The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-04
AFRICAN PROSPECTS.
what VIII he the Results Of European
Nations There;


There are few better proofs Of general ar
noyance than loud chorus Of at does not
matter That is q fact which il is well TO
remember. while we listen 10 some, at least.
Of the remarks made on Emin Pa-ba's de-
cision 20 remain in Africa with his own
cOuniFymcn. since he has not been permitted
10 remain in his province. For our part
We shall NOT Join in the chorus. for II j. orr
opinion. that To- some extent AT least II
does matter. We neither blame nor
have blamed Emin for doing what be- had Il
perfect ri.ht i0 DO. If there are English
men. a. We suspect there are, who
secretly feel that they have been dC-
frauded Of show at Exeter Hall by his
Obsiinacy. their annoyance deserves no sort
of sympathy. II Is, on the contrary. to the
honor of Emin that he does decline 10 come
to make q holiday for an intelligent audi
cnco Possessed Of siXpcnce. To be shown
On q platform aud leCturcd on AZ the poor
rcaturc who was saved by the heroical.
and almost hcaNen-nsp ircd. effort OF an
her can De agreeable 10 no man II spirit
be thinks that his friends have made il
quits between them by recording their own
merits az length, We do not know that ne D.
0yery FAR wrong. Enough, however, has
been said here for the present az least,
about The famous relief expedition. II Is
more 10 the purpose 10 take stock OF the ac-
tual situation.
The important fact in that situation Is.
that our friends. the Germans. having now
secured a firm basis Of operation on the
east coast Of Africa. are about 10 strike in
land IN great force under the leadership OF
two men who, IL they can continue To work
together in harmony are eXccllently quail
fed o. ucutraliIe one anOther's defects. and
H. IN a
has an unparalleled knowledge Of that
Equatorial region towards which the
Germans are now pushing. Major
W is,man. again. is nghtcr who Will
doubtless mot allow dreams and sympathics
to stand in the way Of practical work. IT,
then. the two can work in harmony. the
Pashl may supply brains and the Major
backbone. ndcr such guidance with the
road behind them open. basis OF supply.
and a large territory expressly reserved To
them. the Germans ought 10 tap the Lake
District with good success. More than that.
they may push north along the Nile I'M
checked by any competing sovereign right.
lhcrc j, nothing we know Of in tine shape 81
a counter claim on the part q any Euro
pcan state 90 prevent the reOccupatlon Of
Wadrlai-Or for that matter, an advance
20 khartoum. 10 *, no doubt one thing 10
be- at liberty 10 20 80 far. and another thing
60 Doe able 10 do II. II by any chance the
Major and his colleague. with their black
soldiers. do come into collision with the
very remarkable fighting men whom We
learned to respect at Tamai and Abu klea,
they viii lind them very different advcr-
-irlcs from the coast Arab, and their
slaves.
Eut though that j. true, it equally Re-
mains "a fact HAT We shall have 10 count
with tine presence Of formidable European
rival i'm the Lake District. This rival, too.
bias "a frontier running from the sea To the
lakes. and bee bars for us one route 10 the
North. Ills presence makes il infinitely
more difficult. 81 not impossible, for Us tor
tablisb thai unbrOkcn chain of posts from
Natal tO Egypt, which 10 shOsld have been
oar aim 90 set up years ago. The aggraNai-
ing feature Of the whole story is that We
IN ght -O easily have done then what We
snail Doe put o. do in "A much inferior fashion
now. A. -lr samuel Baker points out in the
Times, We bad. when We were forced TO lay
hands CO. Egypt. "A series of stations gOing
right up 90 tAc Lakes ready provided for us.
Incy may have been set up at an cNtrdNa-
CANT cost, and have been under the control
of "a very bad administration; but there the.
were. ANA 10 was a further extravaganza 90
in oW them aNat. IL was ina our power To-
have improved the administration with
ease.
IhefAin-- done. however. aie done. We
haNt iDit tha Nahd to become master from
hhIioum tJ the Lakes. NchaNc been COM
reiioj to ecc Tine Germans drive "A solid
wedge into Africa ri bt across a country
which mi .ht $50 easily nave been ours; and
now 10 only remains for 10, 10 make the best
use OF what is leit. II ., "a consoling reilcc.
tiou thJl what remains b, not little. In
some rUart' Us we notice % tendency 10 md
consolation in the reflection that after
aN there is Very littl" 10 DE got in
Central Africa. To cur mind this
discovery comes somewhat Late. There is
ring about 10 az 30 not unknown old story Of
20 i1A and 3D. bunch Of grapes We should
have iolld uut before That there is nothing
worth seeking M Central Africa. and not
have waited Co., learn it iili some One else was
competing Vifh u- for that nothing. Bui
tlccfiieuor Is rather tlat there is some
thing worth king Don that great rc.ion,
and There b. proof in abundance that 10 IL il
Our. well under control 10 can he made well
worth possessing.
Moreover. 70 is equally certain that some
% thc regions best worth tapping are NOT
barred Co. u- either bv ihe Germans or the
Naudi OH. long report lately given in The
STANDARD OF .hp expedition into Masalland.
l'd ny Count ic.eM and Lieutenant Won
% int4. may irach N7 lnIl iucir l- great
H.l4 open 80 commercial enterprise. which
is moro accessible by as ;han by any other
people. Tine expedition. we may note. il
su- 81 tAe most honorable conducted into
africa for years past. IL has been
uec from violence. and las not been
made an excuse for swagger. II is ia
our power 90 initiate il. The Count and
bis i.ilow-eXplorcr point ont that they have
shown the way 10 Arab caravans. W mere
fine Arabs can go we can gO-and not the less
because il appear, 10 be possible 70 use
beasts of burden in this district. What can
Doe done here can also Dee done i'm the Lakes.
We cannot be dcbarred from reaching them.
and il H. always in our power 10 compete
Wiih the German. II may have been an act
of 1lly 90 allow him to be- there as our com
pctiiOr: bat since he is there we have moth
ue for IT.. hat TO accept the situation We
have made for ourselves, and do the best Wt
can with if.-St. James Gazette.