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Show England and egypt. Wm A Berlin magazine tells of the methods of flfl Great Britain in ruling Egypt. The government is ijlfl called to the world Egyptian, but an English vis- iflfl count is the real sovereign; the army is Egyptian, iH but all the officers of rank are British, the treas- i !H ury is Egyptian, but the treasurer is British, and HH so all the way down the line. The entire direc- 1 i Hb tion of affairs is British. ' But great work is being done there. Thousands 99 of new; acres are put under cultivation annually; H it is becoming once more a great granary; flfl wages have been increased, taes reduced, and 9 the interest on the public debt has been reduced : I Sl from an extortionate figure to per cent. i 1 jflHj Schools are being established and a hope is be- ff9 II t mt ng nursec n e hearts of the people which ; j have been deserts for centuries. ' ; H England is moving in her accustomed me- o j B thodical way, but it is clear enough that her pur- j ' I Hi pose is to extricate herself from the necessity of j 11 importing American wheat and cotton. Then, too, ! H she is pushing her navy and her railroad north ! from the Cape and south from the Mediterranean. ' fill She s PreParin5 t0 have a Sreat self-supporting fflb empire in the Dark Continent, one with area j ifrl enough to absorb and support not only all her j : j poor but the poor of Europe. She means to rule j A ( t00' er way ot as Canada 1S hanaled not I 1 as Australia is handled, but as she holds her ! ! j j 1 1 sovereignty in India, except that in Africa her power will always be in evidence and no local i ' I 1 1 faction will debate where her power leaves off j ! 1 i an the native power begins. She is the world's j . ' j ; ! v great colonizer; from her little island throne her i 111 voice is potential all the big world around, and ! , ; j I despite her many harsh ways, where she moves, : 'j ! m the world's freedom advances. |