New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16

continent her own fair play might be eeiu-
natelv susnected But the Germans complain
bitterly. in their turn, and openly attribute the
A, death Of Baron Won Bulow, in the region OF
! Kilima-Niaro, to English Vaccinations lhey
| even attack the English missionaries VINO, 'hcS
say, carry the Bible in one hand. ana r.i'es 10
seu 70 the blacks in the other, both in the
interests of English commerce, which has
always had its own political methods The
English retort by accusing the Germans ana the
Portuguese in East Africa and the Belgans OF
| Conoo in the West of actively taking part in the
slave trade This, to speak mildly. Is at >ieast
| contrary TO the Act of Brussels Portuguese
seopraphcr Of Lisbon, turning over the pages OF
| .The London Graphic" which professed TO Illus
! trate the horrors wrought by his coun'rymeh'
assured me- Of his own personal knowledge tha'
all this applied much more truthfuIy 10 ,ne
English themselves The Kanaka labor tahc
| in Queensland. which has recently aroused so
much criticism. certainly does not speak wen
for the scruples of trading Engshmen in regard
ia what DR. Patton who is on the spot, calls
this cruel traffic in human beings
| The extraordinary measures taken by Captain
| Lugard in Uganda in behalf Of the English East
| African Company. would alone show the iinpor-
lance of the commercial interests at stake IN the
fer interior Of Africa We turn easily the pages OF
early American history and marvel at the RAPID
advance of European enterprise in the New
World then opened TO 1t. Yet it Is safe TO say
that mere trade has never made its way with
the feverish speed with which it is now travers'
ing what we called but yesterday the African
deserts The advantages of the nineteenth CEN
tury-teegraphs, railways, steamships and equip
mcnts for the inland journcy-are responsible for
this: and all the European nations, which need
new outlets for their productions and fresh ma
tcrials for their industries. that their success
in the field is question of immediate and active
enterprise The Belgian Society OF the Upper
Congo. with whose trade in ivory the Congo Free
State has already incrlcrcd. in a letter addressed
to-day to Prime Minister Beernaert, asserts that
the brutal closing" Of its factories on the
Ouhanghi causes a loss Of 100000 francs month.
In the French colony of the Ivory Coast, the ton
mage Of commerce which in 800 was already 90
600. has doubled in single year
NJ Tharcl, the president of the syndicate OF
the Upper Benito, which is the chief packer OF
Lieutenant Nixon in his expedition, gave clear
expression TO French ideas on this subject IN MS
speech AT the official banquet with which the "N-
pl Ter was honored while in Paris. Everywhere
the old issues are closed to our industries
Neighborinc nations are sufficient to'themselNes'
they strive victorOusy against us IN the markers
of the East. The two Americas no longer ask our
productions. for they themselves have learned from
us 70 manufacture them they yield us their own
products on conditions that are becoming more
and moro oncrous Africa alone can secure our
commercial future by opening up its immense
markets 10 us: if we know how 70 make sure or
them for ourselves and TO satisfy the needs which
wa shall create in them, Africa alone VIII save
ne from fine two great dangers which threaten us:
First the plethora which is the cause of our IN
dus+rics no longer knowing where to find an out
LET for their productions then, the inaninon
which results from lack Of regions 10 flrnish US
cbcaply with the raw materials and the eNouc
wares which our civilization can no longer 40
without"
The new party in France, OF which / spoke IN
. former lctter-.he party Of young men with
,bo vicom.e do Vorue and tho now Acadcmician,
Professor Lavjssa. al their heads thoroughly
nosscssad with these adventurous projects Oh
French civilization in Africa. NJ. de vogue VINO
is mainly responsible for Tolstoi-ism In western
Eurore and for the Ne0-Chrstian movement In
France has long had prophetic glmpses VI u"
nossibiIitv Of renovation Of French character
through the struggle with African difficulties. III
. nopnlar article which has inst appeared ne
comnares our officers e the Soudan," whom ne
knows well. with that dilcttantc class Of writers
and artists which certain English and American
reviewers would persuade us make up Young
France. To tell the truth, ] do sometimes e'F
the instrumcntsts of the verb the cuitNa'ois
Of the Ego' they are very companiohaoie' o"''
holieve me if you will, the comparison ls not
possible.
curious reason which is constantly given OF
late for increasing the French contingent IN AFRICA
is the safe vent thus given TO certain undeslraoie
qniri,s al, home In Mgcrs, besides the regular
Army corps, there are two lcgons-one OF Iorcisn-
crs which is vast receptacle OF desefters anu a''-
ventirers from all parts of the world ana 'he o'ner
disciplinary for the refractory members OF the
entire French Army ATistide Bruant, the poet
and SINGER of tie Paris slums, has taken one Of his
most touching songs from the thoughts and feel
inos of the Partisan "tough7 in this legion IL
winds I'D badly enough for the present prospect
At Bribi youll all get wild;
When back you come, 1T.
Youll think Of some. . -
OF ali the bad things you went through
Ard you'll agree
Better yOur boy should be In the New
Than at Biribi, at Biribi!
BrIbi is Aleicrs and Africa, while " the New is
the convict settlement Of Ncw-Caledonla. IL ~
thought that men Of this kind, however, would find
their own natural sphere in the lawlcs adventure
If exploration: and they could b. utilized for the
building of ways and guarding the commercial cs-
Establishments, on the safety of which their own
lives would depend. 1t is certain that Paris and
the other French cities we'll support their alb
scnce.
The real difficulty in the way Of success is. TO he
found in the nature Of the French Government
Now in the Republic, as under the Kings ana the
Empire nothing is left TO private initiative, ana no
individual is given the slightest freedom OF &C
ton In the farthest bounds of Africa, not Army
and Navy alone but the least details of trade and
domestic organization, are TO be ruled and rcgu-
lated from the banks of the Seine. Only q fort
night since, the examination papers of the higher
schools in Agiers were lost while crossing the Med