Show DARK CLOUDS OVER ENGLAND all europe seems to be against her what alight IIi slit happen in faxe olivar of war inthe suez canal were blocked threatening trouble slay may make statesmen 1 hotter better about venezuelan arbitration nef ni york feb 24 A special to the W brij front from london says the again darve darkening prospect for great britain at all 1 over arti at may powerfully and upon the pren premiers flers mind to I 1 force ace rc a settlement of the venezuela 0 o question along lines of arbitration russia apparently supine for years ea I 1 is extending her power this week saw her reassert tier her control of the balkan states the week before saw raw her establish tier her practical suzerainty over turkey the meager news from korea announcing tier her occupation of seoul indicates that she means to defy japan as well as british influence in china the italian reverses in abyssinia presage the fall of great britaina Brit ains only powerful friend france is giving givin gher her new and splendid assurances of her stability and her strength and may be counted upon to side with ith russia unless indeed great britain has made an alliance with the czar germany german Y remains sullenly lios hos tile the report from the transvaal that the cloers hoers on oil the lath anniversary of their victory over the british at ma juba hill will declare their complete independence 0 of british Britis li suzerainty would if true compel war with willi the transvaal and lead to the strong probability of german intervention the grounding of a german vessel in the suez canal has startled england by revealing the certainty that if a vessel was war blown up there in a war it would block the canal for weeks |