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THE BULLETIN
Fix this textVol. 2.—Wc. 92.—Hew Series.
Fix this textSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1885.
Fix this textFries—64.
Fix this textThe Bulletin.
Fix this textSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1885.
Fix this textBy Jingo!
Fix this textIt is possible that the origin of the term
Fix this text“Jingos” has, rtcent as it is, already been
Fix this textforgotten by some people. It serves our
Fix this textpurpose to refer to it. At the close of the
Fix this textRusso-Turkish war, when the victorious
Fix this textMuscovite appeared disposed to take advan-
Fix this texttage of his success to appropriate conquered
Fix this textterritory, with slight regard for the suscep-
Fix this texttibilities of Great Britain respecting the
Fix this textbalance of power in the East, it seemed
Fix this textpossible that, under DTsraelx’s guidance,
Fix this textEngland would be precipitated into a war
Fix this textto restrain the conqueror. The musio-halls
Fix this textof London resounded with so-called patriotic
Fix this textsongs, of which one particularly tickled the
Fix this textfancy of the intellectual habitues of these
Fix this textresorts. The refrain of this precious ditty
Fix this textwas vigorously ohorussed nightly by excited
Fix this textcrowds of warlike oounter-jumpets. It ran
Fix this textthus—
Fix this text“ w© don’t want to fight.
Fix this textBut, by Jingo I if we do,
Fix this textWe've got the men, we’ve got the ships,
Fix this textAnd we’ve got the money too I ” *
Fix this textThenceforth the advocates and supporters in
Fix this textEngland of a policy of energetic adventure
Fix this textwere dubbed “Jingos,” by way of derision.
Fix this textThese gentry have evidently broken out
Fix this textwith a fresh access of their peculiar form of
Fix this textswaggering insanity, in consequence of the
Fix this textfall of Khartoum, the consequent failure of
Fix this texttiOrd Wolssley’s expedition, and the seri-
Fix this textously-compromised position alike of his
Fix this textdetachments, of bis main force, and of the
Fix this textwhole situation in Egypt and the Soudan.
Fix this textWe are apprised by cable advices, emanating,
Fix this textnot from the ordinarily unimpassioned
Fix this textReuter Agency, but from the own corres-
Fix this textpondent of the S.M. Herald and Melbourne
Fix this textArgus— in other words, emanating from the
Fix this textTory Standard —that the public indigna-
Fix this texttion and disgust throughout the United
Fix this textKingdom at the news of the fall of Khar-
Fix this texttoum is unparalleled. Allowing for the
Fix this textstrongly-prejudiced source of this allegation,
Fix this textibis still significant, and,probably, under cer-
Fix this texttain limits,true. Considering whence it enam-
Fix this textates, it may probably be read to mean that
Fix this textthe Tory Press everywhere has availed itself
Fix this textof the event to raise a howl against the pre-
Fix this textsent Liberal Administration, and that the
Fix this textvoice of cooler counsel has, for the moment,
Fix this textbeen overwhelmed by the mingled clamour
Fix this textof interested denunciation, national morti-
Fix this textfication, and general confusion and dismay.
Fix this textReuter’s agency, which is, as a rule, less
Fix this textimpassioned than the special Tory cable
Fix this textcorrespondence of the leading Australian
Fix this textpapers, but which, nevertheless, has, all
Fix this textthrough the Egyptian affair been so dis-
Fix this texttinctly Jingo as to raise a suspicion that the
Fix this textHebrew management in England has been
Fix this textinfluenced by interest or sympathy with the
Fix this textbond-holding usurers, supplements the Spe-
Fix this textcial’s advices with a statement that the
Fix this textEnglish Press is unanimous in declaring that
Fix this textthe latest incident has rendered retreat from
Fix this textEgypt impossible. It is quite probable that
Fix this textunder the impulse of the first excitement,
Fix this textsome such expression has been general
Fix this textamong the leading journals. But we take
Fix this textleave to doubt the alleged unanimity, and
Fix this textwe do not forget that the “ leading” jour-
Fix this textnals are not those which to-day most accu-
Fix this textrately represent tbe views of the “ people ’
Fix this textof Great Britain. We doubt, for instance,
Fix this textwhether the London Echo, a Radical even-
Fix this texting paper of much influence, or Reynolds’,
Fix this textthe working man’s weekly organ, will have
Fix this textcommitted themselves to any such declara-
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Fix this textIt is, in fact, the shriek of wounded vanity,
Fix this textnot the voice [of calm reason, which thus
Fix this textreaches us from the old country. But there
Fix this textis room to hope that emotional gaspings
Fix this textwill be succeeded by the deliberate deter-
Fix this textminations of wisdom. There is no denying
Fix this textthe prime proposition of the school that to
Fix this textretire from the Soudan now and from Egypt
Fix this textshortly, without repairing the reverse at
Fix this textKhartoum — even should the retreat of
Fix this textWolseley’s main body, let alone his com-
Fix this textpromised detachment in advance, be pos-
Fix this textsible without incurring fresh disaster—
Fix this textwould involve a loss of national “ prestige.”
