The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-19

- 9TH parties % ~neIliEofcuta u
the present conflict have done
more OF hess publicity work
tut me palm 10 surely taken By the
story lufned lsoss yesterday rel the
Associated Press wires and used o.
mera than ons mont page in the
ntnso. This was tho interview with a
1s.in merchant who told the neslin
rrcss shnt the sudan Vas overran
with derviahes. Khartoum was in
their hepdr and that they also held
parts Of Nubia.
No~. Ne navcnt been 90 Nuoia
lately. and Kharsonm Ia entirely off
our line. hus jnat the same we 90 not
think they are a. prtsent IN the
hands Of any such howiins mob Of
black or brown lanaiics a. our Teu-
ionic merchant friend describes Il
Il unreasonable TO expect ghe news Of
that sors Of thing 70 Be kept ahnoiute-
~ quiet for the three months thia
merchants story indicates. This In
terestins narrative told that on De
ccmber Is, last year. $4,000 dervsshes
marched on Fashoda. where they
we're met BY d small British force.
the native contingent OF which, with
ltn officers. promptly deserted 90 the
doryinhes leaving the British COM
mandor with only 2.Q0e men. Con-
tinulnr. the stcry indicates a bloody
conflict In which the commander OF
the British force fell with his OFF,
GERS. and following which the chief
n he dervishes had the prisoners his
force had taken decapitnted.
In tho language Of the common or
harden variety Of reporter this would
have been a hot story" II. as this
merchant declares. Il happened on
December IA. news OF IL would have
leaked out somehow. somewhere. be-
fore this time.
Further. this narrative declares all
the native ohiegp Joined tho dervlshes
after his victory and that the con-
tlnsent took possession OF an inn
portant military post This would
Indicate that the blacks. II they did
NOT pousena consiSerahls power. were
in a position TO attain Il shortly. un-
disciplined troops, such o. n party
Of dervlshes undoubtedly Is. would
not long be restrained By leadera. II
any such body Of deryishes had beer
collected and had such power az this
interview would ascFlbe 20 them. they
would lay waste such a wide area and
create such a horror that surely the
world would have heard from some
ones lips % It long before now.
Again, the argument ma be I'D.
vanced thai the 6crvishes kINed of
everyone. 40 hat no I.ews could get
DUTY In that ase how did our Ger
man commercial gentleman set out
And granting that he was there and
thas he ai6 have knowledge OF all
these events with which ne is cred
tied. why. oh why. should he wait
until he got to Germany TO tell the
news 10 a Berlin newspaper firstg
Provided the whole thing Is true
why should IL take three months FOL
news OF il TO reach the public? II
took less than that many days for
news Of events IN Persia. favorable
10 the Teutonic allies. 10 reach the
world. We venture 10 say that the
Germans have agents 30 Egypt wei
able 10 get out 90 the world at a much
earlier date anything OF such grave
import. 0f such Interest in connection
with the present struggle, "a the
oyerrunnipg Of an EngIish-eontrolied
province BY mutlneers and outlaws
Thaf news. II true, would ave fur
too much moral effect In reutor
favor 10 be eft Unpublished mors
than three months.
This story, on its ace carries az
the warnings needed 10 make II
shout Fake In the ears Of ever
newspapeFman not absolutely biased
by partisanship.