THE MEDITERRANEAN ACAIN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 10

THE MEDITERRANEAN ACAIN.

Sir, Hie Imtorv <,l the tuitions is "it a transcript oi' pippheuv. The ;itlaiis in the .iloditorrnhoan are attracting tlie attention of th« world. According; to the opinion ol' Admiral Matll(! » naval export, and fl,» m ;."- v .-? thors b0SKl(!S ' the control of tlio 3 editerranoan is imperatively rsor P t V - oxlstenc<! ;||,<l supremacy <vlo.oat britaiii as an Imperial Power. 1 lis is manifest to anyone who studies i Present situation. Not- only is Knearnl dopendont 'or m „ ch of her snppl.es i rom tho. coasts' of that sea, S , hr™T Canal niusi n ,„ l - i W ll, 111 be in ton h nuii j mlla vnit Australia, am! ' V ,e ", The loss of the vo Mt hnt t0 G'-eat. Britain isl 1 , ■ i' Y m<:a " thc fall BriI'or Ormi I 'H >"•' luo , lmich is involved tlip \lpflit am to l° st! tommaiici in m t f ailea, ! :^ t ,lle are nhiiVlv iiul' ,V f a lf>«rl.v nearer which He ilr .f ? & at , Grf,at Britain will and her life° llgl,t ' tor ' her Imperalism

many tt t rM"- "! tl,c " li,uis of of tlm i • ' al Br,tam )s tl,e 'l'i»'sliish n.iinnl p'? V? 1 " 1 illat tl'o Meditorv d Ln I? 1 niestiue Will be the scene Iverv conflict. h n'Lk ? ?!' 01 the '' rcS( '" t avJl V e c 9 nc l"sioiis. The 0,1 eat lowers are being forced by cir'mr^te C r^t to^ tr ?- fcr t,loir "Mention and interests.to Asia. Kus'sia already stispicious of the intentions of her too!' *l>°'^!^Entc n te. 01 -ThS The re is nit " "i.^ 10115 are divprsetion tn U ?. nou sh unanimity of acconsolifhtw h v,'. lpo ' 1 ' 111 a crisis to well is fw ,a " E »ssia, as ne.ll as> I'frnian.v, has, interests in Asia Minor .and Palestine; and her politic Tim" R? S • a ' e i!,Ion ' 11 onl - v to herself io Hi)ssia ii nowspapcrs are banned arv L? i 5,1 ? t,le either military or naval doings. Sloves ire »««• world P M j en tCd ,vl, ' ch "i' l . disturb the u wl, f .„ may 'P* to believe'it, •ml ,1- , nmvl ' s 1vI "pI» are universal Hi 7 r - ve :lc " te I'earin" upon he destmy ot nations are revealed, he the Scrip „res are not silent Vnvone Mn see that the ewht« which t'? " !u,ce \ll are t-°f impo'rt!Twn^Ltnflo« - Vlll & i,ivolvw| - are a^j aon nith l alestmc, wdl bo the. centre !i™ 'r V ' Ul i n, ' or t #l activities. This accoidini; io proceedings and the almost unlimited preparations of the n'l c" almost, certain: 'The east wind (wort is again approaching,' All {irwt Britam s oiorsea dependencies are becoinnaval powers Tlie Cbmiiiomvoaltli. ">iul fwirl'i' Straits Federation, • are preparing as naval iccessones to Great Britain/to e,!tor Vvhen lie tunc COIHC3 and .circiMiistancos force, then, into the. arena of i„ffi ■nual conflict. The' nearness of the eiisis which is approaching inav be f.w I it" l." < 'l ,al 'ations, the 'move■ments, and the intensity of the.pr'esoii'tv Aaval experts say thai,,a ..control of the |. A[exlitwi'anran is .ewoiii:.ia! to .the- life ,ol Gicat JJritam. „ $o- ii- i s .< The balance ol power whi.-h ivas located ur the •Jledicetr.iii|>a„ and in Jvastom Knrone' lias been diftnrbed. . Moves are l.ein.r, made by .foreign-nations which have a hearing uiion Asia, and which assure niture international complications The one great Power is suspicinns of the .attitude, of the other:.and each for a variety of causes is thrown hack, not upon appliances, but. v.wn' its ov/n re-..-'••purees. . Thfl strength of a world's snipping is upon th,i\ooe;,n ,to- ( iay. .Tlio . \vorld s vessels aiV hot ."iiiadr; of • imlrushes; they aro not galleys or Walloons; they are The imght of the world to-do;- Kns- readied its perihelion. A naval review of the nations as, they are at nfes'ent would astonish the a'/.es. . Never" lias the shipping of. the; world presented tlie advanced, the superior, the armnnrrd, and hostile strenixthf which it exhibits today. The Mediterranean, located as it is in tlie centre ol a world's proccKliit'rs, accordiu;; to everything we see. will vet have a tale to relate." The out- [ look of the nations is ominous. Insoiratioii is a better cniide than are political aspirations. Diplomacy will never tun, tlie tide of events. ' Tarshish and her dependencies will yet »lnv their part ere; the curtain falls upon tlm drama which is before the world. When the theatre closes, whal then?-Great events are before us.—l am, etc., - -