Show HU SI SIO A contemporary ry asks akl whether has hall ever gamed gained a victory by the th bray cry er and righting of her wU sot diets Krost root anew hunger It Is II s pointed out O lt live hive fought for tor her annihilated the strong tone tOIle of tit the ene me enemy melay my lay In M Y In n tho the ruse ease of or her hea wars ware with France and the th Turks but hut her h r have never neer er covered with glory lory This Is le I to some lome ex extant ton t true trull But the steady territorial growth or of orthe the giant la IN nil all the more mare rr TI him Sall vent ent north I II ward wort on the Be I and the Aro Are Arelie tie lie 0 Ocean enn Ivan the Terrible gained Astrakhan and unil extended the larders borders to l the Caspian Ma roe Ieter Peter the Ih Great Oret so o cured his hid window looking upon At ct the head h ad of the Catherine the Great extended the empire to the f Alexander Al xander II it planted his bin hi ban llan banners ners nr on Olt the tin shore altar of ot the Sea eA of f Japan Jn an Meantime Poland loland Finland Georgia and IIno many other athar lands landi tell fell In Into into to 10 hands enormously IncreasIng Iner Ing her Area urea has hal been steady In all nil directions direction and anI the present war II Is waged for tor th the tarns tame rn pur poe for which all previous land grabbing grab Krall grabbing bing expeditions expedition haw have been bAen undertaken It l I Is waged for tor an lea Ice Ie tree free outlet to the wa Haan n advantage which the vest vast em empire pire with all her conquests lies has tailed to secure Should she he now be Ip I hurled back from th Ih the eastern custom chorea her of ot Asia AlIa her policy would vou hi certainly be to en endeavor i leaver deavor to find an In outlet du I On the th easel coast hH Ions long had hall her hr eye eyes To secure oure tho tholo lo and the Dardanelles has II also olIO been time the desire of rulers rula for tor n 0 tong long time fate Recently they have also nisI clot cast longing yee re the Ier elan Sian II gulf guff lt In w which of or these directions can Un they turn the th effort fort At nt hold holdIng liiK Ing hl nil mil That li ii I a It question In which time the Ih world may Iny become inter Interested ested should Japan win thU thle contest I That however t be regarded ae n lI n IL nI arenta I renta emote contingency |