The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-26

ana they can only complain that the
English have given away what they do
not possess" This criticism Is quite true
but Europe has been doing that in Africa
Tor twenty years, and is going to do the
same In China. If America and England
nave not virtual suzerainty over the
world all their proceedings are huge da-
coity; but then they affirm, and, when
necessary to inforce that very suzerainty.
AFRICAN NAPOLEON.
The French government is hurrying the
Dill to ratification, and it is expected
tha%>1t will be vetoed by the chamber of
deputies on Monday. NJ Delcasse. the
French minister of foreign affairs, counts
on good ending. Good results are seen
IN the announcement published in the
Echo de Paris today of the suspension of
military defenses for the defense of Cor
sicas Algeria and Tunis, and the return
OF the troops recently sent to Algeria and
Tun1s and the coast towns of France
owing to the tension of the Anglo French
relations
Soudanese experts predict that the
French will find they have a. hornets
nest in and around Lake Tchad where
several powerful potentates hold sway.
che leading ruler in Rabeh, formerly a.
slave In Upper Egypt, who went west
ward and carved an empire for himself
with his sword, is now styled the
African Napoleon" He has an army of
10000 men, and rules the territory south
west Of Lake Tchad He is at logger
heads with the neighboring sultan of
Wadyi, whose country is also included
in the French sphere, and who has near
ly three million followers among the
Senousst, and whose troops are said to
be led by Europeans
Frances policy is to foster the mutual
hatreds between Rah and .Wadyi. but If
TINS leads to an attempt to subdue either
of them, she will have a tremendous
struggle before her, especially in the case
of Wadyi, as thousands of Senousis live
in TUNA and Algeria, and would prob
ably make common cause with their CO.
religionists in Wadyi to cause aeon
fiagration in Frances north African pos
sessions. Slatin Pasha in an interview
is quoted as saying:
Frances conquest of her new pro-
tectorate will be very difficult, and will
entail many sacrifices
FRENCH SALARY GRAB.
The French deputies are now agitated
over the question Of raising their salaries.
A petition was introduced in the cham
bers yesterday to increase the nav of
deputies and senators from 5000 to 1900
francs. The Socialists, who are poor.
warmly supported the measure One
deputy M. Aristade-Boyer, frankly sup
ported the proposal on the ground that
1t will place the deputies out Of the reach
of corruption, which brought a severe
rebuke upon his head from the president
of the chamber. 1t appears that the pro-
posed Increase was set on foot by the
wives Of struggling legislators who look
ed forward with CONSERVATION to an up
ward bound of prices during the exposi-
ton of 1900.
While the debate was proceeding, one
of the deputies, Charles Ferry, Repuo-
lican, protested against the proposed in
crease, pointing out that no monarch
ever raised his own civil list, and an
other deputy, M. Lasies, anti-Semite rose
to a height to which his colleagues were
unable to follow him, by Quixotic mo-
ton to abolish salaries, on the ground
that the deputies ought not to be asham-
ed Of poverty at a time when SO many
people have cause to blush for their
wealth. The motion was overwhelmingly
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