, 1896-11-28
Spectator, October 24th.)

1bI 'C6hJ WAY. SNSpTC' 6l VI ~ conspiracy W
dethrone the Mugs, aud fled first to America
and then to England. On Saturday we k he
either visited the Chinese Embassy (this is
Sir Fl. Mecartney's aco)unt) and was detained,
or, AS the newspapers at first asserted, he was
Kidnapped and carried within the Embassy
house in Portland Place. At all events, he
is admitted to be there, and the Embassy
decline to give him up, allie ging that the Am
blssad0TSS house is Chinese territory, that the
doctor is a Chinese subject, AMI, til t the
Ambassador has a ri Fht to 10 nS he pletSes
on national soil Irrespective of British laws.
the police, it is allie led, have set detectives
round the hpus: to prevent the doctor bein9
spirited ava but as the Ambassador is
within his legal rights, however extreme his
use Ut them nay be; the p,sition Of the Go
v%erAment is Z difficult ons. Tho British right
Of asylum would appear to have been violated,
but by legal m ans. It's of course imposi.
BILE to give up 8 III Vat SON, II W. shall have
half the Armsnlars in Lon lon caught by the
Turks, but the only leg.l curse is, we ina
gine, to declare that this particular use Of an
international right is al unfriendly one, aud
to ssn@ the Ambassador his pessp )rts. He
must then loave his captive behind him.
Tho mails from Dong la have brought
som interesting item, of now. as to the OK.
pc lition, collected by the varj ,us Newspaper
correspondents. The amy is apparenky
without boots, and almost without under
clothing. The former item is not 80 Sc
rious as it sounds. Tne native i. of
course, always barefoot, AMI it is CHIEF.
ly IS a mark of distinction that the Sou.
danese soldier values the enormous lace
up boots in which he trampS across tbs sands
Of Egypt. Manly officers believe that SAN
dals-adopted by tn, Italians for their ma
tive lovies-would b3 an improve n"nt, but
hesitate to urge the change on account Of the
mems feelings. Another story of boots from
the front deals with til, "hornel yipers."
which appear 10 1--we found the oticsrs' foot
gear u convenient slespin9-pIace. A good
story Of pluck is that Of a surgeon extracting
q bullet from the 4tna Of an Egyptian Staff
officer, both patient and operator remaining
in their saddles during the operation. Colo.
uel Colville. it is reported, though badly
wounded, led the landing party Mt Dongola in
.pyjam Is and slippers, revolver in hand. Per.
hapE, however. the most striking ite n of all
is that which 'recounts the Dervishes coming
into the Mndirieh at Dong,la in crowds, and
stripping off their jibJ6hs-,he tunics covered
with patches which mark the Dervishes of
from ether m9r-to. undergo a medical ex-
animation prior to e%nlisting in q Soudaness
regiment. imagine an army recruiting it.
self us it goes fro Il the beaten enemy,-and
getting excellent soldiers too.
An eyewitness who writes to lie Daily
Chronicle of Thurday last gives a most thrill
ling account Of the bombardment Of Zanzibar.
He mentionk among other curious facts that
the st. George, thu flagship, with the Admit
rails wife, son, and goverhesson board, only
arrived by accident in tino to take part in
the action. The Admiral steamed ~ninstesn
miles an hour 10 catch the p ,st at Zanzibar,
and by q piece Of good luck came in for the
fight, 1t is'pleasant to find the writer in the
Daily Chronicle giving q most favourable
account of the conduct Of the marines and
blNsj 'okets. Scarcely any of them had been
under fire before, yet they were both keen
and we'll in hand, and there was no drunken.
ness or misconduct of any kind. "They were
CHEEKY worked like niggers and after the
firing was over, it was good to see them pull
ling the wounded out of the debris. Women
could not have been more gentle in their
handling of the suffering Askaris." The
writer goes on to note the talk about the
degeneration OF the British sailor. "Ths be.
haviour of the blusjsckets aud marines at
Zanzibar is a telling comment ON the falsity
of any such statement, and also furnishes
Y'luable evidence as to the splendid morale
prevailing in @he Navy" 1t is good to read
fIlN NrIn1 Z.