Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-17

AlHNNl iAs > Argus
The mission Of Cardinal Lavigerio to
the &lropean powers for The purpose OF
onisung their active sympa by in check
log, II not extitpatiug the slave trado IN
Africa, rs likely TO produce good fruit.
Slavery, which has been abolished IN every
other part OF the world, still exists in its
most horrible form on the Ozark Contin.
emit and 10 has been the aim Of eKplor.
ers like Livingston aud Stanley 10 lay
bare its hideuus features. la the vast
territories which lie immediately south
Of the European p oss, ssion in North
Africa, OF which Timbuotoo he the centre,
IN tho dumiuionE OF the sultan OF Hauzi-
bar eud IN the interior of the Congo re-
zion, the slave trade lDuri-hes to-day,
under Mus-niman auspices. Cardinal
LayiRerIe describes the crossing of the
Sahara desert by the 10cks OF women and
children thai tho Arab caravans drag
after them. aud it reads more like the
tales Of the early slave traders than &C
curreuoes OF tho present day. "a right.
rul Journey in which they travel on foot
over dry sands beneath a soprchinR sun,
and through country in which food il
often wanting, and water still more often.
I
but the women and children receive
only just enough TO keep them from
dying; for. il they died, they would cheat
theIr xecutioneis of the profit they look
for" If one of those unhappy oaptives
falls through exhaustion, the death blow
ia given by the guard. Villages and
whrle provinces are devastated IN one Of
those periodical "hunts" organized by the
Arabs for slaves, and the annual loss OF
human life Is almost Incredible. When
the natives take refuge in the great
tbickots or iunRles, ths inhuman hunters
set IRE TO the brush and capture those
who arc not sootehed by tho flames. BY
such barbgrous exceeses, the heart Of Al
rioa ~ rapidly becoming desert. Com
mander Loyett Cameron, OF the British
navy, says: 81 have seen the saves on
board the Arab dhowe, bent double, their
knees draau up 20 their onin, covered
With wounds and bruises, d. ing tor want
of food and drink, he dead bound to the
living, ard the small pox adding Its ter
rible contagion 20 the miserles with which
thcy were overwhelmed"
The denomination made on the coast
Of Znzlbsr by q rmany and England
may be regarded ~ practical answer TO
the appeal OF Cardinal LaviRerie. IL is
probable that the sultan of Zanzibar, the
chief offender in the prosecution OF the
slave trade, will be compelled 20 give sub
stantial assurances Of his intention TO
suppress such inhuman trafiio. Il is only
by The arguments of rifle eGd cannon that
the Arabs can be induced TO give up their
Combined action ON the
part Of the European powers nov enRag
"a ia establishing colonies in Africa can
alone root ont ch a Disgrace % the civ
llization Of this eye. Their material in
terests, apart from humane considera-
tons. impel them 10 put a stop to the
ira fio that il fast depopulating their new
II the markets on the sea
coast bs destroy ed there will be no long
70 any OBI CT for the traders IN human
lesh 10 pufsue their horrible occupations.
BY seizing Zanzibar, the Germans will de-
.troy the headquarters Of the slave trads,
and il is likely that such is the object OF
the present blockade and expedition.