New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-24

noarance of force and in proportion 10 'he quIeo
and simple way in which they moved ABOUT
whereas where missionaries and others nave gone
into the Dark Continent with too much OF out
ward show. and with unduy large caravans anu
with arms. nothing but difficulties and disaster
seem TO have surrounded them.
The Christian residents should follow asri-
or,,ot rrrspits or be medical men, or better STILL
combine the two avocatlons IeS "oulu soon
ho ohlo +o raise nm around them a group OF native
tpacbcrs and assistants, while engaged In tnelr
secular calling, and thus while supporting 'non-
so,,.o. ord tboir families. would be carrying out
IN . moct sAectual manner the highest and Tore
most work of the Christian missionary "hiie
not desiring 10 utter one note OF depreciation ol
the noble band of clerical missionaries VINO nave
devoted and in many cases laid down. their lives
for the spread of the Gospe IN Africa l cahho'
helm thinking that the influence OF Ohf".'"h
missionary is greatly increased when ne can loho"
some secular calling on the lines ilulca'eu d"o.e
w., ,,-o,,ld have TO be advanced, at any rate for
the first few years, TO the lay inisS'o,''s io''u
&C r,uob ne at present to the clerical missionary
- ri,incstone General Gordon, and nearly
IN ,rbo have given long and continued thougnt
:. 49, Droblom NJ the African slave-trade, have
o.,o soonor or later 10 the conclusion that one OF
| 81. most effective and powerful instruments for
che sunnression of the save-trade, and for the
confederation Of the condition of the African
ooorlo is that of opening up improved commun-
| oo+ion right through and into the heart OF Africa
from -he ports on the sea-coast AS Africa i SO
wonderfully favored with the most splendid anu
MAGNIFICENT lines OF waterway, IT would seem "s
if in the first instance the lines OF communications
might he formed by placing on the rivers mum
her Of small steamers Of light draught, ana thao
from tho several termini of free and open navi-
cation on the rivers to the ports near the sea
coast short connecting links of cheapy con-
structed railroads might be built
There are ether anti-slavery men in Europe
whose opinions ought 10 have great weight WIN
the Anti Slavery Conference: but they are hoC
within reach While in Paris found that Gar
dinal Lavigerie and NJ. de Brazza had recently
left the city for Africa; and Sir William Mchlh.
non was absent from London while was there'
and General Sanford is not now within easy reach'
However il may he interesting for the American
public TO have some accurate information i'll IT,
gard 10 the origin and present magnitude OF 'he
African slave trade 10 he dealt with by the Cor-
ference of Brussels II the reader Will turn 10
man of Africa and run the eye across that portion
of il described as the SOudan II Will ne 1ouhu
that this region comprises the basin Of Lake Chad
east TO theSamary countries on the west This is
the great African slave region but the traffic is
pushed on most vigorously in the Upper Niger on
the left bank of the Binue along The frontiers OF
Bornu and the Houssa countries. and on the Upper
Shari There are two great centres for the I'M
portation Of slaves: one at Kuka. the capital OF
Bornu, and TimbuctOo. The former supplies the
trade for Morocco and the regions lying TO the
south, and the latter supplies the trade for Irl-
poll Barca and Turkey
II is strange fact that the vast region over
which the Mahd holds sway is identical with that
over which the slave-huntcrs raid in search of
victims for the most cruel system Of bondage ever
instituted in the world. With the revival Of
Mohammedanisn the slave-trade in Africa has
spread with almost incredible facility. When
slavery was abolished in the British West Indies.
and the slave-trade driven from the seas by English
men-of-war; when the slave institution in America
went down before the victorious guns of the
Union army, Mohammedan slavery was unl1nown
upon the African continent. And while IL is true
that the SOudan has always been slave market,
the trade was small, and has only reached gigantic
proportions within the last quarter of century.
In $50 Mohammed- bcn. Ali-el-ScnOussi. n native
| of Temcen. founded the sect of the 1drissya, and
settled in TripOh first in the Jabel-e-khedar. and
| subsequently, in the Oasis Of Farcdgha. Between
the years s4 81 s55 his preaching attracted To
him many ardent disciples; and he established
not only mighty thcOcratic empire-incuding
! Cyrenaica, part Of Trpoli, Fczzan, the Eastern
and Central Sahara, the basin Lake Chad Wadal,
Kanem, and probably Rornu) with population
of about 100000 people-but the slave trade
as well. This modern traffic in human bodies
is at present carried on by his and successor,
Sd-el-Mahdi
When the Europeans and Americans were forced
by law TO desst from stealing and exporting slaves
from the African Continent the fanatical followers
of the Mahdi became their SUCCESSORS IN this
nefarious traffic. From domestic slavery of not
a very rigorous type grew the present gigantic
system OF the foreign slave trade from the African
Continent Several things have contributed to
the growth of the slave trade in Africa, namely
The frequent attempts of the Egyptian and other
armies 10 conquer the Soudan; the anti-slavery
movement in Morocco; the absorption OF Algeria
by the French The civilization Of 1unis, the
emancipation of Greece; the release of CircaSsia
from Turkish dominion, and the closing of the
white slave markets in Turkey. In the consttu-
tion Of the Mahdis army TO repel foreign invasion
the negroes of the Soudan have been included
as most valuable soldiers and although they
have CALAMITY fought on many field, they have
remained slaves and conscripts Once twice
a year raids made TO secure soldiers Tor the
army and slaves for performing mental service
for the troops. On the other hand the extinction
of white slavery has created demand for African
slaves, who imported into Arabia, Mecca,
Syria, Turkey and Persia From Zanzibar. on
the east coast. the Arabs have steadily made
slave raids into the interior of Africa. Their
lines extend from Lakes Samburu and Albert 70
Nepoko and Aruwime, the Lomaml and Sankuru
10 the Upper Lualaba and the Central and Lower
Zambcs. Within this region their columns are
impelled against Uganda, Manyucma, Marungu
Bashlenge country, the country of Msiri, and
along the shores of Lakes BungweolO and Nydssa
The chief termn of the caravans are Quiloa, for