The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03
WAR MAY MAKE
 GREAT CHANGES IN MAP
 OF DARK GoNTINENT.' 2

Since the downfall of Egypt and
 Carthage as independent nations, the continent of Africa has been the prize
 to which many nations have looked
 with longing eyes. The ancient ana fertile land on the Nile, the early seat of political civilization, by turns the prey of Persia Alexander, Rome and aConstantfnop1e, and the richest prize of al has fallen to Englands and it is likely that within 9 short ] time tue shadowy pretense of Turkish
 sovereignty and khedivial authority
 will be wiped out, and Egypt will be- come in name as well as in tact an in I+egral part of the British empire I A little over a century ago the French and the English warred for supremacy lin the land of the Pharaohs, and the l young Napoleon Bonaparte conquered a large part of the country. The in I vaders were dispossessed by a British army, and this Sunday will mark the Hath anniversary of the evacuation of Egypt by the French in favor or 1.-the British. Acting for a time in com cert with other powers, including Aus l tria, Russia and Prussia, Great Brit ain gradually extended it's influence in J Egypt until now it reigns alone and supreme. Earl Kitchener has played
 a large part in this final and complete I conquest which has made Egypt as l much a part of the empire as India or South Africa.
 what Great Britain has accom- pIished in Egypt, France has achieved l in Algers As a matter of fact, 1 F,rance has even been more success ful in her benevolent assimilation methods in northern Africa and All l eeria.4 is now, for all practical pur- poses, a part of the republic The I natives, whether Moalem or Jew, have
 accepted the F'renchman as brother,
 and all dwell together in peace and Il araity In Egypt, on the contrary,
 the fellah Is constantly plotting rebel
 Iion.j Religions enters largely into this | differences, for the Englishnan has
 scant toleration for the faith of Mo
 manned. Frenchmen, on the contrary, l have no religion and tolerate all, and the question of theology is never
 raised in the relations between the
 French masters and the native sub
 In the mad scramble for African territory Great Britain and France have been most successful. with France rather in the lead Envious
 1 Germany has been beaten at every stage of the game, and has been no- toriously4 unsuccessful in governing ) and developing it's African possess ions.
 This war may or may not change J the map of Europe, but it is almost certain to result in great alterations in the map of what but little while ago was the dark continon9-'s Ger
 mfn territory in Africa, while com paratively small, is of strategic i'm , DOT sance and if the allies should tri- } urnIla over the Kaiser's army there . is little doubt that the indemnity de- mandcd would include the German possessions in Africa The slice o1 t Morocco held by Germany is coveted Joy France, which is now in practical
 | possessicn of the remainder of zMoroc- t co. The English want German East Africa, which stands as a barrier be. g tween Raaoaesia and Britisth 7 Easi Africa, and thus prevents the realiza- I ton of the great vision of Ceci e Rhodes-a Cape-to-Cairo railway con. s structed entirely through British ter. Q ritory.
 . If Germany wins. on the contrary = she is almost certain to take over tht = ugaI Thus, with German East Africs e and German Southwest Africa, tn.
 German flag would fly oevr a territor1
 almost as large as the United States = extending from the Indian to the At e lantic oceans, and cutting off the Brit e ish possessions of South Africa iron e those in the North
 @ The fate of Africa hangs in the bal y ance, while the warning nations O If Europe fight their battles The maj = of the dark continent now shows bu 5, two countries which can at all clain Il to be indepe ependent-Abyssinia on tn l. East and Liberia on the West. An, d these exist only on tolerance, an, e the time may soon come when thei g independence will be a thing of tn
 past.
 r. One reason for Ita1y's declaration o t. neutrality at the~ beginning of tn d present war was the fear that par le ticipation with the Triple Allianc al might involve the loss of her newly st acquired foothold in North Africs y The Italian conquest of Tripoi IS vet far from complete, and Italy need
 peace in order to make good her clair
 of possession.
 k, The partition and colonization ( 1e Africa by European nations has bee t, largely accomplished in the last thil n, ty years. France leads with over 4
 toeO,o00 square miles under her don