ENGLAND'S CONTINENTAL ENEMIES.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4748, 28 April 1900, Page 4

ENGLAND'S CONTINENTAL ENEMIES.

ft Prjt>f^M> A. yamberry,, of Buda Pesth7in a letter to " The TimeV'calls attention to tbe reasons of the Continental hatred of England. He says that the overwhelming majority of England's enemjei^aje^iecr.uited from that portion of Continental people who are actuated either by grow ignorance or by envy. "As to tbe first, we ought not to forget that public opinion is mostly influenced by the Press, and that the reader*, however numerous, are led by the string like a row of camels. "^ . . But the mainspring of Continental enmity is and remains the wealth, power, and liberty of Great Britain. It is useless to say that eenfcuriea of bard efcruggle, extraordinary pluck and perseverance, and indomi' table courage have gained for England the blessingeßhe e'njoyß. Eavy shuts its eyes to the causes and gazes only at the result. What. make, people particularly angry is the notion that tbe English have got into possession of this wealth and power without the appli- . cation_of ., those heavy sacrifices and .burdens under which most Continental nations are languishing and panting without having obtained hitherto similar benefits.;; Apart ; from- those who arereJMyHo sacrifice "higher aims to material benefits, there is on the Con- ; tiqent^pa^ticularljT in the easterly por- ' tioh'it, aiHpfluential part of the poplation, called the agrarians or .hereditary nobility, whose intentions' and purposes are totally different from . those of your own similar class, whose ideal is the.sqcial and political condition of medieval feudalism, and who

would be moßt happy to recall into life . those- dark shadows of bygone ages. vThatftWei class of the Continental community would be most happy to see the destruction of British supremacy, "* in which, they discover the main source of the abhorred Liberalism, need hardly be said. . . . Last, but not least, we -have to mention the military class, which is inimical to England, where militarism never enjoyed the high consideration to be found in most ContinIn summing up the foregoing remarks about the character and motives of England's enemies on

the Continent, it will be patent to 'everbody that the only means to discard the ill-feeling is tbe energetic and unswerving continuance of the present struggle. The experiment to convince Ob persuade the adversaries of England is quite useless. Contemptu multa curantur. The firm resignation

multa curantur. The firm resignation and manly endurance shown hitherto by tbe British public is the best remedy against the galled enmity of your adversaries, and the first essential success of Ibe British arms in South Africa is sure to produce a change in public opinion on the Continent."