The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-25
MENELIK AND HIS BISMARCK
Bismarck" is a Russian, Who May Get Menelik to Help
Him Grab the Whole Valley of the Nile for His
Peace-Lovnq Master, the Gar

I that II he attempts 10 check the pro-
1 grcss of the Cape TO Cairo railroad
! he viii follow tho road that the Mahdi
| had 10 walk England IS determined 10
make a practical and speedy answer TO
/ Cecil Rhodes cabied query from Cape
town TO General Kitchener AT Khartoum,
"When are YOU coming down?' she is
going down at once.
In treating with King Mcnelik. the
British government has to keep rs Of
fetal eye carefully alert as 90 the &C.
tons of Meneiks principal adviser,
Russian soldier Of fortune named Leon
tief
This worthy who is Meneiiks Bis
marck. SIS filled with an ind ling hatred
of the English and his head is fun Of
schemes. in the event Of q general Eu-
roBean war which viii find England
matched against Russia of throwing
Mcneliks army Of 10000 men against
the British forces i'm Egypt and the Sou
dan and Selling tho whole valley of the
Nile for his peace-loving master, the
Car
Le0nucT first came into prominence
I'm African affairs after Mcneiiks defeat
of the Italian expedition. lie was said
o. be at the head of a hand OF mission
aries who were endcavoring TO convert
Menolik and his followers 10 the Rus
sian church. lie was reported 20 have
carried 20 the Abyssinian king 100 BIZ
bles from the car.
When the bibles arrived az the
kings court. however. they were found
20 be large packing cases fun OF nice.
shiny Martins. The gift of those "Bi-
bles" was so very opportune that Meme
Dix took LeonticG into his favor AT once
and since then DE has been thorn i'm
the flesh of the British diplomatic and
military body. \ native king" with
am advisor like this Russian Is apt to
cause large number of additions TO
Eneand's output of blua-hooks
The route for the railway which Ce-
eli Rhodes is advocating from Cape
Town TO the shores of the Mediterranean
is a. 500 miles long OF that distance
] 500 miles is already completed, leaving
5000 miles 10 be built. Mr.. Rhodes in
tends TO pioneer his railway with the
telegraph. \ telegraph line has already
been established 10 the center of Nyassa-
land, and by mkt April 10 will reach the
shores OF Lake Tanganyika. Then the
railroad which now stops 400 miles
north Of Cape Town viii push on 10
follow up the te!egraphs. AS the tele-
graph line is pushed along preliminary
surveys are made FOR the railroad
From the northward the railway has
Dcen puSneu forward steadily bN a force
accompanying the Anglo-Egyptian army
which only the other day succeeded in
the Mahdi The road is al
ready completed to Berber which is to
be one of the important functions Of the
road
From Alexandria 20 Girgeh. a dis !
lance Of over 200 miles more. there is a |
railway I'm active operation. From Ber- |
Der a side line is TO be built 10 Suakim. |
on the Red Sea This will be a sort Of |
feeder for the main line. putting il I'm |
with the immense traf- /
hc which goes through the Red Sea on |
lbs way to and from the Suez Canal.
From Buluwayo 20 Beira. on the In
dian ocean. is 10 be another side line, /
b section Of which is already completed.
And It is also proposed 10 connect the
main line with Lake Nyassa and by
that route put out another spur 10 fhe !
indian ocean at Chinde. The line from |
chinde 20 the lake is nearly completed.
From the lake 20 the main line az the |
southern end OF lake Tansanyiss, IL less