Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-02-01
WHAT ELSE COULD HA We BEEN
EXPECTED.


EXPECTED.
Doleful accounts continue 10 reach us
from the German settlements in the Congo
country. The company which formed them
is hopeessly bankrupt. The Arabs, in
famed with wrath and savage as ever in
their old, immemorisl instincts Of plumber
and murder, wage a perpetual war upon
those OF the traders who are the furthest
so far has shown no signs of sympathy.
1t is declared indeed that Prince Bismarck
looks coldly upon everything connected
with this colonization business, and is in
disposed in all ways to lift hand in relief.
Was 1t reasonable 10 have expected much
else
Inland a days march from Zanzibsr-
who ever makes it, if he be European, can
begin by carrying his life perpetually in his
open hand. More than one evil besetment
is constantly lying in wait to claim it. Arab
tribes, never at peace; African tribes, their
lips ever working in a sort of mumbo jumbo
delight over anticipated feasts of human
flesh. The climate that hunts especially for
the liver and pours out its full fury there,
the jungles, their poisonous exudations peo-
pied with specters as their white mists take
upon themselves all kinds Of ghastly forms
and contorted images, the rains which are
said TO rend the clouds asunder that they
may the sooner drown out the earth, fevers
which have not yet been named, but which
pit the body with putrid pustues as the
Black Death once did in the worlds history.
These are few ofthe more formidable foes
the white man has to encounter, some one
of which is constantly within arms reach,
full-gauutleted to smite hard and spare not
1t has always appeared strange if not
an unnatural yearning, this ycarning on the
part oi 80 many OF the white nations 10 get
into Africa and occupy more or less of its
territory. They make no Roadway. The
struggle is constant one for bare life.
Trade and traffic are carried on under the
most cruel and distressing circumstances
Natures barriers are we'll nigh impervious
10 blow or blast. AT the end OF each step u
sacrifice is demanded, and before journey
is well done the exactiens have amounted
10 mountain.
England has tried all manner Of schemes
to secure safe and profitable Judgment.
Not " the same extent, but still there have
tried also France, Holland, Italy, Belgium,
the United States some little, Austria scarce
ly any at all, Turkey with more success in
several ways than all the balance, and now
Germany Is reaching out somewhat in the
same old direction, and with about the same
old measurement Of progress.
Up to date the worst kind Of bad luck has
attended every German settlement Sick
ness has wrought sore havoc in many in
stances. Bloody encounters have, and still
continue TO occur, where the same old sor-
rowlul story has to be told of the heroic
few perishing by the sheer attrition Of over
powering numbers.
To even the casual observer it might con-
stantly appear rs if the whites never begin
with soldiers enough. A chosen body of
not less than twenty thousand men ought
" be thrown into the territory the Germans
propose to occupy or would like to occupy,
and then girt it about with posts impregna-
Bile to everything in the shape OF fire arms.
In this way it Is only possible 10 break the
Arab spirit, and until this is broken any ex.
eniel plan OF colonization is ii delusion
and snare.
The following is the latest from this re.
gion Of country:
IAN English missionary named Brooks
and sixteen Of his followers were murdered
on Saturday near Saadani by members of
the coast tribes and natives Of Zanzibar.
These murders indicate the hatred to whites
the Germans have aroused. Saadani for
many years has been the starting point OF
European missions, the natives welcoming
the missionaries and assisting all of them,
especially the English. The murder has
caused sensation. Tue question as To the
measures England will take 10 punish the
murdcrers is eagerly discussed here"