necessary forced by commercial competition to become part of
the German Empire, which would thus gain all it could possibly
desire. Is it likely that this glorious little country will
consent? Its charming young Queen, said to be a great sympathiser
with the Boers, will she descend from her present position to take
rank with the German Princes under the Emperor whose equal she is
to-day? Assuredly not.

"But if, on the other hand, England were to be paralysed, no
defence of Holland would be possible; France could not undertake it
alone, much as it would be to her interest; and what other Powers
would be capable of resisting?

"Of course, it may be urged, the German Emperor would never do such
a thing. Perhaps not, he is not immortal however, and there is no
knowing what may be done by his successors. Besides, by his
friendship with Abdul-Hamid, he has shown himself capable of
sacrificing everything to the greatness of his Empire. It would in
all probability be unnecessary to resort to force; there are less
brutal ways just as efficacious. In the event of Germany possessing
undisputed preponderance, with no counter-weight, she will bring an
irresistible pressure to bear upon Holland, as did Russia to poor
Finland, and induce her to join the Germanic Confederation. When,
therefore, Holland upholds the Transvaal, and seeks to annihilate
England, she, like the Boers, though in a different manner, is
working for "the King of Prussia"."

I earnestly recommend this passage in M. Ed. Tallichet's article to the
attention of my fellow-countrymen; the folly which dominates our foreign
policy, alarms me as much as that which caused the innocence of Dreyfus
to be denied for years, by Ministers, _the etat-major_, and many
millions of Frenchmen. Justice was sacrificed by them to paltry
considerations, and to-day those of us who are infatuated with sympathy
for the pillaging policy of the Boers seem to have set up as their ideal
the completion of the disaster of 1870!

M. Ed. Tallichet's article should be read and carefully considered by
all who take an interest in the future of Europe. The question is
presented by him fully and clearly; there is no trace of sympathy for or
antipathy to Boers or British; the fate of France, Holland, Belgium,
Switzerland, is equally discussed. Their position is linked with
England's pow