She is in no position to go to war with any one.

I have many reports reaching me every day.

I have come to the firm conclusion that we have reached the hour.

England will not fight." "And what will happen to her eventually ?" Norgate asked.
Selingman smiled slowly.
"When France is crushed," he explained, "and her northern ports garrisoned by us, England must be taught just a little lesson, the lesson of which you and I have spoken, the lesson which will be for her good.
That is what we have planned.

That is how things will happen.