Lord Salisbury with the ineffectiveness of the ain leaders taunt the part played by Great Britain in the Concert of Europe, the main ends for which he has striven patiently and tenacious! are slowly being secured. If the Britis! fleet hus not made its might felt with powder and shot in the Eastern Mediterranean, there has been no loss of British lives and no dislocation of British commerce through a rash crusade. When pressed to face the alternative policy, the Opposition leaders as responsible statesmen can only repeat the aphorism that it is only the business of the Opposition to criticise. Meanwhile the grip upon the Soudan be-corns steadily stronger, and the strategical points for the advance up-the Nile in due season are being sei: with a sureness that promises the best success in the ultimate attack upon Khartoum. When this will take place is closely locked up in the breasts of two or three persons at the head of affairs, and is no doubt dependent on the general aspect of Imperial affairs. No inkling-hus get been given to the war correspondents who have gone to the front only to find that step after step has been taken before they can reach it. But the railway across the desert is an accomplished fact. This year's campaign has been that! of the engineers, and it is worth noting that Canada has been able to give good service again to Egypt. The young engineer Giraud, who is mainly res-Ponsible for the rapid construction of the Nile desert railway, is an officer Canadian born and trained in the Dominion Staff into the Royd Eogineers College, ing thence with a commission
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