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rfWHAT OOMM3M3Ei^DCOre^;
-''In the courgeiof the,; Joseph ©sher^ec;.
tiirejon tlieuinfluence-of, commerce qnjeivit
liaition, at .Victoria rHall^.oalirhuraday
evening. Mr .T , f !tirr»»-'l?!11«ia -naxA, » 'tuamn
tribute to Lord i- Cromer and his.w;prkt;in
Egypt. ? .He -said:— 'In , ancient days I.the
way ;o£ :Egypt. extended from .the-, equa^
tor .to, the, Mediterranean, -and;ifromMltha
RedySea.jtp ,the Atlantic. ^Th^ vin,tenibi;
-if i this great, country, of Africa, ithfij wgipns 1
of'Darfur afldnKordofanjiarid, theHdisteicts
Wjo'»vn jasiLybia toi-.the, ^Bomanai-iat ,pne
timeu«viUzed.iby.;;them,:ian4r!,deTelopeif.tc)
B^dh,1. an ^extent j as 'to, warrant \ their (tbang;
wUed. the,granary of. .E.ome,iare now»being, ,
af tep.thQjtstrentious^ordea], of ??' war^pefl.-!e?,
fullyl^ppenedl iiprbyiuthef sway, of Britain
tla-Qwirig .her influence andi protection rover,
Eg-3-t;-i!j ThfitjloSt^civilizationav of,,,the
indent itribesl and . kingdoms : in the Soudan
indKNigeria Jareiibeingirevited under !the;
energyvbf British commerce. ;.. -In theseiloat
^nd;idefup.cti -'kingdoms fincthe^.'region ; ipf
Nigeria 'and around ? Lake , Chad' eyidepces
ofj a tforward scommeixsal: organization, and
a, ihigh state pfJ.^yilizalioniare,.now,;beingt
laid? bare- to the iwprid.r,v L\ ^igGria.shave
been; found ,. advanced scienj;ifie ? methpdsr of,
treating )pre^,,,pfr saltworks and ; the. .recft-,
v^.not.i^lt.yroml,tb^j,'e^rthji^;.ifj^0the
waters, ^and^alsp^of ' languages made int?i^
ligentbjv jin-alphai^t;,'.' All i^iese'^yere no
dqubt^derjyejithrcj^gh Egyptjirpm^ilrabiai';
but. the^.su^v-ei .wiaarg'^eing ^jsteieid'and.
exploit^.by 'tliee ^Jritishj Empire'underj'her
newly- acfluir^d,' prpie^rate,^ Nigeria. ,1T; On,
theiPrjtiahias failfiij' ^yen,here, the man,-,
UevqJg,ali preyipus, nations, and .what has
jam, . ,^ooflqn|. ;and, ; ;unpro^uctave _, fpr^cen
iuries^is^nqiKjbejngj devqlpped by. our,;Em
Dire. i^.iPppulation, , is ifceing , jncreaeed .'PY^bj;
}?. tkbfimiVWSsiPpipi the siayeitrade^and^
what was once called the granary of Rpme:
may in time to come be called the granary
o'f Britain. .^ ITroni , jOur .Eastornu African
i-ort, Mombassa^'by the Uganda 'Baalway,
tij tKefS3ources of the''ND^ the'feouhtry \4
beitig^opSnediiip tb-the'cultivatidn- of fcot-
tqn'arid' other 'tropical^ products; and as
n(w;tcottbn-is oneof Great-Britain'Bfgreat-j
eytsimijortations ijfor - -manufacturjngi ppr-,
poses,!,for-,^hich ishej.jslaj^ely ,deppnden.t
uppn^jAmerica, it ^would.j)^ thp:sirqny. of,
fatc^if .in^thjj.ifuture America.Jshouidf;buy
Kery cotton Trbin, Africa^, where she ^orme'rly
s^i«S, h^'sjavesjfbr^the cffltf^t?pn.''pf tHe'
iiott'gti |fiel3i' of ' ]ier ^outhem' Siafes. .Such .
vs. one' ^riSuJt^ of \ tiie'' 'domination *' py' ' war^
the' s^ibse^uent1 eitensioii'bf 'commerce,'' aiid
the' ' &n'&£uy}fc'''^e'.i!d'f , 'civiUziiio'n.' ''in
Af^ca/iiiVhertQ knowii'as' tlie'Dirli' 'Conti-'
nen'S'Ti'na'er fcue'Bntjsb.'iflag.'''1';':i|' v/'Ki '
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