HOW TO HOLD AN EMPIRE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 37, 12 August 1914, Page 8

HOW TO HOLD AN EMPIRE

AGAINST A COVETOUS RIVAL. "It is an undeniable conclusion," stated a shrewd authority over two years ago, "that although the size of contemporary armaments, the ii)ter-relationship of the European States, and their knowledge of one another, render war unlikely on frivolous grounds, yet the possibility of it is riever lost from sight, the threat of it is constantly resorted to, and the power to wage it is the only final 'appeal when nations disagree. In these conditions of international existence it is perfectly plain to all who do not refuse to understand palpable truths that an Empire' such as the British, which has conquered and annexed harbours and territories now coveted by growing and restless rivals, can only continue to exist if it is prepared to put forth superior strength in defence than is available to attack it. At present a fraction of the British resources seems sufficient for the purpose _. . . But a time is rapidly approaching when a strictly economical combination of her financial, naval, and military power will not be in excess of the_ forces required to maintain her high position among the nations."

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