, 1896-10-10

through he C.lalacts, and have been armed
with Maxims and quick firing guns, and The
steamer, which h0s been brought in sections
by the railway, is rapidly being put together.
When she is complete the hotllla will, no
doubt, advance, AS the Nile has risen sufi lent
~ to make the advance TO Dungola by water
an easy matter. Meantime the garrison of
S%unrdch, lnder Muj3r Macdonald, has
advanced and occupied Ab>arat in IL ticipl,
tion Of the general movement. Colonel
HtWllsr, who conducted the difficult operation
Of getting the gun boats through the Caturacts.
IS to be congratulated on The successful COM
pletion Of his difficult task. The risks at
tending the operation are shown by the
accident which nearly overlook tie steamer
'Akashch while she was being hauled up the
Gsmai Cataract. One of tho Lawsers snap.
ped 1T a very critical moment, and it was
thought an" must heel over, but the one
thousand Ave hundred soldiers hauling at the
two remaining c 'bles stuck to their work and
With a I eat effort got her into a place ot
safety. If an official Of one Of the Pharnohs,
who held tie SOudan even above KhartOum.
could have stepped out of his rock .tomb and
seen the one thousand five hundred men
s%traininR st the ropes, he might have 10.
marked how little the world has changed in
fonI thousand years. Then, as now. he would
reflect. the beat mOtive-power is plenty Of
men and good ropes.
The news from Rhode~ia continues good.
On Saturday Inst Mr.. Rhodes rode out to
meet he rebel indunas, and after a palaver
with them, is stated to have obtained their
snhnlisAlon. Up till now however, the terms
Of peace have been kept secret. 1t is be.
lievsd, However, that what is practically IN
uncondit.o nal surrender has been obtained.
Picturesque details Of tho scene at the pnlavsr
are supplied by the correspondence, and the
chiefs are represented Ms talking like the
redskins in Fenimore Cooper. SSkombo
declared that neither Mr.. Rhodes nor Dr.
jameson knew Of The things that had been
dore in Mnlobeleland. If At. Rhodes STAYED
and cared for them they would hot fight.
Dir. Rhodes had won their confidence by
entering their stronghold unarmed. We do
not g'udge MIR. Rhodes his success, or the
least doubt his courage, and are aware that
he is II very able negotintor; hut it is ridicd.
lous to talk 40 If he had done something
which no one else could have achieved. If
General Darlington had gone instead of him
the result would have been equally eatisfao-
tory. TIE attempt 10 represent Mr.. Rhodes
at all times md III all places as "lh neoessa.
rs mnn' is being greatly OverdOne.
From the best information Fe can gather
of the cOurse of the canvass for the Presi-
Dental election in the United States, we
should expect Mr.. Mckinley to 10 elected BY
a considerable majority in the Electoral
College, though of how the popular majority
may go, it is not possible to fern any clear,
estimate. In his letter accepting the Repnb.
lican nomination, MIR. Mckinley has a good
deal strengthened his declaration against the
free coinage Of silver, and 80 obtained a little
more cordial support from the adhsrents Of
q gold standard He has, however, also
strengthened his declaration in favour Of
returning to II much more stringently prote6-
tive tariff, Hnd by that m,ars has given
great offence 10 some Of the most earnest Of
the supporters Of hard money. Mr.. Bryan
has become rather more vehemently populist.
if not more silverits, than be was at first, and
his support of the principle of Free trade has
rather fallen into he background. He talks
a good deal Of the "toiling masses, ;" rather to
the disgust of the American journalists. who
think with some justice that not only the
masses but the classes in the United States
toil.-indsed, that many who have accumu-