Show WAR CLOUD I 1 it is I 1 larger than brans bran man s hand rand mid and throw throws a shadow over Enci Ln cland and the time h has a s como cone to describe the tile prevailing prea proa naval in in england as a gennine war scare A fear amounting to conviction has seized certain englishmen who believe the coming spring will see great britain at war with ano one or more great powers the sources source J ot information and the judgment of some of these persona persons entitle their opinions ioris to respect they include some prominent members of tho the conservative party and ana the editors of certain leading newsy newspapers a rl rs some slight weakness in consola suggests a that the impression maybe may be aprea spreading d to financial circles i whether these sinister forebodings are based solely upon facts abid aad reasons known of all men it is impossible to say some ground for apprehension must exist when the conservatism of english journalism journal sm is so as to lead the management of at least one great greit london daily to undertake exi extensive preparations for a european war in the coming spring more than one editorial office in fleet street is getting ready for a campaign no editor Ms f s yet been e enough nou to ires f beara ears in print they confine es especially tho the tory to describing in the gloomiest lan language the dangers which would impend if war should find england unprepared tho the situation in i the newspaper world proves at least the sincerity of tho the alarmist tory press in promoting a naval panic this agitation and probably other causes have already bad had an important effect there is of course no thought of great britain being the aggressor in the apprehended quarrel the prophets of war profess to believe that russia and france will take advantage of any provocation to draw the sword sv ord against england and will seek to crush her by a series of feud kud den blows before germany or the tile triple alliance can find an excuse tor for joining in the melee they say that in spite 0 of f professions of neutrals neut neutrality rali ty both france and russia are convinced that she will on tome pretext go to ger assi assistance stanco when the inevitable continental war breaks out therefore the new allies argue they might as well deal with england first and alone if possible london letter |