The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-26
THE SAVERS DOOM.
Significance ~ the Present East
4friesn Blockade.
Humsn E.ssne. SssA - Tis0aszsa&s---
The E3ss.ssy Progress - ssss
Ar4s.-


AsrieA Ia st last 5eslT- 4 s she
frs ssep n Tie rev cnasAae against
the Afrsern slsve tra8e. Tie c5rlszsa
governments c4nast Aaar& to res4Hs
frsz sush coates .8esezt-s, an Z
p-osz.ises ta I've loag an ta1feF ssrrg-
gle. Great Braaa ard tserzn zs,s S-S1i
en.gears~ TO e-sasdisA IS means o
ma.r usr-slssp- ~ elective bsoeks3e
alaae $3.50 utrs 81 me co@si- from
suzl-ssrl on tls Fed >e.. 10 AazazIs iiistlss
h pct a stsr - 1iie eEporf sl@re trade
pgnfsh Arab vsnlatoEs 81 iaSs and -
yeaet n.fti ssie tine horrors q the save
rtase T. tai- great Undertaking
there arr cBol reason - e1fs,e{ t44s
Ithtr Frsnre, and RoT1 gal az4 FAF-
fjeipate 50 sefae extent. cardinal
I,gyigpre a 30 - preparing 60 sezaa
nary - she bag lake - attaeE tse
slzve trade Nt one 81 is4 cal~i sources
a. .4priv. Iii. elB7 zen, Fsssa - AL
the ebiss capital 81 t. gfse % i'si44l
81 hlp..iiag Afrira aas r. gitea n large
fs,ufrits rs suz. AMOUNTING nos -
nearly $50 gs3, with Mngeh he hopes
sooa l. stars hi CT safe Toe Arabs
by their r. est att.cEs o. tae Euite
safslerusslf g East AfGs and L4ke
NVa.sa. ans b. fGe3f sF3s!est intention
T. oppose Nith hre-4ria- tiie 4Ire4a -
eivfIIs1tsoa have preclsa aiei tlls
struggle. mhiGh MI keep Airlca seeifl-
ius- for ve4fs. aud IL b. hoped, Wiii ni-
firsatelv break dBWn tbs vat - ten
nj eH.iarelnent An8 terr0r'zsag whlch
the Arab have established over = r1rse
part Of the continent
-Fhe tIss Ga taae lave aeids are
mostly Tag n. Tae AFau s. fhs pio-
ueer efa5 grant among tasIa. Far and
aide he h4s seatlert has = 4ttlGS - q.
esfal.li she-i ms large haTems 80 native
women. and mp I'D win firearms tue
big chief who iJin him 10 b- raids
,fser, aefan less savage. Toe req ms
Where hss curse b As " late wear been
most heavi fei. are foand ~ the ioi-
tiest and lHo4f beautiful part h ~ ga-
to-i4i Affiea. whose in7a lt4at have
NOT long kaoSu either the AF4 or tile
Eurouean On tie immense table
lands % th region, iloe abundant
raia- make the great lsses taat iced
The headwaiefs 81 the Congo and Lam-
best. large district have been swept
clean Of population bf save RAIDS.
The longest lake IN TIE world. IaaEan-
yiki. T. seen 90 extend on both tne p
area Wet 81 the northern eua ri
TaugauvikA, along the banks of the
CONC. aad on the rolling saFannas Tar
west Vi ia it TiVrf, Il IS estlni atei mat
about 2JHI0 square miles have been
drained OF their people. On iae Wet
ern he4dwaters OF tIe Congo, atg0 Il
9De,D "a lare mile. have been 80 nearly
depJpul1ted that the region j. no
longer profitable field FOR save hunt
ing south oi Lake BauEweoio, IA the
yefy district where Livingstone died.
Giraud tel- us that the Arabs have
turned 5000 square miles into Wild
erness A large region east OF Lake
Nyassa. where Livingstone urst real
lied all the horrors ~ the slave traiiir,
has been almost wholly depopuiated.
Cardinal Lavisere, whose missionaries
have witnes el these tragical scene IN
the lake regions. show clearly how IL
Il that the Arabs. after few raids.
often leave large districts devoid Of hu-
man life He says
The Arabs organize their expeii-
tions as II they were gong 10 war
They fail az night on deteuceless wi
lages. setting IRE to the straw nuts
and firing upon everyone they meet
The inhabitants try 10 escape, seeking
safety In the wood, in the heart OF
thickets, in the tail grass Of the val
leys. They are pursued. The aged,
the men who offer resistance and who
cannot he sold in the markets, are
killed the women and children are
seized All who are eapiured-men,
women and chlireu-aFe hurried oil
To some market in the interior Then
commences for them series OF IN
speakahle miseries The slaves are on
foot The men who appear the strong
est and whose escape Is - be feared
have their hands tied, and sometimes
their feet in such fashion that walk
ing becomes q torture. On thElr neckS
are placed yokes which attach several
OF them together. They march all
day. aud at night. when they stop 10
rest. fcw hanafuls ul sorgho are dis
tributcd. This is al their food, After
the tir day or tw0 the fatigue the
suierine aud ihe priyatiJBs have
weakened a great many. Toe women
and the agei are the hrt to halt.
Then, in order % strike terror into
this TAI cradle mas. their conductors,
q
ml1e powder. approach those who APP
pear to be the most exhausted and
deal them "a terrible blow uu the nape
OF the neck The unfortunate victims
fan to the ground ia the Couyul ,ions
OF death The terrified troop imme-
diateiy resumes its march Each time
some enc breaks down the same hor-
rihle scene is repeated At night, ON
arriving at the hating place. not
les. irightfni scene await, them. The
trainckcrs IN human he-h have a.
quired by experience a knDVicdee OF
how much their victims can endarc.
4 glance huws them tho-c Who viii
sink from WEAKNESS, then TO cCuno-
miEe the scautv food. they pass he
hind these wretched beings and fell
them with single blow Their Curpses
remain where they fall In thi, man
ner the weary tramp continues
sometimes for months Their number
dimiui hes daily
1t has been said that the routes OF
slave caravans IN Equatorial Africa can
he traced hv the bones Of the negroes
that strpA the say \ large part of
the slave raid. OF TODAY. however. do
not include single Arab among the
raiders Their native allies have be-
come so expert in the art -; slave
catching that they go alone ON the
hunt and hiring their vretChed captivcs
Ca the Arab u sell them tor tribe.
paid IN ammunition or other mcrChan-
disc Jerome Becker who has pas ed
three years az Tangauyika. ~ayS thai
none uf the Arab merchants there now
takes part personally iu slave hunt,
Capt Mis-mah saws that the chief
enemie~ of the nerrue~ are RON the
negroes hPW-rlyv-. many at whom
entertain - high ou admiration for
the ia lutis~s Arab as go Pc willing 10
serve him a. soldier slaves Hut helm
him t. tyrauuise over their fellow ne
grogS
Up to about l. wear ago thee Arabs
were exporting through the ports Of
the Zanzibar coast ~ the African is-
lands, Arabia aud Turkey. about pl.-
en- slave. a year. which, according 20
all observer, involved the capture or
destruction at at least lnontu TSoplc
Eueiands blockade ot the coast hen
reduced the trade "a a smuggling t~af-
fic. But there has been large revival
81 the export trade since England
pya, ucally raised the blockade thrvs
wears age. Mr. William, of the Uni
Nsr~itic. Missions saws that in iS~i he
saw n,epi slaves fastened together in
hong gangs ~ heavy wooden RokeS,
pa. his door near the east shore ot
NyAsSa ON their Nay To the coast.