Washington sentinel., 1900-07-28

lalns anu no guns Ol poSltl MS 10 par
advance, as in Natal, there is in the
tropical Jungle an object not much less
serious. Moreover, the Ashantis are
almost as up to date as the Poers, hey
know the value of cover; they are well
armed, and they enormously outnumbeT
the white troops The British find the
task here is in every way a harder one
than the French faced in Madagas ar.
Both France and Germany watch the
British campaign with jealous eyes, and
a siugle false move in this lit war
might cost England the entire SoudaD,
and even Egypt itself
While compare lively little mention
has been made of the matter in the
United States 1he British press has been
watching the situation in Morocco for
more than a year with feverish interest.
The complications would receive wide
notice, did not the Chinese uprising
overshadow It. That the French have
designs on Morocco few who watch
international politics can doubt. The
present conditions are highly favorable
to an aggressive move on their part, aud
while cunninglY maintaining an aspect
OF peace, they steadily prepare to resist
any attempt to dislodge them from the
foOthOld they have succeeded 10 gaining.
Rumor has it a fortress, which will
render Gibraltar obsolete, is being laid
out. il il is not already in the course OF
erection, at a point on the Morocco
coast, directly opposite the KEY to the
Mediterranean" The loss of this inn
portant point would mean ruin to Great
Britain in Egg pt and the Soudan Yet
the British must maintain peace with the
civilized world just now at any cost
There is only one world power on which
Salisbury appears to count with conf
dence; yet the AnglO-Ssxon alliance
may not be so powerful in the United
States as some suppose, and the election
OF the Democratic Presidential candidate
this fall would throw the English ION
their uppers
The people Of Fee are not renowned
for warlike achievements, aud, though
they are very savage, their fanaticism is
tinged with fear Of authority. The
FKays among the wild tribes of the lar
side OF the Atlas Mountains are the
disturbing element in Morocco, and the
excitement In the south is famed daily
by the natives, who bring from the
desert the most extraordinary reports OF
invasion. The melInlte used by the
French artillery at Turhar has appar
emily struck terror into the hearts OF
men who never knew what fear was
before, and every story from native
romance.
Not only IA the Transvaal, in China
and in Ashanti IS Great Britain waging
war. In BOrneo Mr. Hugh Clifford. the
British gOvern-r, and COmmsndant
Harrington have had their hands full
tor months attempting to subiugate the
rebel Bornese Beyond an occasional
and seldom noticed paragraph in the
newspapers no news Of the war In Bor-
neo reaches this country Yet the terri
tory con cerned covers an area Of 80 .4o3
square miles, and has population OF
400. 600
Mat Salieh was the BOrnean Dom
Paul. He gave the British trouble IN
1894, and again in August. 1895, he, at
the head OF 900 armed men. appeared
before Sundekan, the capital, and
demanded an interview with the officer
in charge.
When ordered to disperse his men
looted shops and tried to seize the rifles
ofthe BOrnean military police, It was
not until January Il, 1900, that they
were finally dispersed.
Meanwhile Menelk Is not to be tor.
gotten. The Emperor OF Abyssinia is
always a menace. The snug little
empire, Nesting among the African Alp:
unsought aud unknown Of men unit
Italy excited the native ire five year,
ago, is today the key to supremacy II
the northsr halt Of the Dark Continent
and did MenelIk but know il, nigh
dictate to both France and q ngland a
to the ultim te distribution OF Egypt ans
the Soudan. Russia has never been aol
to secure a foothold m Africa, and u
to 1895 saw no door open to her mach
/ nations. But the signal defeat inalcte
: upon the Italian troops in the Amhar
gave the Gear an idea. Russian rol
: Of gold have been steadily passing lTol