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The War.—Our Interests in Africa. By Yz. British Africa. The British possessions in Africa fall into four gioups, viz.. British Guinea, South Africa, Eastern Africa, and the African Islands. Though inferior to French Africa" in area, the British pos- mtiwions far exceed it in population, in trade, and id their potential capacities. Although the old AolonieB on the Guinea Coast have been shut off from their t. Hinterland" or back countries tnrough the energetic action of France, and in kititiern Africa a large territory, complacently loured upon as a natural inheritance of this country, has been surrendered to Germany, there still remains a large area in this quarter (lbea), in addition to the Niger Territorv, with millions of semi-civilized natives, and South Africa, the chief part of the dark continent fit to become the permanent home of a northern race. The question whether Tropical Africa is fit for the permanent residence of Europeans, is most likely to be settled by an advance from the south. Even now, British South Africa has a European population of 650,000; as compared with 510,000 Europeans in Algeria and Tunis; and whilst most of the former are bona fide settlers, the European pooulation of the French dependencies includes quite a dispro- portionate number of military men and function- aries. France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy are not now colouizing nations, and they have long been unsuccessful with their dependencies. There is not a drop of the old Latin blend in any of them. Their virility as empire-creaters is exhaus- ted, and their governing power is lost. They are fading, dying nations. Germany is the only virile, growing, expanding power besides our country. Since the establishment of the Empire its trade has grown mightily but we need not be jealous, there is plenty of room for both of us, and we may each of us sincerely and heartily wish the other God speed. The following is a statement of the British possessions and protectorates in Africa Inh. Sq. Miles. Population. Sq. M. Gambia 4,1^0 60,000 15 Sierra Leone 27,730 180,000 17 Gold Coast 52,990 1,800,000 38 Lagos and Yoruba 21,100 3.000,000 143 Niger Territories & Oil Rivers 375,190 24,380,000 65 BRITISH GUINEA 481,130 29,720,000 62 Cape Colony 225,690 1,800,000 8 Natal. 16,740 550,000 33 Zulu and Tonga Lands.. 4,540 200,000 18 Basuto Land 10,290 220,000 21 British Bechuana Land.. 54,610 60,400 1 Beehuanaland Protectorate 117,860 100,000 1 Matabili & Mitshona Lands 252,880 400,000 2 British Central Africa 285,900 3,000,000 10 Transvaal and Swazi Land 177,7.?0 764,00J 4 BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA 1,153,260 7,094,400 7 Zitn zibar & Pembit (I'eotect.) 960 210,000 219 lbea to 100 N., 60 N. 449,570 4,500.1)00 10 „ 60 to 10° N. 218,110 1,858,000 8 Sokotro 1,382 10,000 7 Somati La id 67,000 200,000 3 BRITISH EAST AFRICA.. 741,300 6,778,000 9 Mauritius & Dependencies 1,090 395,000 363 St Helena, Ascension, and Tritan da Cunha 126 4,300 34 BRITISH AFRICA 2,376,910 43,991,700 20 The British position in Egypt and the Valley of the Nile is unique, and z, must have a special article. We were left alone to crush the rebellion of Aribi and to reconquer the territories seized by the Mahdi. Onr money, soldiers, and statesmen have, unaided, saved Egypt from being over- whelmed by deseit savages and continued her life as A civilizea State, and we are bound to remain as the dominant Power: The Fashoda affair, before mentioned, was notice to the world that we intend toretiin what we have won The nominal sorereignty of Turkey must be (soon will be) I extinguished or obliterated—turned out, bag and baggage. It is entirely dependent for its exib- I e tence as a Sovereign State upon the will of the Great Powers, at the present upon Great Britain. I must now describe, and try to explain, British relations with the Orange Free State and with the Transvaal State (for brevity, say Boers or Boer States). Whitaker's Almanack for 1895 describes these States, substantially, as follows:- Orange Free State. A South Africau Kepublic, situated to the N. of the Cape Colony, and bounded, E. by British Bamtoland and Nahl, N. by the Transvaal, and W. by Griqnaland West; it has an area of 48 326 -q. miles, with a population of 207,503, of whom <7,716 are whites. It was founded by Dutch emigrants from Cape Colony. The country was proc;aimed British territory by Sir Harry Smith in 1848, but, by the convention entered into on tke 23id of February, 1854. between Sir George Clerk, Her Majesty's special commissioner, and the representatives of the people, the inhabitants were declared to all intents and purposes a free and independent people, and their Government to be treated thenceforth as a free and independent Government." But since the formation of a South African Customs Union the State may bp truly said to be within the British sphere of influence. The State is essentially a pastoral country, but the eastern part especially is admirably adapted for the