The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-05-05
VIVID WAR DRAMA PAINTED
BY A FRENCHMAN
TeII. All About He~ the british Eus-
ptre Heessne- EHseed from the Earth

The fever Of war i abroad in France
The public prints show 1t and the temper
of the people on the bouleyards Is not a
whit less martial The most remarkable
illustration Of this, however, Is found IN
the las, issue Of lie Monde lllastre, a Pa
risiAn magazine which might be compared to
Harper's Weekly in this country. The
Paris publication contains a story headed
The End Of England |; is plausi-
BE and circums,antial account Of great
var. begun by an overt act of England,
and resulting in thc downfall Of the en-
PIN. At It's end Ireland Is freed and be
comes republic, the British are hemmet
in 10 England her possessions are divided
among the powers, aud IN this way, the
author asserts universal peace Is assured.
To further simulate reality, photographs
and photographic illustrations accompany
the article, which i from the pen OF Henri
/ de Soussane Living soldiers aud states
men are the personages Of the story
There are Roberts and Kitchener, Rose
| berry. Sir Charles Beresford As well as
| Gen. Marehand Of France, The preface
| Of this political cataclysm Is laid At houek
I Koushk, } on the Afghanistan frontier
/ LIS date Is July l6--for the story Is clrcum
-,antial even to dates as well as to places,
atmosphere and the names Of living men,
/ Thus, on july Is a band Of Afghan ban
| d.ts-20O in number-tali upon the rail.
| road at kouck, slay the attendants aud set
/ 6re 10 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-
/ vated TO the throne Ii Is known that the
/ dead ameer was about 20 sign a treaty
/ granting Russia permission TO extend the
| Trans Caspian railroad from Mery through
| Herat to Kandahar, and as the assassin
usurper has appointed British agent his
premier the influences are obvious. In
stantly upon the arrival Of the information
the car retires to his palace Of Gatohlna.
| Gen. Dragomirow and the minister Of war
are summoned. In Paris fever Of ex
{
The exposition has been disaster the
/ British are blamed All the world looks
/ toward Russia For six days the car Is
silent. Dispatches show that troops are
! being hurried BY both England and Russia
10 the Afghan frontier VI. de Monte
bello, the French ambassador at st. Pc
tersburg, is in conference with the car at
Gatchina On the morning OF July "A
the czar moves. He transmits an order to
Gen. Sobelef TO move at once upon Herat.
At the same instant Great Britain orders
her ambassador TO leave Russia; on the
following day the Russian ambassador
leaves London. War has begun. 1t Is a
foregone conclusion that Herat falls, and
of this the author says The fall of
Herat is a date always to be remembered
in history. At this point began war
which was to change the entire face OF the
world
Admiral Fourner commands the French
feet. His sealed orders opened at sea,
tell him that he is to meet the Russian
feet at Bizerta, and that the English
squadron must be led to expect that he
is still at Toulon But on arriving at Alex
andria there is a surprise. The British
flag no longer floats over the city. In
stead, the banner of Egypt waves in the
breeze. But all is explained. Lord Gro
mer has been assassinated, the khedive has
seized the three British battalions, and
Mourad Bey, the minister of war, has
seized the Suez canal. In addition, the
cable code of the British is in the Egypt
ians' 5 possession, and for five days it an
swers London's demands that all is well
In the meanwhile the Mediterranean
squadron of the British, under Admiral
Fisher, is on its way to destroy the French
fleet, supposed to be at Toulon. More
over, the sultan of Turkey, alarmed by
the turn of affairs, has permitted the Rus
slams in the Black sea to pass through the
Dardanelles to join the French. Menellk,
emperor of Abyssinia, accepting the op-
portunity, advances along the upper Nile,
seizing the British posts and occupying
Fashoda. The French and the Russians,
Joining fleets and forces, fortify the Suez
canal. On the 10Th an attack by Admiral