Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
Who Was Formerly a Wholesale
Slaughterer, Dies in Exile
at Tenerife.
AN OBJECT OF FALSE SYMPATHY,
The EnvOys of the King of Gszaland-
Create Big Scare at the Court
Of Queen Victoria
BY THEIR UNIQUE DIPLOMATIC WAYS.
4 Fearful Suspicion That Polite Society Has Been
Lionizing Frauds
rBr CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH,1


LONDON, July liking ia ia, of Opobo,
on the west coast of Africa, has just died
in exile at Tenerife. For years previous
to his deportation he was engaged in war
with local rival king, Oko Jumbo, and, as
the latter had ..Gatling gun, supplied, it
is believed, by benevolent New York firm,
and the former had several small Armstrong
cannon, sold to him by philanthropic Brit
ish gunmakers, the slaughter used to be ap-
palling. The missionaries repeatedly
called upon civilized governments to inter
fere in the name of humanity, but both
monsters pursued their sanguinary way un-
molested from the outside, until ia ia un-
wisely interfered with British traders and
tried to form gigantic corner on palm oil.
Then England awakened to full sense of
his enornities, sent a gunboat to Opobo and
carried ia ia away, first to Accra on the
gold coast, and then TO Teneritfe.
As soon as he was in exile, ia ia became
an object of interest TO certain soft-headed
folk who form what is known as 1.-The
Aborigines Protection Society" and an at
tempt was made to raise him to the dignity
Of a martyr. Questions were asked in
Parliament, and the second-rate society made
a great fuss over q couple Of drink-sodden
negroes, who came 10 England as ia JAS
envoys to claim justice.
Trade Benefited by ia JAS Exile.
But all efforts to get ia ia back to his
native land failed. Trade improved as soon
as he left and has since increased by leaps
and bounds, a fact which would have been
an unanswerable argument for his continued
detention had he been a veritable saint
The Anglo-Portuguese Convention, set
ting disputes between the two countries
respecting their territories in Africa, meted
out very scanty justice to the King of
Gazaland, whose grievances were recently
set forth. The terms OF the convention
have not been communicated to the Kings
euvoys, Huluhulu and Umfeti, who are
sill here. Otherwise the Queen would
scarcely have ventured 10 receive those
doughty Chieftains at Windsor, as she did
yesterday, without a military guard be-
tween them and the regal person.
The Duke of Abercorn, who is president
Of one Of the numerous British-African
trading companies, introduced the envoys
to the Queen and had some difficulty in
preventing them from groveling at the |
loyal feet, as they would have done in |
Gazaland. The ENJOYS, however, could not |
be restrained from saluting the Queen after /
the manner of their country, by bowling |
out the titles of their sovereign, a proceed. |
ing, which, accompanied by wild gesticula-
tion, somewhat alarmed the staid ladies of |
the court.
The Queen Bears Up Bravely.
The Queen, however, bore the ordeal un-
finchingly, as though it were quite in ac-
cordance with diplomatic usage, and lis |
tened very gravely to a message from her |
brother monarch of Gazaland, in which his |
grievances were set forth. Her Majesty of |
England promised to refer the message to
her Ministers, and the envoys went away,
delighted and confident that they had won
their case. Since then, through the me-
dium Of the reporters, they have been
spreading butter very thickly upon the
Queen. who, according to Umfeti, Clocks at
all her subjects with a gracious smile and
love in her eyes"
Haluhulu declared directly that they saw
the Queen, and long before they knew who
she was, "they recognized her by her
qneenly presence" After these pretty
compliments, and in view of the manner in
which polite society has lionized these en-
voys, it is sad to report that telegram re-
Ccived from Africa to-day throws grave
doubts upon their genuineness. Their
King, ii is said, has solemnly and publicly
declared in the presence of the British
Consul that he is a vassal of Portugal and
that lie has not sent envoys to Queen Vic
toria. The position of Huluhulu and Umfeti
seems therefore 20 require explanation from
somebody