The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-27
SATURDAY, June IA, 1906.
FROM THE AURORA.
POLITICAL VIEWS.
No. III.

THE COMMERCE or THE -MEDIrEKRANEAN.
Before the revolution of 1889, France EMPLOYED
nearly three thoufand fail of vees of all izes i'm th
Mediterranean, for Spain from the collfant nobility
which inbhRed between her and the .Barhary pow
ers was uder the neceiity of upg the bottoms and
the ag Of France in that fea Since the conuueR of
l'oubdrdy and Tuieany, France has ecured by trea-
ty the monopoly OF the coral 6fhery OIL the coaf Of
Algiers, which was formerly in the hands of n1er-
chants Of the kngio, o. Sicily, of the iland of Corf
eica, Genoa, and Mart lies, giving. employment 10
full 500 veels OF from Is to 90 TONS with ten n,er
each France viii not fufer this lucrative trade and
nnriury TOR 5000 ieanen to dininiih and her fac
tories at FL Gallo and Ell Baaian, he eaierh coat
OF Aigiers in the province of Conaantia, open a.
once reiources OF great magnitude to her commerce
give ttrength and intereG 20 her influence at the
courts OF Barbary, and afford new aids to the coral
coating trade. -
The monopoly which the city of Mareilles enioyed
under the Bourbons was not as advantageous to thar
city, as an open trade to the whole nation would have
been, and the whole nation uifeed by this miffaken
iavor and contracted fyitem. The African company
at Marielles, like all monopoils became as odious
as their iytten was vexatious aud intolerant they
were detected at home and loft the confidence of the
natives OF the African thores. The Barbary powers
during the reign of Louis XIV. had contracted ma
ny treaties with France, highly advantageous to
frapee had they heen duly attended ts hut the fame
4 \
ilxity and imbecity which ruled France and which
utnIarey produced the revolution had fferea tbofe
t. be broken through, and by the activity of
ner great Eighth rival, in the year 1899 there was
NOT Jingle French merchant in the dominion of AL
gers. The recent expedition of Jerome Bonaparte
TO that coa,t-rae CONFEDERATION of Mr.. Cart4orfcLf
thr ngnh coniui, till more recent, and his fight
from that country, plainly points out the obeas pur
iued by France and the unity of her nupendous po-
hcy. In aiubtequent number Of theGe papers, we
hall erhtr sL. 4
ma" go INTO me detail and particulars of the COM
| merce of the Levant.
The next power, in the order before given was Ge
noa' now an integral part of the federal empire of
France Genoa before her union with France had
Purlued fyitem Of policy in relation to the Barbary
powers well worthy of their ancient reputation, and
| honorable to the native land of Cou n5us. She al.
ways preferred fighting the barharians 70 the avmen,
OF tribute Her iea,nen therefore, were the beG
and bravea that failed in that ea-the late never re-
| deemed thote who frirrendered and her merchant
men always prepared for death rather than Ilaxerv
were terror to the Corfairs. They have nor had
Tor the 90 years preceding their incorporation with
France more than three large hips of war; two GAL
ieys ana two corvetes yet with this FINAL force they
protected their cosiis wth eject, and carried on an
| tive commerce with degree of fecuritv and fuc
GELS, honorable and worthy Imitation, by conmer-
cai NATIONS. Ibe acquifition of fch people on the
Mediterranean flores muli be of the frf con.ouence
| to the federal empire aud the recent relea(e of 4
great number OF Genoefe who had been captured.
ind remained uDredeemed, at the 6Iieisotio7 of Te
ONE Bonaparte is another evidence; that the fvner,
OF French policy il direGei by men of no mean incl
| !e6f fnalov Vows
] The third power whole number Of fhips we flated
was Great Britain. One halfof the nu nber 9ated are
chiefly confined to Gibraltar and Malta a grea. uro-
portion 81 hoie tnat trade with Gibraltar are nsvia
telpy Italians, who sxpeA under the Prith fac pro-
&C zion againit Corfars, and who during war noeCs
N n
rhed ny Engiilh laws but which policy biints at in
confederation Of their fuppyiDg the Brth garrifons.
and aiding IN cutting up the French and Spanih conn
'nerce thele men after acquiring property adequate
20 their viihes, return to the Italian f1ores from
when@e Trey came to Genoa, to TuicIny, to EIba,
| Sardinia, and CorGca.
| decree of Bonaparte, pubihed in July 1905. n
CAN'T enenys corfIirs, manned in italy, has paralv
led that branch OF Illicit commerce. and has thrown
mole hardy ieamen on lore in their everal countries
or transferred them to the naval ports of the 6,ai
e1oirej and i IS not at all improbable that the fame
iagacity which dictated the decree and that adopted
Genoa, may upon the afcendsncy of Bonspar,e being
unequivocay elablifhed, convert thofe yery fea,sn
into enemies of the Eugiilh commerce.
Malta to which another portion of the Britnb
commerce was directed, has been in a commercial
decline Tor nifty years-and after all her former cee-
brIty her military monks like the eunnchs of thofe
ii1del countries TO which they had 10 the name of
Ioa i"orh molly hatred, had loft all their vgor and
their reputation During the twenty years which our
American friend to whom we are indeb ed for ,bsfs
facts relded there, there had not been fnge Barba
ry eori"r captured by the Matefe knights Malta.
excepting imall Quantity Of cotton produces nothing
worthy OF commerce. It is therefore mere sg,,esof
where the commerce Of other places may be depoG
ted Tor future tranfPorton, and poi1sGes no conCs
quenee but from its military petition. Asthings look
AZ Preient the Britih commerce to the Meditefrsne-
an has reached its height The Barbarv fvGe,n bs.
been hitherto fullaned and nourifhed by Grea,.Br;-
TAM as a check and feourge upon the commerce
OF nations which are not =" isfuafciy eoaae7S" z,J
Der. That fyaem will now be either denroyed. y.
employed by France as twas formerly employed nv
her rival, the Paresf sfaaivs,jd mDlbieE THE com.