GERMANY’S COLONIAL POLICY.

Western Star, Issue 931, 18 March 1885, Page 3

GERMANY’S COLONIAL POLICY.

The Reichstag at Berlin lately debated (ho new colonial policy of Germany. The debate was occasioned by the demand for 180,000 m. (£9000) to furnish a steam launch, &c , for the Governor of and this sum was at last voted, without referring it to the Budget Committee for fur!her consideration. In the course of the debate, Prince Bistnark, replying to some remarks of Dr Windthorst, who had referred to the joaloui-y with which England eyed the colonial expansion rf Germany and to the possibility of an armed conflict some day between the two nations, said ;—I should like to beg the last speaker, even with regard to a Power with which we are on so friendly a footiug as England, not so frivolously to disturb from the platform of this House, I will not say tbe peace, but the confident In-pe of peace, by hinting in this more or less political debate, at the possibility of our one day standing against England in arms. I absolutely dispute this possibility ; it does not exist, and none of the questions now at issue between us are important enough to justify a breach of the peace on that side of the North Sea or on this. And Ido not know what other differences could arise between us and England. They have never existed. We have been so far as I can remember, only once at war with England —This was in the years 1805-G. I will not state the date precisely, but that was an utterly unnatural situation, the Pruesa of those days lying under the comi;u I sion of overpowerful Prance. My diplomatic experiences does notenab'e me to foresee any reason why a breach of the peace should be possible between us and England, unless, indeed, feme incalculable Ministry in , England—which neither exists at this moment, nor, with the hereditary political wdsdom of the English nation, is likely to exist—should attack and bombard us in the most ruffianly manner. Good God ! then we shall defend ourselve*. But apart from this improbability there is no reason for a breach of the peace, and I regret that the last speaker, by bints at such a possibility, has driven me to express my conviction to the contrary. Our difference of opinion with England will never, within the limits of human foresight, go as far as not to be capable of settlement by honest good will and skilful, provident diplomacy, such as is certainly not wanting on our part.—(“Bravo!” on the Right.)

How they enjoy themselves in America is well shown by the following paragraph from the Chicago Times, describing a dance given on the evening of January 22 at Atoka, Indian territory : —“ During the progress of the dance several white men arrived on horseback, coolly tied their horses and entered the house without an invitation. They were treated indifferently. Presently - one of the strangers fired a pistol into the ceiling. This was a signal for a general fusillade. One of the guests named Gordon, opened fire on the leader of the intruding gang and killed him, but Gordon then received a bulletin his heart. The lights were extinguished, and a fierce battle raged. Over a hundred shots were fired. Women ran screaming from the room out into the woods. After five minutes’ continual firing, two of the five strangers rushed out, mounted their Wses, and escaped. When the lights were brought two of the strangers were found dead on the floor, covered with blood. Near by lay three dead guests, including Gordon, while Buck Smith and one other guest were found dying.” “To fling away the Soudan.” said 1 Sir Samuel Baker, “is to fling away the granary of the world ; to abandon Khartoum is to surrender what will be the richest entrepot in the world. If the Soudan were in English hands, in ; a very few years yon would be entirely independent of the United States both , for cotton and corn. You have no idea what a country it is ; soil fertile . beyond belief, and inexhaustible water supply, and the whole traversed from end to end by two great highways, j Many a time have I ridden through deserted districts in which the corn or dhurra was growing high enough to cover an elephant; and that without almost the slightest cultivation . . . , To tap this immense reservoir of undeveloped wealth all that is necessary is a short railway from Sinkim to the Nile and a decent Government. But to abandon it would be to open the vast region to be scrambled for by the filibusters and pirates of the world.” About forty years ago several haulers were employed in carrying pig-iron from Brymbo to Queen’s Ferry. Among the number was one William Griffiths, who is still alive. This man, when going clown Tinkersdale one day with his load of iron, was accosted by a stranger, who chatted very freely with him. Among other questions, the stranger asked bow much he got per ton for carrying the iron. “ Sis and sixpence,” said the carte", “ What weight have you on the cart ?” “About a ton and a-balf.” And what do you pay for gates?” “Eighteen pence.” How much does it cost to keep the mare ?” “ Thirteen shillings a-week.” Presently they reached the foot of the Mill Hill. “Hon are you going to get up this lull?” asked the sirangir “Ob, I mun get me slimier, and push up here.” “ I’ll help you a ■ hi*, ’ saici ho, and at ones put his shoulder to the cart, and pushed up the hill well. When they reached the top the hauhr said: “You an’ me’s be as goad as a chain horse.” “Well, well,” said the stranger, “ I don’t know how the horse’s legs are, hue mine ache very much indeed. I suppose you can manage now ?” “Yes, thank you,” said the hauler, and, wishing him good day, they separated As soon as the stranger was gone a tradesman asked Griffiths if he knew who had been helping bin. “No,” said he, “live a perfect stranger to mo.” “ That was Mr Gladstone,” said the tradesman. “Mr Gladstone,” responded (he hauler, “ I dun know what he’ll I think o’me then, for I never sir’d him nor (nothin’. I thought he was some farmer.” I One Box of Cl ado’s 841 Pills is warranted jto cure all discharges from the Urinary iOrgans, in either sax (acquired or consti. tntional), Gravel, and Pains in the Back Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes, 4-s 61 each, by a 1 Chemists and Patent 1 jMedici.ie Vendors, Sole Proprietors: The and Midland Counties Drug Co., 1 iLiucoln, England. Wholesale of all the 1 Houses. . See fourth page.