Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-25
The Triumph Of YeneIer

Monelek. King Of shoa and s.l.....
Negus Of Abyssinla. has ~ last r..,...'
himself for what was reckoned ,,.
great blunder OF his life. says m. ,..
York Tribune. That blunl., VA,
mitted just thirty years ago. when e..-
Britain made war against The NJ.
Theodore. Nonelek was then IA. ,
and ambitions King OF shoa. nrt...
10 De ThCcdore's successor. Tfe --
Roman Catholic missionary. Na.s.f.
cognizing his ability, urged hlm sirg,,.
20 become the ally and aI 90 b.
British. Thus. he told him. he r.,,.
easily become Nogus, and the mirr.,r.,.
believed, no doubt that such rrI. 81.
Abyssinia would make FOR humanity .-.
civilization Meuelek however f..'.-..
to follow the a1vice Of Mass4h. nrt ..
opportunity for him 90 gain tho lnr.-,
throne passed by. Il seemed for...
Theodore committed suicide. ar
which. according O. Lord Napier on wl,.
dala, IL Is impossible. from
point Of view, 10 regard with rezr-t ~
one Thought Of Menelek as DIS sle..r..-
any moro than Of Theodore ltt. ...
Alarayou huf Gohlzye, King % Amts.
and Kassgi King ~ Nigre. fought f.-
tho vacant throne. The latter Wan
and became Negus. under The nlmr n
John III. Trouble arose between f-
and Menelek, and I'm a short hr
savage war the latter was coun'tt..
vanquished, and was permitted 90 f,fI-
the throne Of ShOa only through d..
clemency and grg &c Of the conQuaror
Mene,ek, however hidod BIS H~s
Having refused an alliance with Gra
Britain, he naturally cultivated fta
friendship Of Great Britain's chief "a
Russia. He acquired Russian has Go
warfare and diplomacy. and Dad ffe Oh.
aistance Of numerous envoy from .u
as teachers and drIll-masters. Thus b,
waited many ycars-unM the l.1 10
John H. That gave him another olg.r-
tunlty TO seize the throne, M Whch t'
promptly awaited himself True. fo vi.
not legally chosen Negus nor has De-
over so far as the world knows been
formally crowued and cop5ecrttei -
s,ch But mere details 10 not lll1, l
that wild land. lie was Nesus ie 'a-'o.
n not de lure. and he was abe Do main.
tain the fact against ala domestic rHa
And now he has completely talmphi
over the only foreign FOO iikoly t0 ra
him any trouble. re vanquisifl ilt
italian army In battle long ago. ar.
forced the italian Government t1 sue .r
neace. Now he has concluded peace m
his own terms Italy Yields at every
nolnt She withiraws from AlyaenA
restoring the province she had a.lle-.
eba NAYS a handsome indemnity sd clst.
and She cancels that treaty ot l4 -
which her protection" was eHtfH
over Abvssinia. and reoof llz A'fsana
as an entirely Independent Power WIG
Ntonelek as its unchallengsd ano''ot
Greater humiliation for italy emu 6i'i'.'
tYiuuuh for the King of anoi cil.
scarcely be imagined
What next the barbarian conliDIr "A
do ia matter for interesting eliIe-.-'.
His intrigues with the Vatican nav. c9--
10 an end. and VIII scarcely b. reua"-,
III Intimate relations with Russia cJa-
ttnue But Russia is far away, and a-i
no footing on tho African continent
What Menelek now most aesif
GOOD harbor on the Red Sea. JOB h-e'
rendent commerce and c0nnlan. .il.-
with the world "a large. H. can se~l-.H
hone 10 regain MassOWAn. ltai- -'
ooids that and he has not Frn'-l'- '
demand its surrender 90 BIN. hl."'.s
well that Great Britain would e.il-
version Of Il. and would enforce Le' e.'.-
With "A strong hand. The only c.4f
nrornislng outlook is at OboI. wh.cA b
French possession. II IS espec.aAy ..'
cessible from Menelek's own hlnf,eN
of shoa. and gives d really better 'a'''s
tbon NIossowah There can be, o.
course no question Of acquiring a l'.'
tbere. But il would not be 40 an SUE
prIsing if the shrewd Shoen were now P.
,,,al,o compact with Franco. uA-.
which Abyssinia should have ues
~ a French port on the Gulf Of Al,-'
and France. IN return. should nave I
influence in Abyssnian a..
fairs. 'f not an actual proteci'.i'- e'''
the mountain empire.