Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24
nrroNcmrnt, In AfrIea.

prevent IL. England Is the great civiliEing
power Of the pagan world. -
improvements In Africa
But how Is &c under her rule in Egypt
Travelled friends have told the that the
Egyptians are the most miserable people
In the world
They Were. but nrc - no longer.
make the broad statement that Egypt to-
day has n hCttcr government than 10 has
ever had In all its history. In those times
of splcndor We Rad about. thc age Of the
RamcsCs, for INSTANCE. the masses of the
people were slaves. and slaves Of the most
miserable sort. And so 10 has bScn sue
ccssivCly under Persians, Greeks, Romans,
Saraccns and Turks, but England has in
troduccd order and n large measure Of lib
erty. Shc has established n fair system Of
taxation and a judiciary which secures
tho legal rights Of the poorcst. She has
also set up an educational system and Is
extending &c rapidly. The condition Of the
common people Is wonderfully improved,
but the British in Egypt, whether soldiers
or officials. like IL less than any other place
thcy can lie stationed. As to India. why,
1t Is nonsense tosPcak Of the English hav-
ing subjugatcd the country. The Indians
. never had IN independent government
that Is to say, there never was unity.
There were great rulers, generally fighting
other Ercat rulers, and frequent bloody
and destructive revolutions, but the Eng
lish have GRATED unity, and with rail-
roads and improved navigation they have
put an end tn thu famincs. With all their
faults I still insist that the English Of this
age have never taken possession Of coun-
try without greatly improving its condi-
tion.
Well, Just for y change. what faults do
you refer to-
The greatest faults of the English are
their gracd in tradc and n general tone of
arrogance toward other pcorlCs But to
the main subject. japan il in n certain
sense our ward. We were the first to open
the empire to general trade. and by this
recent trcaty we are the first to rccOgnize
Japan as n power coCqunl In sovereign
rights with all other nations There Is, as
You suggest, Il Rrcat deal Of misery still in
all those pagan lands. and especially in
China, hut VIC must do our share toward
improving their condition We ought to
do IL for hnmanity's sake, hut there Is the
strongest kind Of n selfish reason for it. IL
we don't help them. they will hurt US
They arr not going to die OFF, and they
arc too numerous tn Ia Cxtcrminated. and
50 they will overflow into other lands.
Tho world, by which mean the Christian
world, cann'st afford TO leave those hun
drctls OF millions, one third of the human
race probably. to go OH in their misery
The New Japanese Minister.
AS we talked we walked through the
long halls. where Mrs. Poster had just
finished arranging tho relics and CuriOs OF
many countries in most artistic order, and
yet with each class separate. The colonel
pointed ont tn me how this embroidery
was presented to him in such n country
and how that picture was made of various
stones wrought together in mosaic style,
how these ancient tiles were frm spine
] place that flourished thousands Of years
ago, and that cabinet represented the
highest development of art in the land IL
came from, but when / got through / was
too much confused To remember the de-
tails. The Japanese minister Of course
was not 80 communicative, and the con-
versation was confined to- the usual COM
pliments, To Japan ON her remarkable
successes, To the United States for its uni
form attitude toward that country, TO Sec
rotary Gresham for his good intentions
and tn divers parties for the good they / al
done. The legation Is the most modest of
rcd brick buildings at 1910 y street, and
tho only mark tn distinguish IL from its
ncighbors Is n small yellow disk over the
door. The interior decorations are happy
'ombination of English anil japanese