Word: niles
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gathering his followers together-his Royal Guards, his Imperial Legion of Africa, his Sublime Order of the Nile, his Distinguished Order of Ethiopia, his Black Cross Nurses-he embarked once more, perhaps for the last time before visiting the penitentiary, on an exposition of his doctrines and his hopes...
...When the white men were living in caves and were barbarous, we Negroes gave them a civilization they snatched away from us. We will rebuild a civilization on the banks of the Nile which will never pass away until Gabriel blows his horn. Darwin and Huxley said we were monkeys...
...Sudan, apart from its strategical importance to Anglo-Indian communications, is abundantly watered by the tributaries of the River Nile. Its great plains are, by a combination of this fact and their geographical position, eminently suited to the raising of cotton. This caused that veteran Socialist-publicist, Sidney Webb, and his wife to become parties to the Government's Imperialist designs...
...French expedition under Major Marchand declined to obey Lord Kitchener's demand to withdraw from Fashoda on the River Nile. The two forces glared at each other for days, while a heated diplomatic duel was fought between Paris and London. Finally, French Minister Delcasse gave way; war was narrowly averted; France agreed to recognize that "the whole Nile really lies within the British sphere of influence...
Only The New York World let pass the opportunity to mongerize. Said the World: "The Mitchells toured the Continent about five months and made a trip down the Nile. They will return at once to Philadelphia...