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Show ' lilt flll'allll lkllll.1. This weak ojoaeoaeiilntsneelyerUI-1 ojoaeoaeiilntsneelyerUI-1 nl situation In lelerotllotial afla.n. j The ilaonar ol greet waf etipaars more Imminent than at an' time this ( eentur alooe tlia allied powers war oelled upon to laoa iha great Napoleon. The key to Ilia eltuelion : lain the hands al Ureal BrltalD, aud . wlaar ooutieela m.y pratel! tod lead thai nation to .urua a conslllatory polio toward IkeUalled Hlatee, In-stead In-stead of eaanmlng a threatening MM ; tail. The flying aiua.lron hai not yal i Ballad from l'ortamoult) harbor, and 1 will not rmalTt IU final ordara un til lb dapartura from Ilenlry I Bay, whleb will not bo until Friday at theeerlleet. Up to that time Ilia Hrlt-laa Hrlt-laa premier baa opirlunlt to aond hlalmmanao natal foroo to quarter wbara Ho praoonoo will But be ra.ardail a d tract menace to a nation wblob 1 Britain ehould bo tho laat to tbroatan. Bat It Iha royal squadron la destined to lb Uarmudaa, allbar for notion af alnat tba United ttUUa or In seising upon Cube In pumianoo of on agree-monk agree-monk with Hpaln, tho oorlom noluro of uok moTomont hardly no to otar. I ' eat I mated. ! It to oonrooly to bo conceived Ihot I Lord Hallabury ond hlo oatuto nopbaw aud political advisor, Arthur llillour, really pooaeaa en Idea Ihel by (root I tllaplay of navel foroo tboy eon lullml. j data tha UnlUd Hlatoo Into aoqutaa. cence te English dlota oa Iha Munroo ! doolrlno. In Iho Brat phvoo, tho put law waaka ohould bovo oonvluood Ibom i Ihot Knillab publlo oanllmonl la not damandlnc wor wllk Ihlo nation. I Whan Iho Traoaraal Inoldouloeeurrod, j II H quloaly dlaoovorod tbal nil ! ' Britain oould bo orrayad niainat Oar- many, and Iha lottar had to lot j with dlaorallon. But nn anil- Amarloan campalfin ohowo bo auoh i looml oupporl, for Iho almplo roaaon ! that tho lirlllah publlo aoo no )intlflia- I 1 llun for Ik What Ihoy want la elor I aotuniorolol lalatlouo with tho Unltad DUtao, nnd Bat wor. la thooaouni) I plaoa, II b war with Ihlo oountry wora loboonlhualutloally aupportad by tha Brltlah people, Iho United Klagdnaa eould not hop to oooa oat ol It wltu j laao daoaog than would noorno to tha Unltad Blatae. Tha loat to llrltlab I eommoroe alono waulil oxoaod In value Iho graataat dealruotloa whlob 1 baa been pointed out a poaalble to lu- ! Blot en tblaoaualiy. Aud thirdly, II I Britain doe aol waul war with Iho United Hlatee, any "bulld.nln." j procedure of the -llrltlab ailo I' latry would bo the woral poa- utile olap, for ina praiont lainpar of lilt oountry, aa iliuwu upon tha i'realdanl'a Veuaiualau tneiaane, i-i i-i ready la too nuoh I no 1 1 Lad lo kuook ! the eblp oQ John Bull'o aboulder. Taking all the olruumatanoaa lulo oonaideratjoo, we do not believe ht Kugland wauta war, aud will find a way lo aurmouut tho preiant dlllloul-Ilea. dlllloul-Ilea. Queeu Victoria, while eaaronliii; ouly the powara of a limited monareti, lllll liaa lUllMant iDfluanro to pravaul aer people halug plumed Into audi e dlfleatroua conflict, lor In Ureal Britalu, rnlnlatry and all would have to go down before the iguana' pjpularlty liould aba appial to li.o nation in tltli raaieot, Tim way fur tula baa been opeued by ariulltlug her to lk an 'active pert In the Ucroian etlalr. Werotbeijuaeii lo peaaaway auevant I not at all Improbable tliluua mllit ba aiillroly dlllareiit. But wlillf alia llvna ' ' there la ilroug reaaon to believe that l j her rutnUlry will be careful lo lla war 1 I j policy where the U nlled Miatea la con- ! ) oeruvd. . : ' . The now ijueatlou Invnlvad la of lar J J mora Irup.irl.nre than the Venrauelau 1 I boundary. Hero la the alluatlun of i' a revolution In Culm about tu prove auccm ul. Hpaln, raromal u that bar praclloal Loutrl i f ibo lilu i U abtut to paaa away, li aatd tu have ueotlatl to trautf. r It In Britain. In tble trauaattlon there li a virtual oouotaalou that Hpaulnh power In ('uba la replaced l.y too republic re-public there. 1 he allualion daman j raooiultlon by Ibe United Btatta ol belllgeretil rl.lita for the C'uben revo. , luUonlati,BQd the l'realdeut'j prod .ma. t on to that eDect le millclpatad any day. II BrIUlu auoepta the Hpanlib traoafer, alio will be virtually In the poaltlon of attempting to conquer an American republic Tbla the Uultad Btat-o oould not paimli; anil her Ilea the danoer of aalectlug tho IP. It-riiui'Ut a a ,nint of rdnleavnua for t.ie fr.nH- .4 lA'itou, ao tar aa Cubau oftalra are couoarnad; for Ibe Bur lUdae la en Importaut haaeof Brltlah npera-tlona npera-tlona either aaalmt (Jtiba or the United Hia!ea, being wltbla 600 rullea of our ilinraa. Tuna it may be nean that unlet the uppoaed deailnntlnn ol Iho aiuadrcin la ohnngrd, tr'.ub a will reault. But, aa leurektaie), It may not tie Bermudaa at ell, hi nee nooroaalon for alarm. We my wo believe alt-pa will bo tenon to avert or at lean ilpfar tha trouble yet a little while. But we do not bell- ve lliat It will be poa;poneJ tor lung-T lung-T o coi.aatiaua of opinion on ancle .1 propheMo olterancea haa pointed for tii- ro than a hundred yeara to the ord ol Iha nineteenth ceotury aaa Ittue l.ir great national turmoil; Iho oerreottiea ol tbla op'.nlon haa been confirmed by aioJera revelation. The alluatlon la eicrrilliigly critical. Whttevar may be ttia particular oouraa of evenla,a otu-lieodoua otu-lieodoua Iniornailnaal Irruption la near at baud, with Ureal Britain fa oue of tho chief faotore. Occurrence of a nature more ellrrlng lhan any that have been obaarvei reoently are on Ike program of the niw not far dlatanl luturu. |
