The news about Emin Pasha is very interesting. He broke
away, as our readers know, from his German friends, and plunged, with a few followers, apparently into space. He had, however, a definite end, which was to reach the Equatorial Provinces; and this he accomplished, entering Wadelai in safety, and after some skirmishes, reasserting his authority over the entire region. He is, therefore, if this account is correct, and it is believed by the Germans in Africa, vir- tually Sultan of the Upper Nile, reigning either in his own name, or as nominally a Lieutenant of the Turkish Xhalif. Romantic as the story is, we see nothing impossible in it. Emin Pasha, who professes to be a pious Mussulman, came away from Wadelai most unwillingly, and almost under coercion, and always declared that, if left alone, he could manage a compromise with his refractory soldiers. He has great wealth in ivory somewhere in the province; the people are afraid of the Mahdi's followers; and though not an able ruler, he has the art of seeming or being a just and merciful King. He may found a Kingdom yet, and we rather hope he will, as Europe is not ready to occupy the region between the Victoria and Khartoum, and he had much better have it than either the Mahdi or a great Arab slave-raider.
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