The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08


went mp to him and touched him
The loss of the greatcoat had been the last
ohappoin lment he could hear The brave
old heart had given up the battle, and had
Stopped beating.
When, afterwards, the greatcoat pockets
ware searched. there we're found In them two
letters. one Yves the oil for the coat: the
other bore an merican stamp IL was from
his brother-s penitsnt letter; he was now
doing we'll, and he enclosed 60 Major Cornell.
ions draft for hundred pounds. The let
ter bad not been ,ened.
IN" soudan and Tn. Crusndes-The I've
or Mighty Events-ar. We Prepared
For Them?
The Chicago Times, IA eiitorIally com.
q eating oa the condition o. sifaiIs in Sou.
dan, compares AZ TO ths conditions existing
during the crussdes, with This difference /:
hat the crusa ie, were conducted 10 get pos
session Of au empty ssoulcbre In Jerns,le 10,
aud, pro opted by relg ons fanaticisni, "a, n
war 10 lhe DEAN In which no pri.o ler. were
iaken, by Christian against Mosem. while
toe present crusade Is undertaken 10 obtain
possession OF a larger district that may be
made 10 pay taxes, to pay interest on usur p
ious debt contracted by another country
(Esyptl with which The Soudanese bad u OH.
ing To do, derived no benefit Irom and are in
no wre resi- onsiole for; and must be aud
has SO Tar been. like the other sde war
10 the death by Christian agaiEst Moslem
There Is surface pretence that the original
insasioa was undertaken 10 break up the
slave trade; but that NO longer can be set q d.
Tor England sent Gordon IA Governor Gen
eral with unlimited power. AID he Issue d
his proclamation that the slave trade would
be permitted
While all this usy bs true in substance,
10 not al q frrrft. "a
Justice. In some future paper may more
fully state the position of England
SO far. II We may believe the kilograms, the
English advance has been stopped q part Of
the forces cut off, and can not be relieved.
and General Wolseley advises o withdra al
OF the forces and abandonment OF the expe-
di,ion; that is II the native army does not
surround or annihilate toe inva iers before
they csn retreat
The course of affsirs seems TO establish the
truth OF statement said to have been made
by prominent Moslem Ia Paris MANY
months ago. He said the Mehdi could take
Kartum whenever he wished to- That he
woaid not disturb Gordon-except to baYa 5
him lttle-until the English we're about
Co enter ksrtum. That he would wait until
the arrival of the British troops near Kartum
and would then give them just enough Of q
battle to check the advance, then take pos
session OF Ksrtum and destroy the English
army in detail. Meantime he would harass
Suzkim, and any otnsr points the English
might occupy, but when this TINS arrived
he wou.d sweep all enemies from Soudan,
like tornado. Just now, it looks AS if this
statement was true. and has been aud is be-
ing carried out to the letter. In any event
England seems 10 be in difficult straits
whichever course she attic mpts Ito back out
and abacdoh Souda1 Or attempt 20 beat back
the Medhi AID MS forces. Already, England
has offered he Medhi the Govefnorship of
Condo a-and even TO make him Vicsroy of
So ldan; sud there Is not much doubt but
she would make him The King or EN- Pc o :
OF SDudan ii he wou d trea, AID make peace;
bat he will have none oft. de is The Medhi;
the prophet promised by Nah omet-ihe vice
gerent of both h list and Acknowledgement
than Kings o. Emperors, and the dispenser
of crowns not the Recipients of oae.
Whoever fights him and b S followers must
be able to mbas the torrid zone aud Its
dead v heatao life destroying sgenc ies; the
desert; dronth; starvation; a most i'm DC al
Dility of TRANSPORTATION; illImiiabe distan
ces; and a { but ;nos formidable, innumer-
mersble hosts or fstslists who regard death
ia battle fighting for their prophet. as open
log the doors OF paradise to tn m whsre
there awaits them an eternity of sensuous
delights All over the Eastern world are
miuioBs upon millions of like fatalists VIII }
are ready 10 follow this prophet whenever
he appears; and IL the English withdraw
aud the Medhi c1mes dgwn to
the Southern borders of lower
Egypt-as hs will then do-witb his victo-
rious hosts It may be satisfactory evidence
that he is the promised prophet, and tine
green flag OF universal conquest may be un-
furled for the Moslem world. Will the re
suit again be the retreat of the crusaders and
the triumph of the Moslem2 Or, if the Mos
lem is not entire y victorious, what are going
to be the results of such q war as must folio
the general rising of Islam? England one
can not contend with such force An
alliance by Western Europe is hardly proba
ills at this day, being possible only on g re.
bgious basis, which does Dot exist. Jealousy
of England aud general desire to curtal her
vast dominion and absorb her colossal pos.
sessions may form alliances against her.
Turkey and Russia would have common
cause against her to bar her route to India
give Russia stronger hold on her Own
Asiatic possessions and give Esypt back to
Turkey. Germany and France could make
CO nmon cause against her, TO speed Ger
many in securing possessions in South Afri-
ca and the Southern Indian Ocean and secure
France in Algiers, Madagascar, and other
places she seeks to hold; and all of them
would be glad to overturn Fog and's
.supre macy ia Chinese and japanese locsli-
ties In looking over the situation II
the Furies of Universal War. There is no
doubt but that We are on the eve of mighty
events, and among them a possibility that
exlstiDg dynasties will be tossed about like
ball in the game of La Crosse. Even the
elements will be a. war from the constant
vibration caused by tremendous cannonad-
ing on sea aad land, in the field and by siege,
and famine aud pestilence may add 10 the
IN paralleled horrors.
In such mighty upheaval what lesser
ones will come. in the effort OF the Conn.,
munists, the Nihilists. the Dynamartards
and other classes of revoiutionis's, who are
waiting and watching for an opportunity TO
overturn the existing order with the expec-
tation of establishing equality on the ruins?
Will it bring their Opportunity? And as the
spirits of Liberty and Despotism move among
the scenes which will leave the governing
inspirstion2 When peace returns-if il ever
does-wiu the former have entered her do
M MON, or will she have been overEhelmned
and put beneath the feet of the latter?
For us, In this country, In view of the out
look abroad, these be grave questions. Can
we be lockers on or will We he drewn into
the struggle7 Are we prepared to protect
ourselves against nations in desperate straits
II 1t be their interest to embroil Us? Are we
prepared to take part II circumstances, now
unforeseen force MS TO take pa-t? In this
time of peace are we preparing for war, or
are We sitting supineiy while mighty forces