Show THE BRITISH SEIZURE We cannot believe tho seizure of an island in tho Grecian archipelago by Great Britain means a European war as somo of the newspapers and bourses would appear to think On the contrary the apt indicates the preservation of peaco Russia the creditor of Turkey recently Brought such pressure to bear upon the Sultan as induced in-duced him toopen tho Dardanelles to the Czars volunteer fleet The privilege was J c one never before granted and would probably prob-ably now have been denied to any power i except Russia which holds claims against i Turkey which tho latter cannot satisfy hence the yielding in this matter But England does not propose that its old and ambitious enemy shall enjoy the advantage ad-vantage all by itself Great Britain simply steps in and takes what is necessary to protect pro-tect itself against the possible abuse of a privilege granted to Russia because the grantor was not in a position to refuse Thus matters staud practically where they were before the northern autocrat having been checkmated although none of his rights were Invaded While there Is a good deal of war talk and all of the great powers are prepared for taking a hand in the event of n contest it seems scarcely probable that a collision will come It would be the wildest and most reckless kind of statesmanship which would declare war between any two of the mighty powers |