The sun., 1903-05-24

urally. he wanted Nasrullal to gc back to
his father aid tell him what marvellous
country England was and how necessary
1t was for Afghanistan to remain friendly
with her.
The Prince failed utterly. Nasrulah
was disglsted with the way things are
managed in England According to an
returned he SAID to the Ameer in open
d,Irbar.
Behold, it is a country Of foo!sl We
can learn little from Englan save what TO
avoid, The Queen and the Princes have
less power than the eunuohs Of your harem.
They do not govern he empire.
-Scorning the DEGREES Of Allah, the rulers
Of he land are chosen by hordcs OF the
low-born-the peasants, the pariahs. the
weavers and the sIni hs-as If a horse should
say: L will have this rider and no other,
But said the Ameer, they have won
derful inven, n,ions-stcaIushps telegraphs,
railways, guns"
AYE" said Nasr,lah, but they only
make life more troublesome to live. These
people make toys Of their invent ions and
enslave themselves % them until they think
there is nothing great er in earth or heaven
than the work of their hands
I'VE need nothing of heirs" he con-
cluded grimly. save their marvellous
cannon-that we may be aole to keep out
the rest Of their civilization
of King Menelik Of Abyssina, got poor
opinion of civilization when he visited
Europe to attend King Edwards corona
tion. He was ndlscreet enought to wear
his Abyssinian costume in the streets OF
London and the smil boys shouted rude
remarks when he passed by.
1t is n land without manners or oecency,
he said indignantly. I'VE in Abyssin.a
courteousy receive European travellers in
their strange Garb, and anybody who
'nocked them would be severely punished
by the Neg'ls. Bur when told an English
prince that his own soldiers had laughed at
me, his guest. he only said;
-'Oh. YOU must not mnd that; it is way
they have
at seems that tho princes have no power
in this land, The common people-sons
Of dogs with the lfabits of ri gs-ar, kings. "
10 look after the RGs tried to ef.ace the
memory Of his humiliation by giving him
good time. They showed him arsenals.
dockyards, theat ros, 'athedrals and every
thing they thony!t would Impress him.
Ii was of no Use. He asked the question
most farhar!ans ask DO these things make
you happier or better mem"
The theatres and music halls shocked him
terribly
How ran you go 70 these places to gee
women dance sNH'n"lossly. half clothed?'
he exclaimed. And not only go, but take
your wives and children! You make
puppet show of vi'e and then YOU call us
un' civilized If this IS civilization, If the
d'u1ken men who swarm riotously in your
streets at nights are produced by civiliza-
tion we Abvssinans had better remain
harla riars
RS NJ konnen's is'pprovrl of the SOU
brette is sh. red by most horbari' ns, es-
peel llv if thev ere good MohamnedR ns
Moorish visitor in NJ rsei les w even
more shocked tha n the worthy Abyssininn.
L Al. l. i hat
your Europe" women W. TX with uncovered
f. ces in the streets. nd T. TX to me openly
fnd sho me cssy { g thev choose even con-
tr7dicting their own husbf nds. But the
women on the ST. ees of your the tres.
wei. cannot think Of them without shame. =
Prris by n French friend. In silent horror
he WI tched men End women DIR ncing to-.
rether nd TT Il st conf6ed to his friend
the oninion that in truly civilized country
like Morocco such women would be de-
servedlv str: ngled.
His hostess. t. king pity on his loneliness,
asked whether he would CT re to de nee with
her; but he sternly refused to have anything
to do with proceedings which he considered
utterly Cenra we'd.
In an Indian hamlet in Venezuela lives
a well-educated Guaraguanes Indian who
once paid visit to New York Asked by
a traveller what he thought Of that city.
he replied:
1T is n wonderful place. truly, and full
OF marvellous things Of which I had not
even dreamed But the men who live there
must verify be accursed Of God and the
saints. How can there be any happiness
In their lives? They are always rushing
to and fro madly, as II jaguar pur-
sued them. Better the trees Of the forest
than those tall buildings which shut out
the sun.
Why do men--wealthy men. am told
.-imprison themselves in those buildings
all day long? Is that the way they were
meant to livep Are they not wasting their
lives in a vain pursuit of gold which will
do then no real poodo"