Show germans Gernia iii ahead of the Is Eli england gland losing her grip thero there was a time when that nation had a way of gobbling alp all the trade of barbarous peoples english commerce and english shopkeepers penetrated to the uttermost corners of the globe and fattened on oil the possessions of the tha unsophisticated barbarians on whom they descended dut but within a few years other nations have bave been reaching out tor for a share of the spoils even such buch countries as france anit anil italy have been attacked by the colonial fever and germany in particular I 1 lias L entered the field as aa a serious rival and the germans go into the contest with ditl i all tile fervor of new converts and with even more than english phlegm and stubbornness it is saxon against anglo saxon with the odds in favor of tile parent stock all through the east in mexico and in other new markets german traders and german goods are pushing their way into favor at tile expense of the tha english and now conics comes a startled cry from stanley that tho are carrying all I eforo them in tile tho con congo go region driving out the EnSi english ish who do not even make a stout iland or retreat in good order if tills this continues we may have to cliance our theories about Engli englich bli becoming the universal language owing to the spread of its trade and substitute the german tongue as aa tile tho worlds voice of cf tie the futuik new york commercial advertiser |