ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
The New York Times says :—" Let us now briefly sum up the whole position. Russia will not hesitate to accept the gauntlet if thrown down by England, as victory has blinded her to her own state. Internally she is rotton to the core ; her finances are at tho lowest ebb, while two-thirds of her population are ripe for rebellion. England, on the other hand, is stronger than ever she was before ; her poople are united, and will respond to a call to arms like one man. It will bo a sorry day for the Bear when ho meets the Lion.
England needs not the assistance of Austria, Franco, or any other nation to drub Russia ; and instead of there being any foundation for the statements so often circulated, not only on the continent, but in England itself, that the latter is looked upon with contempt, tho fact is that every eye in Europe is upon her, and that her movements are watched with more interest than those of any other Power."
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 39, 29 June 1878, Page 2
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174ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 39, 29 June 1878, Page 2
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