Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 9, 1903, Page 32

=S N NEARLY every war made upon savage tribes today by civilized powers the savages are assisted by white men who have become traitors to civilization. Such rene- gades are scattered In all the remote cor- ners of the earth, and the stress of battle always Lrings them to the forefront. The British troops campaigning in Somali- land aro iearning to their cost that the Mad Mullah s assisted by a white man thor- oughly famillar with the art of modern warfare. His name i3 Karl Inger. He was an officer in the Austrian army until a year or two ago. An English officer—Captain Thorp, of the Yorkshire Light infantry—who knew him in Budapest, speaks of Inger as an exc p- tionally brilliant soldier, with a natural gift for tactics and for commanding men. He used to speak bitterly against the English in scoc!al circles in Budapest, and was fond of expressing sympathy for native races In their struggles with civilization. He would rail by the hour against the treatment of the Indians in the United States, of the Kaffirs in South Africa and of the Hindcos in India. He disappeared from Budapest shortly before the outbreak in Somaliland, and his acquaintances were ‘not surprised to hear that he was fighting as a lieutenant of the Mad Muliah. Native sples reported that he adopted the Mohammeadan religion in Calro and was taken to the Mullah's camp through Italian Somaliland by some Arab pilgrims whom he met in Cairo on their re- turn from Mecca. It is asserted that he had much to do with stirring up the recent war and persuading the Mad Mullah to defy the British. Curlously encugh, his old acquaintance, Captain Thorp, has been ‘‘seconded” from his regiment and attached to the Somali- land fleld force as a special service offtcer. Thus they may meet fact to face in battle. In that case one or the other is likely to “go under''—for Captain Thorp, in common with the other officers of the British force, has vowed to risk the uttermost peril to slay this traitor to civi'ization, who is held responsible for the terrible cutting-up of Colonel Swayne's expedition some months ago. In British military circles it Is said that Lord Lansdowne, the British foreign min- ister, confidentially asked the Austrian government whether ({t was true that Inger had joined the Mullah. The Aus- trian government replied that there was reason to believe he had, and added a hope that if he was caught he would be shown no mercy. That was rather superfluous. The British officers are not likely to allow him much time to say his prayers. But they will first have to catch their hare, and by all accounts that seems to be a hard job. Inger appears to be gifted with the quali- ties that impress the savage mind. He is skillful in planning ambushes and strata- &gems, and is the bravest of the brave in the heat of battle. Over and over again he has been seen in the forefront of the Mullah's forces, and many times his weight in lead has been fired at-him, but he seems to bear a charmed life. He is exceedingly valuable to the Mullah because, knowing the effects of rifle and Maxim fire, he prevents the Somalis from madly facing it and being mowed down like corn, as the Dervishes were at Omdur- man. He takes care that they shall fight the British troops in the jungle under con- ditions which make the superior arms of the latter ineffective. British officers say that the tmouble in Somaliland would have been over long ago but for Karl Inger. If he were caught by native troops un- controlled by an officer he would probably die by slow torture. A Zanzibari spy who has penetrated to the Mullah's camp as- serts that Inger has made up his mind to shoot himself rather than be captured. Another renegade from civilization—and one of the most notorious—is Osman Digna, the De Wet of the Soudan. He was the right-hand man of the Mahdi and after- ward of the Khalifa. Ever since 1882 he has been a thorn in the side of the British, For many years he was supposed to be an Arab chieftain, but Slatin Pasha found out that he is a white man, born of Scottish parents in Caliro. It is said that he was In the employment of the government of Egypt in his youth, but was cashiered for theft and blackmail on the complaints of some European mer- chants In Cairo. Burning for revenge, he went sgouth and joined the Mahdi and im- mediately the latter raised the standard of revolt against Egypt in 1882, He soon became known as the best general of the Dervishes, inflicting defeat after defeat on the British and Egyptian troops, massacre- ing whole armies, capturing cities and de- vastating many hundreds of miles of coun- try. There was never a more relentless warrior. He