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Show mmmmmmmmmmmmmummmmmmamm flflD WAR HM PAINTED A lift. Tells All About Mow the British Empire Becomes Effaced from the Earth. The fever of war Is abroad In France, tfhe public prints show It and the temper tem-per of the people on the boulevards It not n hlt less martial The moit remarkablo Illustration of this, how-crcr, how-crcr, Is found In tho last Issue of lo Mondo lllustrc, a Parisian magazine l which might be compare-d to Harper's I Weekly In this country. Tho Paris publication contains a story hmded "The i:nd of England." It Is a plausible plaus-ible and circumstantial account of a great war, begun by nn overt act of England, and resulting In tho downfall of tho empire. At Its end Ireland la freed and becomes a republic, the llrlt-isb llrlt-isb are hemmed In In England, her possessions are divided among tho powers, and In this way, the author asserts, universal pence Is assured. To further simulate reality, photographs and photographic Illustrations accompany accom-pany tho nrtlcle. which Is from tho pen of Henri le Nouasane. Living soldiers sol-diers and statesmen nro the personages person-ages of tho story There aro Itobcrta and Kitchener, Itosebery, Sir Charles Jleresford, ns well ns den. Marchand of France. Tho prcfaco of this political cataclysm Is laid at Koiick (Koushk), on the Afghanistan frontier. Its date It July 10 for tho story Is circumstantial circumstan-tial even to dates a well as to places, atmosphcro nnd the names of living men. Thus, on July 18 a band of Afghan Af-ghan bandits 100 In number fall upon tho railroad nt Kouck, slay tin attendants nnd set fire to tho rolling Mock and station. Tho news arrive In IlttMla two days later. At the same moment the ministry Is Informed that the ameer, Abdur-ltahman, has been slain by his nephew, who baa been elevated ele-vated to tho throne. It la known thai tbo dead ameer was nbout to sign n treaty granting Ilussla permission to extend the Trans-Caspian railroad from Mcrv through Herat to Kandahar, Kanda-har, nnd as tbo astnsstn usurper has appointed n Ilrltlsh agent hit premier the Influences aro obvious. Instantly upon the arrival of tho Information tho czar retires to bis palace of Gatchlna. Cien. Dragomlrow and the minister of war are summoned. In Paris a fever of excitement seller citizens and officials offi-cials alike. The exposition has been a disaster; tho Ilrltlsh nro blamed. All the world looks toward Ilussla. For six days tho czar Is silent. Dispatches show that troops aro being hurried by . both England and Ilussla to tho At- ignan frontier. M. do .Montebcllo, tho French ambassador nt BL Petersburg, li In conference with the czar nt Oat-china. Oat-china. On tho morning of July 24 tho czir moves, lie transmits an order to flen. Bobelcff to move at once upon Herat. At tho same Instant Groat llrltaln orders her ambassador to leave Ilussla; on the following day tho Russian Rus-sian ambassador lcavea London. War haa begun. It Is a foregone conclusion that Herat falls, nnd of this the author says: 'The fall of Herat Is a date always al-ways to bo remembered In history. At this point began n war which was to chango tho entire face of tho world." Admiral I'ourntcr commands tho , French fleet. Ills scaled orders, opened at sea, tell htm that ho Is to meet the Husslan fleet nt Illzertn, and that tjs English squadron mutt bo led JS? poet that he la still nt Toulon i on arriving nt Alexandria thcriir 11 surprise. Tho Ilrltlsh flag no f ll floats over the city. Instead, thf .M nor of Egpt waves In tho breeze '" nil la explained. Lord Cromit iJ boen aasasslnnted, tho khedlj' rolzed the three Ilrltlsh battalions, nnd Mourad Iley, the minister of war, has seized tho Suez canal. In addition, tho cable codo of tho Ilrltlsh Is In tho Egyptian's possession, and for Ave days It answers London's demands that all la well. In the nie.