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Show B it IT IB H C,L(JKIE8. When wo consider the extent and va'ue ol England's colonial pr ant-lions ant-lions it itf easy lo understand why ahe in ao much in earnest iu watching toe riou and proretm o( other and rival powers. The Ui.imph of ItuHsia over Turkty if permitted, meant the aectin-d:ncy aectin-d:ncy of the former empire iu the eaat, at the expense of Hnuin, and Britain alone. Turkey, in point 0l fact, iti nothing a mere blank among nations. The eulun was the nominal ruler of a Viwt and rich riou, in a favorable quarlor, tfi'DrAjHiicalJ; but bin empire wa mortgaged to England and other nation-', and Die Turkieh ruler waa simply the collector or aetit fur gtUlarlng Itio Uxes with which to pny intbioi on tlie dtbt. Ho waa without power in Uct, no one fearing anii ft;w re-pt:utinn him. Ut: waa sustained in his pinion bimpty because nouo ol tlie other powt;rn would consent to !( t hiti po-redeiona go into the handd of iiuoihur. Were Russia, England, Austria or Germany to obtain control of Tutkuy in Europe, it would be immediately transformed into a mighty empire, And become m ib tress of all that portion of the globe, aa well aa the controlling power of all eastern commerce. Tuia in why tho powura hive tacitly ut leant prelected the porte, and pre-served pre-served its neutrality. Rushian agres-dion agres-dion is a violation of Una mutual understanding, and were it to succeed, would huaten the decline of Knyland'n power in the east, and belittle her as a nation- In India alone Britain governs 191,000,000 subjects, scattered scat-tered over and area ol 904,000 square niilea. Her other Aaiasiic dependencies dependen-cies of Hong Kong, Ceylon, Aden, tho strait settlements and Perini, in crease the total to nearly 191,000,000 lubjecu) and a domain of 929,939 Bquaro niik'8. The allegiance due frn these, nod tho trade and commerce com-merce with this vast empire, are certainly worth nriking aa rflort to rttain. Her European subjects lu Gibraltar, Malta and Heligoland Dumber 1GG,000. Without India and the eaatern commerce thine latter would be expensive dependencies woias than useless. But England'a vaat colonial possessions in other parts of the world ore an interesting Bubject for contemplation at thia time. ' Her power, aa represented by them, wt something almost beyond com pre beneion. Not reckoning Ireland,' Scotlaud or Wales, nhich have come; to ba considered as an almost elementary ele-mentary part of tho original kingdom, the citizens thereof priding themselves aa much on account of being British subjects, aa that they are Irish, Scotch or Welsh, the British foreign property is aocoething greatly immense. im-mense. In America alone her possessions are aa follows: Porula- J?l- milo-. Canada.,. :t5ii,Mi I 3I57'.t,7S2 Guiana 76,0 0 4iU flJewioundlAr-d.. 40, '200 Hi!,; 6 Honduras 13,600 24,710 JuniHica and Turks ialandj G.D.'O 510,3r0' Falkland islands 0,500 803 Bahamas 3 021 30 1(12 Trinidad 1 7:" lW.tiirj Windward Mands 77S 2S-1 n7-s Leowsrd islandi 738 120 41H J Bermudas 21 12, 12 1 Total , 801,774 5,021,1(53 Her Australian colonies rank next in importance, and form in themselves an empire and almost a continent. They area follows, according to the census of 1S7G: I'opuli-eg- milo. liun. IJ'iornalBtid CIS Cm) 120,104 buulii Auctnli 70 ,0(10 iaj,i;2U Wesirn Vu-lruU t...078 OIK) 24 785 New Eolith Wiei 33,437 S03 9S1 Nhw Zwalilid Utiij!) 2 ti, 00 Vimori - 81 lfS rM,5-3& IVniania.. 2(i,2l5 11)1,76 Fiji is andi 7,403 142,0 0 Total 2,S(i3,lI2 "GtttJDtiB In Africa she control a domain of 242(?o0 iq-iare miles, and a population popula-tion of 1,730,99-1; and though a larye proportion of these Utter are ignoran', superstitious and eemi-barbaroua. they are British eubjects, and the land they iubabit ie British soil. Thus it will be seen that England owne about one-third of the globe'a Burlace, and nearly one fifth of its inhabitants. Her colonics are sixty times the Biz of the united kingiom of Gieai Britain and Ireland. The policy o' the British government haa been not only to make her dependencies pay for themselves, but lo pay her lor permitting them to do so; that ie, to contribute f.tr the support of the central government and pay for the general protection afforded by it. The idea put forth by some that thf empire is weak in its wide distrtbutioi and its remoteness from the central authority is a mistaken one. It ie this very fret that gives it strength, because with few exception-! tht colonies are powerful within themselves them-selves again t adjotuing powers. Ano almost all of the dependencies heartdj acquiesce in the general policy ol th government, and are both p!eaB. and anxious to sustain the connection Tue British subject is aa loyal in C-iuada, in Australia or in Guiana a in London. The eagerness win which the colonists everywhere bsm tendered their services and then means, in the present cod trovers) shows with what leve of nation am respect of citixecabip they hold their allegiance to the p irent government When we glance at these facts ar.d figures, we can easily understand why England is making such txtensivt preparations to resist the encroach ments of Russia; and we can also set how impossible it will be for the czr to succeed in his designs to increase his own powtr and posses.-iji s at the cxpeuse of Great Britain. |