took no prisoners, spared no neutrals. Wherever his swift cavalry and camel corps went they left a trall of deso- lation behind them. Ceaseless efforts were made to capture or kill Osman Digna, but all without success. A former captive in the camp of the Khalifa says that an Abyssinian whom he had iInjured stabbed Osman violently over the heart. The knife broke in two, but Os- man was uninjured. Naturally the ignorant Dervishes thought he was Invulnerable. The simple explanation Is that he wore a coat of very fine chain armor under his bur- nouse. A British officer recently told how he fought in hand-to-hand combat with Osman when the Dervishes broke the DBritish square at Tel-el-Kebir “I got a thrust with my sword right home on his chest,” sald the officer, “and it should have gone through him, but his con- founded chain armor turned the point of the weapon. A rush of the Dervishes then swept us apart. I remember him as a very tall and powe:ful man, with a most fero- clous expression. He fought like a mad- man. ITis skin is tanned brown by the sun, but h» looks like a white man, and I noticed that his eyes are light blue.” When the power of the Khalifa was ut- P broke at Omdurman in 1898 Osman Digna cscaped the great slaughter of the Dervish boat, riding off the fleld with a small body of picked horse before the battle was over. Lord Kitchener was bitterly disappointed, and sent cxpedition after expedition in pursuit of him Most of his comr , including the Khalifa, were captured and slain, but Osman always escaped. He is now dwelling with the Mabas, a Mohammedan negro race who are the rul- ing tribe in the kingdom of Wadal. Natives assert that soon after Osman found refuge there he conspired with Abu Said, a son of the former king of Wadal, to assassinate the reigning king. The con- spiracy was successful. Abu Said now rules over Wadai, with Osman as his prime minister. They are supported by hordes of the finest and most fanatical fighting men in Africa, including the remnants of the Khalifa's forces. The English and French authorities in the Soudan expect that Wadal will give them serious trouble in the n future, now that Osman is there. They fear it will be the center of another outbreak as formidable as the Mahdl's. By an Anglo-French agreement made in March, 1819, Wadai was assigned to France. But in Africa it is one thing to assert an authority and another thing to enforce it Osman told the natives of the agrecement, and naturally they became indigrant and resolved to fight the hated unbeltever. But Osman restrained them. He has learned by experience the power of a civilized army and he does not mean to fight it again until he has a reasonable hope of success. The new sultan of Wadal has accepted Turkish suzerainty, and in return the sul- tan of Turkey has refused to recognize the Anglo-French agreement of 1899, and is lending his powerful influence as ‘‘Caliph of the Faithful” in support of the plots of Osman. Those who knew the man declare that Osman, inspired by his indomitable hatred of his own race, will never rest until he has stirred up another war and drenched Central Africa in blood. The *“Dark Continent’* is full of these romantic stories of traitors to civilization. One of the strangest is that of Captain Voulet. He was a French military officer in the employment of the Governor-General of French West Afiica. He was given command of a column of native troops in 189 and ordered to march towards Lake Tchad and explore the vast stretch of new territory which had just been assigned to France by the Anglo-French agreement previously referred to. It was an im- n portant mission, and Captain Voulet might have made a name for himself and became a second Major Marchand. But he had more ambitious dreams. He was fired by the example of Rabah, “the black Napoleon,” who, starting in life as a slave of Zebehr Pasha, became the greatest conqueror and monarch in Africa, and who was, at that very moment, successfully fighting the IFrench. “let us,” he sald to his subordinate, Captain Chanoine, “become kings In our own right This country belongs to the men who can take ft Let us carve out an empire for ourgelves. We have a small army who will follow us in everything without asking the re m why."” Chanoine agreed hey immediately threw off their allegiance to France and attacked village after village, tribe after tribe, with their column of troops. Some French non-commiss ed officers who ob- jected to this treachery were promptly murdered Natives were massacred by hundreds and thousands, until the two rencgades established a re'gn of terror over a wide area of the country. News of these strange dolngs soon reached the French Colonial Office, and a