Fix this textNow,prestige, as known to music-hall Jingos,
Fix this textis a shadowy sort of phantom, consisting of
Fix this textlittle more than a misty halo of glorified
Fix this textvanity. But to the statesman and political
Fix this textphilosopher, prestige has a substantive
Fix this textreality and a tangible >alue To a nation,
Fix this textas to an individual, a reputation of being an
Fix this textawkward customer to tackle, prompt to re-
Fix this textsent affront or wrong, and stubbornly re-
Fix this textsolute never to quit a quarrel or a difficulty
Fix this textwithout having the best of it at all hazards,
Fix this textright or wrong, is quite a valuable charac-
Fix this textter. It may save more trouble and avert more
Fix this textcombats than it costs to acquire it. And
Fix this textthat property of “ prestige” is all that the
Fix this textpractical statesman would trouble his head
Fix this textabout. The shadowy and sentimental as-
Fix this textpects of the thing he will leave to the
Fix this texthabitues of the music halls, and to inconse-
Fix this textquential gushers of like calibre. Such men
Fix this textas Pitt, or Talleyrand, Metternich, or
Fix this textBismarck, for example, would simply
Fix this textbalance in their minds the proa and contra’s
Fix this textof the positions. Would the preservation
Fix this textof prestige at the present moment involve
Fix this texta loss of real strength, or plunge the
Fix this textnation into embarrassments such that,
Fix this textin reality, greater advantage would be re-
Fix this texttained by sacrificing prestige for the mo-
Fix this textment ? The nations are to-day little apt to
Fix this textbe deceived by fine terms. Prance, for ex-
Fix this textample, has prestige to maintain in connec-
Fix this texttion with her war against China. By put-
Fix this textting out her full strength in that campaign,
Fix this textshe could uphold her prestige. But if, as a
Fix this textmatter of fact, the effort left her with
Fix this textdepleted battalions and exhausted strength,
Fix this textthe Germans would not be soared from
Fix this textattacking, should occasion .arise, by the
Fix this textterrors of the “prestige ” preserved at such
Fix this texta cost. To vary the simile, the most deter-
Fix this textmined fellow would cease to be regarded as
Fix this textformidable, if, as the result of a desperate
Fix this textfight, undertaken to keep up his reputation
Fix this textas a man not to be trifled with, he was seen
Fix this textto be exhausted, strained, and crippled. A
Fix this textfifth-rate pugilist could have thrashed Tom
Fix this textSayers any day during the month after his
Fix this textencounter with Heenan.
Fix this text• •
Fix this textThere are undoubtedly strong reasons in
Fix this textpoint of sentiment why Great Britain
Fix this textshould, as a measure connected with pres-
Fix this texttige, annex Egypt and conquer the Soudan.
