New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-20


sunrome in Darfour The Khedive, who had con-
nived at the slave traffic so long as IL added 10 HIS
revenues made resOute effort 10 suppress -
soon az he found that it was stahdlhs i'Nl
his supremacy in the great African bnPio, VIZ"
had been conquered for him. To TINS emu Iio ein
Moved Gordon as the successor oil Slr oahluoi p"N
Under a thin mask of philanthropy he lornl'u 'n1
Eouatorial district into separate province anu
oIaimed the monopoIy of ITS trade. Gordon per-
ooired The insincerty of the Khedlves professions
bnt resolutcly determined to make the most Oh
GOOD opportunity for breaking up an infamous
traffic and relieving the suferings of wretched
nonulaton With this high purpose in view lie was
willing TO face thousa"d perils and difficulties anu
70 endure the most exhausting labors ana prINa-
tons ,.-,
The story of Gordon's work in Central Africa mas
been told in detail by DR.. Brkbeck lilll anu n"'
been outlined in several recent works relating "
| the Soudan The present volume, without contain
ing much that is new, enlarges all previous cst
mates of the genius and goodness of the man MS
work during the first three years was manly III
rected 70 the pacifcation and administration OF the
MINER district Of the White Nile from Gondokoro 10
| Victoria Lake. During this period he busted num-
self in winning the confidence of the blacks, III CON
ciliating hostile tribes in suppressng the reNoS Vi
slave-huntcrs. in surveying and exploring new
| lands in opening Gordon of stations to inc Efua-
tor and in alleviating the mserles OF the pe"Po'
Living in unhealthy localities and exposed 10 TERRI
HE heat his staff were constantly falling sick and
! recurring his care. When he was not campaigning
! in the Jungle grass on the river Inc was Journey
! ing from station to station and personally super
| vsing the details of administration. Ills pat'hco
WAS inexbaustiblc: his mperious will and tireless
energy ovcrcame every obstacle his lertillty Vi re-
source was equal to every emergency, notwlth-
standing the mpaqre force of wrctchcd soldiers ut
| his command: and his passionate love of humanity
| burned with serene and constant flame. Return
ing TO England for brief vacation toward the close
of S7G he resolved to tender his resignation unless
the Kbcdivc should enlarge his authority and enable
! him to deal successfully with the slave question
outside his own provinces. lsmai appointed MN
| Governor-General of the SOudan including DaIlour
and the EouatOrial Provnccs-a district ! $40 miles
long and nearly 700 broad. He went back to his
work keeny alive to the responsibilities when ne
! had assumed. He set out first for MassaWa ana
/ pushed across the desert to the border OF Aoya-
! sinia to omen negotiations for peace with Egypt.
Thence he proceeded to Khartoum to be formally
installed in Office His inaugural address contained
eleven words: "With the help of God will hold
tbe balance level He fingered at his capital few
weeks in order to restore the efficiency of the Gov
erumcnt and then opened his campaign for the sup
preston of slavery in the vast regions ruled by hn
! The author thus outlines this great undertaking;
The ,corl, he had begun and was bent on finishing
was fraught with peculiar perlls. IL demiuacu
| tlct an energy and force of VIII almost super
! human. He had to deal not only with worthless
and often mutuous governors "l provinces, pui
! with wild and desperate trlbesmcn as Weli ne Iad
| fo disband & 900 Bashi- BaIouks who were used rs
frontier guards but who wnked at slaNe-huht1nS
and robbed the tribes on Their own account ne
had to subdue and bring to order ana RUE NE Nil'l
nroyincr of the Bair Gazcllc, but now beneath the
sway of the great SLAYER Sebehr. 1t was stgpend-
! Gus task to give peace 20 Il couhtl! Jun ILL.,,
war: to suppress slavery anon" people 10 Wh'hi
the trade in human flesh was lie ANA h2h"f ana
fortune to make an army out OF perhaps the worst
| material ever seen TO grow hoGIlshihs tIade ana
n fair revenue i'm the widest anarchy IN the world:
! The immensely Of the undertaking; the lnlnlty OF
/ details involved in a single step toward the end
! the countless odds to be faced; the many pcsts-
fine deadly climate, the horrible yernn the CHASTITY
! itch the nightly and daily alienation OF over,
/ towering heat aud bitter cold-to be endured ana
| overcome: the environment of bestial savagcry
and ruthless fanaticism-all these combine 10 hake
the achievement unique in human history
Gordon's campaign in Darfour disclosed the same
dauntcss courage, habtual self-conlidence and
military sagaclty which had been displayed in
| China The country was in revolt The feeble and
despairing Egyptian garrisons were relieved one
! after another; hostile tribes were first concated
and then converted into body-guards for the sub
iugation of the slave-traders; the dens of robber
| chiefs we're broken up and Scbchr himself was
finally sent a prisoner TO Cairo His career as Lieu
! Tenant Governor closed with n renewal of peace
negotiations with Abyssinia and terrible journey
to King Johauniss capital, during which he was
taken prisoner. The following passage dlscloses
! characteristic traits
The King received his prisoner sitting on his
throne or whatever piece of furniture dld duty Tor
thai exalted seat chair being placed Tor the prs
oner considerably lower than the seat on winch the
! King sat. The first thing the Pacha Gordon did
was to seize this chair, place II alongside that OF MS
! Majesty. and sit down on it; and next to inform
! him that he met him as an equal ana would only
treat him such. This somewhat discoLcGi.ed ms
sable Majesty, but on recovering himself he saId
" Do you know. Gordon Pacha. that co4id XII
YOU on the spot if liked p am perfectly well
aware OF It, your MAJESTY. s.ld tne faGha a., o 10 80
ut once if it is your royal pleasure. am ready"
! This disconnected the King stall more, and he eX-
claimed: What! ready to be Killed" Ger
tainlv,' replied the Pacha; AIN always ready 10
| die and far from fearing your Putting me to
death Won would confer favor on me by 80 doing,
for Won would be doing for me that which am pre-
cuded hy my religious scruples from doing Tor my
| sclf-vou would deliver me from all the troubles
and misfOrtuues which the future may have IN
John who gISped out in despair: " ! hen my power
! has no terr0rs for you - "Nonc Whatever was
| the Pdchas lacOnc reply.
The heroic soldier resigned his commission soon
after the ascension of Tewfk to the throne. He
resented tLe criticisms of the Khedlve's Ministers
and retired from office satisfied, he said, with
the reflection that he had cut off TIE sayedealers
in their strongholds and had made the people love
| him. lie was literally worn out with work. having
ridden $500 miles in three years, in addition TO
| bearing the responsibilities and anxieties of gov
ernmcnt and campaigning and being exposed to
terrible climate. At Cairo he received cool letter
of thanks from Tewik, but in England he met
with hearty welcome. Successfully resisting all
attempts to lionize him, he remained few months
with his family friends and then accepted an invl-
tation from Lord Ripon to 90 out to India as the
Viceroy's private secretary He resigned the Office
almost az soon as he reached Bombay, frankly adj
hitting that he had made mistake in taking the
appointment While planning journey to Zanzi-
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