Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-30
BONAPARTE FORESAW FIGHT
UPON ENGLISH SEA-POWER

that case the riches of India exploited
by rival nations would become their
common possession
But all commercial speculations OF
the British ministry are directed
against that old plan, carried out by
Alexander the Great, when he united
Europe and Asia In the city which
derives its name from him. Do we
not see how England, ruler OF India,
is evidently seeking a new prey in
the conquest OF Egypt? Should the
armed forces of Sir Abercromby's
command have the success which
England fondly anticipates. to estab-
lish her at Cairo and in the Isthmus
of Suez as in the case of the Cape OF
Good Hope and In Gibraltar, her
naughty tyranny would pass all
bounds; both trade and the sea would
be enslaved by her foreVermore.
II is, therefore, to Europe's inter-
est that the French should stay in
Egypt, for Europe. by all possible
means, must divide among all her
children the wealth which a single
power, viz, England, claims as her
property.
Forecast Of a Blockade
Against England
However the time when the decis-
i've blow Is to be struck at the Eng
lish power is still too remote. There
is another measure whose effect is
more immediate and no less certain:
To close for some time the markets to
the nation which wants the exclusive
monopoly of selling everything. Let
the English rule every sea but let
hatred drive them from all ports. Let
their merchandise pile up in their
warehouses and stop their commodi-
ties from circulation. so that laden
with the wealth of the whole earth
they curse their abundance. Then
the baneful effects of the embargo
which will interrupt all trade relations
will Of necessity rebound on the peo-
pie which has the biggest trade and
which will not be able to unship the
products of its industry at any shore
from the Sound to the Dardanelles.
Then England will soon detest her
ministers who have. overstrained the
bow Of her power and who had no
other hope of maintaining 1t than by
perpetuating the weakness and the
lack Of foresight of all neighboring
states.
Rule Of Sea Condemned
Already the enforced rate of ex-
change which Mr.. Pitt has given to
the banknotes is pointing to grave
crisis which must break in a forcible
storm. Foreign capitalists have taken
alarm. Those who had entrusted their
funds to that bank which seemed un-i
shakabie to them are Fastening to with
draw them. Private fortunes have
been badly shaken and appear to In,
dictate the coming ruin OF the national
funds.
It seems that the predictions of a
great English statesman are about to
be fulfilled. Events begin to justify
the memorable words which Lord
Bolingbroke spoke to his countrymen
more than SO years since.
The project to be sole ruler of the
seas and to monopolize all trade is
In its final effects as ruinous as. the
plan of universal monarchy on the
continent Should the English abuse
their power and want to deprive
France of her colonies, then France
would turn her main energies to the
sea, and restrict her ornaments on
land; no, longer suspected by her
neighbors she would strip Great Brit
ain of her Allies"
Freedom Of the Seas
It Is still time now; and If England
will return to the principles of her
statesmen and her most enlightened
publicists she might yet prevent the
evils consequent on her excessive am
bition. Let her speedily conclude with
all the states of Europe a treaty Of
navigation which will free the seas
and which is based on reciprocity.
France has set the first example and
has established that principle In the
alliance concluded with the Ameri-
cans. France will no longer enter
into any treaty unless that treaty
favors the interests Of all nations.
If England, proud of a long pros
perity, rejects the wishes of the con-
tinent, she will soon be punished, and
the days of her downfall viii quickly
follow the days of her greatness. As
long as the neutrals adhere to their
system, their independence is secure.
As soon as England utters the first
cry Of anguish the continent will be
at rest, and two worlds will be