Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-24
FIFTH LECTURE OF COURSE.
PROF. MUIR TELLS Or COLON
IAL RIVALRIES.
The Land Hunger of The Great
Powers Beginning Of Vast
Movements.
THE EPOCH OF IMPERIALISM
BEGINS AND ENDS.

Broadly speaking, the lecture at
ST. Johns College last night taken
in connection with the preceding
ones, &C ntrasted the difference between
the period of Indifference to colonial
acquisition. and the enthusiastic
awakening TO its accom- plishmeut in
the nineteenth century, especially the
latter half
Europe had been engaged in desolat-
ing wars through pretty much all the
first half, England, especially active
in military operations in India, China
the Crimea, the SoudaD, Egypt and
the Trans gasl Notw ithstandiDg her
accession of some territory. the sup.
preston of rebellion in India and
other advantages in gaining control OF
the Suez Canal, she selt that her free
trade principle in commerce, called
for more markets, and consequently
IL ore colonization for her distressed
people, afflicted by the results OF re-.
peated wars.
Europe tried TO get ahead Of her,
but in vain. About the middle Of the
nineteenth century there was large
emigration from England TO Cana "a.
the United States ard British C0lum.
bia. Many of the immigrants to Amer.
lea learned the value OF "A Federal sys.
tenn of government IN time Of war. CT
unusual disturbances. in other words,
a league composed of members who
directed in corporate capacity the
action of smaller states subordinate to
the league. England learned new
views from the United states, and her
Federal system
Especially he dwelt on the lessons of
the Civil War and the teachings Of
the Monroe Doctrine as interpreted in
the past as we'll as at present He
asserted that there was q dream in
England during the seventies that
haunted il today. in reference to a
change in her policy, learned from the
United States a fine opportunity
thought the writer TO mention Mr..
Ohamberlin with his "protectionist
ideas. but not used - He thought
Lord Beaoons6eld wanted 10 teach
/" "Jiugoism' TO oil when he uttered
the couIlet
We don't want to fight, but if we do
BY Jingo' we've got ships, men and
money too.
The greater portion of the lecture
was devoted TO the colonization Of
Africa. especially by the English
After her successes there the other
great powers in cooperation, in order
to diminish her increasing dominion.
induced Leopold King Of Belgium,
to take charge of large portion Of
Central Africa as a protector Of Afri-
can interests. The result has been
that he, as in American experience.
is accused of almost limitless graft. -
and great dispute, with correspond
ing discord has arisen The lecturer
stated that the recent war with the
Beers resulted from the fact that the
Boer were Puritan farmers who be-
lieved the negroes were descendants
of Ham, and made for servants Of the
white race. The English having heard
of cruelty to the negroes on that
basis, went to South Africa to show
their faith in the brotherhood OF
man, and to put stop to the cruel.
ties.
Out of the two ideas sprang the
difficult settlement of the trouble. and
to make matters worse, diamonds
were discovered, which added greedy
desire for wealth to the disorder. and
drew dishonest Adventures to the
field, which caused one encroachment
and another on supposed rights, till
with the racial problems OF Dutch
English, Italian, Portuguese French
and negro combined aud unsettled
hatred and war followed.
After telling of the complications
that came chiefly from a desire Of all
par ties TO own territory, and maze II
profitable, he spoke of Englaud's
large possessions dt present in africa
including Egypt and other valuable
parts Cf the Continent. France. too.
has succeeded in getting possessions of
a large share Of Automatically AL.
geria, where her political supremacy
in practical affairs is the same as in
France itself, with representatives in
the Home government. And from
present indications he felt quite sure
France would own Morocco before
long. He was very facetious over
the Snltan Of Turkey-the 'sick man
of Europe" He thought that indi.
yidual was coddled and nursed by En-
ropeRn powers for an insidious pur.
poses-ostepsibly TO keep Russia off.
but for the benefit of the other pow.
ers, evidently. He was kept alive for
the present to contribute to that end
He showed some fine stereonticon
lides, and by maps depicted the de.
veIopment of Africa from an mex
plored continent to a lard owned and
being improved as far as feasible with
its unnayigable rivers and poor har.
bors by the European powers. Today
but one of the original African states
has its utonomy-Abysinia.
The representation Of different
scenes in Africa and the fire likeliness
of Livingston, the noble missionary.
and others we're discoursed upcn most
entertainiDgly. The great apostles OF
flee trade, CObbden, Lord Dalhousie.
John Bright, ard Sir Robert Peel were
stown, and the lecturer closed with
the assertion that much of the coloni.
zation. up 20 date, was superficial. and
the twentieth century would probably
elucidate many tangled problems Of
today
Midshipman Dropped.