Evil Times for England.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 392, 24 October 1883, Page 2

Evil Times for England.

. (Republiqne Francaiae.) . It appears to us that the Austral Han Colonies may some day desirdf to emancipate themselves ; that thW South African colonists may become rapidly disaffected ; that the inhabitants of India may claim their autonomy m a tone that alone might constitute a great danger if Russia lessened the distance thai; separates her from Cabul "(she "W getting " nearer every day) : and that Egypt conquered m 12 minutes, may turn rebellious and ungrateful, ancTsliow a disposition to doubt the disinterested, intention -of Lord pufferin* What would $nglahd do^onaurrec- i. tioos were tojSrealc""oui' simultan* '- eously id two. x>r three different pariaif of the world ? Such an eventuality may not be probable/ -"but : it- is not Impossible. v AnxL what , would ,Eng« land do if some great European Power, taking advantage of these revolts, were^to declare^WaV against her,?. , .What^ould'ha^e heen. r hec ~ position m 1957 ,if Kussia K& been ' " able to hold ortt the ha,da t^'^ana - a %? /.Historj has already wit? nessed {Buclj cpmbi^afions/'' (Pb/ )&}- . ready 'for such dangeraT would aßsaredly need a; very numen* ons armyi.compos^ed^fvthe very best . ./ soldiers; Where wrald sne find such an' army ? Her army hardly suffices at present m times of jpeace.A Ei#:^ perienced soldiers'are no longer retained.iq. the i^nks, Xnd the number of : recruits is inadequate t^ fill 9«^/ tho vaqancies-. It is more6Terfou.iyß| impossible to. arrest the i, desertion'^ that is decimating the English army, „"* .In vain is pay increased;^^ the,Engfish, a .workman refuses to ; enlist;and itbe*) dlone isavatlable to fill up . thjegaps. Let England beware the Irishman 7 ! • The Government' jof the Queen of plaHng r ' 300,000 men on a 'war footing! ihcluding the Hindoo .troops,; whosefidelity perhaps is not above suspicion. 800,000 soldiers is a small - number for* the yrprk of deferiding ' - the most populous, the most scat* tered, and the most heterogeneous enlpire on the face of .tlip glpbe. Np doubt, there is the 'fleet, J magnificent., -But hxmycould -th^ ■ I^et;be made to ODeiate pppn a enem j; that invaded India overland ? . = Of what did it avail in the Zulu -war. -J'. and the campign against the Boere. Of J wKai,ntilitj wbulli it be against • a vastly inferibr fleet capable <jf using ■'*'* torpedoes, like the Russian D6ats'on fc " the^ Danube ,? AJl, things considejnßd> itseematons that' if the JBnglish ,- seriously'realised, their situation, v. tljiey would bei < somewhat less. >trogant; ' ; jn their _ interflatipnAl relatioi s. W"e dp i^ot ask Ettore of them than this, foT-we do hot deqiro any service at t^ein ha^ijs.v^^a only wish to. live with tije'mV their Government on terms bi|po}iteness and courtesyfr--' | J /-. :>'.-:L