Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-20
ITALY IS PLEASED.
British Egyptian Advance a Great
Advantage.
One Of It's First Results is to
strengthen the Foundations Of
King Humbert's ThrOne-England
Did Not Forget Self in the Move.

Did Not Forget Sell IN the MOVE.
Rome. March 19-The Italia to-day,
commenting upon the Britsh-Egyptian
advance up the Nile, says: The Egyp-
tian advance on Dongola is a great ad-
vantage to italy. Italy, however has
been Of great service to Great Britain
in anording her a pretext for showing
Europe that the time to speak OF the
evacuation Of Egypt has not yet ar
rived"
The statement Of the Italia seems TO
contain the political situation in a nut
she'll The anti-Egyp,ian expedition up
the Nile is a decided advantage to Italy.
Ii will check the swarming OF the Der
wishes toward the Italian territory; II
may prevent the fail of Cassala, ana IL
will enable The Italians in Africa 10 re-
cover from the shock and disorder
which followed the battle OF AdoWa' IL
viii enable the Italians to relieve ana
reinforce their garris0Ds and obtain
much better terms from King Menelek
should it De found i'm the long run adj
visable TO bring about peace with
honor.
The British advance has also solidi-
fed the Drie5und. even if it has not
cemented q Quadruple alliance (Which
is most seriously discussed here; IL has
strengthened the badly impaired credit
of Italy and has enable her to assume
her place among the powers az time
when her enemies we're predicting that
the Dr.ebund would be dissolved and
that Italy would be deserted. Finally,
&c has created confidence in italy and
has strengthened the foundations Of
King HUmberts throne, which were
were rudely shaken by the Ad0wa dis
aster and popular outbreaks which fol-
lowed throughout Italy.
The fun significance and extent Of
the ri0ing is now clearly apparent,
thanks to- the efficiency of the press cen
s0rs who succeeded in suppressing all
but the news Of the most glaring out
breaks. and even in those instances the
reports were toned down 20 the extent
of making them appear to be little more
than popular demonstrations OF disap-
pr0val with the colonial policy OF the
government and Of opposition TO the
continuing of the campaign in Africa.
/ But it is an omen secret that the riot
ing had much greater significance.
liz constituted a series of dem0nstra-
tions against King Humbert, If not
against the monarchy itself. The
troops. i'm several instances. were with
difficulty restrained from joining the
masses in their expressions of rage
and Indignation at the course events
had taren and there is no denying that
the King contemplated abdicating IN
favor of the crown prince, Ni-tofio
Emanuel. the prince of Naples. a really
brilliant and capable man. In fact 1t
is believed that the cabinets Of Berlin
Vienna and London were sounded on
this subject and that Count GoluchOw-
ski. Australian minister for foreign at
fairs. and prince HOhenlOhe. imperial
Z chancellor o. Germany. with the APP
prevail and sympathy Of Emperor VIII
liam took steps TO avert this most Sc
rious crisi IS by bringing about accord be-
tween the Driebund and Great Britain
and the latters military diversion up
The Nile.
But TT is also admitted here that
Great Britain has won a very neat game
of cards i'm the political tournament
which has been I'm progress since the
accession Of Nicholas IT, to the throne
I of Russia. To is pointed ont that all
danger Of any serious objection upon
the part of France at least. to her def
( initely continued occupation of Egypt.
I is rapidly vanishing beneath the in
nuence of the Driebund, now her open
/ ally. and that the advance mp the Nile
I is probably only the first move in an
other game which viii possibly result
/ I'm the re-conquest of the Soudan, the
crushing of the Mahdists and the an
nexation of an immense fertile region
10 Egypt. and. apparently, TO Great
I Britain. which. while strengthening
and enrichiug that country, also in
/ creases the power of the hold which she
already has over the Suez canal
There are people here who assert
that the AdOwa disaster was a most
unexpected trump card In the hands Of
the Marquis Of Salisbury when the pre-
mier's foreign policy had reached a
point of uupopularity i'm Great Britain
and I'm Europe generally, which Sc
ri0uslv threatened the overthrow OF his
cabinet and the possible advent 20 pow
or of the quicker. more popular and
more brilliant Joseph Chamberlain