Show ENGLAND AND GERMANY great britain is a wonderful empire with her enormous fleet she ebe rules the abe waves while her ber merchant vessels hold the first place in the world Pis oai crying trade her lao factories tories are rul ning at full speed and wealth la 18 constantly flaw ng into her coffers oo flera the celebration of the queen le jubilee to la an occasion of joy because ot the be bisor moui moue progress the empire has made in every direction during the century that in IB drawing to a close notwithstanding this there Is IB wide spread apprehension for the be future lo in trio minds of many and the press prees varies this sentiment by pointing Dg out that great Brit ahAs safety lies liea in the abe transformation of the people into a military organization organisation it la in folly the papers say may to trust too much tu the volunteers W who be have no discipline and oo no whom they ean can respect it Is imprudent to rely on battalions whose racks largely consist or of imma ture youths youth in whom the officers can place no reliance la in the me most trying hours the supposition Is in that germ germany any has been supporting russia in the opposition to england bugland in the balsas balkan crisis with the understanding that russia should support germany in the prospective trouble in africa it is pre dieter dieted that the german emperor assister assis asel tej by austria france aud and russia will champion the cause of the kongo stae england and it if the british government desisto desists from so an aggressive policy there it will encounter the same powers in the egyptian que question quest tor there under tile lead habip of prance france the subh laed extracts arm ho eu published by the liter ary digest give an idea of the conception tion of the situation as an ormed abroad the amsterdam saye asyl it seems to us as that a coalition against ga net england la in in formation not kunii unlike e t that at created by napoleon I 1 and that tha england assists in the wol work by est estranging nging her friends and leaving her army in its present condition we hope we are mistaken nothing more horrible could be imagined than a victory of the auto orate over free england and her noble people for after all that people remains one of the wonders of the world be its government ever so blind so foolish and incompetent ji mo j g the Reichi bote an influential prussian paper in a threatening tone says saye baafi 40 i 1 M W M by nature england and germany should be friends frienda unfortunately the selfish diplomacy ot of england especially her colonial jealousy has made an understanding der standing with her impossible wherever germany appears in africa england crosses her and germany can not afford to be so magnanimous as to assist england for the he good of all while england does as she pleases germany can call be a friend to her friends only and england will have cause to remember this thia some day the li L i oon spectator takes up the in the following ful lowine mannet bannec the german emperor is credited with a project for uniting the whole continent in a war with england which says ono oner scribe supposed to be inspired could afford to each power engaged a magnificent compensation the league is to be tor for plunder lEmp emperor eror william 11 II is almost as formidable an enemy as a napoleon and we do not teel feel sure that he will not ultimately succeed in organ izing a coalition of some kind the motto of which will be delenda eat carthage Cart hago let us hope that we may find a more fortunate hannibal and meanwhile let us see that every ship and every battery and regiment is in not only existing but efficient we shall not have a long warning if a crisis comes |