The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-27
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR.

It is with astonishment that one notes a writer cited as an authority state that the coalition against Prussia in the Seven Years War con- sisted of Great Britain, France, Aus erja. Sweden and Saxony. It was of course no such thing. Great Bri- tain supported Prussia, while Ru9sia was the most formidable of the foes of Frederic the Greet United with Austria was also the entire Ger manic body None the less the fact that Frederic did bafle tnc-e remor- selessly powerful foes during a war of seven wears duration is aa extra ordinary fact that has been made free nsc ot to show that The central Powers tod., can easily accomplish tho same thing against tle Entente that now surromda them.
 Two Of tHp greatest English writ CTS, Cariyie and N2caulay. have giv-a attention to this dramatic per iod Of the worlds history but likely $ not, concentrating their attention upon the wonderful Prues.an king whose dramatic personality Ea3 been quite sufficient to fasc,nc.e writer end reader, they have overlooked completely the far more important part that the Seven Years War played in English history and ir th1 up-buildiug under Pit;'s admiaiatra- t.on of the British Empire.
 ii was the British naval nd mili- ta.y power that tore colony aftcr colony from France and through Give and others established the British asccndancy in Hindustan.
 It was the British forces und r Wolfe at the Heights Of Abraham planted the British Flag there whence it has ever since flown.
 The aid extended to Purssia, al though belittlcd by many historians was of very practical nature. Hanoverian troops, British soldiers and ether mercen&ries were hired by English gold and il return Fred eric was asked alone to supply a general. That general w2s Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick and his reputation cs leader is only dim med because of the unusual brillian- cy Of the King of Prussia himself Creyelt and Mindoa Were two vic tories of little less ia.Cr,cr than RUsb.ch and LoUtEen
 Another interesting fact in con- ncction with war is that the Pope ae the beginning maintained strict neutrality. Benedict the Fourteenth then reigned. Since his time by the way there have been no more Bcne- diets until the present occupant ot 4hc See of &. Peter Upon the deatf of Benedict in 1759 Clement the Thirteenth openly espoused the cause Of Austria.
 It is now freely recognized that what saved Prussia was the death oi ihc Empress Elizabeth of Russia aud the feet that Great Britain pair e1 off with France in a separate peace. And one reason why th' w2r's consequences were not more disastrous YVES because of the fac that Prussia did not owe pfennins to anyone upon it's conclusion.
 The interesting feature and b! long odds tn most inatrcutive of th' Seven Years War was the policy O Great Britain.
 Pitt. then styled the Great Com moner, was supreme. That he Wa a greet administrator is doubles subject to question, but tt any rat what he did Go was to give a fre' if neglecting hand to the dare devi leaders in foreign p>rt", naval ant military, and the5e created the nuc Ieus of the British Empire.
 While France was directing it's at teation to the prosecution of the wa u0 land, Great BritalH lnStedu wasting time in Europe to any grea extent went after the colonies O France and practically took then an.
 In the Londor Guildhall is a mOnu ment to Pitt, afterwards LOT, Chatham. Macaulay alludes to tn "fne" inscription upon it. that in scription surely testifying that m