, 1890-11-05

Portuguese explorers as being s'Moorish,".
audi others us the work OF the Qneen Of
Sheba. II is imagined by the expedition,
from their situation, that they were built
to protect, Or, as we have elsewhere Sug-
gpSted, to coerce the workers in ancient
g%0ld-mines. traces Of which have also beet
discovered.
The Salvation Army has sustained 4
great loss in the death of Mrs. Booth, wife
OF the General, and his principal assistant
in founding his new sect. She is described
to us AN a woman of perfect sincerity and
clear sense, with Il certain sweetness OF
character, and an innate ability Tor organ
i%Sation. She had, TOO, in Il most UNUSUAL
degree the faculty Of persuasive speech in
public. We regret t0 see that the leaders
of the Army have, as usual, utilised their
great misfortune that the body has lain
for days Sin %statr,' watched 10y twenty
StatupSque and silent "SOldierS' OF che
Army !, that the memorial services will be-
on q gigantic scale; and that the funeral
will be the occasion OF Il procession SO large
az to demand extra care from the police.
Mrs. Booths family Will probably say thar
the same thing ucCurS when any other
notable person dies but that is not true
Of religious teachers. Cardinal Newman'S
body lay in state because he WAS by
European etiquette II "Prince" of the
Church, not because he WAS an eminent
leader IN it.
The crisis in Portugal has now lasted
nearly a fortnight. The King is unable to
form n Ministry, statesman after statesman
finding himself hafled by the refusal of
leaders of factions to c~OaleSce, and the
reluctance Of any politician to accept the
Foreign Office. The Foreign Secretary
must Sign the English Convention, and ii
he d0es, will be exposed to the anger of all
factions OF the ChambAy except the Con-
Seryative, and of he Republican mob OF
Lisbon, which makes of the popular
jealOCSy of England a convenient stalking
horse to asSail the Monarchy. The Regal
lists will probably triumph i'll ono way or
another; but the SITUATION is somewhat
dangerous, because it may tempt some OF
the Colonial Governors, who are half crazy
with spite and wounded pride, to some
overt aggression on the British. In that
case it will be we'll to terminate Portuguese
l'lt ~ 44lSJ all ICts WLiACu llAOduGNo iOOAtiS
but evil, once for all.
The negotiations between Great Britain
and Italy on the deIimitation of Aby3Sinib
proceed but slowly, the point in dispute
not being the coast-line, but the possession
of KasSala, now occupied by the Mahdists.
KasSala is the key to AbySsinia from the
westward, and the Italians say it must bo
occupied either By themselves + the Brit
ish. The British are, however, unwilling
to occupy it just now, as that would in
volve an expedition, and unwilling to cede
it, on behalf of Egypt, to the Italians,
because if we ascend the Nile the position
would be valuable, and because Egyptian
opinion is agaiI t it. No quarrel is proba-
Die over the problem, as the Governments
intend to remain friendly but it is one
exceedingly difficult of solution. We would
venture to suggest that KaSsala shonid be
leased by Egypt to italy for twenty years,
with a power of redemption on payment Of
a reasonable fine within that period. II
we should ever want this place, We could
then take it; while the military difficulty
pleaded by the Italian Government would
at once be Ob waited.
The Chairman of tho London School
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