The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04

can be cavalier towards Monarchs on one side of
the Atlantic while deriving advantages from
them in foreign world where we have no terri
tory Such advantages could not and would not
be extended long without guild pro quo. III we
are not to be dependent on an international
police for the protection of our commerce on the
Congo and IN IT'S basin, we viii have TO be de-
pendent war ships of our own. aude that IS
worse prospect The promztness, not 10 say
eagerness with which an American ship darted
into the fray at Alexandria and shared the igno
miny of the English in burning that city, under
the pretext of keeping order shows how apt idle
and bored sailors and soldiers are to rush into
the first thing that promises break In the
vile reposer from which war ships suffer In
time of peace
The second source of misgiyings is humanita-
rian. This conference is mainly composed of
powers based on the principle of authority
They represent mouarchE. and the Congo Asso-
citation itself viii probably have monarch.
This implies that the Africans are to be disposed
of without any consultation of themselves as to
their desires or interests. There is nothing IN
the present relation of these European powers TO
the lark skinned races to encourage the hope
that what they call civilization" will be real
blessing to the African. the normal victim of the
white. On the contrary, the ordinary attitude
Of the Englishman in India towards
whom he calls integers" the pro-slavery
proclamation of Gordon in the ,Soudan,
and the dealings Of the French with tho Hovas
and Chinese, show that so long as the hItDlOplan
cannot change his skin the white man will not
change his leopard spetg These nations are
colonizing Africa for the sake of gain Their
talk of spreading civilization Is hunfbrg. No
doubt they will be willing to help the mission
aries who help them 85renouncesa benedictiOn
on their doubtful performances, but here in the
conference it has been shown that conSidera-
tons of humanity are TO be Bubordinated to
gaiE. A proposition TO prevent the importation
of alcoholic spirits into the Congo region WAS
met by the Dutch with the declaration that the
negroes could only be induced to work if they
might thereby obtain the means to buy
spirits Such was the Dutch experience,
and it proved fatal to the proposed re-
striction. The Congoese are to be temp ted to
do the white mems work by alcohol. Again, the
Congo conference has taken caresto protect all
craedH. religions and ecclesiastical pFopagandas
in Africa except that which most requires pro
tectiog-namely, the religion of the Congoese
themselves. There is protection OF idol
airy, said member of the conference TO me.
Very we'll. Then the Mohammedan fanatics,
the Catholics. the Salvation Army, may smash
the temples of the poor negroes To their hearts
content may freely sieTnohsh institutions which
represent the moral sentiment and the hopes of
these natives and there is no helm for them.
Something of this kind is always being done by
colonists Of the so-callea civilized" powers. If
il is necessary that there shall be demand for
alcohol it will be necessary that there shall be
demand for missionaries. And OF course the
Africans must be induced TO patrenze European
factories by wearing clothes, though ut has been
repeatedly proved that clothes are fatal to the
negroes Of that climate