, 1879-07-04
MODERN SLAYE.TllADE.
How and Whore Australian Planters securn

Itov and Whore Australian Planters Secure
San Ffdncsco Chronicle,
|. 4 few years Ggo the canturr of a number Of
s.nall vessels by South Sea Islanders n,nl tho
massacre of a1l Gil board caused Capt. ]. +.
f.ucc, then senior commander Of tht English
| Suith Pacific Squadron, bo Institute IN !uycets-
Cation Into the causes at the t.oub?s between
| the traders hnd the fatandcrs 1t resulted In
ascerta!nInR that theru WIS large Number Of
ANAL Tessels cruising about Tho Islands ki'Hap-
p3n. the Datlyes OF iudurnR them to alt)x their
"marSa" to papers Of which thty knew nothing
a.:d then delivering them to tncn in tie Colony
OF Queensland, Australia, who pa!d 10 much
per head for them. When the rcmssn|ug
/ Islanders saw their relatives aud friends thus
taken 10 rnturn no moro they avenged them.
aclscs In truly savage ssris bT destroying etesY
! vessel they could capture, and mnseacr!nE every
! white man they could cnteh. In many catcs
tnastiuE ausl eating him. Communications were
Inrwa'aedlby Capt. Luce to Tue Queensland and
English Goterntnents, setting forth the out
theY asc in fact, and the retaliation uraettccl by
the islanders. Official documents followed, md
| tho mailer finally eulcd In the passage Of M
ast ny =. Queensland rarl!a1nept regulating
'Siave srada'' would bo 3 much better and
more applicable title. The cntton and sugar
planters Of the Colony OF Fiji obtain tho hulk ol
their labor from, tue same sourct. und the trails
| has nov assuMel largo proportions. A great
many small vessels, aud hundred Of men arc
engagod III Il. There aro laws in accord
auce with which this trade 10 human beings ia
snppmed to be carried Oh, but their nroyi*1ons
are violated constantly. No ncconnt Of ruany
| Of tle crimes and oHtraKes pcrpetEttrd Is ever
reported to the c!yt!!zc,l world, for satious rea-
sons. They arc committed on the small, out.
of-thc.way. leiauds of the South Pacific the
isiandcrs know nothtng Of the authorities to
whom they can appeal fur redress Of wrong, mud
t!su brutal elasc-hunter*are not At all Inclined to
| publish accounts u ptorechtnss lmpltcnttug
ll.e1n'rlves. The planters who. have robbed
and rronged their servants, do not court
| nquiry. It IS only when lie fsan,icrs seizc
arms nlnl brcak out fl open rebellion, as
they did in the aiaryboro district, Queens
land, not long ago, or seize a vessel IN search
Of Island ladorcre, nnd slaughter oil oil
board, TINT The public arc made aware Of the er.
| ls,fng evil. White labor in Queensland, feeling
Itself aggrlevcd by the system, agitatcd the
lnntter,, held large public meetings, and called
termed "ts,e slave trade" Nolhng was done, %
however. beyond ameudLng existing nets, 10
plauiers must l.aSe labor; white labor is too
| custly. md cauuot be procured in sufficient
amount, nnl 10 tlle ships still 70 down 10 the
seus IN search Of the sisnDle natlyc. Thousands
work upon the plantation. The Hch a1uYel
] dlgqnys pay too well. The Indian coolies can
be obtained caster than tho islander, but they
Gust moro, and hare an unpleasant way Of
ISLANDER Is lnnoccnt, trae.able, and eau be
bulltcd, worked, beateu, and cheated far
lnore easily than any other class. The
ships cnraecd In the trade 20 out
Maryboso, Mockcy, and Drlsoane, In Queens-
Land, ami from, Lcyuka and o;Eer ports in FIJI.
