The Archive · 1899

GO" AND "LITTLE

e declining to define Mr. Morley threw out a challen said he would de would define a Chamberlain Wolverhampton on the fall eceptet the chal-long nder," he says, is 1 who honestly believes that the expansion of this country carries with it obligations which are out of proportion to its advantages." Mr, Morley takes up his challenge, but his definition of a Jingo" is far too long to quote; but 3 it can be summarised it comes to this. A Jingo is one who believes that all territory: is worth acquiring, and that we need not show the slightest considerations for the opinions of other nations in acquiring it, Bach attempts only alfurd further proof of extreme difficulty of defining terms the meaning of which, nevertheless, everyone very well understands, Any number of ceptions might be taken to both definitions. care TO CAIRO.

Mr. Cecil Rhodes is here, and is understood to have had more than one interview with Mr. Chamberlain the subject of alway and telosraph line the Cape ty Cairo. Mr, Rhodes does subsidy towards the ten mil estimates that it will enst railway from Buluw: distance of some 3,00) or lump sum, so that the money can be had a reduced rate of interest. He estimates, itis suid, that it will be possible to accom: plish the journey from the North to the South of Afric or riveversa in ten days, allowing an average rate of twenty-eight miles an hour. Io is hardly likely, however, that a scheme tinuous railway will be adopted: Upper Nile and Lake Tanganyik: excellent routes for steamboat trafic.

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