Telegram-herald., 1890-03-17

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America o. Australia. C4nzsa. India.
Zealand. etc. Great Britain sould sai-
tsr the loss - Ter richest colonies
saieh Bsroleane 4 Co wo4la tzke away
from her taroagh their separation. xvi
aenay the Gulf of Mexico would consu-
tate vast kingdom % the Aatllles. Of
Which the Yankees and the MexlcsRs
would claim possession BY tae princl-
PIES OF ths Monroe doctrine. The ISLANDS
.; the Philippines. Ceiebes and the va
ter around them would lssvs vast tsgrl-
.-ias Of Whiah the aglish sA1 Spsnish
people oo1la take possssslsA II was =
vain coz pensztion- It otd not 81 al
balance the loss due ~ the terrible
flood
II undsr the new oceans only Samoy.
edens. LapoRs. OF Siberia Fuegans
Pstsgonians-eyen Tsrtars Chinese.
japanese or q few ArgentiBes-Nould
suffer and be lost perhaps the cisilizsd
powers would have accepted this sAeri-
fee eomplaeently. Bat 700 many pow
srs took part in the great catastrophe
not 70 raise torrent OF protest
And what especially concerned Eu-
rope Was. that although the central
part Of il would be nearly lntsek IL
would Be raised in the west and low
cred in the east, half sufocated on one
side and half drowned on the ether.
This was not very acceptable. The
Mediterranean Sea would be almost
emptied. and this would not be very
agreeable 70 the Trenchmen, Italians.
Spanisrds, Greeks. Turks aud L Typ
tians, which, by their situation OF the
coast, had indisputable rights in ocean
travel And then, what good would be
the Snez canal, which would be aVed
by IT'S position on the neutral line But
what use could be made OF thls i'm
mense work of Lesseps when theF was
no longer the Mediterranean o. ono
side of the isthmus and the Red Sea on
the other, at least within any reason
able distance Of il?
No, never, never would England con-
sent 10 see Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus
transformed into mountain-tOps, lost in
the clouds, so that IT'S men-of-war could
no longer approach them. No. she would
not be satisfied with the possession Of
some of the territory which would be
gained from the Atlantic Ocean. Major
Donellan had, however, prepared al
ready TO return to Europe 10 secure his
rights on this new territory in case tho
operation of Barbicane & Co. should sue
coed. 1t is seen how protests came from
all parts Of the world, even from States
where the changes would be impercepsi-
bic, because their people were inter
ested in some other direction more or
less.
These protestations became more and
more violent after the arrival OF the ca
blegram from Zanzibar which indicated
the point of the shooting, and which it
WAS found necessary to publish the
above report TO explain. President
Barbicane and Captain Nicholl, as we'll
as J. 7. Maston, were put under The ban
Of humanity and declared outlaws. But
what business all this created for tho
newspapers. What sales they had, and
how the calculations ran up; how on
many occasions they were forced 10
print extra editions 1t is perhaps tho
first time in journalistic history that
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/ they generally quarrel necessarily. This
was not European or American affair;
! it was an affair which concerned the
/ whole world. 1t was like bomb fall
/ ing into powder magazine.
In regard to Maston, it looked as II his
/ last hour had come. A rabid crowd
/ pushed into his prison on the evening o.
September II with the intention OF
lynching him, and the jsiler did not pat
any obstacles in their way. They
rushed along the corridor, but the cell
of J. T. Maston was empty. Mrs,
Evangelina Scorbitt had come to his
help with heavy purse of gold, and be
had made his escape. The iailer had
been bribed by an amount Of money or
which he could live the rest Of his life
withc Ut working. lie remembered that
Baltimore, Washington, New York and
many OF the principal cities of America
were on the line Of those parts which
would be raised and which would still
have enough air for the daily consump
ton OF their inhabitants.
J. T. Maston had gained quiet rest
ing-spot and safe place from the en-
ragged crowd of people, and so this grea
man owed his life TO the devotion OF /;
loving woman. There were only foul
days to wait, four days only before the
gigantic operation of Barbicane n Co
would be accomplished. The publ,