THE NEW YORK HERALD ON THE POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN
The New York Herald? has the- feHow--irig not yerj reassnrmgo^se.PTWions^ith, i regard' to tfce. fortunes., 'of th'e'Bntoslii Empire :«— '. Throne, thine wliot eTfen, Englishmen, qanpofc do.with ships, is to fight witji.them, on law!. Some day. o» tfap iotbttr-Bna! England must defend her Empireon Jand.. The much- taunted Channel,-.thfl.rilver-streak;- 06 shining sea, which MxGlßdstone. regard&as the, charmed -barrier-ofcEng-land'a Safety, itsuporcer .mih to* i. fadyances of scienoe.. It took th^Soanisli, Armada days, to move over a,Bpape,thafe. now coujdi bo. tray.ergcd in a fgrc.iiopHk IS'iien. Kapolepn, proposed to, descendi upon JSijgland/s coasts from Bouipgne : beneededi twehe. or #een Upurf. for, the. work* H« wou)d not need more tliHi.tiro. . hoats^nore. Even, with, all of Ijrapoleonft difficujties. in. orossinsf- the. Channel}, xne absence, of steam, and the. appliances, of modern, science, even, with the^ranwen-*. dent genius of'N»lson.at the. head oi t.nw lish s fleets, the military stn-lent sees that but for the, indecision, °C TiH^euve 1 and' his disregard of Orders,.^apoleoit W.OUldi ha^e. crossnd the Channel,. thWWff- his artov into Kinfe and taken London- .
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 61, 29 August 1877, Page 2
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178THE NEW YORK HERALD ON THE POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 61, 29 August 1877, Page 2
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