Washington sentinel., 1900-07-28

tains and no guns of poslti ms to bar
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 poeTs. They
know the value of cover; they are well
armed, and they enormously outnumber
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 single false move in this lit war
might cost England the entire Soudan,
and even Egypt itself
While compare lively little mention
has been made Of the matter in the
United States the British press has been
watching the situation in Morocco for
more than year with feverish interest.
The complications would receive wide
notice. did not the Chinese uprising
overshadow 1t. 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, and
while cunninRlV maintsining an aspect
OF peace, they steadily prepare to resist
any attempt to dislodge them from the
foothOld they have succeeded iD gaining.
Rumor has il a fortress, which will
render Gibraltar obsolete, is being laid
out. II it is not already in the course OF
aV rtfnn ~
coast, directly opposite the KEY to the
Mediterranean" The loss of this i'm.
portant point would mean ruin to Great
Britain in Egypt 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 ADglo-Saxon 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 warike achievements, and, though
they are very savage, their ianaticism is
tinged with fear Of authority, The
F'Kays among the wild tribes of the lar
side Ol 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 melnlte used by the
French artillery at TurhaT has appar
emily struck terror into the hearts Of
men who never knew what lear was
before, and every story from native
sources shows the native talent tor
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 Commandant
Harrington have had their hands iull
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 concerned covers an area OF &C. 400
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 800 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
Of the Bornean military police, Il was
not until January u, 1900, that they
were finally dispersed.
Meanwhile MenelIk is not to be tor
gotten. The Emperor OF Abyssinia /!
always a menace. The snug littl,
empire, nesting among the African Alp
unsought and unknown Of men unit
Italy excited the native ire FIVE year
ago, is today the key TO supremacy II
the northern hall Of the Dark Continent
and did Menslk but know il, Nigh
dictate TO both France and . ngland a
to the uliIm &c distribution OF Egypt an,
the Soudan. Russia has never been aDl
to secure a foOthold m Africa, and u
to 1895 saw no door open to her mach
/ nations. But the signal defeat inAIcte
: upon the Italian troops in the Amhai
{ gave the Gear an idea. Russian rOl
: OF gold have been steadily passing iro