The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-17


neshpots In ten; and could the Indian gentlemen
who oppose the anti-save-trade policy OF the For
Bantam agents they would be foremost in decreeing
that every Cutchee found guilty OF direct or Indirect
shaving should forthwith be shipped back to India,
if not to the Andaman Islands.
The Banians, having complete possession OF the
the Custom House aud revenue OF Zanzibar, ENJOY
ample opportunity to aid and conceal the slave
trade and all fraudulent transactions committed by
their agents. IL would be good policy TO recon-
mend the Sultan as he cannot trust ms Mosl EN-
hands OF an English or American merchant OF
known reputation and uprightness. He would be q
cheek on the slave trade, benefit to the Sultan
and an aid to lawful commerce.
but BY far the most beneficial measure that
the moral element which has worked 20 bene.
hclaly In suppressing the slave trade around al
the English settlements Of the west coast. the
Banians seem to have no religion worthy Of the
name, and among Mohammedans religion and
morality are completely disjoined. Different
Christian missionaries, and gentlemen who judge
by the rifraf that follow Indian camps speak very
ars %o a To S Of e an
drink brandy are average specimens OF Christian
converts. But the comprehensive report Of
tains no such mistake. He states that while
the presence OF the squadron has had some
sn M as to Inc e o settle
ments. This II supported by the fact that, even In
those least visited by men-ofwar, 1t has been as
their most constant resort. The moral element which
has proved beneficial all round the settlements is
care ike bossns the bs
nevolent efforts Of our cOuntrymen, but here their
good influences are totally unknown. No attempt
Africa 10 propagate their fath and their trade in.
tercourse has only made the natives more avarcous
nsaeV ana nn Ga an az
turn. Mr.. Stanley was mulcted Of 1000 yards OF
superior calico between the sea and Ujiji, and We
made det0ur Of 800 miles to avoid similar spolia.
tlon among people accustomed to Arabs. It
has been said that Moslems would be better
than Christians because they
Christians been loaded with the contempt the
Arabs have to endure in addition to being plum
friends 1t does 30 now in all the more central
countries, and presents are exchanged at the cere
mony the natives usually giving the largest
Arabs 1t has come to mean not .'black mail, but
forced contributions impudently demanded, and
neither service nor food returned.
II the native Christians OF one or more OF the
English settlements on the West Coast, which
have fully accomplished the objects Of their esab.
induced by voluntary emigration to remove to
some healthy spot on the East Coast they would in
time fr0wn down the dnplicity which prevails so
much in all classes that no slave treaty can bind
them. Slaves purchase their freedom in Cuba and
traders. Men OF the same enterprising class who
have been imbued with the moral atmos-
ensas IN Sseos Lawful M
it, but never coded it. The mainland opposite.
the Sultan gives as much land as can be cultivated
to any who asks. No native right Ia interfered
with by the gift. All that would be required would
be an able, influential man to begin and lead the
movement; the officials already In office could have
passages in mcn-oEwar. The only additional cost
to what Is at present incurred would be part Of the
passage money on loan and small ratiOns and house
rent, both of which are very cheap, for half year.
e enternH the til It
was we'll established.
Many English In new climates reveal themselves
to be born fools, and then blame some one for hav-
ing advised them, or lay their own excuses to the
door OF African fever. That disease is in oil CON
aware that frequently it is not lever but folly that
kills. Brandy black women and lazy inactivity are
worse than the climate: settlement, once fairly
lgious teachers and 1t will then escape the heavy
burden OF being scene for martyrdom.
II the Sultan OF Zanzibar were relieved nom pay
Ing the heavy subsidy to the ruler of Muscat he
would, for the relief granted, readily concede all
that one or two transferred English settlements
would require. The English name, now respected
In all the Interior would be sort OF safeguard to
petty traders while gradually suppanting the un-
scrupuous Banians who abuse it. And lawful
trade would, by the aid OF English and American
merchants, be exalted to a position it has never
held since Banians and noslems emgrated to Al.
the annual subsidy should be paid by Zanzibar to
Muscat. But statesman OF his eminence never
eager slave traders, while non-payment might be
used to root out the wretched traffic II IN addition
guaranteed projection from his relations and others
In Muscat, he would feel 1t to be his interest to
observe treaty to suppress SAVING all along MS
coast
am thankful in now reporting myself well sup
piled with stores ample enough to take feasible
This is due partly e the goods seized two days
ago from the slaves, who have been feasting on
large assortment Of the best barter articles pre-
scented Stanley Tho as Ina have already
Jr nj York n w m
persisted, In the teeth Of the most serious OBJ
stacles till he found me at UJiji, shortly or one
MONTH after my return from Manyuema, III and des-
ttute 1t will readily be believed that feel deeply
grateful for this disinterested and unlooked-for
alter q return march Of 800 miles laid on me by the
slaves in charge refusing to accompany Mr. Stanley
to Viii, were part Of those sent OF In the end Of
october, 1870, at the instance OF Her Majesty's
government and are virtually the only stores
worthy of the name that came to hand, besides
And all in consequence OF Ludha and Bantam slaves
having unwittingly been employed TO forward al
expedition opposed to their slaying interests. 1t
polite Banians In asserting that they would send
stores or at once, and again that my wants had all
been supplied; but it would have been better to
have dropped the money into Zanzibar harbor than
trust it in their hands, because the whole popula-
ton has witnessed the open plumber OF English
property and the delinquents are screened from
Justice by Bantam agents. The slaves needed no
more than hint to plumber and bafiie. Shereef
and all the Bantam slaves who acted In accordance
with the views of their masters are now at Ut and
Unyanyembe by the connivance OF the Governor
or, rather, Bantam trade agent, Syde bin Salem
Buraschd, who, when the wholesale plumber by
Shereef became known, wrote to me that he 1.-THE
GovernOr) had no hand In it. never said he had
However though sorely knocked up, Ill and de-
jected, on arriving at Uj am now completely re-
covered in health and spirits / need no more
goods, but ! draw on Her Malesty's Consul at Fan
zbar for $500 Of the 900 placed at his disposal for
me by Her Majesty's government, II order that Mr.
Stanley may employ and send OF fifty free men, but
no slaves from Zanzibar. / need none but them,
and have asked seyed Burghash to give me good,
honest head man, with q character that may be In
CURED into I expect them about the end OF
June, and after all the delay have endured feel
quite cxhilarated at the prospest OF doing my work
Geographers will be interested to know the plan
propose to follow. shall at present avoid UJli, and
20 about southwest from this to Fpa, which Is east
OF and near the south end OF Tanganyika; then
round the same south end only touching 1t again
at Pambette; thence resuming the southwest
course to cross the Chambeze and proceed alone
the southern shores of Lake Bangweolo, when
being latitude II degrees SOUTH the course VIII DC
due west to the ancient fountains OF Her0dotus.
From them IL Ia about ten DAYS north to Katanga,