which has arisen is as to how far the war may affect our relations with the other Great Powers of Europe, It is plain now that British sympathies go mainly with America, while practically the whole Continent of Europe is ranged on the side of Spain. It is, however, merely a question of sympathy. Neither Great Britain nor any other European Power has the smallest inclination to interfere in the quarrel for any other purpose than that of promoting peace, and unfortunately the efforts in that direction have signally failed and are not likely to be called for again until the war is practically at an end.
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