21 JUNE 1890, Page 1

It is a pity that Mr. Stanley has called Emin

Pasha's satrapy " Equatoria," for the name would have exactly described the dominion of the British East Africa Company. " Mackin- nonia," we fear, will not do, but " Cecilia" might. The name is unappropriated and easy to spell, and Lord Salisbury is the author of the Agreement.