-inwh.Uo tho Mediterranean squadron of the Ilrltlsh, Ilrlt-lsh, under Admiral Fisher, Is on Its way to destroy the French fleet, supposed sup-posed to be at Toulon. Moreover, tho sultan of Turkey, alarmed by the turn of affairs, has permitted tho Hussions THi: DEVASTATION OF THE I1MTI81I FLEET AB SEEN I In tho Mack sea to pass through the Dardanelles to Join tho French. Mcne-Ilk, Mcne-Ilk, emperor of Abytslnla, accepting tbo opportunity, advances along the upper Nile, seizing tho Ilrltlsh posts and occupying Faehoda, Tho French and the Ilusslaas, joining fleets and forces, fortify tho Suez canal. On the 19th an attack by Admiral Fournler upon Malta reduces It, and the fleets of Ilussla and Franco -cover the sea. Hut, curiously, on that sarno day Admiral Ad-miral Fisher opens fire on Toulon. The blockade of Toulon Is also organised, and Sir Charles Dercsford la dispatched to bombard Marseilles with the Anson, the Peerless and tho Isls, thus with drawing a portion of Admiral Fisher's . forces. On August 29, In the midst rJn this bombardment of fortification"' I English fleet Is suddenly aai'arT the pectedly assailed by tho Jp unex-forcea unex-forcea of France and IluasLycomblned fill sen fight ensues, Kcvjft. A dread- pcr-tho English fleetBmce on pa-Bhlp pa-Bhlp nfter ship Is sjSBJPiVjrwhelmed. er and Blr ChnJEffnk. Jrjlohn rish-thousands rish-thousands of jjflffles f"l. wlln men, arc slnlMRihcr o"" nml Ca Iloyal SovBW ond oti'P only-tbe letruOsP57olgneacltn9 General aftei-V3Jf; m.hir bOM wlth thB fa 3Bon's work, theirmch and T.js-I T.js-I vWeet enter Toul?r casual re-IjbJsS? re-IjbJsS? In the colonW '" . tr"d," fJS& tho hcela of dlsufj- "' llrlt; NssSW tolonlal po.a'j do"""1 Er n few minor 'Jetorles over jHEnch holdings .hi Mfrthfr cn" Efj by tho march of fl sslans. iflla Is on fire ngnlo" Bopoysa re-Boduclng re-Boduclng tho tcenejef tl'e mutiny of old. Dragomlrolt haa nrrlvel at Herat, prepared to take full command of the operations. Every hand la nroused ngalnst tho English flag. On August 7 her nrmy approaches Oerlcheh, nbout nlnely kilometers west of Kandahar Kan-dahar Two daya later the two forces hurl tmselvea upon one another. Kanuahar falls, I-ord Hoberts Is killed and India arises against the Ilrltlsh, laying unite with fire nnd the sword Delhi nnd llenares. Three hundred hun-dred million Hindoos revolt against their old-tlmo conqueror, nnd men, women nnd babes are tortured and slain. The English aro effaced, sirs the Frenchman, In tho snmo way that England aought to effaco tho Ilocra, At home tho channel Is closed to the Ilrltlsh. Already France nnd Itusibv threaten. On Beptember 7 tbo tpJlna-phore tpJlna-phore station nt the Lizard tejartpht that a fleet It In altbtIUniancuv-erlng altbtIUniancuv-erlng west of Bcllly JfJhQucenstown .. Its oblectlvc,. lrM 81r mrry lUwion Is leUit0 ,,ouUt. u 1, the cnmblncdf o, ,luM,a and rranco HooffSf0" Aiwon' ba cora' Tlc; , lgftioDX tho Medltcrmncan; and uSlCirlko n flrat blow by liberating Ire- fund. I Qucenstown, with nil Ua deftntes, stripped to add to the strength of the channel fleet, Is bound to fall unices the oppoalng fleet be atopped. Realizing Real-izing this. Admiral Ilawson dcternilnfa to oppose tho Invader nt the Bcllly Islands. Hut while ho Is off looking for the nlllcd fleets they steal Into the channel, nnd when ho returns are nwnltlng. He Is trapped. In vain he seeks to break lha cordon. The French submnrlno torpedo hoate. rlalng ghoslllko from out ol the depths, launch their unseen torpeooes ngalnst tbe flanks of his battleships. One by ono they lurch from the water, turn over with their ahella battered In nnd alnk to tho bottom of the tea. Thousands of seamen mad with terror, ter-ror, leap Into tho waves. Of all lbs glorious fleeta of England not a ehlp Is left. ,. Hut great la the resistance when French land nt llrlghtun. The flrat lo Itrnd la Colonel Mnrchand-now a gen eral In command of the Frcncn lores. Bad to any, tho French nvant-blstorlia sees fit to alny him. He la ahot In tte hend at Ilrlghton nnd dlca upon U field of battle. In Dublin the republic la proclilmta. Quecnatown turns out en masse to greet the Husslan and French Invasion. Inva-sion. The picture shows the quu nnd forcthoro crowded with thousands of shouting mm, waving tho Irian flag, entwined with thoso of llus' nnd France. The Invaalon presses on-wnrd. on-wnrd. Indon falls at last. At t head of the victorious army uenersi Jatnont Fournler, elevated to tho d l-nlty l-nlty of ndinlrnl of France, retires, lt nn exctamntlon point nfter his name. On September 20 England falls, anl tho whole world groans nnd la g''4-The g''4-The treaty of London signed on October Octo-ber 25 readjusts tho mnp. Each country coun-try Is represented by Its plenlpot"-tlary-for England, Ird Itoscbuff nnd Blr Henry Cninpbell Uannermannl for Russlu, the Orand Duke BurglM nnd Count MouravlcIT, for France, M. Deschancl nnd Admiral Calllard. Wbt Ihappena la this: Tho colonies of Enp land are divided among tho powers. Canada coming to us, Ireland, Ind" and Australia setting up for thtn-selvea thtn-selvea as republics, UV A FRENCHMAN. |