The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-09

pubic 5piIicSi II En s;i;; UPON e:
meaning ana lessons Of the episode
I'm al this miserable business" sala
the writer. (which hns cost ~ the loo
Of considsssbls portion OF our mer-
chant neet and more than 5000 civil
ian Mves. there y just one consolation
to be found. II liss in the fact thss
our temporary couqusor = power
which y not strong enough to reap the
fruits Of her victory, Had We endured
this humiliation 1t the hands Of any q
the nrst class powers Y would certain
" have entailed the loss of all our
crown colonies and tropical posses-
sions, besides the payment Of huge
indemnity. We were absolutely, ut the
feet Of our conQuerov and had 10 pos
sible alternative but 10 submit - her
terms. however onerous. Norian0 has
had the good sense to understan1 that
she must not abuse her temporary ID
vantage and has been generous II her
dealings. In the grip Of any Other
power we should have ceased to ezius
as an empire.
Even now we are not out Of the
wood. Some one may maliciously pick
q quarrel with US befese we get oug
house In order and use tho easy weapr
on which has been demenstratedl n
10 to meet such a contingency that the
government has rushed enormous
stores Of food at the pub,ic expense
into the country. In . very few
months the new harvest wiis have ap-
peared. On the whole. we can face
the immediate future without undue
depression. though there remain some
causes for anxiety. These win no
doubt be theoretically handled by this
new and efficient governments which
has taken the place Of those disesedited
politicians who led us into a wsr with
out having foreseen how helpless we
were against an obvious form Of attack.
ALREADY the lines Of our recenstruc-
tion are evident. The first and, most
important Is that our party man real
ize that there Il something more. vital
than their academic disputes about
free trade or protection and that all
theory must give way to the fact that
a country IL In an artificial and dan
gerous condition II she does not pro-
duce within her own bOrders sum
cient food at least to keep life In her
1okl .hA 49,
brought about by a tax on foreign,
foodstuffs or by bounty upon home
products or by combination. Of tho.
two Is now under discussion. But ALI
parties are combined upon the prisci-
pie. and, though 1t will undoubtedly
entail either rise In prices on a dete--
rioration In quality in the fo0dIof the
working classes. they will at least be-
insured against 30 terrible a vtsitation.
as that which Is fresh In our memo
ries. At amy rate, we have got past.
the stage Of argument. It must be %.
The increased prosperity Of tho farm
ing interest and, as.we will hope. the
cessation Of agricultural emigration,
will be benefits to be counted against,
the obvious disadvantages.
THE second lesson II the Immediate.
construction Of not one. but two. doun
bic lined railways under the channeA
We stand In q white sheet over thD'
matter. since the project hss AWAY
been discouraged in these columns. BIT;
We are prepared to admit that haAI
such railway communication been COR
bined with adequate arrangements mr.
forwarding supplies from Marseillsss
~ should have avoided our reeeaA'
surrender. We still insist nat we saAr
not trust entirely to tunnel, sinceosr
enemy might have alliessin the NM
tssranean. but In singlereontest w11A,
any power Of the northa e EuroQp r.
would certainly be Of inssttmable bso
EFT. There may be dangers attendant
upon the existsnce Of q tunnel. t14,it'
must nov be admittedl that ths& srs
trivial compared to thnss which, csns
from itS absence. Al - the beilA1ns
OF largo 6eets OF merchant subsnssines
for the carriage Of food. that baa NV
departure which Will - an ad11tAs0al
insurance against tn dangen which
has left 30 dark a,paes In, thu hlstory
Of our country"
rm. Nm.