They l,ayc their hunting grounds ind know
THEM as we'll as tue old whaFcr knons bis, Their
Il
upon plantations: and. though tller arc suppos.
ed 10 carry out tic work III accordance with the
! laws passed to rcgulato It, and though 40 Off.
| ctr, catlca an inspector, accompanies them to
sec TINT tllcy do 80, nevertheless tl.ev perform
their task IN nanncr somewhat similar 10 that
| pursued by the oId.tfme s1avc-tradcs. They
vlslt island after Island. cruise about them ior
seysra! days. and sc:,d word g tcrta!n chiefs OF
men. Sometimes the islanders COME on board,
| and they aFe then treated With great courtesy by
the traders. Every means ls employed to H.
ducs them to consent to co. and the pastIes ou-
| Ing this ofirct. lIcY furnish t!,etn with Hauor;
They tas sweetly; they use every effort TINT in.
Gennlty GU suggest, und when tho vessel sails
she usually has aeyerai Of the unfortunatts.
Other ts!aI,ds arc Waited unti The same process
tspeated unt[l the requisite number is secured,
wien the ship sai!s away to It's own port.
Here thc Islanders are transferred to tho
nHcnts of the planters who have sent Ter out,
II some cases planters have their own busts.
They are then taken un .l,c country to Tho
auEar plantatons, whcrc their tfe differs but
Little from that Of tho siases OF the United
States In eapte-beIun times: and st The @1pi-
ration OF the three years which they arc sup
! posed 10 eeryc, They rertIye the E1agntHccnt
eum of go. Tals Il the legal easn!ngs u three
Eeals-an9ut ,rantnocsn ass esats day. eloshlav.
Islands. III many instances however, ttle fstand-
cr Is cheated out Of his moneY, ttsa man.
nger OF the plantation alleging lllat It bss been
patd III kln4 during ,the ysars oe sersitudc. On
On others siser ot is hard one. Tic cll1nate
Is tropical, 10 that tho question Of c'othlug
docs not perplex them much, but their food
peen, msscrnbly, fnadetuate, though Of The
sfmptest mud cheapest character. In some
places they haye been subjected to crnel brutal.
~, which INC public heata Of only when they
guilty Of 'he Outrage. When ,lcir term expires, Expires,
they nre returned 10 ths Island, and nearly
| always carry arms aud ammunition with them.
| to bo aftcrward used In tribal wnrs with bloody
| elect. Tie treatment received bY them Tn tho
plantations docs mt appear To be Of such a
character u to Induce lhetn to remain after the
! three years expire, although mRuY asu forced to
do %, nor to return aea!n, It "a now difficult
Is rapidly drxcuesatlng into kidnapping bust
! ress. The ships In search OF mcn must Eyt
them, or there ts no money to repay those who
have sptnt both time and money In tho enter
pllhc 4%aLIfi@ AG e1RAGtltAt8 bCAGut puk Oh
lsosfd, an! carried oil; sons. aze induced to
drink, aud while drunk declare their willingness
| to co anywhere. Every auh,srfuge IL resorsed
to. and the demand ID still only partially sup
Piled. 4 wc1l.known ard recent writer upon
lhn South SEA Islands declares that nine-tensts
Of tue outFaues committed By Islanders agaiust
The whites asu caused by tile brutality aud ahuss
practlccd 1Y those IN search ot Island lahore1a,
The English Government have d few small vrs-
sela-of.war cruising among the Islands 10 sea
that the LAWS regulating this traffic arc not rio-
lated, but The traders sEo too xars1d 10 commit
unY cEima where there Is liability Of capture,
as the cru'scra treat ttsem severely Nhen detect
e.i IN anY wFonE+ioing; but stift the trado IS
carried Oh under t!tc sanction Of English lRHs.
lfon They DO In Albania.
One OF tbs curious facts he reiatcs OF Alba.
nta,,s Is their strict adhesion 10 lhe ler ta'iouL
An sssusaln Ia killed by thu frcndA or relatives
Ut the victim, and II they capnpt lind fho