Evening star., 1915-03-29

ton and claimed indemnity beyond undertaking
the part of Britain that she would pay any damages which
might France the United
States for injury received through the operations OF sub
marines So ended the
OF course, England will be caught mapping in such .
fashion agan Her foolish blindness partly explained by hes
deluon that her enemy would torpedo merchant vessels
Common should have told her enemy would play the
game suited betat they inquire what
they could do but they would do first and talk about after
ward The opinion of the whole world is that if block
ade proclaimed might do what could with those
who tried to break it. and reasonable food
from reaching England time it would be for be-
seger prevent the victuang Of beleaguered fortress
end this better than by quoting the hrst
few paragraphs of leader in the Times, which appeared
shortly after the declaration of 1t be taken to
eptomze the public opinion of England the
ing and lessons of the episode:
miserable business said the writer (which has
loss of considerable portion Of merchant feet
and fifty thousand civilian lives there just
consolation be found 1t lies the fact that
conqueror power which strong enough the
fruits Of her victory.
Had endured this humiliation the hands of
the powers would certainly entailed the loss
Of all colonies and tropical possessions besides the
payment of huge indemnity We absolutely at the feet
of and possible alternative but to submit to
her terms however Norland has the good to
that abuse her temporary advantage
generous in her dealings In the grip of other
power should have ceased to exist empire
Even not out of the wood. Some one may
maliciousy pick quarrel with before get house
and the easy weapon which has been demonstrated
such contingency that the government has
of food the public expense the
country In very few months the harvest will have
peared On the whole face the immediate future with
undue depression though there remain for
anxiety will doubt be energecaly handled by this
new which has taken the place OF
those discredited politicians who led into without
having how helpless against obvious
form of attack.
III of he
and important that party realize that
there something vital than their academic disputes
about protection and that all theory must
the fact that country is artificial and dangerous
condition she does not produce within her borders su
food least keep life in her population Whether
this brought about by upon foreign oodstus
by bounty upon home products by combination OF
the two is under discussion.
"But all parties combined upon the principle and.
though will undoubtedly entail either in prices
deterioration in quality in the food working classes they
will be insured against terrible visitation that
which is fresh memories At rate we have got past
the stage of argument 1t must be The increased
perity farming interest and will hope the
ton of agricultural immigration will be benefits to be counted
against the obvious disadvantages.
the immediate construction OF not
one two doubeined railways under the channel. We
stand the since the project has al
ways discouraged these columns but prepared
had such railway communication been combined
with adequate arrangements for forwarding supplies from Mar
sele should have avoided surrender We still
insist entirely tunnel since
might allies the Mediterranean but single contest
any power the north Of Europe it would certainly be
of inestimable benefit
may dangers attendant upon the existence Of
tunnel but must admitted that they trivial
pared which from its absence AS to the build
ing of large fleets Of merchant submarines for the OF
food departure which will be additional nsur
against the danger which has left dark page the
history of country"
(The End)