Show 1 britain linds finds herself confronted with au an appalling array of difficulties that thai that not only threaten her p prestige and peace but her very existence her causes cause of alarm are of a most complex character and have no parallel in her history or that of any other nation the situation is therefore not a repetition of history the complications in I 1 which that great E empire is involved are in many features unique and as startling as they are new great britain has been led in to her perplexing condition by her present government in reflecting upon this subject the conclusion seems inevitable i b le that thi th policy of the liberal party especially under hinder gladstone tends to the disintegration ration ot of the B british r I 1 tish E empire in because because it enters reluctantly upon any S struggle tr il agle for tor the maintenance of its prestige dand and supremacy it has been firoved y roved times without number that the competitor that enters a contest of any kind vind halfheartedly half heartedly goes into battle with a tolerable certainty of defeat this has been aptly illustrated in the position of england today to day in to the so soudan udall the mahdi heads a revolt against the egyptian government not a against ainest great britain but the supremacy of the latter depends largely upon the main nance of integrity the of E pt t upon which country she mus t md 0 old oid th the thumb of her hand ol 01 power other wise the suez suet canal oabe athe tho the avenue through which british war vessels can be sent by a near cut to india to protect that part of the empire umpire f from roin aggressive gres sive movements oil on toe the part of russia or an any ans other nation would be worse than useless in fact it might be turned to her destruction by being utilized by the enemies of british rule if britain were t to 0 withdraw from the soudan difficulty and leave the tho mahdi master of the situation that singular 11 we might say phenomenal character would doubtless rise in prestige in proportion as britain would sink such a movement would cause millions of edans to believe him to be the veritable prophet who are now in doubt as to his identity with the expected deliverer dOlver er they would flock hock to his standard in myriads myri ads and the tile half savage hordes would overrun egypt in sw swarms arins causing caushie such a situation as would startle til the world the further result would probably be another widespread revolt in india accompanied by the horrible scenes of the former nio nin matiny tiny for there is a bond of the most powerful religious sympathy among all the mohammedan peoples PI S hence the campaign must be prosecuted at all hazards and the dangers connected with it are terrible for contemplation temp e lation to say nothing of the reality the mahdi has had another success tile the garrison of cassala having fallen into his hands bands alter a preat slaughter of the tribes friendly to the khedive who held it this will further embolden him and his followers the heat ill in that part of the world I 1 is about begun as it generally enters with march and is so intense that it can scarcely be endured by europeans even now news comes from horti korll that the british troops are arc attacked with typhus delays are dangerous yet to undertake a campaign under such 1 great climatic di disadvantages advAntages in an all country is all an contract almost sure to result in grea great t disaster by loss of life even if victory should ultimately it perch upon 11 the banners of the invaders but this Is not the only danger which threatens the british empire abroad neither may it t turn u r n out ultimately to be the most perilous u s 1 glands En calamity is dussias Rus sias opportunity tuil ity for the bear beir is the traditional and unrelenting enemy of the lion tile the grizzly has ail an insatiable desire 21 to p put u t his faw paw upon john bulls indian empire p i re in view of En enn EnA glands ands strait in africa knowing how difficult it would be for that country to actively face tace two great reat questions abroad each perhaps equally vital at the same moment I 1 nei nel russia nas has been massing immense bodies of troops in the southeastern part of her doma domain in and stringing nging advanced pickets outward through persia to herat between which pol poi point nt and india lies but a strip the widen of afghanistan As in egypt england must protect her vital interests ests s by bv keeping i the khedive in power ank ana and manipulating t n him so must she bol boi bolster sterup up the A ameer meen meer and keep him under her wing and clear from being corrupted byli by russia assia if the latter were were to gain the control of afghanistan then britain mient magrit as well bid good bye to india as the power of the czar would t itin un right along the Ind indian lauline line over which he could at any time pour his military hosts mr Lum lumsden seen the ice en english lish commissioner into whose hand hanis has been confided con tided the present guardianship of the important frontier inte lute integrity r y question in that part of the w world frfd rfd is is now hard at work negotiate fonna the preservation onT of the interests interest of his govern government according to the latest accounts the ameer in reality aa england was avas likely to garrison ca babul 1 tile tiie capital of afghanistan with wilh indian troops the meaning of this is simply to guard agal agai against list any sudden aggressive dessive tactics on t he the part cf russia but even these two leadin leading features of en glands lands lauds situation arc are by no means the only ones of moment that may way be considered good cause for her feeling ul leasy uneasy ane ine wily bismarck has als ais also aiso 0 determined to take advantage 0 the ti tight 41 place in which britain lands herse herself ll 11 at home and abroad ile he has adopted the policy that has led to eng lands lauds greatness or at least lar largely gely contributed to produce it the accession or of new territory and consequent extension of dominion hence thee the german flag was lately raised upon new guinea an island in close proximity to the british australasian colonies the cannot continue this policy to any great extent without coming in direct conflict with british iut lut interests crests the fact that france is in sympathy with germany re renders 11 de r s the situation still more strained the home situation of the tight little isle is in no better shape than thian her foreign affairs the Sp resent government has not the conti confidence dence of the tile people it is held in power by a burned thread the personal popularity of the premier it is safe to say that if those votes cast in opposition to the recent censure resolution had been thrown out the result would have been an overthrow of the administration tiie the number of those who voted in the negative on oil mere personal grou grounds nils and not on principle would certainly number more than fourteen which was wa 8 the governments majority this will be admitted by those core cori conversant versant with the british characteristic of holding stubbornly on to a prejudice of almost any 1 kind ind until the last vestige of reason for doing so is swept away this Thi is an anomalous position for tor a government to hold the reins of power in modern england minus the popular confidence then the masses of the people arel are not only alarmed at t the he situation of the empire abroad but they are ina chronic state of discontent at the hard times that have obtained in the country for years their ominous growls are arc heard at monster meetings S which though now peaceable may not long iong ion lon remitta so for no man can tell how soon goon the dread shriek shri ekof of bread or blood may be heard from the famishing ill lil llo lio hordes des the hopeless condition of trade may be conjectured from the fact that the appointment of a commission to ascertain the causes of the cepi depression es and feasible remedies was voted down the reason for this action was a deplorable one it might raise hopes of better times that would be doomed loomed to disappointment there are also the agitation and destructive tactics of the mood bloodthirsty blood thirsty irish revolutionists to contend witti with the explosions ions lons and murderous doings of these foul conspirators spira tors that have startled the world heretofore are to be thrown into the oblivion of comparative insignificance in view of what is to follow so the advocates of dynamite as a terrorizing medium to compel cal liberation state and their promises are not likely to be fruitless we would not wonder wander if the gl ad stone government should be shortly overthrown to be succeeded by a conservative serva tive rule if so lord salisbury would probably be the premier such a change would be succeeded by what lord Beacons beaconsfield field called a spirited foreign policy the earl of salisbury la Is a typical briton ile he is fearless almo aimo almost s t to rashness and aid the chief objective point of his policy generally would ba be to uphold the honor and empire of great britain the subject into which our thoughts have been running might be continued into a consi consideration considerate derat 10 of the position not only of england but all the great powers the situation throughout the entire world is full ot of perplexities and all things thines appe appear arto to oe be in commotion we cannot hc help 1 p in inferring f e r ri ug t that 1 ia t a gigantic climax in i mundane n un d a n e m matters at t e rs Is approaching tile tiie parallel of of which is nod noc to he be found upon the pages of tild Lil ili story tory surely god is working among trie the nations that through the operations of his providence a clearer and more pacific condit condition ion lon may ultimately evolve out of the Impend impending lu 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