Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
TbetIias Register
REPORTS FROM THE congo.
Very Dark Picture Of the New
Empire.
,.s Resources 8eagre, and Its Climate In
bs,rsbls and OeadIy---The King Of
Belgium Ouped---Stanley's
Stories.

p.-,srs November l6.-It is wretch
= ,,nD,ry and not worth keeping" Thss'
- Of Gen. Gordon on the Soudan nigh
vsII be applied to the SOudan's next doc
,;,b5or the new Congo empire. Thu
We learn about the Congo, the mOr'
o.,a convinced that no good viii come
- me vast regions Of western Contra
,s.;,a and that the project Of establishing
INDEPENDENT State, reaching into the
Se bssrt Of the dark continent, Is q q
Ea In Trrops the truth about the Congo il
.,.s.nIIy hidden from the public. The
CO., dare no: speak about il, and
-, In6sipg ones exchange their views
30 - n ubiscers. A huge ring" is hold.
", 3,birys together. But not only in Bel,
IS b9. in Germany, France, and other
s,s,gs Inc newspapers refrain from pub
-. - aud disparsgiDg news about Congo
80. p,rily out of consideration for The
anT,b,eped aid largehssrted monarch
e., LEOPOLD, sOd pArJly for fear Of dis
-, b snarck and other powerful
- Mo contributed 70 the making OF the
Is, rbs ruth should be spoken, regard
r..s of CONSEQUENCES. The dark pTedic,
- Of AL African travellers except Stan
-, b.iog verified IL will be remem'
- hat Commander Cameron. Nstchi-
Ill RJh.g,, P-eschuei-Losohe, Wismann,
schoI,z aai many others pronounced
s-..r,r he rev s ablished STATE and the
,cDc;olss adopted 10 govern and explore
he v,,, terriJ0ry. Thsy were right. The
COMO enterprise il q failure,
and viii sooner or later be
s5zp3eped. leaving the held to the
"a established trading companies, who
rogb hold The entire trade in their hands, IS
,S.7 aid ceatgries sgo. In spite Of the
ans o. ;hs Congo Government the
D.,ch Liverpool, and Hamburg eompsn-
ia.,,i.l nouCp5lzs the exchange Of pro.
s.,,s sad, 50 lar, the Congo Government,
o-r,.h-r ths Association Africsine,' has
N, rsc.lvsi q single ceLt Of return from
II, enormous expenditure, amounting now
n2,001gQj frames I is | have from
re b. ya,s. p5ssicI, authority.
Srsllry the mlch-Overrated maker OF
rbs CooEo empire, painted the most glo.
,i52s pictures u the fertility aud enormous
z.sla Of tie dark paradise l was
D--.ep. q: S,aniey's lectures before the
biographical Societies 81 Manchester,
G,,,os aud Edinburgh. We all listened
ytsauvslg - he exaggerated descriptions,
he enthusiastic predictions Ehichhe shoE-
srsl ucon the cotton merchants and chip
owners OF the large centres Of Great Britain.
No1sv was collected 10 send expeditions
10 he CJogO with q view to ascertain
sbs, could be doue in Central Africa
Manchester AID Glasgow, however, never
s.s more disappointed and disgusted set
0! people than the Congo travellers on
their return. All projects Of establishing
trading 7-.ts and coum-rcisl companies
we're d: once a7l1GaDst, aud the MsRches-
Ter G1ar1ia7. ths acknowledged organ of
the covoa Jhr51s was loud in i:s abuse OF
S,sa.e7 AID his supporters.
Money IS sadly wanted at the Congo.
The Errr Of B-lgiun tried hard to raise
tcds Tor tho continuation OF the enter
prss. b., ..,led sigaally E7eu that vain
etsrd mos, saryIls Of oil Jewish bankers,
Baron B.s.su1roier Of Berlin, kept his
v,cses cicssd IN spite Of Inducements
Ta.cd under any osher circumstances
nigh, have turned his head. The kisg
.n5!,sd MN 20 hi5 palace at OJtend, dined
az Eired HIN. presented 70 h,m In glow.
iGg cU.yrs Tao Ie urus he might get from
ir7sYuel,s Ia Congo stock, decorated
lin v..7 tn hlga=s. class OF the Or
Ter C. Leopold but all Cor nothing. The
clever Jss Icok The decoration, accepted
he .ayo,s OF the King, but gave not q pen
~. The e1I,s enterprise is resting on
al5g L=ogy,ls shoulders alone, without
SOY ca.s,ce support whatever, and should
sry misfortune happen to the King his
African Sirgtom would collapse az once,
:Jr there axe no revenues whatever
Nsghsr rory nor palm oil nor any Other
products are exported bv the association,
AID ,as:r importation is Just large enough
!0rihe maintenance Of the so 10 l20 whites
sh0, scattered over several millions OF
square a,rs. form the mainstsy, aud, in
.ssi Ia Ol.y subjects Of the new Congo
empire
Ur,or SANKEY'S administration the
Aing Q, De-. .,4r usad 70 devote from 2
900 gyJ 10 100000 francs annually for
10 g,s Of rte IS o1iaIOn, out now this
al0EaCs- b, 5e-n reduced to $40 O0O Of
o. sL.-1 IT, ji---rnor GAneral, Sir Fran
as De Nta.oa. draws : 600 as salary.
70 Sac '18aEh iI = re a. small as u
Gsr1s2 p-.uGD.i..y could De successfully
governed @lh ~ mesgre an outlay. IL
VII sgr2Us. r915iy . hear that no pro
S's'' Sah'e,-r has oeen made 50 far on
'l7 LJugO To- whites are masters OF
las sU-AIyu only sloog the lower
L1l20 "a .r ss Wi; on the
upper rive; thy ere simply tolerated bg
De Ga'Iv-s. None Of the numerous sta
toas Of The association has succeeded in
1Ah1Z "s-.i s-l.suOolrung The hand
"a OF ~hres depend entirely on the iDpor-
Aaoa' CT enables from Europe for their
aAo.snaCc- Ih,re are neither Ash nor
SAIe nor sheep 70 bs found 10 the Co-go
SA'7, All even chickens are 30 rare that
u? caaao, De Dough, ex;ep' for The high
= 9aee Ias EaJ,lCg o. grain sad Vegs'
A.ss has, 50 ar, hot succeeded.
Ne cAua;s y tue most treacherous 10
2,'cA, AID 70: one ct the numerous whites
'ao have visited rk- Congo has escaped
- Consequences Nearly two tairds have
~ ADJ The Survivors are suffering from
','''' S11 que usladles. Even 9 short
~ ID lie Ccago cOuUtry is under Ger
= = Circumstances allL,Ug, aud 80 far no
& . .-'1'e' have ben discovered to counter
: '-s ,'sacetrous f-vrrs The ssnitari-
: . Bona IS 81 much dreaded by the
, -.s' as The morgus, for those who
,a L rarely lave il alive. Tee
- Aoa5 rbe Congo, from YiSi
SA1.-7 Pol and upward, is strewu
: 'as oo15s 0, me victims Of The dead
<. @as,e. The American diplomatic
81, ~ Vi Us5ei, ca his way from Bona
oA2.s7 Sc3l, LOST tive white com panions
-. q. ,as'- dying atter isw hoGrs' III.
- De himself WAS sick 70: several
,s--', Snt Is sIl suffering from tie
- q ioe climate. Tie Governor. Gen
!, -. -,llR IN Comparative opalencs with,
- gsaeh - .h,