Show THE wan WAR PROSPECT THE demon of war hangs over the british and russian empires like the sword of damocles suspended by a thread the slender attachment is liable to be severed by a breath and cause the death dealin dealing weapon to descend and do its bloody work the situation is in brief russia has precipitated a connic conflict fc with an english ln ish ally and committed a violent breach of diplomatic amenities england must aud perhaps has demanded not only an all explanation but ample ampie reparation the czar dare not in view of the prevalence of the war 8 spirit rit in the army accede to tile the british ultimatum and england cannot and aare not recede from whatever initiatory position she as sumas there being no reason on which to base a hope of eltheron elthe eithe the principals in ill the dispute retreating from whatever ground round may be taken in connection conne etlo n with it war seems to be the inevitable basult owing 0 wing to the present situation being the result of movements of several years duration on the part of russia we talve nave been of the opinion from tile the beginning of tile the difficulty that bile the bhe intended to gain a point to concede which would woula be dangerous to british indian interests we have therefore been of the belief that a bloody conflict would ensue the czar has tor for a lon lou time been gradually lu assing massing troops in the direction of the point of contest and his movement has at various times caused considerable concern among the E european european powers all his pretensions have as usual amounted to nothing russian diplomacy I 1 is synonymous syn byn with duplicity its entire purport is to cover up the real descans ol 01 the government from the powers which oppose its schemes and false professions are its leading traits england on the contrary is more or lehs candid in its manipulation tion of foreign policy while yelle perfidious albion I 1 may way be bolls lolls lousy 1 in many respects us as she bas has been heen she generally makes BO lao bones bout a it even should the existing difficulty be patched up for tile the time being a result unlikely of attainment attain me nt a violent rupture between the two leading powers involved can only be pos postponed t at best for but a short time appearances favor the anticipation that great britain would ahl whip her traditional enemy russia ruia rula can place an immense host of men in the field fieldg butler butter but her ler financial condition Is not flattering term england has immense monetary resources they are a tremendous power and will command the necessary men as well on the sea russia stands no chance with her anticipated foe butia but it it be true that turkey has entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with russia the situation would be fraught with a most serious aspect england for the eyes of the whole world are arc now t turned upon the scene of the difficulty from which may soon spring one of tile tiie tt ie most giant gigantic glant lc and far reaching les ies that ever occurred on arth carth the ite fate of nations now trembles la in the balance |