The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1914. KRUPP-CUM-KAISER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 59, 26 October 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1914. KRUPP-CUM-KAISER.

There are still people who look with distrust on Russia as an Ally of Britain, though times have changed a great deal since our forefathers in the Old Land went forward ever with the Russian bogey in mind. Not long ago Mr H. G. Wells, writing in the Nation, expressed the view that one civilised country only does Russia threaten and that is Sweden. He goes on to say, however, that if the Scandinavian countries abstain from any participation in this present war, he does not see what is to prevent Britain and France from making the most public, definite, and binding' declaration of common interest in Sweden’s integrity and the common determination to preserve it. Beyond that he sees no danger to civilisation in Russia anywhere —-at least no danger so considerable as the Kaiser-Krupp power we fight to finish. This war, even if it brings the utmost success, will still leave Russia face to face with a united and chastened Germany. Mr Wells concludes: “For it must bo remembered that the dowuifall of Prussianism and the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will leave German Germany not smaller but larger than she is now. To India, decently governed and guarded with, an educational level higher than her own and three times her gross population, Russia can only be dangerous through the grossest misgovernment on our part, and her powers of intervention in China will he restricted for many years. So where in all the world is this danger from Russia? The danger of a Krupp-cum Kaiser dominance of the whole world, on the other hand, is immediate. Defeat or even a partial victory for the Allies means nothing less than that.”