The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-27
II. H.P.WaSSOn&CO.

trcts to a colonial legislature. In the Dutch
Curacao group chiefs of the various islands
aid in administering the laws But in the
Dutch East Indies-Java, Sumatra. the Ce-
lebeS and the Moluccas-the colonists are
not intrusted with share in their laws and
regulations. The Islands are divided into
provinces, each governed by resident ap-
pointed by the home government after
rigid examination.
We have heard the suggestion that mere
protectorate be exercised by us over the
Philippines, Cuba and even Porto Rico.
England holds her East African protecto-
rate on a fifty years lease from the sultan
of Zanzibar, and governs it through a COM
missioner with four assistants, each at the
head of q province. In Uganda, Central
Africa, England permits the nominal reign
or the son of MWanga, the former king, who
prosecuted the Christians, was driven from
his throne, became a Catholic, regained the
throne, was conquered by the British, be-
came a Protestant and Is now a vassel OF
the British crown. The British commits
sloner Keeps his eye upon the reigning
prince, whose followers number third Of 3.
million. Although negroes constitute the
greater part of the quarter of a million peo-
pie in the British Zanzibar protectorate,
Arabs are the dominant race. There are
several thousand Hindus among the Zanzi-
barians. British influence is represented
through a commissioner and consul general.
The chiefs of the three negro tribes in the
British Bechuanaland protectorate rule
their own people as formerly. The Queen,
however, is represented by a resident COM
missioner with two assistants, who legislate
by proclamation only. Buchuanaland is
nearly as large as Texas, but has a popula-
ton half that of Cincinnati. The chiefs coll
lect tax on each native hut.
In AMMAN, her Asiatic protectOrate,
France is represented by a governor gem
eral, who keeps his weather eye upon Prince
Buu Lam, proclaimed king in 1889. French
troops occupy part of the capital, but Anna
mite officials attend to internal affairs under
the control of the French. Malays, Chinese
and Annamtes constitute the people over
whom France exercises its protectorate in
Cambodia also in the Indo-Chinese penin-
sula Here King Norodom is still allowed to
reign under the chaperonage of the French
governor general. In the protectorate Of
Tunis, Bey Sidi Ali holds forth under con-
troll of the French minister resident, but in
the Madagascar protectorate, whose native
queen was lately deported to the island OF
Reunion, the French governor general rules
through residents of the villages. Two of
the provinces are still under martial law.
The French prOtectOrates Congo and Gabun
are under commissioner generals, but those
Of Sudan, Guinea, Senegal and Dahomey are
all administered under the authority of the
governor of Senegal.
Spain yet retains the Carolines Palos the
Mariannes and a portion of northwest Afri-
ca opposite the Carolnes. The government
over the African possessions is in the form
of a protectorate under the governorship or
the Canaries which islands form province
and not a colony of Spain. Spain is disput-
ing with France over ownership of 10000
square miles of African territory upon the
banks of the Campo and NUM- rivers. This
territory contains a half million natives who
will doubtless become French subjects when
the issue is met, since Spain Is not spelling
for another war.