Smyrna times., 1884-12-24

OPENING Up AFRICA.-No batto,.
evidence that the African continent i
To figure more prominently in the fin
ture than in the past need be w,ntod
lhan the fact that the leading nations of
Europe have been holding conference
for the past several weeks at Berlin =,
come to an UNDERSTANDING as to.,ho
opening and developing Of tr,da
through its country by the way Of the
congo river. Each Of the nations have
acquired control in some shape. Of nor
uons OF the country for the purpose of
colonization, and tits this landed int.r
est that makes them tenacious ~ -.
gard TO the growing trade wifb ,li.,
hitherto isolated country. Henry N
Stanley, the American exDlorer :,
IaIe interview thus gives his innras
slons of the country and people.
What will be the next stem toI,o,,
IN case the Conference takes spcb M ~
tloh Us II IS expected to toward 90
ing Tne congo region to trade -
we shall at once proceed IN hr;do
rallroad-by we | mean tho "Ii,u Tntu
national AssOciation-we taLino inteT, yer
Cn7 sCoch' ana putting the reuainder
oil ..io market Tor such Capitalists nc
iowo, %,,1iC .a,.;o 20 come IN. The upper and
I' loTer regions Of the Congo are novi
SdDle' out are broken in two h., tta
6aI lails, making necessary a nortogSo '"9 &c
zo1 nllies. Ihls portage is boweI,o,. "
sGine"haV reduced by the fact tbat e.,
ABOUT seventy or eighty mill 81 i0i !.
mere Is naVlgable water bot,,,a,S, ~ |
i%ilS' IN case we build a railroa,l vlo c-o
ny, IN 0HIiIe distance, or the 23j mill, :.
VIII cost El,5O0,O0O. If ON tba'.3' b-a',1I' II
manu- we avail ourselves or ,L' o'.'eI %
Gighty navlgable miles we sill I-1'l" I..l
~ miles OF road to build at g li'..c l,'Ve
doO9t toOO,OO0. This road ,y",'iJ JJSC Vi
@ venu IRON FlVi, 10 miles r,or, -
si,ouiii G,o,,'i VI Ihe Congo to LeopoIdvilI. ~
9tahley Fool, now q settIau,.Iite ''Iie' aC
"oout 9Oo persons, all either Tnrono,.,.li vi
VI employees Of our association :; '0''''9
ble?" i'o'uVilie now accessi-
:, On, we have good ,ya,.o..
an the way thither from "J5oit w.! road
p,r, pU1,9 Yer very Ten miles garrisoned bv ",y oTr
taken - - aoluiers. We have already
;n ~ r';l iouF steamboats, over the ro"J
~ ~ Pieces, and pat them together a''";i,' io'u'
a. ~. I.'eop9idFii!e for use on fbn I'm 7,''l
80 -, VI me river. The veiw at ,L'.i
80, - loinI '3ii Is beautiful At m. ha...of
: ti,o H., III! under the the town arr, no I.s,
li9n ian twenty African viiina.. ''l7~ .I
'''otS 10 "i Whlch are ali friendly 80 ''''
og ~ p" iil, VIII be the probable. ,r,;,udo
,iota.i '''l'l'es after the railroad i .o1,
I'I'1,t y. M anu i'rtIgn traders Hocl. in -
=. lhey have thus far alSa,.' 90
ss.i'ly .i't,luiy ana have given MS eye.y ~" ~
80 ''} 3ie the most imifati,..
~. world more -n c,..,
10. .IAc,c-and thc,. s,.o... -
'1'' d IFide 10 ASSOCIATIVE, ,ci,b f.. ~
o"ii9 ana adopting their in,,,,,,.,'.,..I
"4ys. do not think anv ja.' ''''l Z
:, ii'1'eFer Is even 20 be- a,,'rot.a,'li'I
!onl upflslngs or attacks ~ ~ '''.ou
ives. VI course when stran.,,.,.'.', ~ "a
yiil ba ~ a. dy .ney undoubtedly will. II !
,ea ~, 'iic =. uuty OF the association ~ (
h -: - 'I position and 0utr1ves unon q
- :, 4ia'iVes are prevented. me ~ t
az .'oF - ~ ~ TINS case will not. as in tia 7
~ : vii n @ lne American Indian. die out 0
oo,hdG hr5 the Africans favorable 70 =
"G.Hois e.,i OF civilization - "
: gu would say 80 could Won sec so,,,.. :,
: lhe dwellings they have nut ~, r''' !
~" OI twenty or thirty blacL 49,, =
no nave been for ten wears n, ,nl.D l'',i !, =
.allng with the whites. and yvbn La',o u
hpofted from England tbroo,l,,'n,o, -
On !. dwellings costing them each 81 OGS9 q
t9'UOO, which they have naid ~ n
am OIL or palm kernals Tbo,i L. - .. il
lo'e houses with their wives ana ob;i n
Een, with chairs and tables ana ~ Ii
eeeu hoors, and great varietv 81 t;
io"P DTleabrac, mirrors. etc nil
10y nave passion for acouiring -,
now oI one German trader =
Il"i'z' 4 representing a Berlin bonsa . e
no hlakes regular business in tbi, =
ay' lie imports a comDlete sat | 70 r.
afior furniture, pictures orno,no,.S o1 ~ = =
m ~ Ps1s s oheh an IN place in a room
= (: His.cA 70 dlne with him there. AN. u
I, u.l'l'or' the guest admires the snr- ~
,.'liii ~, ~ ana ls finally permitted as n
toI, 70 purchase them entire. They
~ once removed to an Apartment
nls English-built dwelling[he nsvS
on good round price-and then tbe n
aeef sends home an order for aaother -
ID so on. ''"her' 8.
Is the climate Of that region heal. y,
y Tor Europeans2 For instance 10
1te one hundred e0lonisis fr,W Say, u.
y @ go down there. how MANY ~ n
en- would probably be alive N he n,
d ofu yearY' '"o -
That depends Suppose for in ~