New-York tribune., 1896-03-29

the order. has been saGacous enough 10 per-
ccive that commerce and trade constitute the
most powerful means OF extension Of influence
all the world over When the ill-advsed proc
lamation concerning the abandonment OF the
Soudan was issued just n year ago. the Grand
Master Immediately took steps to attract via
Jerboub. Tibrouk and TrpoM. the vast Central
African trade which formerly. making Its way
down the Nile and being a source OF wealth 10
various prCs porous riverside towns. round an
outlet at Alexandria. For Egypt Is but pays
d., transit. One-haf OF Its immense prosperity
I'm former times was due 10 the lndien an"
Chinese trade which was destroyed by the
onen,nr Of the suez Canal: the other ha:t vas
owing TO the transit trade Wits Central africa
and soudan. which England has. de gaiete de
occur. ruined by proclaiming the ABANDONMENT
OF the latter.
DryOTED TO THE SHEIKH sENOUSSI
Ara,n. in the cas-, Of the kingdom Of Wadai.
country with 1900 900 inhabitants. west OF OAR
fur and with mineral and natural wca!th anu
resources of ali kinds. which had lorg been
closed to foreign trade Senouesis agents man
aged TO irgratiate themselves win the kihs ana
% a,trac, IN" entire commerce OF the country
"a ind an outlet via Serhboub and Irlpoil. Inc
uhoIc Of the Wadai is now absolutely deVoteh
~ the Sheikh Senoussi. who receives frequently
vast caravans ~ slaves AZ presents from the
king to himself and for export In fact. Turkey
porsia etc obtain all their black slaves via
serhboub and the port OF Tebrouk the KING Oh
Wadai being the great prcvider Of that kind II
merchandise.
Tho "Jebad" or Holy War. so long looked for
nv the followers OF the Prophet and "hich not
e,en the Turkish Sultan. In the hours OF their
had Saro o1 fp
length been proclaimed by the orders OF the
o,, man who. according TO Koranic tradition
and n-onhecy is qualified to take such stop.
a,, rho Nahometan Messiah. Scnoussi el
,-hdt Not the least remarkable feature In the
AFFAIR 60 TN, deliberation and the regard 10 the
situation in Europe with which every move iean-
,rg nm IN the climax has been made by the mas
Tor mind at Jerbhoub 1t was the Supreme Chiei OF
tho Senoussi who instigated the Arab repeiioh
AT Cairo and Alexandria In 1887 ana IL was ne
too who conceived and originated the reVo'' vi
the Soudan a few months later, Mohafnea hch-
net the Omdurman Dervish. commencing the
insurrection with the great Bagarra tripc 'hor''y
after reaching the Nile from Jerohouh lhere
are few Englishmen who possess a more pro-
f,rnd knowledge Of the Mahometan world alike
IN India and Arabia. than Wfred Blunt dipio-
INST explorer. and married to the granddaughter
OF the gr Eat poet Lord Byron !" 'e'''' ~
December &C. 1884 to the president OF the Inter
national Peace Association and written AT Na'ro'
he Iayc particular stress upon the foct anu ue
c,,res that the movement In the Scudan. which
bss been so much understood. Is idenucai WIN
that headed here at Cairo by Arab.
Certain It IL that no more propitious moment
IN all tho last sixteen or twenty years couid
have been selected for the proclamation OF
uolv War What the immediate outcome or
ultimate result OF the declaration OF the Jehad Is
likely to be- It is impossible as yet to predict
Put one thing may safely be taken for granted
namely. that no matter how vast may be the
ferce and fanatic Dervish horde which marches
on Cairo either down the Nile from berper or
dashes across the relatively narrow slip OF desert
a,rarating Khartoum from Dongoa. 1t Will be
among the least OF the perils that at the present
hour menace England. and incidentally c'vli'za-
,,on EX-ATTACHE.