cultivation of grain. Diamonds, garnets, and other previous stones are found, and rich coal and gold mines exist. The chief exports are wool, ostrich feathers, hides, diamonds, grain, &e. In 18 P4 it possessed State property valued at n arly £1.000,000. Public revenue, 189:1- 91, 4293,790. Public expenditure, 2323,899. Public debt, 1894, about ±55,000. Imports and exports about R2,000,000 Capital, Bloemfontein. Population (1892), 5,817. Since the formation of a South African Customs Union the State may truly be said to lie within the British sphere of influence. The State having taken part in the Boer war upon us, be blunder of 1851 will, probably, be corrected. The Orange Boers must in the settlement be treated as their partners, the Transvaal Boers. The Transvaal or South African Republic. bounded on the N. by the Limpopo or Crocodile Rivar, on the E. by the Portuguese possessions, Swaziland and Znluland, on the S. by the Vaal River, aod on the W. by the countries of the Bechuana, Bungwakelsi, and other tribes. Its limits lie between lat. 22° 151-28° 101 S. and long. 26b-32° 101 E. Of the 7(>0,000 inhabitants not more than 80,000, including the Outlanders, are whites. The chief riches of the country, apart from its cattle and agricultural produce, is gold. Copper, lead, cobalt, iron, and coal are also found. In 1840 a number of Dutch farmers, dissatisfied with the Goiernroent at the Cape, left that colony and established themselves in Natal, where the British Government interfered and annexed the •rtilement. The majority of the Bours, rather than submit, again removed from under the British rule, and crossed the Drakeusbergen and the Vaal River and established the South African Republic, which was in 1854 acknowledged by the British Government as a free and independent State, snbject, however, as I will explain, here- after. The new State had many troubles with the Kaffir hordes around them, and the nonse- quence was many wars up to 187/i. In 1877 the British Government again interfered, ebielly on behalf of the natives, and annexed the country. The Boers had, however, in the mean time, in- creased in numbers, and were dttermined not to be driven out of the country, and after ihree years of preparation and consolidation war broke out on the 10th December, 188". After the battle of Amajuba, there was an armistice, upon which followed peace and the retrocession of the country in IsM. trder British suzerainty. In 1 -:84, however, the British suzerainty was modified and the British Resident removed, to be replaced later on by a Bri i-ib Agent Britain reserving the right of coutiolling the foreign relations of the Transvaal, except as regards the Orange Free State. The chief towns are, or were in 1894, Johannesberg, U0,000 inhabitants; Pochefstroom. 3,0)0 inhabitants; Pritjria and KI..rk dc-p, 2,000 inhabitants. By an agreement of November 12, 1892, Swaziland was transferred to the South African Republic. British relations with the Boers: are peculiar, auuauloui?, and puzzling. The re', tons aie governed by the conventions t> which I have referred. A convention is •• an agreement or con- tract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between states; also a formal agreement between governments or sore- reign powers; as a postal convention between two governments." By the conventions in ques- tion the Boers surrendered the rights (if they e'er ( had them) of a sovereign independent State, and accepted or acknowledged the suzerainty (sove- • gu'y) of Great Britain, and therefore they j could no longer (if ever they could) protect their citizens or subjects outside their own territory or averge their wrongs. Foreigners might kick and cuff and rob and murder them with impunity, unless they could appeal to Great Britain as their suzerain and Great Britain was entitled and bound to interfere on their behalf, as her subjects. Thus to all intents and purposes Great Britain is the paramount power and tl-.e people of the Transvaal are subjects of our Queen. But, strange to say, or it is strangely said, the Transvaal Govemmtnt will not admit a Briton to the benefits of their citizenship until he has renounced his allegiance to our Queeu and subsequently resided seven years in the Transvaal. But what, then, is his position in the world ? If his reuu- ciation has any virtue, he is no longer the subject of a sovereign State, or entitled in any way tu the protection of one. This is, according to the uncontradicted declaration of Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman, the effect of a man becoming a naturalized citizen of the Boer State and he says that we are prosecuting the war for the ostensible purpose of enabling our pe >ple to place themselves in this position of outlawry. When our people emigrate to Canada or any <*> £ our colonies or dependencies they remain subjects of the Qiit-cu and it appears to me that when they settle in the Transvaal, the Boer contention never- theless, they remain her subjects if they do not, I trust this war will correct the monstrous anomaly. The Boers