Show I FIGHTING FOR LAND Arnold White In Harpers Weekly has a new theory concerhlng the warn war-n the Tavaa ite says that England Eng-land Is not lighting for franchise nor for gold mine she lights for her imperial im-perial lIfe This sees a trile far fetched but Mr White undertakes to explain his position as follows I Buner fails to beat the Boer IndIa AustralIa and Canada will take note that the Queens government ha been driven from South Africa by the adUlt population of two Il i tty states actually InferIor In numbers 1Q the highly trained army dispatched by 5000000 AngloSaxons to accept the ehallene othe Boer AustralIa If the British aie71ieaten would become a republic or 1 series of republics jince there oul5j neither honor nor profit In belongltg to the British empire canada would prably gravitate towal hp Unltd State for the same reason with a pOflble civIl war on racial lines in which France I i might at pt t v r af her lost inltuencarnottgiFreniibCanad ianso Owing tl the InJern the war which Is nanleialn eer colon and dependency oc Great BrHain and the proffers of Srvie frm the colonists it Isnt altogether easy to lee with this Arrangement Mot of the EnUs rlonists are not only In hearty Sn path with thf n1oter co ntr3 In the war hut ari anxious to take pact them see That Itusslan emisFrles are trying to stir up dltcmtent among the native In India orthat7 the French are willing to alI any c ldny 10 revolt from English rule do lotdQ bt but then R no danger Qr elherpf jlieae continental POWers making any headway head-way In Canada or Kmralia Where the pep e are very wdl s tfr with the liberal policy ot the parent g erment lIr White rles wlhuut prejudice for he Is an Englshmah but with fe rand r-and trcmblng for the same reason I appears however that he Is unduly excite ex-cite abut aSue Ioib1t which eve his oerworkM anxiety cannot present in the fonf r pr babltes In India he says the ke net Interest In-terest Is felt In the native st te in any war affecting thelruzerahl and If the Brit tag L < not holted at Pretoria withIn a reasonable time we shall In CalA have to rekon with military problcn4 l which may easily become fraught with perito the British rj In which the feudatory princes are npt on our side I our army l uuth Africa Is defeated by the JTheis we should re ceiv our notice to quit In India and the Asiatic inhelianf toward which far seing Eicgllshqn live looked forward for-ward since CUyo defted Duplelx I would pals Into other hands Or the acton of Russia on te Aghan Iron tier Korea and thE Yangtse valC of Flance in China Newfoundland and Madagascar anil or Germany In China and elsewhereit Is needless 10 speak Out decadence would rot be arrested for want oC kicks bestowed wIth the hearty good i or er frSclag power with he probable exception of the UnIted State Even I this were a reasonable se quuetl there is I little danserof the condition con-dition vrecddent beIng full d England Eng-land Is sure to beat the Beers She has the power the men the munitions oC war the wealth behind her and the disposition without doubt I wIll be all the easier If it be true that English sharpshooters have picked oft General Joubert the foxy old ccmnder ot the Boer forces The Tanvaal is doomed The Boer are passing Brit ala will Conque1 ani another hrezC will be added to her m jeshf domain I I Is not a question of rIght but ot I might I |