| Show what the english eri Fri glish in st petersburg think of the chances an english letter dated st petersburg refers to the eastern quest question foi loi ir 14 in the tile folloW following duc jug words 1 I havo have no hesitation in asserting assorting my belief that if russia really scally contemplates an immediate a advance in central asia she will be content to take otake her chance of any serious serious opposition on the part of england protocols cols cois and protests may preach in vain thin to a state whose leading critics inculcate such doctrines doctrin ea as these the crimean war was a mistake which cannot occur again england ia Is a commercial state and commerce ia is the true antidote to war history na might teach these optimists that th the bloodiest and most hard bard fought struggles of modem times hato have been waged by such purely commercial states as britain genoa holland and the united states of america but all ail a 11 this is 18 overlooked with with tl the e ruins of sebasto pol still staring hen hec in the face russia can cont tont contrive rive rivo to persua persuade du herself that the tile power which hab has bome home a leading part in in every european war during the last two centuries is in reality a quiet solid easygoing easy going inoffensive tradesman sitting under his own vine and under or his own fig tree with a roll of bank notes in in one pocket and a bunch of cotton in the other r |