are struggling to make void the conventions (or escape from them), ti which they owe their existence ns a State or community but we shall defeat them and permanently establish our supremacy. The War and British Policy in Africa. The war was begun by Boers to nullify the conventions to which I have referred, to void their renunciation of independence, and to estab- lish an unprogressive, unimprovable, and tyran- nical oligarchy, antagonistic to the spirit of the age,"—an anachronism at the close of the nine teenth century. Great Britain wil!, I trust, not only resist the attack in defence of the Outlanders and native population but in pursuit of a general African policy to establish, under the aegis of the Union Jack, an unbreakable chain of fraternal communities extending from the Cape to Egypt, in which there shall be political equality for the civilized races and justice for the uncivilized, good government, and opportunities for the develop- ment of all the natural resources of the country and all that is noble in human life and society, and without the burden of taxation for the support of enormous armaments, such as degrade, afSict, and empoverish continental Europe. God helping as, Africa shall be saved from like follies, sins, and sufferings. We have got the money; we have got the arms and we have the statesman- ship, and all the great characteristics of our race unimpaired and we have undoubting ronfldence that this war will "prepare the way, and make the paths straight," for righteous government and enduring peace. I could not in a dozen articles treat the sub- ject with anything like satUfactory amplitude, and if I could the war may be ended before they could be published. I will, nevertheless, enlarge to the extent of two or three articles on some of the most important branches of the subject. Rhyl, 13 Nov., 1899. Y z.

A THEATRE ox FIRE.-This happened recently, and a panic was only averted by the presence of mind of one of the actors. He was taking the part of a comic sailor When the tire broke out. and the people were rising from their seats in terror he leaped into the centre of the stage and commenced the sailors' hornpipe. The panic was averted, the tire was got under, and the cur,ain came down amidst a storm of cheers. All that is required at a crisis is presence of mind. When we are suddenly taken ill and know not which way to turn. if we only have the presence of mind to think of Holloway's Pills and Ointment all will be we and danger need not be fealed.

Why Some Men Excuse Their Bachelorhood. Some men are heard to find fault with the girl? of the day, and excuse their bachelorhood by expressing the opinion that the education and training they now receive ruins them for making good wives. They are considered too anxious to adopt men's professionf, too desirous of being placed on an equal footing with mankind, and are also accused of being contemptuous of domestic life. Again, men say that girls are so luxurious- ly brought up, and have now so much comfort in their own homes, they do not like to ask them to marry and leave such perhnps for. poorer ones. A true woman, honestly in love, gladly and willing- ly gives up her comforts and pleasures, to walk throogh life by the side of the man she loves the nacrifice is sweet and dear to her but men do rot always feel the same, so that, therefore, it is just as well for such men as just described to remain bachelors. For. although there are many such men, there are also those who, for the sake of marrying the girls they love will give up many little luxuries willingly-men who in marrying only gain an added impulse to do good work. To the, institution of orders, medals, and diplomas in France there is no limit. The latest is diplomas for washerwomen. The washerwomen, to be sure, occuply a conscicuons position on the Seine, und have played an important part in the life of Paris, especially in revolutionary periods. They are nearly as formidable as the market women. The Government has established this new order, and awarded twelve medals. The important duty of iistributing the diplomas to prize washerwomen is lischargid by tbe Ministry of Commerce Mr. W. S. Lilly, who, as a Roman Catbolic. wholly ignores the higher historical claims of our Church, yet writes, in his" First Principles in Politics," I cannot understand how any mind. not blinded by religious or—what is qaite as com- mon a cause of intellectual cecity-irreligious fanaticism, can fail to discern the vast amount of :{orJd work done by the Anglican Establishment as liberalising agency as a minister of culture' and that of the best kind, which is ethical as an instJument for the idealising of life. And unquestionable al this is achieved without the smallest infringement of liberty. No man is obliged to confess the doctrines of the Church of England, or to attend the services, or to subscribe )De penny towards its support. To which I add that no religious communion, so peculiarly liberal is the Anglican Establishment has ever existed uuong men, or likely ever to exist."

