Abstract

The Week

The article presents incidents related to the world politics. The latest act in the partition of Africa is not a mere paper agreement, but rather a ratification of accomplished facts. An armed force of the Free State has already for some time been established at Lado on the Nile, the former seat of government of the equatorial province, while the English took temporary possession of Wadelat, Emin's latest residence, thus reasserting, as the protector of Egypt, the claims of that country to the upper valley of the Nile. It is hard to predict with any confidence what will be the results of this action of the two powers. Another incident focuses on the defeat of the bill to repeal the ten per cent tax on State bank-notes at the U.S. House of floor.