Smyrna times., 1906-04-18
FORMER SMYRNIAN WRITES
Of ENGLAND TO LADIES CLUB
INTERESTING PAPER READ BEFORE TWEEN
TIETH CENTURY CLUB OF SMYRNA FRIDAY.
Tells Of the Great Empire That Has Been One of
the Great Powers of The Earth For Many
Years and Her Natural Advantages.

To the Century Club, Smyrna
At one of your recent meetings at
which [ had the pleasure of being
present, your Committee urged me to
promise that would write few i'm
pressions for you upon the subject,
England" before you this winter. In
fulfilling this promise 1 feel it is poor
return for the pleasant evening spent
with you.
Referring to the geographical loca-
tion of the metropolis London, you
will find it is about 800 miles north
from Smyrna, while the frontier be-
tween England and Scotland is 400
miles further north. This does not
give us the land of the midnight sun,
yet the lingering twilights and incom-
parable sunsets of summer, contrasted
with the short days of midwinter,
strongly impress upon one the fact
that the conditions are very different
from our accustomed latitude,
Compare the latitude of a North of
England city-say Newcastle-upon-
Tyne-with the spot due north from
here, and you will marvel at the con-
trast. In the first instance, you will
find only few days in midsummer
where the temperature exceeds 80 de-
grees Fahrenheit, nor will the winters
bear sufficient ice to keep Smyrna from
boiling over on the 4th of July,
whilst, in the other case, the only liv-
ing things that could be seen would be
fur-clad animals or the Esquimaux-a
land of intense Arctic cold.
Had it not been for the Gulf Stream,
a river of hot water 400 miles wide,
flowing from our southern shores
across the Atlantic, tempering the eli
mate of England, the Romans might
not have found it so desirable a place
to dwell in; they might not have con-
tested their conquered domains with
the turbulent Scot, and in AZ B. c.,
built an earthen embankment from
Berwick to Carlisle, and later, further
south, a stone wall, parts of which are
still in good preservation, in order to
keep the encroaching Scot in his place.
The waters from the Atlantic sweep
around the northern granite bound
coasts simultaneously with those that
wash the southern chalk cliffs. The
meeting point of this rush of waters,
coming in from the ocean in opposite
directions, bank the waters of the
EnglishSsad Irish Channels up to such
- extent that at Liverpool and Lon
don the rise and fall of the tideis equal
to about thirty feet. At both places
much use is made of these rapidly
moving waters: thousands of lighters
are transported on each tide, and,
without the use of any means of pro-
pulsion whatever, as much as twenty
miles may be made upon a single tide.
England Fortunate in Her Natural Creation
England was exceptionally fortunate
in her natural creation, by which she
was endowed with resources that usu-
ally belong to continents. Her mineral
wealth is inestimable, her geographi-
Cal location unique, her climate condi-
tions delightful, the combined results
giving her, unmistakably, the first
place with the nations of the world.
This perhaps suggests to your minds
certain Anglomanla attended with
dIsloyalty. In English wit: 81 deny
the allegation and scorn the allega-
tor!'
For commercial superiority, for
sound government, England stands
without peer. For chemistry, medi.
cine, and the allied arts, Germany is
pre-eminently to the front; for art and
literature we bow to France as oui
teacher; for concentration of thought
Japan only has rival in India. Every
great people has its speciality, but
will live in the hope that some day the
offspring of England, the United
States OF America, will have continued
the rapid strides she has made in th,
past, and stand positively 10 the from
rank for the united good qualities OF
them all.
The covetOus disposition of the worlC
towards England may be said to b,
quiescent to-day on account of th,
enormous navy she could put into ac-
tivity. So long as she maintains he
prestige, continental disputes can bt
peacefully settled around the greer
cloth in comfortable armchairs. Ever
the casual observer can see that he
strength on the water is the balance
wheel which regulates to very larg
extent the politics of Europe.
In the people, one can see the nat
ural influence of these long years O
continuous self defence. 1t has ere
ated race. which hold to conviction
with bulldog tenacity, free to utte
their grievances without suppression