Show while italy la Is debating whether or not to abandon alian doo a ot of her african Af I 1 possessions it Is interesting to note tit alir extent to which european Europ oan nations lai hai 0 curried carried on their so called colonizing BC heines on that continent italy while not by any any means the chief offender 0 in belzin seizing territory in ili africa lias has nearly square miles of it under her protection great britain claims something like ike square miles of territory in central africa alone while france lias has about square miles germany dominates about square miles while portugal protects 7 square miles in t the be tropical poisons tons of the continent including the trade of 0 it the I 1 e congo free state which Is about tile the total trade of the continent la IS estimated at 73 00 lo of which one halt hair belongs to groat great britain alone italis portion conion of the trade Is estimated at 2 i oooo sibile france comes next nest to apat great britain with thein the interesting te feature of the italian dilemma Is as to w i hat aliat will become of abys aul ilala L in case italy abandons it rus aja would like it and so would both france and germany but it Is probable that the pr prowess oNess exhibited by merle mene achs soldiers will make a Nn war with him unattractive even to se powers territory under brianti control bounds the country on the north its as well as on the south and with british ownership or of the suez cagial which means the donit dominion nion of the red sea as well abyssinia is quite likely to be a british possession ultimately menelik cannot live always arid and ills his successor may lie be more easily dealt with than the llie present king |