The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-03

religious pretence which, considering their works.
hand. the castrating knife in the other, they go
from serbia to serbia slave statonb reading what
y there termed Sioas pslesty NE human so 'I Sap ply
manning the males and selling the females into
prostitution. and throwing cloak OF piety over
names as "Allagabo" God hath given IT. and others
of q like character. When under excitement
sas sd 70 and seoe tns
rescue OF some poor, tortured slave.
once, between Kartoumian and Berber. cut
KardOlan were fastened together The thing caused
terrible row, just as on another occasion when,
In the Dur country. l knocked down a brutal
master, and my only way OF getting out OF the
difficulty was to plead personal revenge; for, had
uttered word as to the real motive Of my as
sault, should have at once been looked upon as
Now, you ask me by what means this curse is
60 De eradlcated, am hardly able to answer. In
the country Itself there are no means OF improve
ment no hopes Tor change; no confidence to be
placed In Egyptian officials; not even assistance
we lacks the reauisise power No o osanssy MAN.
can perform the task. IL requires rei0rmer like
Peter the Great, backed by people open to inno-
upon the suggestions OF an 'explorer Of the fated
sections preyed upon BY the curse" will give you,
as crude as they are,
l. Egypt should be occupied by one or moro OF
the prominent civilized powers The French have
have gained experience in the lndles that would
enable them TO force the framework OF regular
State government on the A0hammedan. rhe
Egyptian Jellahs agricultural labOrers) would
heartily greet the change, and the rest o. the p0pu
lation would be Indifferent to It, especially IT, as
Ss Q. H. wsTe 70 os Ss
he been that he would long since have made him
self ndependent-should be pecuniarily indem-
2. Slave commissioners, clothed with power
exceeding that OF local authorities, should be
appointed inspectors Of al the provinces
hiObr ovoa nla ave
nues through which slaves are transported.
They should. further, be empowered to arrest
slave-traders and seize their goods and chattes
ana make use OF the same to defray the expenses
OF equipping expeditions to return the liberated
slaves to their homes, an undertaking never yet
attempted by the Egyptian government. These
commissioners should be men OF sterling qualities,
men that could resist with iron 6rmness The bribery
to which they must surely be exposed.
3. The countries suffering from slave robbery
should be placed under the protection OF other
power ana permanent governments be- estab,
necessary military.
4. All slave boys, wherever found in the hands OF
traders OF masters, should be bought or Though
this might look like setting premium on the
trafhc), educated in Christian schools and then
sent back to their original homes to improve their
own people.
In order to improve the present condition OF the
Egyptian provinces 1t would be necessary not
but to close its outlets This could sI not S
plished without compelling the wealthy to dis
charge their slaves and use hired domestics in
by pachas and beys. 10 them this would be an ex-
pensive step to take, as they would naturally have
to support the aged and as their slaves except in
rare instances, would be unwilling to leave them.
means OF immense progress, in my estimation,
would be the introduction OF law emitting ali
slaves to wages. Such a law would gradually tend
to abolish the custom Of nling the houses with
slaves. Labor, too, would then be expected of the
hirelings, and labor Is the magic wand at whose
signal alone Egyptian Incidence, sluggshness and
tOrpOr shall vanish.
In no other way can influence be exercised or
anything be obtained from the Viceroy. Numerous
deputations of philantrbopists have waited upon
that Prince whenever he came to Europe, but to
no effect The erroneous idea that tue ruler Of
Egypt must be desp0t par excellence has become
general. Few OF these philanthIopsts know how
little able he Is to do anything for them. He may
give orders, but where are those who will execute
them and execute them in q proper manner
Every now and then spasmodic attempt at re-
form is made. For instance all the boats coming
be all at once confscated just for the purpose OF
feigning zeal before the Europeans who chance to
be present. Such occasions remind one OF the
old adage-"lt never rains but IL pOurs.n
The most Migrant injustice is then committed
against innocent parties. MOhammedan women
and children who happen to be somewhat dark are
their pockets. myself have suffered in this way.
could not prevent their laying hold Of and fetter-
which, have not the least doubt, was done to de-
ceive me, as they hoped would make marvellous
reports at Cairo respecting the watchiuIness and
energy OF the KhartOum local government. had
to apply to the Minister, Sheri1e Pacha, for pro-
tectOn and in order to obtain redress Tor the poor
servant was obliged to take his family to Cairo.
While these trumperies are gong on at tie Nile
stations the slave caravans crowd as the high
ways from Kordofar and Oar Fur to Dongoia and
to the Red Sea. At all events the steps taken to
suppress the trade at the White Nile (Which trade
is Comparatively lnsignifcant) act as direct pre-.
MUM on the heavy trallc In Oar Fur. The bar
Fur trade might be completely cut or at Its sole
terminus, Suit, though 1t would significantly hin.
der Egyptian commerce. Oar Fur, which Is the
African Bokhara, the stronghold OF the most fanat
cal Islam, should be annexed by Egypt. The Khe-
dive is not altogether averse to such an enterprise
though 1t would require q serious and expensive
war, with no prospect OF c0mpensating gain.
AS for Egypt sending troops into the negro
take To say nothing Of Sir Samuel Bakers I'm
fortunate expedition which has cost up to the
present 100000, may state that visited an
bazouks) on the Bachr-eGhazal, which found in
great distress, almost starving, alter they had
consumed Gil the eatables in the environs. The
officers were professional slave-traders and
strange to say, at Khartoum, owing to Bakers
presence in Gondokoro all slaves were confscated,
converted into soldiers and made to divide the
women and children among themselves. The best
the viceroy do with these negro countries is to
let them alone. They are not productive, and
streams too great to admit OF the OF
anything less valuable than ivory.
could say o great deal more on the subject; but
let this sufce for to-day. 1may still add however,
that all that humanitarians and book-writers may
argue In their studies about this thing will not
proves ts beyond the SHADOW Of doubt nte
gent cooperation on the part OF strong govern
ments Is absolutely necessary II this information
may in any way help the NEW YORK HERALD to fire
in the great American public the noble sentiment
that would extend your liberty and Its consequent
light to the naturally fertile and beautiful but
Systematically impoverished and degraded Afri-
can Continent, and above all to the pining re-
mainder of that long fettered class which the
Centuries to bestiaiize, 1 shall deem myself
abundantly rewarded.