| Show WAITING FOR FOB TUBS VERDICT NOT content perhaps with confronting modern modem customs and recent conditions I 1 italy some time since engaged in a contest with those who claim to be linell lineal descendants of king solomon and the queen of she a living on the western shore of tha red sea a body of water which I 1 is nat more tian than miles wide in the broadest place and is fully 1200 miles in length and aad through the sitz canal connects with the mediterranean these form the dividing line between europe and africa on the north and asia a and ad africa on the east this country on an either side of th atu atter alter being noted for its babli cal towns cities and plains to go that it t is quite possible there is a shaie shae ot of brath in thy tho claim P previously ly agaty it Is 0 also the fact that in such a laa among a people who have never seen aeu my iny other land nor changed in their heir i to w s any more than a small truffle traffic with the outride world gas made fiade bec necessary and who fortia form in themselves a direct connection between the misty past and the living lhing present can establish such buch claims with something more than mere plausibility to back them they cannot be disputed for the reason that no one has the disposition or oa his command to conduct i dispute and to con COB bitet one on oa abyssinian soil would be dangerous danger aus well it is to in this lard and among this people that the italians anu are now striving to gain a by virtue of a treaty entered into some ta time since in which england and egypt were concerned and assented the latter after making three hunsuc on her own part gild and eing beaten iback baco aaen time with revere loss by vie tie more hardy sud aud warlike i hordes ot ilic mountains ins of abyssinia Mas Alas the chief port of commerce I 1 on the african side of the red sea is the objective point it occupies a position ne beeth the northern boundary 0 of f abyssinia Abys wd and Is the place at which nearly all the supplies traders stores etc tor for interior africa are received in the days agone it was also the point at which slaves were transferred to foreign vessels and while this practice no longer exists as a system individual instances of the barbarous traffic 0 still occur klasso Mas wih is strongly fortified and it is held beld by the italians anc by military oben occupancy pancy pursuant to the treaty referred to but they would also take and hold the province of boches in which it is situated and have go 90 tar far met with only disaster and defeat in ia their efforts to secure it the latest expedition against the tomes of xing sing john has a not I 1 t yet been h heard eard from and th the e civil civilized world is waiting anxiously tor for the tidings the dispatcher published lp in the MEWS from time to 10 time hilve have indicated the progress made by tho the white skinned occupants which with t the lie exception of a few forged marches and getting the worst of it in 14 eve every encounter has been stationary the N present movement is however being conducted on a much larger scale root ana with better preparation than any preceding it and it is hoped that the barbarous emperor it not compelled to yield a tooting footing to civilization way may not be able to overwhelm its depre senta tives and subject those captured capture 4 to such treatment as is his custom and pleasure the italians htwe have properly a hold on tat but its ts session is comparatively valueless without a reasonable amount of 91 tho the country to the rear of it on the ciple that thata a dwelling house boase would be almost useless if the owner stopped stepped on another mans soil as soon as he emerged from the door of course the feeling in italy is intense and the absence of tidings has keep it wrought up to i the highest tension the italians know the kind of ef people their sons and brothers have been sent to do battle with that they are the fiercest fighters in the tbt world thit that they are the most powerful physically that they know every inch of the soil and are impervious to the fierce heat watch always prevails and that they are armed with repeating rifles and add as these at home formulate eitaro their minds the stary that is to be told li it takes on the gloom and darkness of the land from whence it will come tile the abyssinians Abyssinia Abys simana ns have never in modern times so tar far as Is now known been defeated put but kopea on their own soil and that was lu in 1860 when england sent a force to Maga magdala ala tee stronghold stron goold of theodoras the emperor of all the emperors of abyssinia to effect the release of some englishmen itu iq properly imprisoned there and punish the du dusky iky manaich rao naich for his temerity magdala was captured by direct assault and rather chaa fall into the bands of the victors committed suicide after this anarchy prevailed fur for a long along time faction lighting fighting was the rule and it is was ended oy by the present ruler johannes negus mean log king john we overcoming all opposition and placing himself on the tarone tula tuis was in 1879 and tie be has been fighting or engaged more or less in some kind of turmoil ever since I 1 the cause of italy taking so many risks against so much odds is her desire al re to found a colony in the province provin rae of boghos and put to good use the fertile highlands which are now but little used she is also alarmed at the of her catiz citizens aas who have emigrated to foreign lauds lands notably to north a and nd souta america and wants an outlet that will be attractive for such as are disposed to migrate and that will be under the italian flax flag the arts and appliances of civilization coupled biti ind industry and ability to endure the awful climmie cli cl maie would not only make fir an eden of a wilderness but enrich those who engaged in the enterprise that nation is certainly bending every effort to the accomplishment of her purpose and has bas been doing so for some gome time perhaps the conflict ct we are now awaiting tue the tidings from will wiil be decisive one way or another when they come our readers will have the benefit of them at an early hour |
