Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-17
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fur ssyssAl years rI-yt-s-t hss bssz
n progress directed tczsr1 the r,sirot.s
EXTINCTION q tbs .s-s t-a5s Z L.g.e-. It's
Dost enthusiastic srpp9ria, hxs btsl
hiug Leopold o. Dsls.uu.5: WAS ta.oaza
as Efforts that the Co1Fo Fres STAG VS.
established, brd numerous ssstiyls un5s:
tie BtlgiEr HEg have been io1Iisi >:
localities klopg the CeEgo .ivs.. The
Ert-alEveTy conferences Of EurcpsIa
powers have manifested ETnpa:hy With
the movement. bat hive Cifsd il lille
beyond moral support The burden oi
the work hss been borne By Belgium, and
chiefly hy TIE king t.Istl,, <so fss r-s.-
tanned large per; q ihs eIp=rFs CIT c:
his private purse. The n1ysDsn; has
siEtz1! done E1ca towards the e.T.ii= 70
Of the commercial d!stfic: sloaR n river,
bit Il has made little CT 10 Impression
upon the slave tEt5. .sE 11slss into The
interior.
1t has been generally Supposed tbs:
the Arabs are resporsiols for ;hs vors.
Of the African sl4vs stLie. On .hs eEs.
coast and tbs adjacent irisrioF districts
this il She fact. Wien Stanley led his
famous expedition tcT TIE relief o; Living
ttont, IL years aga, he ercountered con-
patA.ively h.sle Of slavery eI.epi what
was supported By tue AfEb tls5ers. Thst
form Of slavery hsa then attained ftAEt-
Htg dimensions. II vas DI. Kitt's prae-
tics Of sending from Zsrz Dor 10 Living
stone relief troops OF rsSro slaves wLiea
led 20 Llyipsstone's protest and the sub
Eequsnt breach between himself and Kirk
The British military expeditions on tle
upper Nile encountered slavery under the
ArEbs in It's worst form. But even ia
tins Of wpr the Interior tribes hsd 10.
b.oupEt the enslEYing OF captured enc
mics to anything resembling the abuses
Of the ArsG kheIkhs.
On she west CO.'S, the situation il rsi-
ically different. Here the Argbs tsvs
scarcely pensiia:A1; hut the E.aTs trade
Is fEs xeEse tGGn il eastern 4tIisa. Tnis
poin. is clearly brought out in IN article
on the subject in lie lss. CsHtlry from
the pen Of one o. SANKEY'S eutpost coz
maLders OF the Congo. The develop
Of the slave trade as CON rne.eial iasti q.
ton among the savage tribes as descsioei
In this sriicle, will BE- news 10 mcs!
stueects Of thu problem. 1t Is the prac-
tc2 Of the stronger tribes to desczrd
upon tltiT neighocis sai to eEslsYs al
captiTss fx9ep; the physically Etss, who
are slaughtered on the spot OF those
who sss Kept, the leaders Of the 7ictciious
tIlos tsE4 the most use:G. mon GO tla' e
soldiers in tier ranks, and q uuIabss I
the women IS wives for the chiefs. TIE
rest are retained for trading puroosa /:
tbs standard o. vs,as on tie CD4ngi, ia
the weeds Of the author, teirR nam \
FISH. So fe sriy uuae.stcoI il tAi,,
ttss the CONN sE-e: o. Bn eIpsaIi5n 3
repeatedly urged 70 exchange one Of mis-
boats crew for food or ivory. Tbs rect
terrible OF TIE ziaVery abuse, Forever,
take the icrIo Of human saesiGes: rot 30.
pstenly as reiiEio1s rite. tut merely
~ an occasional and fer.cIyus hzfuar.an
crgie. On such DECISIONS caunibalism Is
"a ordinary accompaniment; 50 ou=nly
| practiced that fragments Of human l-=n
arc commonly cfer for 'puo.ic sstc
That this Oh I'D oeeur Ia the actual
presencs q European cfacers is stain
upcn CIV lizAaon.
TIE writer Of the article proposes o
remedy; AM this i. ro,a!uy l1c,z taan
/ the prohibition Of slavery under severe
| Fanatics, enforced by the pres res OF
armed European soldiers Il is cafstul '
| pointed out tina. the trsffi. is not, Ike
\ the lEdiBn ingceraaut prsc ICES compi.
+ Gated By Religious fRu&ticism; that tue
tribes are disunited and iudFyiduslly
/ weak and that STOW Of physical supe
ioEity never falls 20 COW the African
/ savage, /. eeems, too, that tho native
mird is readily open 10 conviction as tc
| the wrongs o. the slave trade. Here is
cass, therefore, where tue missionary aGa
the soldier may we'll lGbor 10 co1csrt
| A patrol OF armed vessels on tie Congo il
tuggested as the most simple method q
en'orcipg such law.
A Tbs great tsi.1ty 0: ob'eiring Co
f operation among tie European sfatsa hal
been the d!slike ai the powers to engag,
in the mater Waere tic acqn sit,9u .
territory is rot 10 qu5s ion. Eut tie lis
ing con nlelciei importance Of ihs Corg,
gives foreign states definite interest il
the qulst:on. II plan &c. q Congo raj
way hss enlisted in lis fnpn1rt AnaFiGz,
as well as foreign capitalists. This, il
it's own WY, viii DO mach PEooati
The seading Of capable misa.cna.i.
would DO more.