THE DESTINY OF THE EMPIRE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 270, 12 November 1881, Page 4

THE DESTINY OF THE EMPIRE.

The Now York World says : — " So far as it is possible to read the future history of England, there will be no more Tory Administrations, and the eddies of moderate Liberalism will be noted but rarely in the sweeping tide of Radicalism. The monarchial form will probably bo preserved. But abroad we sball ..ee a Canadian confederation rbsolutely independent, with Halifax, and possibly Quebec, held as j American Gibraltar.? until some colliss;on compels their surrender. A similer confederation will be established in Australia without the retention of the Imperial station, A third will be formed in South Africa, where even j Cape Town may be abandoned. A | fourth may perhaps be formed in tbe j West Indies. England will retain | Ind a and such other posseesiona as are absolutely necessary to her trade. It is less likely that even tbe Radical statesmen of England a generation hence will be brought by pure reason to 'cave Ireland to her own devices. 1 If tbe torpedo and earthwork systemshall neutralise tbe value of ironclads; like the Dandolo and Duilio, England, freed from the fear of invasion and the necessity 'of adopting tbe Continental system of an armed population, ougbt to occupy a singularly fortunate and! influential position at the beginning of that twentieth century which bids fair to be the most pregnant in tbe history of the absorbing, assimilating, expanding race popularly known as the 'An^lo- Saxon,' which is so rapidly carrying tbe English tongue and tho out-giowtb of England's historical institutions into all tbe corners of tbe globe."