| Show ITALY IN AFRICA wo we copy the fol follow loning ing from tho the philadelphia la press abyssinia offers in tho the high landa finds into which italy must advance to avenge her defeat the samo same races which drove tho the tio troops ps back from abar and broke it a british square tho the creed of 01 the is christian and of tho the Sou danese Alo slem but lit in raco race tho the two are am much alike and italy has ha before her it troops 00 a a savage war of 0 the first m magnitude 9 it if as depoi reported ted russia arid and franco yran ce choose to u ink at the export of firms arms to tho the work before italy may well overtax all her resources it la Is certain to strain them and it will be ye years 9 r a before tho the conquered territory can yield 1 ld ft f revenue and italy Is already carrying all tho the debt deb t its resources permit the only thing in ill the above that we wa care to call attention to la Is that a wild tribe converted to christianity la Is not tho the same earne as a wild tribe converted to mohammedanism tho the creed of the christian christa lit surrounds tho the ignorant convert sometimes with superstitious superstitions fears tho the creed of tho the moslem makes a wild beast out of a timid man the latter creed Is 11 a perpetual incentive to the ignorant man to do and to dare an anything lor for 14 it because it pictures as a reward a sensuous pax paradise adise we ve do not bellevo believe tho the abyssinian hill tribes will light fight as did the desperate moslems 2 who with courage which amounted to simple recklessness rodo rode u up p to the english squares in the desert only to be slaughtered without mercy and still it Is dini cult to imagine w what hat italy wants with that count country ry of 01 course italy Is overcrowded over crowded and needs more land for her people but abyssinia Is close under the equator tho the coasts ore axe hot beyond description find and exceedingly sickly why any country wants territory in such a place Is incomprehensible |