Fix this textTo do so would rehabilitate her reputation
Fix this textas a great power, of late considerably
Fix this textcompromsed. But, if to do so sacrificed
Fix this textor exhausted the actual strength for
Fix this textthe sake of the name—bartered the
Fix this textsubstance for the shadow—the proceed-
Fix this texting would plainly bo suicidal. Those
Fix this textwho insist that Great Britain must now
Fix this textannex Egypt, assert, in fact, that circum-
Fix this textstances have forced our nation upon one
Fix this texthorn of a most deplorable dilemma. To
Fix this textretire, they say, would now be equivalent to
Fix this texta confession that England is unequal to oope
Fix this textwith the situation—that she has ceased, In
Fix this textfact, to be a “great ” power. But to remain
Fix this textin Egypt, and to put forth her full mill,
Fix this texttary strength in the Soudan—the centre of
Fix this textAfrica—does this involve no risks? How
Fix this textthis question might be answered is explained
Fix this textby the passages which follow, from an
Fix this textarticle published in the London Daily
Fix this textNews of December 26th, under the heading
Fix this textof “ Foreign Intrigue Against the English
Fix this textGovernment." (By One Behind the Scenes):—
Fix this text“ Prince Bismarck detests tbe present English
Fix this textGovernment, and is determined to wreck it if he
Fix this textpossibly can. Austria and France will lend him
Fix this texttheir willing and complete co-operation. The
Fix this textpassages which the Paris correspondent of the
Fix this textDaily News has cited from the French Opportu-
Fix this textnist Journals are, in their way, an Illustration of
Fix this textthe temper of certain political parties in France
Fix this textagainst this country His desire, often
Fix this textexpressed to successive Ministries, is that England
Fix this textshould take over Egypt absolutely, and make of
Fix this texther an English possession. This would have been
Fix this texta letting-out of the waters. It would have been
Fix this textthe opening of a great chapter of miscellaneous
Fix this textand universal annexation. When England had
Fix this textfelt herself entitled to seize upon Egypt, and had
Fix this textbeen upheld in that course by such a Power as
Fix this textGermany, England could not have objected to any
Fix this textseizure Germany desired to make; and the example
Fix this textof Germany would have been followed by France
Fix this textand by Italy; and there would have to be some
Fix this textnew maps of the world made for the instruction of
Fix this textyoung scholars—and old ones, too. Prince Bis-
Fix this textmarck holds Mr. Gladstone and his official
Fix this textcolleagues responsible for a cheek to tbe am-
Fix this textbition of Germany, and he is angered; and
Fix this texthe is not a man who gets angry and then
Fix this textforgets all about it The
Fix this textintrigue, I presume, will not succeed; but afc
Fix this textthe same time, it would be idle to try to persuade
Fix this textourselves that it has no chance of success. If
Fix this textGermany, France, and Austria are determined to
Fix this textcombine in an effort to humiliate England in
Fix this textEgypt, it is obvious that they can do so, and in
Fix this textsuch a way as to make their action only damaging
Fix this textto an Administration, and not a downright Insult
Fix this textto a nation. We cannot go to war off-hand with
Fix this textGermany, France, and Austria combined. Even
Fix this textif we could, there will be good care taken not to
Fix this textgive acy pretext for such a course. Prince Bis-
Fix this textmarck does not, by any means, desire openly to
Fix this textoffend tbe English people; what he wants to do is
Fix this textto thwart, humiliate, and injure Mr. Gladstone.
Fix this textThere is undoubtedly a very strong feeling against
Fix this textEngland at present in Berlin. The harshest things
Fix this textare said of us there every day. Prince Bismarck
Fix this textdoes all he can to increase and inflame tbe bad
Fix this texttemper. But he does not want any open rupture;
Fix this textthe policy bo has at heart will, he is of opinion? bte
Fix this textbetter served without anything of the kind."
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Fix this textWe have referred to this matter before,
Fix this textwith reference to a phase which we need not
Fix this textagain dwell on here—tbe autocratic con-
Fix this textspiracy against Liberalism, the plot of the
Fix this textthree Emperors, of which one part seems to
Fix this textbe to set the two great Liberal nations ol
Fix this textEurope, France and England, by the ears.
Fix this textBut in connection with our present argu-
Fix this textment, we have quoted enough to show that
Fix this textfor En gland to recover prestige in Africa may
Fix this textinvolve sacrifices elsewhere, which would
Fix this texteffectually dissipate all the prestige so re-
Fix this textgained, and something more substantial be-
Fix this textsides. Egypt and the Soudan would, held
Fix this textby England, constitute for her a second
Fix this textIndia. Now, to hold India necessitates the
Fix this textmaintenance in that dependency of an army
Fix this textof 60,000 men, without reckoning the native
Fix this texttroops. The revenues of India have thus
Fix this textfar sufficed to defray the cost of this army,
Fix this textalbeit the original wealth of the country has
Fix this textbeen so fearfully depleted by the taxation
Fix this textrequisite that when a bad season affects the
Fix this textcrops, the inhabitants have no savings to
Fix this textenable them to tide over the difficulty, and
Fix this texta devastating famine invariably occurs.
Fix this textThus, quite apart from the question of Euro;
Fix this textpean complications resulting from the* per-
Fix this textmanent seizure of Egypt by Great Britain,
Fix this texttwo separate difficulties have to be contem-
Fix this textplated, The first is how to find another
Fix this textarmy ol occupation to hold the natives
Fix this textTHE LATE COLONEL FRED. BURNABY.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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