New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-19

whole Egyptian Army, and to require 'he WI!
host attention of not a few regiments OF TIE
host british Regulars For. as Mr.. Kipling mas
told us in the graphic language Of the barracK-
room Fuzzy -WuZzy is not foe to be desplsed'
.E,s a daisy. 'e's a ducky 'e's lamb!
'E.s a injia-rubber idiot on the spree;
E's the ony thing that doesn't care Damn
For the Regiment O. British Infantree
An, ;ere's to YOU Fuzzy-Wuzzy, with your 'ay
rick cad Of air ,, .
You big black boundn beggar-ior you VI u"
British square.
Sornobodv more than Fuzzy Wuzzy is. how
ovor concerned in this enterprise. The wild
rantures of the war party at Rome may be ex-
travopapt. 1t is scarcely supposable that Eng
land is taking this serious step solely for the
bcncdt OF Italy and the Triple Alliance. Yet
,hora is no question that It will afford powerful
assistance to the Italian cause in Erythrea and
,Hgr. glance at the map which we print on
another page Of to-days paper will show now
close is the geographical and strategical rcla-
ton between Abu Hamed, Berber and Suakim
on the one hand and Kassala, Adowa and Mas
sowah on the other. True. the dervishes ana
.ho Abvss,nians have only one thing in COM
mon They differ In race and creed. They have
ot,or uogod hitter warfare against each other,
and are likely to do so again as soon az they
mites them is hatred of Europeans. So they are
practically cooperating In the campaign against
tbe Italians with the cheerful purpose of driv-
ing all European invaders ont or that part oi
Afr,ca and then Joining themselves in death
struggle for supremacy. The approach OF the
Anglo EGYPTIAN expedition will compel the der
wishes to turn all their attention to the Me-
leaving the Rases to meet alone such new forces
nst I'll
hard undertaking, even then for the Italians to
,r,n "neoce with honor" in Abyssinla; but not
60 utterly desperate as 1t would be II they had
70 deal with TIN. dervishes at the same time
# must be confessed that, even with this aid
from ENGLAND. the outlook for the Italians Is not
insnIring. either for their armies in Africa or
for their present Ministry in Rome. The Mar
ouis III Rudini belongs to the class Of statesmen
of whom Hosea Biglow declared:
A marciful Providence fashioned us hoer
q. purpose tibet might our principles swaiier.
So down go his anti-war principles Mt gulp, and
he announces that the campaign against Meh'ieN
and his Raises will be pressed more vigorously
than ever. But not, be II noticed Tor conquest.
Not at ALL He has no notion OF subdulng Apys-
sinia or establishing a protectorate over H. lie
merely wants revenge for 1talys defeat. lha'
Is all That gained, he VIII De satisneN, III" VIII
withdraw his troops. But what programme
that is. Crisp had substantial object In View
the acquisition o. colonial empire Rudlni
has none SUCH but openly avows that he means
10 wage war Of sheer revenge, TO XIII so many
thousand Abysanlans in return for the killing
OF so many Italians. That is an avowal OF utter
savagery. unworthy even OF nation which IS
Joined to the Moloch Of militarism The change
from Crispi TO Rudini is one out OF which Italy
is likely to get little, either OF profit or OF glory