, 1873-07-28
THE LATEST WAR.

Tho mombors Of tho Poaco Society, who hayo
been laboring 80 many years to pravan upon tho
lion to lie down with tho lamb hayo . worry diH-
ovor than 1ittlo ono sets n and thus the din Of
battle is kept up continually in aomo part OF the
world. When Enropo is quiet, which is rnraly
tho caae, then Asia boi1s over; and il ABia ia
quiet. then Afrios sunny fountains roll streama
Of blood; and If all three should by some
strange fortuity, happen to bo Rtil at once, then
Mexico and South America Gun bo relied upon
to set 6coro of revolutions in motion, and
keep them going until tho othora arc
ready to reBumo tho work of slaughter. Just ut
present noarly all the important European pow
ora hayo small dif1loulties on hand which they
ara compelled to sottlo. Rusaia, having just
subjugated the Khan Of Khiva, ia now Furnishing
refractory Turcomana Holland is resting from
hor unsatisfactory bouta with tho Atchinoae In
sumatra. In the faubourgs Of Paris tho poop1o
are unoasily muttoring for revolution. Spain
is ront In her every, province, wlth irroconcila-
bio factions slaughtering each othor in the worry
faco Of tho impotont Government. Tho sick
man Of Turkey has tho ann1al Oretan in
surrection to deal with, aud haa again
stirred up the muddlo Of tile EaBtorn question
by guaranteeing tho political md commercial
independence Of Egypt.
Tho latest war has fallen to tho lot Of Eng
lnud. BY tho Anglo-Dutoh treaty Of 1879, Eng
land oxohanged her right to voto acquisitions in
hv Ho11o,1r3 r,,4ot
on tho west coast Of Africa, whoroat tloro was
great rejoicing OH both sides ogor the excellent
bargain, Tho pllegnatio Hollandor had glow
ing visions Of woalth and torrltosin acquisition,
while England wQs olatod because sho could
more otfectually carry out her praao-
worthy plans for breaking up tho slayo
trade, and could also make Elmna tho
Capital Of tho British possessions in Uppor
Guinea, instoad Of tho inoonyonicnt a,,d un-
healthy Capo Ooaat Castle. Both, however,
woro doomed to disappointment Tho struggle
betwoon tho Dutch and tho Atohineso, which
haa resulted In no substantial advantage thus
far to the former, Ia already familiar. And now
tho powerful aud warliko Ashanteos, having
1nalo war upon tho Fanteoa, who inhabt tho An
glo-Afrlcan possessions, and aro therefore under
EngllHh protection, England ia necessarily drawn
into war to rotako mud dofonl her nowly-ac-
qulrod oolonos, which the Ashantoos aro now
holding up to Oapo Coast and Eimina.
Worso than this, tho Elminans lavo
proved traitors to tho English mud
hayo boon furnishing tho victorious Ashan-
toes with arms, ammunition, provisions, aud
coutrabaud Of war. In order to toaoh both
Aahantoes and Elminans their proper duty, tho
town Of Elmina, place Of 10000 people, has
boon utterly destroyed by tho English gunboats,
aud With itH destruction vanHhes tho prospect
Of groat commercial capital on tlo wost coast,
In addition to this tho British forces, which aro
very email, have 90 600 Fautoos upon their lanls,
WHO l.aye boon driven from tholr homes by tho
AHlsntees, aud whom they aro bound to food
and protect. The supply vessel aout out by tho
Euglah dovosnmont WAS stranded upon
roof and lost. Meanwhile food and water
arc scarce, md, In addition to tho