and Paris are
very real. The tiresome wait at Dover
and Calais while luggage and passen-
gers are being conveyed from the quay
to the ship and from the ship to the
quay is one which has delayed channel
passengers from the earliest times. II
a passenger service is instituted under
the ferryboat system, the traveller will
be able to enter a sleeping-car at Char
ing Cross, undress and go to bed, and
he will be under no obligation to rise
until he arrives at his destination
Arnold Whites London Letter in the
J Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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