Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-06-08
EVERLASTINCLY FIGHTING
sOME OF THE WARS OF THE
LAST DECADE.
Bloody Years OF the End OF the Centu :
ry-Aiarming Possibilities in
the Future.

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sign of the end of mankind's wars.
There have already been bloody
years in the last decade of the
century, and all the chief powers of
Europe are armed to the teeth,
awaiting further hostilities. Up
on all the continents of the earth
armies have fought since 1890.
Since then we have had the war
between Italy and Abyssinia,
which brought disaster to the
expeditionary army under Gener-
al Baratieri, and ended in a re.
markable triumph for King Me
nelek.
We have had the great war be-
tween China and japan, in which
powerful armies and navies fought
sanguinary battles upon land and
sea, the consequences OF which
were the humiliation of China, the
loss of a part of her territory, and
the payment of an indemnity to
her conqueror.
We have had the civil war in
Brazil, which ensued upon the
overthrow Of the Empire. and
through which the new Govern.
ment was shaken for two years,
but which ended in the success of
the constitutional republic.
We have had the war of France
upon Madagascar, the results of
which were the capture of the city
OF Antansnarivo by the French,
the dethronement of the Queen
and the conquest of the country.
We have had the ssnguinsry
wars of England in South Africa,
through which vast regions have
been added to the dominions of
Queen Victoria, at the expense of
the lives of tens of thousands of
black Africans.
We have had the shameful wars
of Spain against her own colonies;
her long war in Cuba, if butchery
can be called war, and her year of
war in the Philippines. The
Spaniards say they have crushed
the Philippine insurrection, but
Cuba is yet in arms for liberty.
We have had small civil wars in
five or six of the Spanish Ameri-
can republics, the most important
one of which was that in Ecuador,
which ended in the victory of the
revolutionary party. There is a
fight now going on in Uruguay,
and there is squabble in Hon
duras.
We had carnage upon a vast
scale in Armenia last year, but
that could not be called war. The
Kurds and Turks met little resist
ance during the period in which
they were engaged in slaughtering
the terrorized Christians.
Now we have the portentous
war between Turkey and Greece,
about the results or the conse-
quences of which there may we'll
be apprehension.
We also have the English mill
tsry expedition up the Nile, which
has not yet been the occasion of
much fighting, but which may be
the occasion of a pretty hot war
before England gets to Khartoum.
AS for the belligerent affairs OF
an unimportant character, in
many countries, during this de
cade, we could not count them.
The largest of them was perhaps
the Mohammedan revolt in north
western China. France has had
trouble in Siam; japan has had
some fighting in Formosa; Zan.
zibar was the scene of a rumpus;
Spain threatened Morocco; Eng
land captured the negro King of
Ashantee and grabbed his coun-
try; there was fight last year be-
tween a mob of English filibusters
and the gallant Beers of the
Transvaal.
There has been danger that
number of the wars here spoken
of would be the cause of other and
yet longer wars. Russia, France
and Germany came very near quar-
reling with England at the end of
the struggle between japan and
China. There was danger of
trouble between this country and
England when the English invad-
ed the territory of Venezuela. The
Turko- -Grecian war is peril to
the peace of Europe.