Show Miscellany Russia and the Open Sea If R ss a ad been a owed to take Con s ant nop e w ch ad Europe not in er fe ed she could demoted y have done t ere a no qyest on that Europe wo d a e es aped manj of those troubles w ch have p agx ed er In ti e interven ng ears For the e is 1 tt e doubt that Rues a vou d ha e po ced Turkej on he one and and o t e otl e wow say that she wou J not lave Kept pea e In the Ba kans "Not bng and not Ger man bu Russ a s the natura br dge between Europe and Asia and bv even cons derat on of ace and re g on and character is tl e loglca power to keep or I der n the near eas For be it remem bered that not op y the Ba Kan s ates 1 but many of he prov nces of Austr a it ee f a e o d S avlc terri ory and he peo 1 pie there are ful brothers of the Russ ans But for the medd esome nterfe ence of powers that hal o r ghtfu cairn upon th s terri or Russ a wou d 1 ere ave had her harbor a sma pr ce it wou d seen for the p m at on of those cr es whic for more than a f a century have shocked tee zed wo d But wl h a he powers of Europe a rayed against her from the ery beg nn ng in the west and ow shut o t In the south R ss a as a last hope was ob ged to set forth on that long jou ney aoross As a to the far east A d there strange to sa she was a owed er I eart s de s re a lowed that s to &pend l ions In the const uctlon of her g eat harbo Is Engand as eep Are the nations of L rope aware of w at Isl going on? Or is it that they ha e comfc o see that per haps Russ a has the same right to cl izat on as t emse es? jot at a The sword is a 1 tt e late In appear ng that is a And again we a e a war t s t me not w kpg and but w th Eng land s al v Japan And now we are in the n idst of a fourth war as c ear y t aceab e a are the o er three to t I& fatuous de ermina t on to keep Russ a fron the open sea Or let us rather say th s present wa s the afte math of the other three the inevitable afte math If Russ a we e less powerful na on than she or the sp rlt of be ty were dead e S a 1c race tl ese three wars wou d p ob ab y have been suff plant. But w a te ritory ee times as large as a the rest of Europe witl a popu at on arger t an that of Eng and. France an G many combined and of k ndred b ood w th those nat ons that despt e e e ob tacle lave wo their way to t e oceans and d. word 1 fe it wou d ave b en strange ndeed had the Russ an peop e res gned themsel es to the barba sm of the steppes Instead she t rns back o that o d pass where for more than wo centur es her d earns ave centered and where as we a e seen s e og ca y be longs and w t a v gor and determ na t on worth of her Aryan b ood and he h gh a n for wt cl she is batt ng she beg ns once more 1 er ht ugg e for e open sea And t at which happens s what alwajs appens wl en eve -j safety val e throug wh ch a great peop e an express its f s c osed There is a rus Ing of m ghty forces to vard those weake seams in the Balkans and the ep o s on It la fortunate that c rcun stances ave again drawn Russ a Europeward for Eu rope needs Russ a as Russ a needs Ei ope Especially is it fortunate not onlv fo Russ a and Engand but for t e wold tlat E g and has found it to her ad an tage to jo n hands w h Russ a Eng and whose 1 fe is a wor d fe an f she 1 become t e grea door opene for he Russ an peop e Eng and the ad an ed Can become the tutor of Russ a the ba k ward It is to be hcjped t at Engand real -tes her great opportun ty Cen fo January |