Show I 1 BRITISH TROUBLES 41 I W s U Matters are really looking serious for Great Britain At home it requires con I c1 I trtant watching night and day to prevent I 1 pre-vent the dynamiters from blowing the I Island to kingdom come even with all I I their watching and praying for they I i j I I pray against the dynamitersnow and I I 1 11 I I > again a suspiciouslooking package ex plodes or an infernal machine operated f r II I 1 by American clockwork goes off with HI 1 I J termite force and effect shattering abridge j I n I a-bridge demolishing a railway station I I 1 or wrecking a public building All the If r cnrtainty and terror of British justice cannot keep the discontented and devilish I subjects quiet norjircvent the imports A i Jf f Lion and use of the explosives which r f provide so convenient and effective a I i weapon for the vicious and wicked f I But England home troubles I are trifling when compared to i l i 11 r the complications annoyances liarross I I 1 merits and perplexities abroad Her A 11 1 interests are in every quarter of the B if globe and in ad directions lie the t q threatening agitatfqn the uneasirtes ii r I and the vexations In Egypt the Brit f ishare encountering all that one nation J if should be called upon to wrestle with k t tt I It will necessarily cost the British hundreds to I 1 hun-dreds if not thousands of lives and mil 41 lions of money to get out of Egypt with 3 honor and years must be consumed in t the adjustment of the difficulty with J 1 which they find themselves After l4 I peace has been established and Eng I land has asserted herself to the fishiest f i extent that will be allowed in the him T J i of the Arabs in making up the ac jis i accounts the balance will be found i ts l Jargely against the British p J J In Southern and Central Africa I j the English are being left by xit iii i France Germany and Holland t + l I each of which now and again i i offering insult to ithe > British flag and j gobbling territory which the British iq 1 i I have been in the habit of regarding asa I as-a a tz3 their natural lot and portion i Unless llere shall be a yeilding LluhHl as Great 5ritianhas Jiotbeenaccustioned to the MngocounirywiHnot be apportioned irid ail6Med among the powers without trouble involving a resort to arms Germany the great and gaining empire of Europe has grown to such proportions that it treats England as an inferior rather than an equal whereas only a few years ago the Germans esteemed it an honor to be classed among the nations that were regarded as of sufficient importance to attract the consideration of the English Germany Ger-many has lately taken the Saman and other South Pacific islands under its wing without asking the English if they might do so and some of those islands England has hitherto regarded as her own In Asia tho Czar is encroaching upon British prerogative if not upon British Territory advancing his own frontier at the expense of that of the British Empire or dependencies of that Empire The relations of the two giants are strained to the utmost and it would not surprise the world if war were declared Before matters were adjusted Canada and Australia continue loyal and undisturbed with regard to the mother country but the local dissen tions in each are somewhat threatening to pence and harmony All of which combines to present a highly gloomy outlook for the Queens government It cannot be said that any signs of decay of the empire are seen for with all that is threatening there is no suggestion of real loss nor indication that the English will not be able to hold their own against the array facing them The threat is of bloody wars whichare more likely to result in victory for Great Britain and an enlarge of her dominions than the reverse It tf will require the exercise of the best o f statesmanship and the wisest of counsels coun-sels to keep the English from being driven into terrible conflicts before the world is much older |