| Show THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK the events in the political world slave bava changed recently with such suddenness and kaleidoscopic diversity as ae to 0 o defy prognostications even with wilb re word to the immediate future in the turkish question the leading feature is ie the european harmony barmon v the sultan confronted with a whole continent and yielded apparently to the demands made by the united powers then came the venezuelan question and the european harmony was scattered to the four wind eug england standing practically aby alone in her attitude toward the south americal Amer Ame cai but the venezuelan que question soon became overshadowed by bj the complications arising from recent events in transvaal and at present these have developed at ai account with jermary Ger macy mary as the venezuela trouble involved a reckoning with the united states that the spirits of war ire are exea cial dg a mighty fluence i among the children of men at t present la is undeniable will they succeed in igniting the torch that la Is to cause a general COL la Is the question uppermost in the minds minda ot of many the traci vaal question queSt lon IOD la 18 undoubtedly the most critical one so BO far the builders of that little republic settled there for the purpose of having a country of their own where they cou could 1 d tollow follow their particular ii politically liti cally and religiously they are mostly farmers content with their own mode of liv livinia iniz they fought valiantly for their dependence ano bought it dearly they invited nobody to come to their cou country and molested lobody mo nobody body in the be last ten years quite a foreign population has been sur attracted acted to this bis country on account of valuable mines discovered they commenced by finding fault with existing condition the mode of living of these Vit landers or foreigners is entirely dif terent to that of the original boers or farmers far mero and yet they demand control of the abe country on account of their numbers and the revenue they are re quiren to pay they object among other othe r thing to being compelled to contribute to the maintenance of a tte ate church and also to a law by which only dutch Is in a compulsory tudy in the schools sobo olp that the uil landers badders have obtained sympathy in ragland angland ob 06 account of these ind and similar grievances is a fact although it is well veil known that england herself still coapes oo apes her dissenters to support the and that her interest in the quarrel between the original settlers and ad intruders of Traine transvaal vasi therefore 1 4 a anything but disinterested d lei ante reeled appears evident A crisis was reached when or dr jameson president of an englif Eng lii mercantile company in south africa planned banned an invasion of transvaal tor for the be alleged purpose of rescuing the landers england of course almost immediately repudiated this en ter prise but he be german emperor who for f or a lonn time has been watching with the progress of great britain in africa took occasion to declare the boers and virtually vir lually challenged the eail government to proceed any urther he denied british suzerainty over transvaal and held a conference cone con rence with a rel rei of the little republic after which its president demanded a large ju in of england for dr Jameso blis invasion this is he out aspect of the case came it looks very much as if the german em emperor perr were seeking a casus belli against england at ac least this appears tt td be the general opinion there and accordingly the area serea teat activity exists in naval ano ana military circles the question i ito will great britain pay the indemnity it not nor will germany ass et at transvaal lu in enforcing it conservative payers pap ere Cone generally rally do not believe that the difficulty will result re alt it eit extreme measures and they are proba uly right still it must not be forgot ten an attack ou on england by germany would be in perfect harmony with the policy of prussia since I 1 to its destiny was outlined by bismarck there is but little doubt that the idea of a triumph over ever the greatest naval power of europe would be a particularly alluring one to the ruler ot of an empire that gradually has baa risen to eminence by humiliating Us ifil ene land to IB rio no longer a foi power her prestige is on the wane owing chiefly to her own policy and her isolated position almost invites an ambitious government to assume an insulting attitude besides wars ware some times break out unexpectedly as if by the decrees of a ruling providence the fate of nations does deec not rest ultimately with its statesmen the bosom besom of destruction truc ruction tion is often wielded by the thea almighty for the purpose of clearing the me nations of the iniquity that abrea ens to inundate them for these reasons it Is not easy calsy to foresee what the out come will be in the meantime it i cannot but be the earnest desire ot of all who love peace that a solution may be found of the existing troubles to in ti harmony armony with the principles of justice and nu humanity manity |
