Show MORE LAND FOR BRITAIN ammense empire recently added to king edwards domains by a recent arbitration an area of square miles considerably larger than france has been added to the british empire and yet the world at large has hardly heard of the frient the territory in pies alon Is in central africa lying south of the congo free state and west of corthern rhodesia its importance rests on the fact that through it run the upper waters of the river here navigable although tar above the victoria falls the rival claimant was portugal and the arbitrator was the king of italy lewanska Le the native ruler ot was a picturesque guest at the coronation of edward VII and he has long been under a sort of semi protectorate by the brit ish the arbitration however splits his dominions in two the other sec alon passing to portugal and it re mains to be seen how the dusky mon arch will take this curtailment of his tribal authority the barocsi race are brave and thanks to french mission ary effort well advanced along the paths of civilization |