Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-01

England really went into Egypt not 10
add u 20 her many poaaeasiona. but 90
keep the other nations from aliclng u up
a. they have every other country which
has been too weak 20 defend itself
against thpn. Thon her interests In AZ
fion are larger than those u any Of tho
other countries. and besides protecting
the Egyptian government from them
nhc IL STRENGTHENING her own position
near the Suez canal. which IL the key
TO the commerce OF that section Of tho
world.
The Cape colonies have grown an have
the other possessions In Africa that
nave come 10 England. In order 90
inaintnin and Improve them she needs
an outlet In the north. 10 IL really with
the object or eventually connecting tho
Cape with tho Mediterranean nea that
knFlnnd has sent her troops into the
sudan. for II IL that country which In
the greatest measure separates her pos
sessions In tho south from Egypt. II
VIII be remembered that one % Cccil
lthodcs' pet projects n a railroad from
tho Cape 10 Cairo" and In order 90 build
u u u necessary TO gain poaneaulon
of thr country through which II will
pass. This mammoth problem has ohua-
cd Enginnd no end uf worry and the
other nations which have pouaoaalona In
this section Of Africa much concern.
None of them IL anxious 90 have the
british build such a road nu II would
materially weaken their holdings
France controls considerable territory
on both tho east and west coasts Of the
dafa continent. She. too. H. ambitious TO
Increase her sphere Of influence hy Sc
curing control " the land In the sudan
along the white Nile.
Thcn, again. France ~ additionally CD.
posed 10 the proposition that England
should build the railroad. aa Il would
anord the latter another prete1t for
maintaining her "protcctorate" over
Egypt, besides giving her enormously
grcater power Ia Africa. Frauce IL VIC.
lcntly Jealous u England and would
like TO have hor cyacunte Egynt alto.
gether, but from all appearances Eng.
iand Intends "a remain And. by the
way. the Sudan has been the cause OF
more trouble ana dlraenaion among the
nntlonu than any other section III tho
Nile country. Nearly all the great pov.
era would like 10 control it. but oniv
two have scot troops In 60 subdue tho
natives, who are 10 daring nghtlng men
as tho world has ever seen. Some of
knglond's best troops have been do.
fsated hy these wild soldiers. Tho name
or 'chlneae' Gordon Ia stili fresh IA tho
MINIS Of the people. Ito was one OF
EnglnndH foremost military men and
lost his NO az khartum 10 keen tbe
public In good humur the british noWs.
papers have been saying that the cxpe.
dluon recently sent Into tho interlor
went Tor the purpose ~ nvenrlnr hi.
DEATH but diplomats smile al these
puorilo statements.
The british troops have heon succ.ss.
tul, ana the strpngholdB ~ tho derylrh,a
have fallen This gives the Enrllsh
complete control 81 the Nile for mar
than 1000 miles Il alsn takes her nrar-
or tho goal that she had in mind whom
lhe oNpell'lQn was sent out TO nubdue
the natives along the Nile and nvenFe
uofdona DEATH The railroad that the
troops are laying 10 not of the llght mli-
nary type but from what can be- gath
cred tr9m reports IN "well built road.
constructed 10 stand the wear ana tear
OF the country" As the army advances
the road ~ put down until now IL
reaches Omdurmnn.
10 was not until the troops under Con-
cfal Sir Herbert Kitchener. the slfdar
of Egypt, ana the accompanying au-
Nogitles ON sudan matters reached that
place that IL became known that Major
Marohand. at tho head Of tho French
forces which started from the French
konGo many months ago, had arrived
AZ and were occupying Fashoda, only "A
few hundred miles 20 the south and Ia