England.

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England.

Lord- Salisbury must gain a distinctly new lease of popularity. He has refused all the excuses, explanations and evasions of the dons ; he has maintained the prestige of the national flag in the Dark Continent; he has secured for the nation the legitimate frnit of the labours of its most distinguished travellers, of its enterprising traders, its zealous missionaries, its wideawakediplomatists. The sfafurgwo is fonnd to be the British, possession of a great, important tract of-jountry, towhichPortugal had long-ago practically abandoned all claim. The definition is ia clear gain to the cause of humanity. Henceforth the . Arab- slave-dealer will find, himself opposed, by a resolute people, with free access to the ocean, freed from the tender:merciea of a jealous, decrepit, third-rate Power,,' having no nsef ul-functions in African Jife,: doing nothing- bnt mischief . The bloodless, victory of Englandmeans peace, prosperity, civilization,all the blessings of Christianity •for the-countries of the Nyassa and Shirk districts. Germany's formal assent pre—. clndeß alLf ear -of European complication.