The Proposed Water Bill. I TO THE EDITOR OF THE RHYL JOURNAL. NO. 3.] SIR,—In my last letter I referred te the extra- ordinary manner in which the town of Rhyl was handicapped in the acquisition of the Water un- dertaking. Let us now see the result of six years' working under these heavy disadvantages. Un- fortunately, our system of book-keeping at the District Council Offices does not admit of a proper profit and loss account. A revenue account, which is simply a cash account, has been issued up to 31st March, 1899, which shews a deficit balance of X2075 16s 3d. Although the full annual rents for water are shewn on one side, because they are payable in advance, the charges for the year are not all entered because they are not paid within the financial year. For example, one half year's interest on £i5,OOO and the whole of the contribu- tion to the sinking fund have bean omitted for the year ending 31st March, 1894. The same omission runs through the whole period following. This is further aggravated by an omission for four years of the loan charges on the cost of the Act of 1892. Another important omission is depreciation, or its equivalent in efficient maintenance. Owing to the rotten state in which the mains were handed over to us, the Local Government Board has al- lowed us up to now to charge renewals to capital account, but this state of things cannot go on un- checked. The time will soon arrive when we shall have to put all expenditure on that account against revenue. The actual loss on the 31st March, 1899, may be stated as follows £ s. d. Deficit balance of revenue account 2075 16 3 Loan charges due at different dates but not payable 31st March, balance of interest owing at that date 1988 2 6 4063 18 9 Four years' loan charges on Act 1892, at 9211 88 5d per annum 845 13 8 Total loss £ 4909 12 5 To which may be added EIIOO charged for the supply of water for sanitary purposes which the Ratepayers have had to pay, besides the cost of the Act of 1892. Had it not been for the growth of population, and the increase of rateable valce, the loss would have been much heavier. The increased lo-in charges since 1894 amount to E1278 15s lOd. The increased income from Water Y,1114 19s 5d. Now that we have seen the balance standing against profit and loss account for the pist six years, let us enquire what will be the charges for the next six years, and how we are to get the income to meet expenditure. The first item to be dealt with is the loss al- ready sustained. The Auditor has given us fair warning to put right our finances. We have been floating on an inflated balloon, of unexpended loans of E4,855 12s lid, which has enabled us to bear our loss on Water Revenue in a beautiful state of coma. Annual. Dealing with repayment of loss in 6 years with interest say £ 800 Present annual loss £ 200 Melin Meifod pumping and depreciation of Pumping Plant £ 150 Charges on loans for Filter Beds at Glas- coed, Syphon across the Elwv, mains at Rhyl, Abergele, Pensarn, and St Asaph say f 6, 000 at 5 £ 330 Total annual charges £1450 After making allowance for increase in rateable value, and without making any further charge for depreciation, how is the additional expenditure to be met without adding at least 6d in the £ by way of rates in Rhyl for the benefit of outsiders This is not all. At the end of six years the new reservoir will be constructed at a cost according to the lowest estimate of L10,000, which at 4 per cent entails a charge of £ 450 The loss on 900 acres of freehold land form- ing the Water Shed would amount pro- bably to £2.30 There would still be the extra loan charges 9330 And the full cost of maintenance, say £1000 Total annual charge. After allowing for further increase in rateable value at the end of six years a very large deficit would have to be provided for. I will deal with this question in my next letter.- Yours, &c., P. MOSTYN WILLIAMS,

