Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1898. The Outlook.

Manawatu Herald, 17 March 1898, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1898. The Outlook.

. « It is always difficult to prophecy, but though thtre are wars and rumours of wars we think no outbreak of a large character will take place while Her Majesty the Queen lives. Wt believe that it has been stated openly, that owing to the heads of the ruling House? being so closely related to one another and to Her Majesty, some consideration will be shown the venerable Lady. We must all hope that it will be so, for though war is at times impos Bible, it can very often be avoided by what is termed a " give and take." Russia has always an advance policy in hand, whatever Ministiy may happen to be in power, and her desire to secure an open port all the year rou&d to the ocean appears but reasonable. As the case now is with her, the ports on the North Sea and the Japan Sea are blocked by ice during the winter months, thus plac« ing her at a scriou* discount with the navies of oilier nuion^ better situated. ,Of courso ths his tinBlack Sen, but to gdt out of i hero she ia blocked by treaties and th»: narrow and tortuous Straits of ihe Dardanelles. The fiict commencement of what is known as the Russian Chinese difficulty is Ruasia wanting a more southern naval port than sho has in Siberia, but having got leave to use Port Arthur, Ihe opportunities to secure a bit more cf Chinese territory and a practical command of the peninsula of Corea appeared moat tempting, and so, by threats, by diplomacy, and by off.rs of loan of money has Russia tried to advance by "isapa and bounds." Good diplomats never mike a forward movement without leaving room for retreat, and it appears very reassuring that tha leading Russian newspaper the Nbvosti advocates the adoption of a moderate policy, urging that a colossal extension of her possessions will compromise Russia's own interests. Just so, for though, in a sort of spirit if you are going to do it, why, I must, Germany and France have both been partly aiding and abetting Russia in her action, and she has used these countries for j her purpoßPi through the fear bob have of not being thought friendly with her, and thus force on a too strong alliance with either one of them. Germany has, as yet, a not sufficiently powerful navy to take an important position at the distance China lays from her, especially when it is in that hornet's nest of fighting Japanese, without mentioning Britain's naval power. If Russia sees the advisability of postponing the advance she will do so without much consideration for France or Germany, and thus all the odds, in betting parlance, are in favour of a diplomatic victory for Great Britain. In the case of Russia, France, and j Germany, they have moved to secure some special interests for themselves and thus chow a desire to benefit themselves at the expense of the rest of the world, while Great Britain merely insists on equal rights for all, and thus has the best wishes, and most probably, if necessary, the help of every other trading nation. The accounts of the movement of warships, the gathering of large numbers of armed men, are but io many moves on the politioal chess board, which a masterly move may at any time turn into a checkmate. We have had one instance of this power already given as when the foreign navies had gathered within the Japan Sea and their numbers seemed to be almost equal to the ships of Great Britain, , we were shown the power nf the master-mind in a Very simple movement. Tha English go vernment had simply purchased all the Welsh coal in that part of the world. This coal is the finest obtainable for steaming purposes, and large itocks of other kinds were possibly not on hand, not being in frequent use, and the question arose amongst what might have been our antagonists " how can we fight if we have no coal to move our ships?" This has for years been the naval policy of England, secure coaling stations and protecting them, and then the uselessness of ships without coals would be very patent to our opponents. Though the war news gets day by day more ominous, we are still of the opinion that in the end Russia will not push her way further than the Ministry of Great Britain thinks advisable.

It has been calculated thai the annual I expenditure in the salaries of football player* in the United Kingdom amounts to an aggregate of £1,068,272 sterling a year, ' or nearly twice an much as the annuities of the entire Royal Family. A curiosity in the shape of a giant tortoise has been bought by one of the Bolhsehildi, and is now en route for England on board the s.s. Oceana. The monster hails from Tonga, weighs half a ton, and is 120 jears old. Its preient owner gate £120 for it, and has insured it for £200. A Japanese loan of £6,000.000 will, it is believed, be immediately placed on the London market. Reports from Lagos state that the Frenoh , have deposad King Borgu, atid eitablished a puppet King at Nikki, whom the natives refuse to recognise.— lt is very likely tha* that we shall soon hear of this monarch's ( reitouUoß,

A sensational find baa been mads twenty miles from Marble Bar, west Austaralia. Two prospectors discorered a three feet reef thickly encrusted with coarse gold, which also occurred right through the reef. From 20 pounds of surface stone 10 ounces were taken, To-morrow Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Shannon. The firm hold a horga sale a Palmerston on Saturday. The Standard says that since the Cuban excitement bonds and shares, on Wall street (New York) ha,r« deolined 250.000,---000 dollars Captain Lambton has purchased from Mr S. H. Gollan, of New Zealand, the Australian-bred steeplechaser Ebor 11. for 1200 guineas. The Sydney agents for Wolfe's Schnapps offered a prize of £50 to the person who would guess beforehand the aitual result of the final test match between Stoddart's team and Australia. There were 88,000 coupons sent in due form, of which 17,---084 seleotad the Australians to win, and 16,216 the Englishmen. It might have been supposed that the precise result (a win for Australia by six wickets and two runs) would be hard to pick, but »s a matter of hot 354 persons hit Upon it. Consequently each Will have to content himself with a dividend of a fraction under 2s lOd. One Wellingtonian and one Dnnedin girl were among the successful tipsters. An ice-breaker has been built at Copenhagen for the liusßi'a Government, by whom it is to be used at Vladivostok in cutting a passage for vessels through the ice north of that district. Dhe performances n? tlie s=hlp bret all pr>vio'« record:--, a thickness of 22ft have been cut through for over a mile. The steel plating U3pd in building ihe hu! ! i* $in., jjin.. and lin. thick in dsffeivnf parts. The engine horse power is 3,6000. An official bulletin issued by Sir William Broadbent, Medical advisor to Lori Salis. bury, Prime Minister, says that hiß patient's health unfits him for the Foreign Office work until ha has obtained a complete vest and a change of air. Mr Baifonr will therefore relieve Lord Salisbury^ at the Foreign Office. Mr S. Knight, of Bongo 'on, ba? had fitted up a milking machine, whVi nablcs him to milk his dairy herd of 50 odd cows, with two assistant ■, in an hour and threequarters, whereas it, formerly took him, with throe a«sis'a:v:3, three hours to milk the same numb r. The maohine, which is fitted to milk fight cdVi at once, is the first in iho dhtriut. L.st night the Borough Council nut and resolved upon calling for fresh tenders for the Winkmo ferry, an advertisement about which appears to day. In the last Gazette the Mukaka River Board wrs notified as having been abolished. We understand that a local business man has received a writ for £400 damages and £30 costs at the instance of a man who was arrested at his instance for issuing what he asserted to be a valueless cheque, a oharge he withdrew on receipt of he, value of the cheque. Messrs Thos. Westwood 8c Co.'s new advertisement will appear in next issue. The Salvation Army intend holding a musical evening and coffee supper at the Temperance Hall on Thursday next. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, ecaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — bo swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produoed in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lnnprs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organ!). In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [ADVT.I «• To The Dbaf and those troubled with Noise" in the Head or other Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of London, the world famed Aiv.-al Specialist and inventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has just issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160, Adelaide Eoad, Wellington, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of hi" deafness by Dr Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand, A little boook on the cure of Rheumatism Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author may be had from Mr Campbell, also free.