The Costs of Colonial Policy
ENGLAND has begun to keenly feel the effects of her colonial policy. It means a strong navy and a big standing army. And now that other European nations are entering more actively into the colonial business, and also since the United States has entered the same field, Great Britain sees that she must still lay greater tax burdens upon her people to provide for a still greater navy and a much greater army. Hence, in the House of Commons a few nights ago, the members of both sides cheered the assertion made more than once, and by both Conservatives and Liberals, that no one wished to add another square mile of territory to the British Empire. This is a little bit of current history based upon an extended experience, and is worthy of careful thought.