The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10
they are applied direct. Lord Kitch-
ener says:

| When we conquered the sudan
the whole population was practically starv-
Ing. Nothing strikes one more in visiting
| the Sudan to-day than the great increase
In the individual prosperity of Its inhabi-
| tants. The benefits Of peace have been fully
| reaped by the cultivators, and the Increased
| facilities of communication have brought
| markets hitherto undreamed of to their
| doors. The development of the rich prod
ucts Of the country has been carefully fos-
tered, and golden harvest has been
| brought in, which has remained In the coun-
| try. The people are contented, happy and
| loyal.
The political STATUS Of the land Is
happier and simpler than that of Egypt.
After Omdurman the dilemma was to
cancel IL as Ottoman territory without
designating 1t British. The solution
was found in a device of Anglo-Egyp-
tan responsibility: an extraordinary
condominium, In view of the somewhat
anomalous status of England in Egypt.
| The success of the Sudanese adminis-
tration Earl Cromcr attributes to these
| happy factors: absence of interference
from London and limited supervision,
principally financial. from Cairo,
| coupled with a competent, well chosen
civil service. largely military at first
but increasingly civilian in its person.
| mel. avoidance as far as possible OF
changes in personnel, good pay and lib
eral leaves of absence; n policy gcner-
Gus but conservative, and. above all. far
sighted building for big future. There
are no "Capitulations" to tie the hands
of administrators, there is no pretence
Of merely advisory capacity: English
men are running the territory without
4. \ t..It -
by their knowledge. experience and skill.
Pride In the undertaking is incentive
to hard. honest work and a guarantee
Of the best results. 1t IL new phase
a continuation. Of the hard and in retro
spcct romantic military campaigns of
| twenty years ago.
Perhaps the common idea of the SUI
dan Is Of a desert land on which more
| blood than water has been spilled. but
the Egyptian" Sudan. loo miles long
and thousand miles wide. with plenty
of swamp scrub and desert" il de-
clared 10 he rich in potential and far
from devoid of actual resources. with
wide. fertile regions hankering for cX-
ploitation. That exploitation in It's full
ness will be big job and will take
time; but 1t is on the cards
city of romance" is also city OF
equally alluring fact; full of the living
remnants of Mahdst triumph and Nah
dist oppression now engaged in peace
full avocations." When Kitchener en-
tered the city in september lSss. It
was dismantled town that fell into his
hands; the British builders were able To
start fair and lay out their streets
and open places with mathematical!
} symmetry for which municipal reform
crs M home sigh in vain And ther
have buildcd "A city worthy to b- a cap
ital. ready for future Of distinction
Between the two Niles. the tapping of
whose flood will ultimately bless the
land. after Eeypt's needs shall have
been provided for. and Of which the
city is even now allowed To take toll
Khartum is green, spacious ana am.
bilious town.
The Gordon College j. noteworthy
/ institution. where The education begun
in the kuttabs, primary schools. is con-
tinucd. Its adjunct. Cadets College
turns out smart lot OF young soldiers
: "A Sudancse Sdndhurst. Gordon College
has "A model curriculum in which high
. literary culture is no preponderaut de-
: sideratum. Some English = taught, but
the boys are not assailed in respect al
: their native speech and spirit. Survey.
: Ing Is more thought of than literature
4 II will certainly be- more useful In tn,
task of unlocking the riches of the land
: The director Is developing, not horde
. of politicians or unhappy aGitaturs. bu
regiment of technically tpincd son,
: Of Africa ready To l." Africa's profitabl,
p servants. The Welcome Institute Il
, raising mp a race IF natives educated
IN the care and cure uf native plant an,
. human life and disease. Al this instruC
= ton Is rigidiy secular, Lord kitchenc
. has stout.y insisted upon preservation
! of the religious integrity of the count ~
, and n" prusalNtism j. permitted TIL
. land j. Muhammedan. ana Muhammc
dan h" would have ii remain; even :,
{ bidding Anglican would-b. missionarln
= 70 work upon their own c0untrymen Il
4 the and ANA lot Islam alone Mr.. Low
paints an extremely rosy picture q
a practical pedagogy in The Sudan.
r 'Omdurmau j. the market and entire
70 pot for q LARGE region of north contra
= Africa Its siNcrsmiths are clever copy
lists with their primitive tools hut lacl
. originality in design. An excellent ligh
and strong. very firm cotton 4
. woven d.~o hN piUnltlN" methods hu
with great deNierity. Always in his cx
" pluratinn Of the city the British Jour
i naliSt was conscious. vaguely. of some
- thing lacking. nj last. visiting the mca
- market. a pace Of SCrupu;uuS cloanli
p ness, he realized the deficiency WAS 18th
= familiar odor of the orient unfurgp.
able when once il has asslilrd YOU
q nostrils. The life ana color q
# the sun lands We're there but not IN
A dri heaps before the open doors In
proving dogs roofing in garbage, TN
mircd and feCulcnt ways. Omdurman
: genuine Africa, but n is Africa deodnr
: zed clelnsed. regulated, made safe an
y wholesome by firm and patient hands
- The needs of the Sudan are preemi
4 ncntlY, perhaps eNcluslVclN--for give
: these. the rest would follow in natlrf
; cours"-hettrr transportation. NOR
= water and a greater supply of laho
Il the nid line from Wady lialfa I'm tn
: north Ia khartum has been carried ~
miles further. to SEMINAR on the Ilu
Nile. then turns to the west and eros,
:, ing the Whit" Nile, runs Ia III Dbrid
the kordofan province, a ccnjre Of III
trade In gum grains and hides coin
" ont and calico and other manufacture
n coming in. From I'll Oboid the road
y, "a uan.tr,I. = Iaan,r int, t'.,.,