The Gordon College.

Manawatu Herald, 31 January 1899, Page 3

The Gordon College.

1 ■ What will be the effect of the Gordon Memorial College that is now being erected at Omdurman ? The pari3 paper the " Figaro," sees very clearly wbat will happen. It says : — " Before a quarter of a century the Egyptians educated in this college will be perfect officials. They will be indefatigable and treasured agents of British policy in these regions of Africa. We can thus without effort conceive tbe idea of the British in investing Lord Kitchener with a kind of African Vice-royalty, in making him, according to their expression, the grand potentate of Central Africa. It is simply a question of knowing whether he will have time to realise his plans. At present, undoubtedly, nothing seems able to oppose the progress of the British in Africa ; but the conditions of the balance of power ih Europe may change, the grouping of the alliances may be modifitd. Then there will be a period during which the expansive movement of British policy will be { checked. The Chamber of Deputies ' of France should, therefore, not be niggardly in the subsidy which it makes to the French schools in the East. The religious instructors and the Brothers of the Christian schools are for the moment the only redoubtable adversaries of Lord Kitchener." i