Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-07-03
RICH INCREASE
IN TERRITORY IS
MADE BY BRITISH
Brilliant Little Campaign inI
DarfUr During Spring JUST
Past Results in Substantial
Colonial GAIN
tAssoclated Press corre.pondence.)


Khartum, Sudan, June l0.-The
brilliant little campaign in Darfur
which ended with the defeat by the
British troops of sultan Ali Dinar on
May % will bring under British do
main about l60 600 square miles OF
territory inhabited by population
estimated at between 100000 and
100000. Descendants Of the Sultan
Mohammed have ruled in the country
for approximately 400 years. Until
1874 Darfnr was entirely independent
hut then it was conquered BY the no
torious slave dealer zobeir Pasha,
who carried on "a savagely cruel rule
Of terror over the natives Under the
nominal suzerainty of Egypt for ten
years until he was ousted by the
Mahdi. At that time slatin pasha.
the Austrian Egyptian was fhe offlc-
ial representative Of the Egyptian
government,
When the Anglo British. forces later
subdued the Mahdi and brought the
sudan hack into Egyptian possession
sultan Ali Dinar, who had been con
! fined for several Years i'm one of the
Mahdrs loathsomo iails was placed
on the throne and he governed his
people with all the savagery Of an un-
/ civilized eastern potentate at the same
| time maintaining friendly relations
with the Anglo Egyptian authorities
| at Cairo.
The Bull of Bulls which is one
of the titles Of the sultan Of Dauur
apparently thought the time had come
when the world war broke out to dis
play his strength, and he gathered a
considerable army of tlibesneu ON
the frontier of his territory with the
intention, IL was understood, OF ad-
vancinE on Egypt, which he had
heard was weakly defended and at hrs
mercy
Column soon III vincd.
This assemhlage of warriors soon
camp to the notice Of the Anglo -Egyp-
tian staff, and a mobile column was
immediately organized TO meet any
advance The British officer in COM
mand eventually came to the conClu-
sion, when he discovered how well
armed the native forces were, that II
would be advisable to strike the first
blow The British column tEcreupon
took the offensive with the result that.
the natives were put TO flight after a
severe engagement in which they lost
thousands of killed and wounded. A
fighting aeroplane took part in the
engagement and afterwards scattered
ne ii-kl'if'H li'NAiifn NA'iA N''NA AA AN'A''
to the hills
Considerable discussion is proceed
ing here as TO the future government
Of Darfur. in which subject the French
also are Interested, as the territory ad-
Joins their Sudancse possessions The
prevalent idea is that a British resi-
dent will be appointed and that a
member Of the former ruling may be
placed on the throne as nominal ruler.
Most Of the inhabitants Of Darfur
are Of mixed Arab and negro race,
but there are numerous pure Arabs
and pure negroes and liberal infus-
ion Of tribesmen from other parts OF
Africa. Many of the people are quite
peaceful camel and cattle owners and
there Is considerable commercial in
tercourse between them and The i'm /
mediately adjacent countries. The
general education Of the inhabitants Is /
on n very low level, and consists
mainly in a knowledge of the Koran, |
which Is confined to the males.