Daily camera., 1900-12-22
THE BRITISH RULE.
Have Z Knack Of Getting Into
Power In Other Lands.
Notable Instances Of such Reigns In
Ssnisavake Couptri, .-DsspOtio
Control EArrrisrd by Self
Made Is htnHs.

Not only does England govern many
| peoples on her own accent. but Eng
lIshmen seem to have the faculty Of
| III graiiating themselves with still
utHer nations and practically running
| them. he most conspicuous of these
Britons just now is Sir Robert Hart,
| who controls the customs service Of
| 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 po-
siion Sir Robert has nothing 10 do
with England. yet he has c,nir,ved
| To do a good turn to his nlty land
many times. One time when Russia
wanted to advance China a loan and
| thus get China in her power Sir Rob-
ert checkinated the game of Adam
zad. the Bear That Walks Life q
Man"
| Corea. the pennsular country that
! jnts out of China. has been managed
for years by Mcl.eavy Brown. who
! holds immense power in the land. He
| is "A private Briton. like Sir Robert
| Hart. and has the customs, finances,
government and practically the ma
ton in his hands. lie rescued the
country from bankruptcy, showed the
king how to reform the army, swept
away official kwindlers and leeches and
made a happy and prosperous nation
of n country that had been In . bad
| state.
For case Of despo'ic power welded
by Briton. there is an instance near
~ home. John Finlayson. who died
short time ago. ruled large part
| nf Morocco and was by long way
the most useful ruler the country ever
had He WAS a Scotchman. and had
a knowledge of the Moors 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 hack country for the
benefit OF the sultan He became a
close friend Of the monarch. who made
hiIn practically a ruling viceroy. who
did the work and took the credit. leav-
ing the sultan 10 amuse himself with
ont The anxiety Of governing.
Finlayson remodeled the army, re
| formed The revenues. and soon No
rocco began TO 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 large extent. but it was imposs-
BILE TO stop them altogether. He paid
off the national debt of $40 900 600 and
| increased the nations revenues from
! s750.Oo TO 50 2.5na0nO
| 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 preiu-
| 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-
pectedly. 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
war, he pulled his adopted nation
through the fiX and paid small in
demnity. Once every year he visited
his native town of Aberdeen for a
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
swamps. and his funeral was honored
even more than sultan'A Morocco
did not know he was the son Of
Scotch tailor. but 80 he was. and a
great man into the bargain. He re-
mained subject Of Victoria up TO
his death.
Kipling's famous story, "The Man
Who Would BE King" IL founded on
fact. An ex-civil servant, Cowper. who
had come 70 grief in his profession,
obtained the powers of monarch in
Kafristan. This is wild and dan
gerous country at the hack OF A.
ghanistan. north of India. and. as a
rule. it is certain death FOR any Eu-
Yopean who is found there. The
Kafris are 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 short time. He
was master Of the Kafri. language and
manners. and managed to get himself
accepted as sort of god
While he was king he did the thing
thoroughly and governed well; also
surrounded himself with money.
horses and servants. His reign. which
was popular while it lasted, gained for
him the reverence of the people, for
they believed him to be a genuine
deity. and worshiped at a temple he