New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-08

certainly appears very trlhlis but c'ch "i''" ~
limits tho import duties certainly couiu NOV '"'"'
any commercial interests - -, -, ,h.
Wat vtlcr objections have been raised by 'he
Wei. they relate mainly to- matters Of detail.
They have oDeccd on the siOund iiit Import au.cs
rom,d inpeoc The free circulation OF m,rchanase.
mi, surely cannot thai tic liberty 0i ,f1iisl,
x"nld he icopadzcd because this liberty is expressly
mag,nccd by the brussels act III II means tit the
,evvnr of such duties VIII Involve vexatlols fornaes,
shi. would imply DOUBT a. u the validity OF solemn
gree to simplify FAR as possible, all tie necessary
ormales and TO facilitate tue commercial Up rdtons
onner ~ viewing the levy ing OF import duties, have
ven ample proof rnat they viii cOnstrue and execute
Inc act in the most iiycIsil manner a.,
YIN. Sail further, II the dimcntes advanced by the
Dutch we're real it would seem neXpcabie why they
on sprtuous liquors and 70 the restrictions placed Oh
The trade IN firearms Other oIle, uons snch q, ~, s
and the raising of all prices, wond apply win c'pai
force to export duties. IN act ne,tncr IMPORT iivr
iniHions elect on commercial transactions. such
duties with all their iormalities are levied by ams
other African colonies; and no complaint has beem
heard That tine development OF commerce had been
Then the Netherlands stand alone in their opposl'
Absolutely alone over against the rest Of the civil,
lied world and son a ae haye 5csn e The Dutch
journals announced with great flourish o, trumpet
with the British Government protest sgsnst the I'm
port duties Congo, but they have failed TO ment,Hn
r;,isb eovcrnment addressed reply to the Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce, stating that tho duties IN que,
on WIZ in oher words TINT they would he the price
TO b. pad TO- the abo on o. the Slave trade TINS wa
suficsnt and the Liverpool Chamber OF commerce.
ster tbis delaraton yielded gracefully and acknowl
edslne the force of the argument at once Abandoned
nt scarcely had this supposed ally vanished IN
the air when the Dutch journals Immediately petcnd 1
q have found ass us se on 10 the Congo
hostile the introduction OF import duties III nsnns
these statements the Dutch press can nave reicFcse
tIa protpS MT
crusade has fully convinced the world OF the anu
slavery zeal of the Catholic mssionarles ow ,s"t
from an article which recently appeared In The Mis
sonary Herald the prncipa! organ OF the rrGe' MN
missions OF the Congo, published by the Bap'ht MIS-
@,i1 order TO enble the Government OF the Congo
State TO fulfil it, difficult task 10 assure respect ior
the laws, to maintain order Throughout us Immense
territory and TO carry out the decisions decisions OF te e r ac
trade it became indispensable to raise cerI.a ,axcs,
No country least of all one OF snch vast eXeh' ,a
should naturally be imposed on commerce WHICH lt,
dy nat 70 exceed Sedf 10 cent ad
viii in future be levied on all goods TPor'ed thc sr
Of berlin relative 10 commercial liberty. In no
African port are goods entered liec OF Import G,
the fact that hitherto Banana, the prlcpai port VI
Congo enjoyed immunity from duty: A..
1T will thus be seen that the enGeav0r Ti .e
utterly vain Any who takes the trouble 10 read
unbiased the interminable discussions Of the BUSES
by tho Dutch Is entirely untcnable. FOR this TerS
reason the Netherlands have attempted TO ieau
and and to induce tn" the Conference TO seek some
other means except import duties TO ad thc Sonto
state The Conference nrmiy refused " tntcr. imso
such a discussion, stating with good reason t'' II AZ
not finance committee and that IL lau not i i, !"
discuss the budget of tn, Congo state The Dutch ihsn
uate1 that commerce had not derived any slecai Dcc
fits from the establishment Of the Congo state. Ihese
mcrcisI societies have been founded day by day that
considerable competition has sprung up, that uIin5
posts established in the very hcar, ..
and finally that the cold and cruel hgiies Oh s,ss
prove cOnclnsiveiy the constant growth vi coIcipi
transactions In that country: -, A., ..o .io,e h.,e
alt Is incontestabc fact That the expor'tius NV
steadily increased from year 10 year III 1850, 1iv
7o5 700 kilograms, and II lssDDU 10 ~ tnr
kilograms. They have therefore, qnadruple1 IN iouI
years Only the figures for the period after looo Ut
be considered, for prior % mat year no ocsr h h
were taken. Public opinion In Europe, wiuch mas
closely followed the different phases OF the discuss,0
will be oath to believe that the Brussels ac sioud "a
strnped of all line phases, is based on purely mer
cenary and egotstlcal grounds. IL Is true naI we
Netherlands have declared their willingness 10 sign ue
act of Brussels pure ana simple ~rIoo e so ~ exc
cutting IT, The Conference simply reilsed 70 enlerlun
this proposition considering that 1t would be Unworthy
Lncw beforehand that il could not be put INTO erect
The state of Congo with the approval OF an . 1ae
Powers did not wish 10 see its Signature 20 70 ~,
Inv subscribing to obligations which could not DC nut
filled and its position the only one which u could
take in view Of its strong ant-slayery declarations
"Only few months remain OF tine period o uelas
hone and wish of all true friends OF the colored race
that they may see TT to reconsider her nd
instead OF Obsrcting the march OF clvllzaon lehd
their aid without grMdge which or must be- Considered
as one OF the browning glores OF the hhe'ceh, ce"
tury.'