| Show ENGLAND AND THE dardanelles DARDA NELLES EVERY day since the atlantic cable was laid has furnished its ito quota of war rumors from europe so that the average alarm about manoeuvres on the russian frontier or arrests in alsace lorraine or cannonading canno in egypt creates create ates nu no special apprehension but the news that is now coming is not ot or the regular stamp if there is any reliance whatever in the reports there is imminent danger of a resort to arms unless peaceable arrangements are not reached between england and the sultan very suddenly with the temper of england as it is a now over the opening of the dar canelles da nelles to russia the work of reconciliation cil lation must be accomplished very quickly or else there will be none this strait which Is 18 the most moot valuable key to inter european commerce has been En glands great harassing anxiety for a great many years yeam russia has been striving without cessation to iret get possession of it over ever since that power could baregard be regarded as a civilized government it would be worth more to the czar today than all of siberia if he could possess it in peace it is not lot the intention of the other powers that he be shall have any such advantage over them turkey has been permitted to hold the keys of the situation solely to keep them out of russia dussias Rus sias Is clutches the sultan now having betrayed his big trust and mani bested a disposition to favor t the against the other powers engl wants to know what he means mean by byi i salisbury sends to him hild now a pr preem tory and all but insulting demand t an explanation in the meantime turkey is gull in place of a reply she asks baludi why england does not take her out of egypt this hP apparent Parent insole ii from the sultan is not n ot regular regul a r a plainly indicates that if a compact HI not already been made with the cyl C it will be any pr preliminary ellmin ar in case of neeland nee dand with the first sli h of hostility we may expect to I 1 leal that the sultan and the czar for i purposes of war are pretty much ft unity whatever may come of abo trouble one thing can assured the dardanelles Darda nelles will free for all goers or for none unless the end of a bloody struggle t tl czar and his allies should pra brov i stronger than all the powers of europia pura besides with russia in possession con constantinople ginop le I 1 it t is a que question 0 tion w betl he would not be safe to defy them JIL all |
