New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-23
slave Trade on the Eas, coos, of
Africa

WASHINGTON, Jan 9.-As late rs March
last the British Government rcr.-,s,,t,,i "a
our own that its attention had bee, r,-,fr,,
larry directed 10 the slavc-iradc ON 'lo ,o.t
coast of Africa; n the system hitherto ,,,r.
>"eu' ana the sacrifices made hy Great Britain
~ y, attempting 10 suppress il. and - the POS
7 s'oiitE Of dcvi>ing more ciicCtual measures
- attain mat object. and that the subject
"a" ALSO peen inquired into bV Parliament
airy committee.
pom mature consideration on the entire
question her MaiCSty's Government has corr,
u the conclusion that alone M, ! ,rrs,,n,y.rI
It could not confidently hour ~ rxt,nrnish
the slavc-tradc, hut, with The co.rr.r,1sr,,
oil the other great powers Interested in thr
prosperity OF East Africa, il was thought M,
nhlect might be attained. first. bv INDUCING
the sultan ct Zanzibar to surrender his re-
served treaty privilege 10 transport slave,
ny sea within his own domiu.ons toy Jrmr>tf,
labor.
ms privilege had only served rs a cloak
.ot the foreign >layc-tradr, and under its mo-
'''t'"h the foreign Arab, export their SLAVE
'aSoeS from Zanzibar, or from ports On the
coast, ostcnsibly for places within the limits.
open TO the recognized traffic. but really for
foreign ports on the coast of Arabia and the
Persian Gulf
H'coHd. Ry opening up the trade e.! the
coast by the establishment vi more regular
steam and postal communication. with the
couhtenance and assistance uf the Govern
mcnts interested in the commerce cr the
country.
secretary Fish, in reply, said that the Uni
TED States have n treaty with the Imaum OF
MuScat, whose dominions are understood tn
include the island vt Zanzibar They. how
ever, have not and never had any regular
representative i'll that quarter. and may not
deem II advisable To- send one thithcr for the
SPECIAL purpose mentioned 10y her Britannia
Malesty's Government
No objection, however, was entertained to
directing, as would be done, che Consul of
the United States at Zanzibar 10 intimate to
the sovereign of that country that we would
be glad To see that provision of the treaty
between HIM and Great Britain terminated
which reserved the right OF TRANSFORMATION
by sea between certain limits oi his own ter
rItory ot domestic slaves, as there was req
son to believe that the right reserved under
that treaty was n principal cause of the evil
complained OF, and that ii also had been
abused.
Minister Thornton thanked orr Gnycrn-
ment Tor having acccdcd To the wishes of that
OF her Majesty. Secretary Rubcson, in rur-
suance of the suggestion of Secretary Fish.
gave orders to the first vessel of the United
States navy proceeding to or returning from
the AsiatiC station to touch at Zanzibar or
Muscat, and inform the sultan or lmaum, or
his authorities, that the United States Gov
eminent looks with soictudc TO the ahrnga-
ton OF the clause of the treaty referred to
and to express the hope that his enlightened
Government would consider seriously the
prOpriety and advantage of doing 50, or, If
the clause should he abrogated before such
visit, to express the satisfaction the United
h1S nj n ~ ',.