The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-26
CARVING UPACONTINENT
A FLOOD OF LITERATURE TO FOL-
Low sTANLEY'S BOOK.

Herbert Ward. the Explorers Com
panion, Tells Why Stanley's Officers
Are Silent About the Congo-Ihe
speclk of War at Mozambique-ser
Pinto Recalled in Difference to Amer
lean and English Remongtrances-
d.. Peters Big Stake
New YORK, Jan. 25.-Herbert Ward, the
companion of Stanley in Africa, is a per-
feet type of the adventurous young English
man. Tall, well-knit and athletic, one
would scarcely believe, to look at his youth
full face and frank, wide-open eyes, that
here was man who had gone through moro
periis than fall TO the lot of most travellers,
even in lifetime. Explorer, geographer,
writer and artist, he has spent five of the
best years of his life among the cannibal
tribes OF the interior beyond the
Congo; has lived among them,
studied their social peculiarities
| their domestic life, their superstitions and
their barbarities. He has sketched and
photographed them in every conceivable
| aspect, has won their confidence and respect
| by his courage and, in a word, may be said
| TO know more about those wild and hitherto
unknown tribes than any man living.
l found the intrepid young traveller In his
| room at the Windsor hotel lately lust re-
covering from mild attack of influenza.
The whole subject Of African explora-
| ton is most interesting one" he observed.
| Very little Is really known about the
tribes and races who live there Most of
| the books of travel that have been written
are mere records Of observations en- route,
and recitals of personal experiences of the
| travellers. Little or nothing is written of
| the inner life, the manners and customs of
| the tribes, cannibal and otherwise Dur
| ing the five years / passed among
them, l made their life a special study,
and, consequently, whatever / should
write on the subject would be largely of
| that character But /, along with the other
officers of Mr.. Stanley's party, am pledged
to write nothing concerning the Congo or
its tribes until he shall have submitted his
report-it may be six months from now"
WAS there general understanding to
that effect7"
| Eyes; we are all bound by the same
| agreement. His book IhaVe no doubt, will
| be very interesting and valuable one.
When the time comes shall have abundant
material to write about my African ex-
| periences," he added, smiling.
| You have met De Brazza and Serpa
Pinto, the explorers, in your travels, Mr..
| Wardp
"De Brazza, yes; but not Pinto. You
|
| OF the continent, down at Deagoa bay and
the surrounding region, while | was on the
| western side starting from st. Paul de
| Loando l heard about him while / was
| out there, but as to the merits of the con-
troversy in which no is involved l know
little or nothing. l do not intend to go back
TO Africa. / shall go to Europe in March
and then probably to South America, but
hardly out of easy reach of civilization"
There are Indications that, following i'm
mediately upon the appearance of Stanley's
| book, next spring, we will have a food of
African literature, all more or less valu-
able as shedding light upon the mysterious
tribes OF the dark continent. AT a time
| when great struggle IL In progress among
the European po wers for the ascendancy in
African colonization, and when the annexa-
| ton fever seems to have seized half dozen
! governments simultaneously, these pro-
auctions will be viewed with special inter-
est. Eighteen hundred and eighty-nine
will be known as a famous African year,
both for the number of exploring parties in
the field and for the results achieved.
Africa is rapidly being parcelled out by
| the european nations. The Congo Free
State, the main theater of exploration TO-
ward which the energies of England, Bel
| GUM and Germany have been directed, is
neutral territory of Central Africa, having
| been so decreed by the Berlin conference of
1
erelgn and the international guarantees are
for period Of twenty years. Immediately
| to the north and west is the French terri
tory, which De Brazza has largely heIped.to
place under the flag of the republic.
1t stretches from the Ogowe
| river to the Congo, and il
| under a protectorate From the Congo
south to the Cumene river, is Portuguese
| territory; from the Cumene to the Orange
| Free State the country il under German
| protectorate, and from Themes to the Cape
is British. On the eastern side of the con-
tinent, from the gulf to Mombasa, along the
| coast for distance of 200 miles north Of
! Zanzibar, Is another sphere of British in
fiuence, and, again. from Zanzibar south.to
the Rovuma river is German. From the
Rovuma to Delagoa Bay is Portuguese
territory. Following the eastern coast line,
the South African Republic extends
from Delagoa Bay to PETER
| maritzburg. Between this point
and Cape Colony lie Zuluand, the
Orange Free State and Griqua-land, all
three reaching far into the interior. Thence
to Cape Agulhas is British territory, The
| great stretch of Bechuana-land, which
Rider Haggard has made fam liar in his
novels, is under British protectorate.
| North of 1t is a vast unexplored interior
-immense reaches of hill and plain, morass
and desert-known as Matabele-land, Nab
unda-land AMI Lunda. Thu the entire
coast line, with the exception of a few
isolated strips of territory, is in the hands
| of.rival European nations, and every year
the struggle for supremacy in the interior
grows more bitter. 1t IS race of nations,
and the strongest must ultimately win.
The events at Mozambique, which re-
Gently caused straining of the diplomatic
relations between the United States and
| Portugal, and also between the latter
country and England, are not generally
understood here. Mozambique, on the east
ern coast, Immediately south of Zanzibar,
for twenty years has been under
the protection of Portugal. In 1856
revolt occurred in the colony
which was quelled by Portuguese
and native troops. Then a special expedi-
ton was sent out against King Muzilla, the
rebel leader, and King Inhamhame was
firmly established as ruler. Recently
| England granted charter to the British
| South African Company, which Portugal
viewed as tantamount 10 a declara-
ton that England would contest the
claims Of Portugal to that part
| of Africa in which the company has
its lands The territory acquired by the
new company, and which it was designed
to make a part OF the British empire, con-
tains about 800, 600 square miles. Portugal
declared the act of England in granting
charter over these lands to British subjects