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Show tiii: iiut'tT 111-Mt .1 mi tiii: III11IIMI HON. Tin: prt-aent phite of tho cittern ftuttllon It ttrlklngly Interettlng to thneuwho tako ileaturn In noting tho attitude of the great tiallontnf r.uropc toward each other, lluttla coutlnuta to purtuu tho (Hiltcy of uiicronchrrent lutliedlrivllonof IUItl.li Itilenata re-routly re-routly opcucl by a violation on the patlof tho Ciar of tho treaty of 1878, prohibiting tho tallage of ihl of wor through tho Dardatalln, Lord riallt-bury riallt-bury gave lluttla to undertlattd that If Turkey lurrendered her control of Iho Important ttrall, I.uglanl would I nmpl!y act to revent Hie utur atlou of theirerogatheby thoCtar. Thlt, fur Iho time being, theiked Muscovite orillont at that lnl. lluult It nut yet ready to begin war, not havlugytl completed her tiegotlalliui lor a loan with French and lleruiau baukert comblutHl. MHlnKniiHiHl The lenttrary check rciulllngftoei tho rewhlte altitude or Hie llrltl'h gov eminent ouly relate to ItuiiUn oft ra tloni at one joint. IIumIi now, taking thoillipatchcaai correct, mikee denf onttratlone In oilier utrlerr, eually vital to Iho weal r J.ngland. An uu dtritandlnglitaUlloha.ebcen reached with (Irivco under which, In certain evenluallllte, the tint of that country would ho planMallho illipotalof the Ciar In tho Archl1ago. Color Ii given to the report by Hie fact that the royal famlllcaof thetwocwintrlet arc. relale.1 and the two peoplee are united by a common religion. l!etldc,(rtcce conildrrihenelftherlghlfulpmirlttor of the Iilaml of l'y rut, now lu union of (treat Hrllaln. It It alto tilted thit a "commercial treaty" hat been formed between Iluv la and l'enla of to cloto a nature "lint n foreign emlattadorthlp of the two countrlei Ii to be combined In one repreaeotatlve. If thlt alliance bo placed with the recent military demon, ttratton on Iho Afghan frontier II awumet contplcuout Imiiottancc. Herat, In Afghanltlan, haa Ueii called Hie. "gato to India;" hence final Hrllaln mutt trotect II agaluit Invatlon by Ituttlaat all haurdi. It can lie readily reached from thu Per tlanlurJer. II will baiecn from thlt how menacing to Knglanl a Humo I'erilau Irraly would bo lo Kngland. Thu 10I11U embodied In the newer llnti ol ltuMian )lcy rictlcally nlmmt lurrouud Turkey, which It neceamrlly Hie great obttacle In the way of Ibo Mutcovlto advancve. Urteco lift 011 tho toutliof '.uroan Turkey, l'enla on the rati an I lluwla on tho north of Turkey In Aula. I'm-ent I'm-ent ojieratlont reprttent a diplomatic game or cht-ti. Thu minlputator who 111) lil to get beaten at thll haw of the cunletl It liable lu rtiort to method! more terlout. If Hie Ciar con(emltlet warlike eveulualltlei ho will auilouily await Hie approaching lalltlcat tlrugglo In Great Hrllaln. Hhoul I Iho remit l a victory for Iho Liberal parly and the telectlonofaialilonofor Ihe premier. IjIH Hueala would have a comparatively compara-tively otn field. Tho "Grand Old mm" at ho hatlieeu called, hat an-nuunced an-nuunced that, In tho eveut of lilt If coming tliehiat or Ihe government, he woull evacuate l.gyl. Huch a tteplookallkoiheer foollthneee Ander exlillngclrcuiuitaucei. It would, In conM-quenceof theattltuduof lluwla, liecctaltatttthucioil'igo! the Hull ta-nal.or ta-nal.or having llrltltli India iio. to great danger? Tho doting of Hie famoui artificial water-way would havo a illtattrout rllect upon Hrltlth conimefce, while to Icavolluiieu and practically unpoUcted would be akin In madneu. What Great Hrllaln needt now, and what will evidently l utctta-iry for aomo time, It a government govern-ment with a "ttlrlted foreign ollcy," of the Heacontllrld ttanip. Halltbury Uhngi to the echool or itatetmen who bellete In political pronitlludo aud retolutlon In connection with foreign relatione. Gla Ittoue Ii noted for a lack of determination In tltuatlont out of which warlillablo to grow. He It Jutt tho man that the Cur would delight de-light to e mado 1 rentier of l.ngland. Wo are of opinion thataucli an event would be but little ihortor a calamity for Great Hrllaln. England It Iho Hon In the nay of the attalumelil of Itutalan alma and nmbltlont. There li n tradition to Iheiirectthat when thegruat bur of tho north thould -ut hit aw on Iho Hrltlth lion, tho tlmo for the development develop-ment olwhat Dr. Cuinmlngt, or Ijoii-dou, Ijoii-dou, calli the "coming tlrugtje" In l'uropu wuul 1 lie) cloto at hand. Whether there bo anythlug lu tho an Hell "" r 'mt. Ih atllludu or Iho two national emblematical anlmalt It Kitting Into accord with Ihe thought. The itudent of Iho eaitern fiuctlluu will Iw greatly aided 111 hit ubaervatlont by an occatlonal referenco to tho allot. |