I believe. on the contrary. that they desire nothing more than peace. and that from that source at least this country is absolutely unt hrea tened. I think the gentlemans attention ought to be drawn to the fact that there is another very important sea on which at least two firstclass powers and one of less strength border. and in which they maintain fleets. With Italy we have had controversies over her immigrants and an international quarrel about immigrants is just as apt to develop into a war as a quarrel about anything else. France has territory in the West Indies. and although she is traditionally and actually our friend I should think the gentleman would advance his theory of am equilibrium in the Mediterranean also. But it is only about 18 years since we were. on the verge of a quarrel with Great Britain about some worthless territory in which we had no interest whatever down in Venezuela.
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