The New York herald., 1922-09-24

Is necessary to recall a few facts with
the second only by implication. When the
British and Scottish crowns were united
1603) Great Britain covered an area of
$4,000 square miles and contained total
population OF less than 100000. To-day
the Britannia Commonwealth covers one
fourth of the earth's surface and contains
one-fourth of the worlds population In
other words, one man out OF every four
lives, sleeps and draws his pay under the
British flag. So much for the land. On
the sea the progress has been even more
marvellous. On June so, 1914, no fewer
than 36 per cent. of the worlds trade was
conducted by the United Kingdom. While AZ
per cent. of the worlds steam shipping
was under her control
Now let US look back little. Frederick
the Great died in 1886. He was already
bilious in 1885. During the latter year he
made a survey of Europe. He found things
in a desperate condition: France Spain,
Austria and Russia we're in alliance, the
balance of power was gone England and
Prussia were isolated. Old Fritz doubted
whether England could ever again get on
her feet nor was he at all hilarious about
the outlook of his own Prussia. And he
knew a great deal; he was certainly the
one man in Continental Europe who at
that time would have been accredited with
knowing what he was talking about. But,
informed though he was, he proved poor
prophet. The alliance he dreaded never
amounted to much. the mass" he saw
ready to overrun both Prussia and Eng
land never put in it's appearance, or if it
did it retI eated in due time, leaving
Prussia dynamically able to lift its head,
and an England that has gone forth
and on
As result of this prosperity the British
Empire is not loved 1t should not be
that way but it is; human nature is inn
mutabe Enemies of England. particu-
larly professors in Germany. have adopted
a set formula: War breaks out, the British
are naturally concerned, for they cover
one-fourth of the earth, and when the
war is over they have somehow widened
the girth of their kingdom. Statistics are
then given to show that with each sue
ceeding skirmish the Union Jack is hoisted
over some new parapet, people or princi-
pality. Owing to this, England may be
envied and studied but she is not loved.
In the subway of our own metropolis an
enterprising merchant has advertised
English armalades and jellies." A wag.
or vancsll. has erased the English" and
inserted an unprintabe but vigorous word
above it. The case is typical Let us re-
peat. England is not loved. She has made
too much to be honest. the peoples think.
Aware of this. and of course for other
reasons that are infinitely more ideal the
best historians the United Kingdom could
command have begun this great history OF
British foreign policy tthere are to be two
more volumes) in an effort to offset the
SANDER. scotch the abuse and correct the
false impressions associated with the Eng
lish people as empire builders and coloniz-
ers. Or in their own words, in preface
manifestly written with a measure of feel
ing. they have had "an avowed regard for
the interests, and above all for the honor,
OF Great Britain" That the work is writ
ten in a style that does not SAVIOR of type
writer rapidty or attempts at smart
solidity In content may be assumed That
this first volume contains notes. an ad-
mirable index. rich photography for each
chapter. an introduction of 140 pages and
quotations where these are called for may
also be assumed by any one at all familiar
with these Cambridge" histories
But it must not be inferred that the
various scholars responsible for this vol