TO-MORROW IN THE SUDAN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1990, 21 February 1914, Page 14

TO-MORROW IN THE SUDAN.

VISION OF NEXT DECADE, Tlie wonderful results, that .har« followed the advent of British aeiw-iuistra-tien in ibe S«dnn are- referred t<s in a report b-y'M. Lef.etivre-'Meau.lle, Qcftisut* General of ■ France; and Ctahinsercial Atta.che, who says;—"! think'that one is JBstified. in predicting a. briHisint future for the ctran.lry, if not. iirtmedj-' atoiy, yet at no clistant elate. .It'nWst ho rettwabercd t.liat'.Swb'a trafe, already important, is yet in its infancy, and it is more than probable that it wilj hav© tripled in tolumo wjthm the next, ten year , ?.'* In KitehenjSr's own words, "When we conquered the Stidan,' tlicm wvlJi-Rarifly- *, single Miabatiinj;. who posscssod any-money, and, witli tlie exception o.f the figh'iinc. men,, the whole papidaiion was p-fActiciiTly s.fcsr.ving.", By .1912: the popvjation had. grown by ruoro tlian a million, and tho revenue kad sprung up fratyfolxJ, Tin's had hemi the work of a handful of Eiigliabinoi, mainly soMiVra; eboseii, trai-JWd, and stasrted -on thc-ir way by tho lylralife's eoiiqucTtt.r in. perw)n. and hy ]m sue-, cessar, Sif Eegiealit Wiftgato. This vear sees tli<? country, called 'ao moTe'desolftte, anil -even, in. a .nwasure-, se)f-s«fificing. A.n linperial loan <if three millions sterling has bestowed the , -most timejy. of approval on tho results already .achieved. Rut tho task still oHoxraous, aiitl can onlv be. carried rttit'if tjio two coittlltioiis <sf peitfwit s-t-abiiitvias MK*riis public fivder- s\nd adequate financial means for fuftJier devolopnieitt «ith'bV securecl. .:•'.■.'