The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30
English Advance DELAYED by
Very Stormy Weather.
THE maTA5ElEs SuRRENDERlNG
England Decides Not 10 Make Fan
Eibar Crown Colony.
sueh Annexation Would Nece~xitate
the Abolition o. slavery, For which
the Time Is Not Ripe Efect of the
New French Treaty With Japan.
copyrlghted by ne Associated Press.


London. Aug. ss-Polftte&iiy. fhe past
week has been the liveliest ia a long time
The born har1meue 81 a palace Of the sui
tan 81 zanzibar. The rtotlng in and xoaas
ConstantGnople. TIE settlement of the trau~
bles In Raodcsi2. ghe beginning of the
cars tour % Europe and she sdvarce of
the BritiSa expedition up the N&le, have
provided columns of interesting news
daily, The Zanzgoar incttieut and the Con-
stantinopla mAssacres came like couple
o. tornAdoes. The British press IL unans-
Nous ia expressing the opinion that the
attack upon the Ottoman bank has done
fmmeasnrabhe harm - the Armenian
cause, and news OF fresh massacres of
ATmentans IN the provinces ss reprt~8ls
is hourly expected The Liberal newspa-
pers. however. express the gravest doubts
at tho genulneness 0f the bank affair
They believe II was got up by agents.
The Spectator says today: The Official
account ascrihing tAe affair 10 the Ar
menian agitatorn is stamped in every way
as a falsehood. and there is certain proof
that Il IS a tissue Of lies IN that the
sailants OF the bank. after their capture.
were removed on 9loard Sir Edward Vim
cents yacht. This IS not the way the
sultan deals with rebels caught redha anded.
il these prisoners really reNolte3 against
the sultan they would not have lived ten
minutes after their surrender. and tho
secretly acting under palace orders. and
that the siot Was prompted IN order 10
afford an eNcuse for another massacre
Regarding the bomaaTdmeBt Of the ral-
ace OF Zanzibar. it appears that the gov
ernment. in spite OF pressure brought 20
bear upon Il from lingo quarters. does not
intend 10 make Zanzibar a British colony.
Tae present sultan IS a mere figurehead
IN The hands Of British officials, the pres
ent system OF government Is much cheap
er than colonial government. and X viii
please the natives better. as they want TO
n.e under a Mohamm.ian sultan Tshn
greatest difficulty in the way OF a colony
at Zanzibar is ia the fact thar II would en-
tail the immediate abolition OF slavery,
which would be certain 20 leaa 10 trouble.
said kha.id. tho suppressed usurper.
made very clever move 10 taking refuge
in the German consuiate. as. according
to the German press. he win only he hand
cd over TO tho British on the lattefSs guar
aniee that he VIII be treated. if not as a
prince waging war against Great Britain,
at any rate as a political prisoner. Thus
nc could not be executed.
According 10 the latest Zanzibar dis
patches, said khalid h6i had revolt
tionary center al Zanzibar FOR months
past in "a mosque near Tie French con-
sulate and had been waiting for an OPP
porfanity. which was furnished TO him IN
break.
The situation OF affairs in Rhodesia Is
daily more reassuFing. The leading chiefs
are already carrying out the arrange
ments with Mr. Cecil Rhodes 10 lay down
their arms over 100 krsals have snrren-
dared, and others are Preparing 20 do 50.
II il announced that France has signed a
twelve-year treaty Of commerce with
Japan BY which France agrees 70 re-
nounce consular Jurisdiction and the
French concessions at the open ports
within three years and the two countries
exchange the most favored nation treat
ment. France is thus put upon the same
footing as the United States.
The advance OF the British expedition
up the Nile has been seriously retarded
by the unheard-of weather during the
past week heavy cyclone swept the
advance camp with hardly any warning.
and a sandstorEn followed hy a thunder
storm demolished hundreds of huts and
houses, destroying twelve miles Of the
new railroad and cut of teleEraphic con-
municalion with the front for several
days.