It is the development of the right of nations for which every people craves." [A] [Footnote A: Schiemann.] In such a contest we should not stand spiritually alone, but all on this vast globe whose feelings and thoughts are proud and free will join us in this campaign against the overweening ambitions of one nation, which, in spite of all her pretence of a liberal and a philanthropic policy, has never sought any other object than personal advantage and the unscrupulous suppression of her rivals.
If the French fleet--as we may expect--combines with the English and takes part in the war, it will be much more difficult for us to wage than a war with England alone.

France's blue-water fleet would hold our allies in the Mediterranean in check, and England could bring all her forces to bear upon us.

It would be possible that combined fleets of the two Powers might appear both in the Mediterranean and in the North Sea, since England could hardly leave the protection of her Mediterranean interests to France alone.

The prospect of any ultimately successful issue would thus shrink into the background.

But we need not even then despair.