Uganda.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7432, 29 November 1892, Page 2

Uganda.

The text- of Lord Rosebery's letter to the ■ Directors of the East African Company ■ goes far, we must confess, to justify the ' comments made by the Tory journals and •; their sarcasms of " scuttle," cabled out to - the Colonies when it was first made public. ' What has happened iv the meantime is a : crusade by numbers oE men of mark, who [ have deluged the newspapers with letters on the subject, filled with cogent reasons, the chief of which is that the evacuation of Uganda would entail the destruction of large numbers of people who have trusted the English authorities and made common cause with them. The argument of justice, backed by the argument of Blavery, and the tolerable certainty that the iaterven--1 tion of France or Germany would prevent the recurrence of the opportunity of making the Nile sources British property, geetn to have determined the Soverriment to stay. It has subsidised the Company to hold on till March 31 next, and the intervening time is being utilised by sending Captain Macdonald to report on the railway, as cabled on Monday last. There Beeucs every reason to believe that before long Uganda will be tied to- the Empire by the strongest of iron bands, which trade will keep increasingly tough, by increasing process of gilding.