And others, that the Gladstone policy is
sentimental and dangerous.
Of course, the policy which has been for years adopted by England is
controlled entirely by motives of _interest_, and has not one lofty
purpose in it. But when there was talk of making war upon Greece in
_defence of the rights of the Sultan_, the Government realized it had gone
one step too far.
The people would not, and _will_ not permit it. And we are rejoiced to
know that the good and gracious Queen herself protests against such an
act, and is deeply in sympathy with Greece and the Cretans.
It looks now very much as if the much-talked-of Concert of Europe was
about to break in two as cleanly as an orange. Russia, Germany, and
Austria in one half; and England, France, and Italy in the other.
The Emperor of Germany is very angry at the desertion of the other three
States, and threatens dire and dreadful things.
The young Czar of Russia, with his gentle eyes and delicate face, does not
look capable of severity.
But he is a Russian. And he has settled himself in the seat of his
ancestors, evidently with a stern purpose of carrying out their despotic
policy.
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