18 JANUARY 1902, Page 12

THE . REAL CAUSE OF ENGLAND'S INFLUENCE. [To TUE EDITOR . OF

TIIE "SPEOTATOH.1 SIR,—The following passage from the speech delivered in the House of Commons by Mr. Disraeli on June 3rd, 182,n the 'subject of national expenditure is worth recalling -at'' the

present time

"1 have in the course of my life been in communication with some of the most eminent statesmen of various countrias, and I have always heard them use this language with- regard to the it.fluenca of England, that the real cause of the influence of England may be found in this circumstance, that England.is the only country whirl), when it enters into a quarrel that it believes to be just, never ceases its efforts until it has accomplished its aim."