THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1875.
The news by the Macgregor is of an interesting character, although not very late, owing to the long passage of the steamer: Mr Vogel, it 'will be seen, has been rewarded y by receiving at the hands of-the Queen a recognition of his services to the Colony. He has been elevated from' Companion to be' a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St' George ; while Commodore Goodenough, lately commanding on the Australian Naval Station, and Mr Layard, Consul at Fiji, havo been mad# Companions of the same' order. In Mr Vogel's /case, at any- rate the distinction was fairly earned, if .recent creations in connection with 1 this order were given as rewards of merit. It was thought to bo somewhat invidious when Sir Donald McLean's patent of Knighthood .was issued without a similar compliment being paid to tho Premier ; but there are matters in Connection with the bestowal of these orders and favors which outsiders who are not acquainted with statecraft cannot understand. It may have been altogether Mr Vogel's own fault that he was not .sooner created a [Knight ;.and it may have been the result of some difficulty which has only now recently been explained away. One thing is certain. The Queen or her Government are" beginning to display an unwonted liberality in the disposition of -honors, scarcely a mail arriving which does not contain the intelligence of some ' new creations. In Europe, it would seem, they have been nearer to a terrible war Jhsn was beliered, although the signs were ominous
enough for somo time. Jealous of tho French in their efforts to repair the evils of the late, and be prepared for the nest struggle, Germany has been on tho point of striking another blow, and precipitating a terrible conflict—the intervention of England and Russia having been called in to avert an outbreak. This has been successful for tho present, but where there exists a .disposition, between two nations to appeal to arms on such feeble pretexts, a conflict Will ensue at no distant date. N« intervention short of an .armed combination will defer the struggle very long. It does not speak very highly for the boasted civilization of the old world that in tho nineteenth century the final court of appeal for nations should be the battlefield; their weapons the newest death-dealing instruments which human ingenuity can devise; tho award of the court human blood. And especially is this to be regretted, when we find that a powerful nation which was successful in cipppling^ a neighbor during one war should feel-called upon to precipitate another because its rival displays only a proper spirit in preparing for whatever may happen, as well as the possession of unbounded national resources. The jealousy^ of |G.ermany;> ,be f trays a? spirit \ iwliiclris nbtfcompatiblfe with ouri notions! of a powerful nation's tactics, or the | magnanimity of a conqueror. France might well be let alone for a time, after the severe lesson, of the last great war in Europe.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2010, 14 June 1875, Page 2
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