A POLITICAL PARADISE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 58, 2 December 1907, Page 9

A POLITICAL PARADISE.

' The slight operation that was performed on the Sultan of Zanzibar has proved completely successful, and when a "otandard" represent..ativ'o called to see his liiglincss at the Kite Hotel he had left on a visit to somo of. his friends. "Things aro moving fast in Zanzibar," said his representative, "and tho Sultan has worked very hard to bring about several much-needed reforms. Many European ideas have already been adopted. I'Vr example, wo have , a wireless telegraphy apparatus installed on the island which connects us with tho mainland; our railways, which have neen built by American firms, are being rapidly extended, and a number of handsome buildings, such as tho Government Post Office, havo been erected. ' "There aro good facilities for traders. Several European steamship lines run a regular service, and considering? the fact that the bulk of our food, which consists largely of rice from Burma, has to be imported, there is an opening for cultivators. "Politically, Zanzibar approaches your conception of a paradise. We havo no Socialists or bigoted reactionaries, and foreign policy is a matter which never causes the slightest difficulties. Perhaps, as we progress further, the Socialist and the 'reactionary may come into existence, but, happily, that time is not yet."