The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-09


:" British history that h. TO an'
- dcratand why they were written. Il
IL necessary 10 recall few facts with
which the first does not deal al all and
the second only by Implication. When the
British and Scottish crowns were united
CGos) Great Britain covered an area OF
$4,000 nquar. miles and contained total
population OF icHa than 100000. To-day
the Britannlc Commonwealth covers one
forth Of tho earth's surface and contains
onc-fourth Of tho worlds population In
other words. ono man out OF ovcry four
lives. sleeps and draws his pay under tho
British flag. So much for the land. ON
Tho sea toe progress has been even more
marvellous. On Juno 30. 1914. no fewer
than &c per cent OF the worlds trade waa
conducted by the United Kingdom. while ~
was under her control.
Now let us look back little. Frederick
the Great died IN 1856 lilo was already
bilious in 1855. During the latter year ho
made 4 survey OF Europe. lie found things
In n desperate condition. France. Spain.
Austria and Russia we're 10 alliance. the
balance OF powor was gone. England and
Prussia were Isolated. Old Fritz doubted
whether England could ever again get on
her feet. nor was Ec at MI hilarious about
the outlook Of his own PRUSSIA. And no
know n great deal: no was certainly the
enc man IN Continental Europe who at
tnst TINE would have been accredited with
knowing what he was talking about But.
insogg.cd 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 its appearance. or II II
did II retfcatcd In due time. leaving n
Prussia dynamically able to lift its head.
md AN England that has gone forth
and on.
AS a result OF this prosperity the British
Empire Is not loved. II should not be
that way. but II is; human nature is i'm
mutable. Enemies OF England. partlcu-
larly professors in Germany, have adopted
q set formula: War breaks out. the British
are naturally concerned, for they cover
one-fourth OF the carth' ana "hen the
war Is over they nave someho" "iueheu
the girth of their Kingdom. Statistics are
then given to show that with each sue
cccdine skirmIsh the Union Jack Is hoisted
over some new parapet, people or princi-
pality. Owing to this, England may be
envied ana studied but she is not loved
In the subway OF our own meTopohs an
enterrTising merchant mas advertised
"English marmalades ana Jeiiles. a wag'
or vandai' mas erased the bhehsh ana
Inserted an unprintablo but vigorous WORD
above it. fhe case Is typical. Let us re-
peas, England Is not loved. she has mado
too mucn 10 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 Uhere are to be TWO
more volumes) IN an ciiort TO onset 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 a preface
manlfestly written with measure of feel
ing. they have had IAN avowed regard for
the interests and above all for the honor,
of Great Britain" That the work is writ
ten in style that does not SAVIOR of type
writer rapidity or attempts at smart
brilliancy and that it is of classical
solidity in content may be assumed. That
this first volume contains notes, an adj
mirable index. a rich photography for each
chapter, an introduction Of lao pages and
quotations where these are called for may
also be assumed by any one at all familiar
with these Cambridge" histories
But 1t must not be inferred that the
various scholars responsible for this vol
umo Of 62S large pages have gone at their
work unmindful OF their regulations as
historians or Indifferent to their standing
as English gentlemen. They have investi-
gated each outstanding case of English
foreign policy from the close of the Revo-
lutionary war to the belated negotiations
that enabled men to say that the war Of
1912 was over with one constant and un-
modified objective: to show how England's
Foreign Office was managed. If, in their
judgment. and as determined by the notes,
communicates and other documents bear