The Daily Chronicle affirms that Coomassie has been entered and
the " King " has submitted. The terms dic- tated by our Government were accepted without discussion, and Ashantee becomes henceforward a British province. We do not understand that the " King " will be dethroned ; but he will occupy henceforward the position of an Indian Prince who acknowledges allegiance to her Majesty, and guides himself in all things by the advice of the British Resident. If this story is correct, the little affair has been well managed, and has ended very well ; but nothing will be secure unless we enrol another West India regiment, and station it in some healthy cantonment outside Coomassie. Otherwise, on the first occurrence of any repulse of which the Ashantees hear, we shall have the Resident crucified, and the whole country to reconquer. In genuinely savage countries, the danger we have to guard ourselves against is impulse.
