Cañon City record., 1900-05-24
IS All About How the British Empire
Becomes Effoced from the Earth.

Ine i-yer OF war is abroad In France.
The public prints show 1t and the tenn
per OF the people on the boulevards
Is not whit less martial. The most
remarkable illustration OF this, how
ever. is found in the last issue of LIE
Monde lllustre. Partisan magazine
which might be compared to Harper's
Weekly In this country. The Paris
publication contains a story headed
The End of England" 1t is plaus-
Ible and circumstantiai account of q
great war. begun by an overt act Of
England. and resulting In the downfall
Of the empire. At Its end Ireland Is
freed and becomes republic. the Brit
ish are hemmed In In England. her
possessions are divided among the
powers. and In this way. the author
asserts. universal peace Is assured. To
further simulate reality. photographs
and Photographic illustrations accom-
pany the article. which Is from the pen
OF Henri de Noussane. Living SOL
d!ers and statesmen are the person
ages OF the story. There are Roberts
and Kitchener. Rosebery. Sir Charles
Beresford. as well as Gen Marchand
OF France. The preface OF this political
cataclysm is laid at Kouck (Koushi). +.
on the Afghsnistan frontier. Its date
Is July IG-for the story is circumstan-
tial even to dates as well as to places.
atmosphere and the names OF living
men. Thus. on July 16 band OF AZ
Shan bandits-2oo In number-fall
upon the railroad at Kouck. slay the
attendants and set FIRE to the rolling
stock and station. The news arrives
In Russia two days later. At the same
moment the ministry is informed that
the ameer. Abdur Rahman. has been
slain by his nephew. who has been ele-
waited to the throne. II Is known that
the dead Ameer was about TO sign a
treaty granting Russia permission to
extend the Trans-Caspian railroad
from Mcrv through Herat TO Kanda-
har. and as the assassin usurper has
appointed British agent his premier
the Influences are obvious. Instantly
upon the arrival OF the information the
czar rctlres to his palace OF GsiehIna.
Gen. Dragomlrow and the minister OF
war are summoned. In Paris fever
of excitement selzes citizens and ON
elsls alike. The exposition has been n
disaster: the British are blamed. All
the world looks toward Russia For
six days the car Is silent Dispatches
show that troops arc being hurried by
both England and Russia 10 the Az
shan frontier. NJ. de Monticello, the
French ambassador mt St Petersburg,
Ia In conference with the czar at Cat
china On the morning O! July "a the
ear moves. He transmits an order to
Gen. Sobelen TO move at once upon
Herat. Al the same instant Great
britain orders hsr ambassador TO leave
Russia; on the following day the Rus
pian ambassador leaves London. wa-
has begun. II IS n forexone conclusion
that Herat falls. and OF this the author
says; The fall OF Herat Is n date al
ways TO be remembered In history. At
this point began n wnr which was to
change the entire face OF the world
Admira! Fonrnier commands the
French feet. His sealed orders, opened
IT sea. tell him that he Is to meet the
Russian Zee. at Biksrta. and that the
English squadron mus, be led to ex-
l'N,s NhssA ht ~ Esht ibutou- 1ut
on arriving at Alexandria there Is a
surprise. The British nag no longer
floats over the city. Instead. tho ban
ncr OF Egypt waves In the breeze. But
all is explained. Lord cromer has
been assassinated. the khcdive has
seized the three British bsttaiions. and
Moura6 Bcy. the minister OF war. has
seized tho SurE canal In addition. the
cable code of the British is In the
Egyptians possession. and for Eve
days II answers Londons demands
that all is we'll. In the meanwhile the
Mediterranean squadron OF the Brit
ish. under Admiral Fisher. Is on It's
way TO destroy the French fleet. sup
posed to be Mt Toulon. Moreover. the
sultan OF Turkey. alarmed by the turn
OF affairB. has permitted the Russians
In the Black sea to pass through the
Dardanclles TO join tho French. Meme
lik. emperor OF Abyssinia, accepting