small expedition, under Lleutenant Colonel Klobb and Lieutenant Meunler, was despatched to find out the truth. Klobb overtook Voulet at Sinder, In Damanger, half way between the Niger and Lake Tchad. He asked for a parley, but Voulet refused to allow him to approach, threaten- ing to fire on his party. Xlobb advanced, shouting that lie had come tn peace and would not fire. Voulet received him with a volley. Klobb and most of his escort fell dead. Meunier, severely wounded, was borne away into the jungle by the survivors, and escaped to tell the grim story to the authorities, Voulet and Chanoine were outlawed and a strong expedition sent against them. Be- fore it cou!d reach them they were shot by gome of their own men whom they had brutally flogged. The natives who had been under their command gave themselves up to the authorities. fo ended Captain Vou- let's inad dream of becoming an African empe:o:r, Renegade whites fought for the Ashantis against the DPritish during S8ir Francis Scott's expedition in 1895, and also when 8Ir Frederic and Lady ‘lodgson were be- sieged in Kumassi in 1900, On the latter occasion a white, who was believed to be an Kngilshman, was fre- quently seen trying to induce the Ashantts to assault the entrenchments of Kumassi, The British officers risked their lives over and over again attempting to elay him, but without success. They agreed to say noth- Ing about this renegade in their accounts of the siege. He disappeared after the relief of Kumassi and has not been heard of since. Rcncgade whites have often fought against the British flag in the little wars on the northwestern frontier of Indla. An officer who was dismissed In disgrace from the Indlan army for having told false- hoods In an officinl report, is known now to be living with a Pathan tribe. He 18 be- lieved to have frequently fought against bis former comrades. A former officer of the Russian army named Leontieff is in the service of the Negus of Abyssinia. Opinions are divided as to whether he is slmply a renegade white, as he appears to be on the surface, or a secret agent of the czar's. Traitors to the White Man’s Burden During the Phillppine campaigns seversl American deserters fought in the ranks of the Fllipinos. Some were killed in battle, two or threo were captured and hanged. The facts are too recent and too well-known te need recapltulation, When World Was Young “It's really terrible,” she sald, earnestly; “I seem all made wrong. Why, honestly, If & man just only looks square Into my eyes 1 shake and quiver, and-" He bent and looked squarely Iinto her eyes. “Oh, what made you do that?" she sald, blushing, “i¢ really wasn't fair—under the circumstances. But, after all, 1 forget easily and a look doesn't create such a very deep Impression It s quite different when any one touches me—that {8 awfull It goes through and through me, and my heart beats twice as fust as usual, and—"" He selzed her hand and held it hard and rast. “Oh, dont,"” she cried in great distress; “I shall ery! You shouldn't! You mustn’t! It will make me think of you, and dream of you, and wonder about you, and want to see more of you, and—and-—-well, truly, it will be very nearly as bad for me as it you kissed me—"' And just there—to her great, utter and overpowering astonishment--he kissed her. ~—Town Toplcs. Bubbles A matter of form--opinion, People are not all spoony who dip in the surf. The coming man {s after what's coming to him. Coachmen cannot be purchased at so much a box Y A story book-the directory to a high of- fice building. You never hear the corn say, “There's no use stalking.” In hot weather playing tennis is what we call net-work. Some men feem born to hang—upon thelr falr one's words, The perron who is always bragging should never brag about it, There are times when the minute man is the man of the hour, Is the quartermaster three-quarters when he gets a better half? After all, one's famlily connections are of only reclative importance. A woman who has a secret cannot keep it secret that she has one. A man would rather be called “a bad egg” than have it thrown at him. The literary lion with whiskers is cer- tainly bearded 'n his den.—P. iladelphia Bul- letin. A Lesson in Gravity ““Archimedes,” reads the pupil, “leaped from Lis bath shouting, ‘Fureka! Eureka! ™ ““One moment, James,” says the teacher, ““What is the meaning of ‘eureka? “ ‘Burcka’ means ‘I have found it." * “Very well. What had Archimedes found?" James hesitates for a moment, then vene tures hopefully: “The soap, mum."—Judge, George 1. C:arter, BQUAD OF NEBRASKA AMATEUR SHOOTERS WHO ACCOMPLISHED THE VE STRAIGHT AT THE STATE S8HOOT. P. J. Hindmarsh, Fred . Billa. e C. D. Lirderman, " OF BREAFKING 123 TARG