Cochise review., 1900-11-23
THE BRITISH RULE.
HaVs . Knatk & Getting Into
 Power in OthsC LandA
Notable InStaAess of SucA nSAWAs |. AomisAvAwS CountFies-DssDOtao cOAtroA Exefcissd by Ssls-
 Made KihUS.


 lishmen seem to have the faculty of
 ingratiating themselves with still
 other nations and practically running
 them. The most conspicuous of these
 Britons just now is Sir Robert Hart
 who controls the customs service oi
 China. His name and the story of
 his rise and achievements have been
 in the newspapers so much recently
 that it is all familiar to the public
 says the New York Press. In his DO. sition Sir Robert has nothing to do
 with England, yet he has contrived
 10 do . good turn to his native land
 many times. One time when Russia
 wanted to advance China a loan and
 thus get China in her power, Sir Rob ert checkmated the game of Adam
 zad, the Bear That Walks Life a
 Man"
 Corea, the peninsular country that juta out of China, has been managed
 for years by McLeayy Brown, who holds immense power in the land. He iS private Briton, like Sir Robert
 Hart, and has the customs, finances, government and practically the na- ton in his hands. He rescued the country from bankruptcy, showed the king how to reform the army, swept away official Swindlers and leeches and made happy and prosperous nation of country that had been in a bad state.
 For case of despotic power wielded by Briton, there is an instance near CT home, John Finlayson, who died Ahort time ago, ruled a large part of Morocco and was by long way the most useful ruler the country ever had. He was Scotchman, and had knowledge of the MoorA and the Arabic language that was unequaled by any man who ever lived-except, perhaps, the traveller Burton.
 He was originally mining expert, and he opened and worked some tin mines in the back country for the benedt of the sultan. He became a close friend of the monarch, who made him practically ruling viceroy, who did the work and took the credit, leav- ing the sultan to amuse himself with out the anxiety of governing.
 Finlayson remodeled the army, re- formed the revenues, and soon Mo rocco began 10 flourish He did what no sultan had ever been able to do kept the wild tribes of the interior in something approaching order. Piracy and robbery he weeded out to a large extent, but it was impossi- ble to stop them altogether. He paid oh the national debt of $10 OOO, ,OO0 and increased the nations revenues from S75o,0O0 to $2, 800 900.
 He lived the life of an Arab chief, but kept to the Christian religion He Was obliged, however, to conform to the ceremonies of Mohammedanism, for he was too tactful to excite preju- dice. The nation at large really thought him an Arab by birth. He was always travelling about the coun- try with his suite, turning up unex- pectsdly, He held the chief post of justice, and was feared and esteemed as no native subject ever was. When some of his unruly subjects raided Spanish territory and nearly caused a war, he pulled his adopted nation through the tix and paid & small in- demnity, Once every year he visited his native town of Aberdeen for week, Morocco misses him sorely, now that he is gone, and the coun- try's prosperity is not what it was. He died of fever caught in the Tetuan swaInps, and his funeral was hoRored even more SIhan 8 sultan'S. Morocco did not know he waa the son of Scotch tailor, but so he was, and a great man into the bargain. He re- mAinsd subject of Victoria up to his death
 Kipling,s famous story, "The Man Who Would Be King" is founded on fact. An ex-civil servant, Cowper, who had come to grief in his profession, obtsined the. powers of monarch in Kafristsn. This is wild and dau~ gerous country at the back of Az ghAnistan, north of India, and, as a rule, il is certain death for any Flu ropsan who is found there. The Kafrisaare. one of the cruelest and most turbulent races on earth. Yet this man, who went there without fol lowers or money, was actually in stalled, as king for a short time. He was master of the Kafri language and manners, and managed to get himself accepted as a sort of god
 While he was king he did the thing thoroughly and governed we'll; also surrounded himself with money, horses and servants His reign, which was popular while 1t lasted, gained for him the reverence of the people, for they believed him to be genuine deity, and worshiped at a temple he had erected to himself. He estab- lishedtthe beginning of great horse trade with Afghanistan, which has hourished ever since, and the coun- try certainly prospered under his rule. He held the throne only year, for . rival chief aroused faction against