THEFT OF TIMBER. At a Special Police Court, on Friday, before Mr R. M. Hugh Jones (in the chair) and Mr John Foulkes, a Japanese named Tozoko Koyama, residing at the Old Water Works, Rhyl, was brought up in custody charged with stealing six larch poles and a spruce plank, the property of the Rhyl Urban District Council, valued at 25s. Mr John Hammond said that he had charge of the sea defence works that were being constructed by the Council at the East end. The timber pro- duced was part of the material used in the construction of the works. The poles and the plank were there when he left the work at 5 30 on Friday evening. They had recently missed a considerable quantity of timber from the works. P.C. Joseph Tale said that between 1 a.m. ard 2 a.m. on Friday he was on duty in Russell road, when he heard the noise of some one approaching as if wheeling a cart. He went in the direction of the noise, and opposite Bath street he met the prisoner. He was wheeling a child's old mailcart and upon it were the six poles and the plank produced. He stopped the prisoner and asked him where he got the timber from, and he replied "From the defence works at Prestatyn." Witness told the prisoner that he must accom- pany him to the Police Station. In answer to the charge prisoner said I stole them." Some difficulty was experienced in making the prisoner understand the charge against him. His wife, an Englishwoman, said that prisoner could understand very little English. He was an artist and very clever at making fancy articles. But he had had a sunstroke which at times made him queer. She had no idea that on this night he was out of the house. She asked the Bench to liberate him and she would tal-e care of him. Sergt. MacWalter said that last June prisoner was charged with stealing cabbages in the early hours of the morning. The charge, however, was withdrawn on the prisoner paying costs. The Chairman said that in view of the fact that prisoner had been accused of theft before they thought they were dealing leniently with him in sentencing him to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

Speaking at the opening of a sale of work at Broadbottom, near Hyde, on Saturday Mr. J. W. Sidebotham, M. P., said that all work in con- nection with Voluntary schools was a religious work and a good one. It was purely a Church work, be- cause in this matter they stood upon a very wide and broad platform. They stood side by side with Wesleyans, side by side with Roman Catholics, and shoulderto shoulder with many other denominations who, although they did not agree with them on many things, were absolutely at one with them on this subject. They agreed that it was not right that children should be left without any re- ligious teaching from Sunday to Sunday. They agreed that children, at the most acceptable and impressionable age, should not be left without daily guidance in the definite truths of religion, and they were all determined, whatever they might be, whether Churchmen, Wesleyans, Roman Catholics, or members of any other re- ligious bodies, that their Voluntary Schools, in which their children were taught those definite truths of religion, should not be wiped out of existence. It was perfectly true there was a small but aggressive party in the country which would make Board Schools universal, and which would have a religious teaching of such a flabby character and so wide in its scope that it would offend nobody. It must be a teaching which did not cut across the grain of anybody's prejudices, feelings, or susceptibilities, one which would satisfy everybody and offend nobody. But it was a policy which was really impossible of attain- ment, a policy bound to fail wherever it was tried, a policy which had been carried out in some coun- tries of the world and failed, and which would fail if carried out in this country. Nevertheless it was a policy against which they had to fight and grapple, and lack of endeavour on their part would give this policy a strong foothold. It there- fore became incumbent upon all who had a deep aud sincere conviction upon this subject (of je- ligious teaching in their schools to make every effort, and indeed make sacrifices, to maintain their present position. And he was glad to find that in a time like the present one, when not only their feelings of humanity but of patriotism were being appealed to and responded to in such a wonderful manner, people still remembered they had their duty to their children and were doing their best throughout the country for the Volun- tary schools of which they thought so much.

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