Show GREAT BRITAIN AS GODMOTHER she has stood sponsor for most european countries lord kitchener has been dispatched with an army corps to prussia to assist in repelling an attack by saxony this announcement would read strangely to Britis hers accustomed to look on germany as the last nation in tho world to whom we should ever lend military assistance on her own territories yet in certain eventualities we might bo compelled by treaties to fight for prussia by the treaty of vienna in 1815 britain with other powers guaranteed to prussia the possession of the northern half of saxony and other territories it saxony ever got into trouble with prussia and entertained any ideas of seizing the territory which previously belonged to her britain would be compelled by her treaty obligations to rush in to protect prussia of course now that germany Is a united empire such a contingency Is exceedingly remote but the feeling between the german states Is none too friendly and all things are possible in the next european war turkey as everyone knows Is brit alas however ie in the matter of macedonia nobody may lay a finger on her territory without the risk of a war with ourselves our sponsorship proper dates from tjien together with five other powers we guaranteed the independence of the ottoman empire and agreed that any violation of it would be met by our resistance not content with this general sponsorship sor ship in 1878 by the treaty of berlin we went even further in our desire to protect turkey this was in the form of an agreement between ourselves and the ottoman empire that if any attempt shall be made by ilus sla to take any further possession of territories belonging to the sultan in asia britain will join the sultan in defending them by force of arms it it were not tor ourselves the very existence of belgium as a nation would be worth little more than a moments purchase by a treaty dated we and four other powers bound ourselves to rec the neutrality and independence of belgium which up till that time had been joined to holland wall it Is true that this particular sponsorship is not without a certain selfishness fish ness on our part it has long been an accepted theory that any power in possession of belgium could easily invade britain so recently as 18 we went out of our way to reaffirm our sponsorship for belgium A large sum ot money was voted by parliament for an army to be in readiness to join cither franco or germany then at war to prevent the selauro by either power of belgium the result of this threat corn pel both aho fighting powers to sign a treaty with us to recognize the neu ot belgium which therefore to this day Is indebted to us for her preservation and future protection from enemies and sho rewarded us in our own hour of trouble by harbouring harbou ring lr leyds and ohp enemies of our cause cheering major lothaire Lot hairo tor the sole reason that he dared to murder an englishman and by her press utterances an opportunity of insulting her godmother but there Is very little gratitude in international politics another godchild of oura compelled us to answer our by risking war with germany o 0 1870 this was luxembourg in a treaty dated 1867 we also guaranteed in 1870 bismarck us that as french troops had marched through the duchy he could not continue to observe the neutrality but in reply to this wo sent a peremptory note to both france and germany demanding the neutrality of luxembourg which was accepted by the parties gracco la a godchild thohas nearly always been very grateful and pleasant to her sponsor great britain by the treaty of 1832 great britain france russia and bavaria guarantee guar anteo the complete independence atthe kingdom of greece and pledge themselves to see it maintained this we practically carried out in 1897 turkey it will had invaded greece and inflicted on her several severo defeats the powers then interfered and great britain under lord salisbury suggested terms of peace which only guvo to turkey certain points on her frontier greek territory therefore remained as it was before had it not been tor the godmother ly conduct of britain turkey would most certainly have remained in occupation of thessaly one of greenes Gree ces chief provinces and thereby considerably reduced the extent of the little kingdom britain continued to be greenes Gree ces friend by stipulating that tho island ot crete should be practically abo possession of greece by sanctioning and facilitating the accession ot prince george of greece to bo ita governor norway and sweden are godchildren god children ot britain in this case it Is again the wicked uncle russia against whom we pledge ourselves to fight he should interfere with our ward in fact scandinavia has only to politely drop ua a line telling us that russia Is becoming pressing for ug to be compelled by treaty to at once send assistance to her to repel any attack the terms by which we bound ourselves to scandinavia are as follows king of norway and sweden binds himself not to cede 0 o russia any territory fishing tight pasturage or any right whatever and it be should make any o 0 demand the king should communicate it to us and we together with franco the other signatory power will instantly defend her switzerland also looks to us for her defence but she also rejoices in all the rest of europe as godmothers so our obligation is not likely to be put to the test further than this switzerland ze with her natural de fences may bo relied on to look after herself our oldest godchild 9 portugal ever since 1373 we have sworn ourselves to be her eternal friend and protector by the treaty of vienna signed in 1815 we declare all our previous model Is of white pongee the flat being taken up in tiny Y shaped tucks in sets ot three and four the sleeves are tucked on the inner armand shoulder the cuffs and collar are trimmed with ruffles of cream thread lace it buttons at the back with small ball shaped pearl buttons set very close together from dimray treaties to continue in force this means that at the present moment by tho terms of our treaties since 1373 great portugal are friends to friends enemies to enemies who shall bassist tas maintain and uphold each other by sea and land against all men that may live or die of whatever dignity rank elation or condition they may be this it la a subsequent treaty signed be inviolate and endure for ever a solid and real league of amity confederacy and union treaties to tho effect have been the two countries in 1600 1641 and 1703 these treaties altogether bind us W assist portugal against th erest of the human race in conclusion it sud deni called upon to fulfill all her to all her godchildren god children she would be at war in every part of the world with almost every power very stylish new eleose of white Eta hana a with red kinf front Is sa at the shoulders the back Is the least bit gathered at the waist the collar is faced with red velvet abo same forming the lone ties drawn 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