Smyrna times., 1888-10-31
Emin Pasha and His Work in
Africa.


While there is reason to fear for the
safety of Emin Pasha and Stanley, the
civilized world is buOyed by the hope
that relief may reach these brave
The foothOld which Europeans have
already gained on the Ozark Cont
nent," in spite of deadly coast climate
and the innumerable perils to life
among barbarCus tribes, is sure to be
followed in time by complete posses
sion. 1t may be, too, that occupation
and partition of territory will be fol-
lowed by those struggles for the mas
terry which make up so much of the
early history of our own country but |
these things concern the future and |
must be determined in the future. In |
the meanwhile no one who has cOnsid- |
cred the subject can fail to be fascina- !
| ted with the problem which has for its |
object the civilization of so great por-
! ton of the world as the magnificent
continent of Africa. Step by step the
adventurous explorer has unfOlded its
wonders. Each in turn has cOntribu-
ted his share to our knowledge of it,
geographically and otherwise. Some
have gone through every danger to
themselves personally in the interests
of humanity and others in the interests
of commerce, until Africa in our day
has become as much a subject of con-
sideratiOn in European courts-Eng-
lish, Belgian, German, French, Italian
AS America was a hundred years or
so ago. The maps of the continent are
more complete and our our geOgraphi-
cal knowledge more minute than that
of the far western territory of the Uni
ted States fifty years ago. Six or eight
of the countries of Europe have planted
stations and begun the struggle with
each other for territorial sway in the
hitherto closed central and equatorial
region. In the southern section the
English and Dutch have founded pros
porous States; in the extreme north
an old Eastern civilization has existed
for centuries. 1t is from this civiliza-
, ton, which may be said to be based
upon slavery that the chief impedi-
ments to African development come.
= Central and equatorial Africa have long
r been at the mercy of the Arab slave
and ivory-hunters, who regularly
J sweep down upon defenseless tribes to
2 trade with them, and in the end to
burn their villages, massacre the help
less, and enslaVe the able bodied to
carry ivory to market. Emin Pasha, il
: he lives, is to-day the wise, humane
e and only force opposed to the Arab en-
t SLAYER and his enOrmities. He is an
j, Austrian, his real name being Sehnit.
# zer, and was born in 1910 at Oppeln
# He is a physician, and in 1868 was ap.
: pointed surgeon in the Turkish army
6 On being sent to Egypt, Gen. Gordon
l. made him surgeon-general of his army
l. In 1878 he was made governOr-genera
of the equatorial provinces with the
8 title of Bey, and afterwards promoted
s to Pasha. The vast territory ovel
l. which he was set to rule, containing
e six millions of inhabitants, had beeI
G overrun by slavers. Within three
!" years he had driven these robbers ou
le of his dominions, and, making his owl
ic government self-supporting, had, il
Y, addition, sent $40, 900 yearly surplus t,
K, the Cairo government. He carried Oh
extensive public works, resorted to NJ
severe taxation, but made his peOpl
prosperous by the exercise of ecOnom,
in government, the suppression c
pa abuses, and training the natives to be
ID come industrious producers. He az
v quired the languages of the races owe
he whom he ruled, established trainin
ID stations, developed agriculture and in
dustrial pursuits, and completely CAV
f. peace and good order. His idea was
Sc civilize the negroes in the shortei
st time possible, and the results which n
at warded his efforts were remarkabl
M He had hospitals for the sick; he col
ed structed roads in various directions
M he taught the natives how to max
at wagons, and they raised cotton, coffe
rice, wheat, indigo and tobacco success
ell fully. These progressive steps wei
es not carried on without outside oppos
ls ton and hostility. The Mahdi al
ell Arab slave-trading influences whiC
" overwhelmed Gordon closed arOuI
rs. Emin and cut him off from commur
ere cation with the rest of the world,
ms that in 1866 it was difficult for him
send out letters giving clearly the n
mt ture of his situation. At that time
v had 10 fortified stations along the Nj
mt while his command consisted of 1,5
mo soldiers, 10 Egyptian and 15 negro Of
-oE GERS and 20 COptic officials. His gre'
est danger was that his ammunitit
would not hold out many months.
- could easily have made his own escaI
&C. backed by force strong enough to {
their way through the hostile 81
ms roundings, but he would not aband
3 a women and children to their fate a
ess- the natives to tie mercy of the sla'
on traders. Such is Emin Pasha and
no situation when the last definite repO
the were received from himself. DIR. il
lose ker, the Russian explorer, left him e
en- ly in 1886, and succeeded in sendi
IT, back to Emin some relief. In
40 spring of 1887 the relief expedition
1e Henry NJ. Stanley was started on
ma mission, and large German expe
per- ton is being prepared for the sa
uch errand. 1t is therefore probable t
hey in few months at farthest we '
n0I know definitely the fate of both En-
aie and Stanley. We may all SINGER
wish for the safety of these two her
of African exploration and devel
ment; but whatever their fate,
Drug work in which they were engaged '
Of SO go on, and barbarism will finally vi
sGoT. sDor. on the Dark Continent" as it has
fact all other parts of the world, to the
ointsS; fuence and interests of civilization
e.AAe D.It