Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-25

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Africa is said to show for itself. AS a re-
suit Of il Germany is enabled to maintain
a colony ruled over by a governor. where
the influence OF white civilization Is rapidly /
making itself felt.
DR.. Carl Peters.
That his work is appreciated by his gov
eminent is shown by the fact that ne is
still in the employ Of Germany as an agent. |
He is in this country on leave of absence. |
which expires next month. He will remain |
in this city for several days in order to |
become acquainted with the beauties OF
the capital and then he will leave for New
York, whence he is to sail for Europe next
Wednesday. AS to his future movements
he is in doubt, as they depend upon the d.
rections that he will receive from his home
government upon his arrival in Berlin. but
the chances are that he will return to Afri-
ca to continue his labors there.
Upon reaching this city last evening DR..
Peters drove at once to the Arlington, where
he will make his headquarters during his
| stay here, and where Star reporter had
| the pleasure Of meeting him and holding a
lengthy conversation this morning. DR..
Peters is quite young man, with orist<
| ling military mustache, and the bearing OF
| a young German soldier off duty. He is
| small, but wiry and well built. quick, rather
nervous. well educated beyond doubt, in
| short the very type of man that one ex-
| poets to make a hit whether in the world
| Of letters or in the field of physical activ-
ity. where there are difficulties and hard
| ships to be met and surmounted.
What He Doesn't Like.
DR.. Peters has been subjected to a deal OF
| criticism for the freedom with which he
has spoken through the columns Of the
American press since he has been on this
side. This is partly the result Of his good
| xyh lob he ha shawn
toward all newspaper men. AS he expressed
1t to The Star man today. II the interviewer
had any particular feeling on any subject
| 1t is an easy matter to lay special stress
| on that. Cnfriendly criticism makes more
interesting reading than mere commenda-
| ton
THE trouble is" he said, that ] have
been asked all the time what l don't like.
not what do. 1 have not had chance to
saw what think of the wonderful greatness
! and enterprise of this country as other for
eigners have had. People know that l do
not approve of Stanley's methods and the
result is that / have been asked about him
all the time and some papers have gone tor
me by saying that II is not for me, who have
. killed SO many natives myself, to criticise
an honest, considerate man like Henry NJ.
Stanley. AS to that phase of his character
! perhaps the less l say the better Stanley
Is a parvenu, however, and whether he has
really accomplished very much as an Afr.
can explorer Is a matter that Is at least
open to DOUBT
Emin May he Alive.
when you first reached New York, doc
tor, you were quoted as saying that YOU
were of the opinion that Emin Pasha wa:
still alive In view Of more recent report!
from Africa, do you see any reason fo
changing your views?"
None whatever. am not sure that Emir
II Pasha is alive but am sure that his dealt
has not been proved. If the latest report
~ which was the fourth. and which ha
!, reached this country since have been here
10 is true the other three could not have beer
Of true and it bears me out in the Statement
~ that 1 made in New York. But l do no
IN believe this fourth story of his having beef
killed and eaten by cannibals. Emin ma
he dead but l am sure we have not yet ha
y. a true story of his death.
at "There is one matter l would like you
lis mertio and that is that l was grossi
no misinterpreted in my statement that Amer
, ica lay between Africa and Europe in mai
he ter of development. l was not referring I
up it's civilization, but rather to its physica
aspect and conditions. Canada, eSpeciail,
iii can be compared to Africa in its broa
ba stretches of level plains and plateaus CIV
-. lization in Africa, so far as the whites al
pm / concerned, must develop along lines yer
10 much similar to those that prevail in tn
ID ruder portions of this country. though
lg. can never reach to the same point"
lis Are you familiar with Matabeie lam
10 where the war is now said to be In pr
~ "a. gress?"
ar. II have never been in that section
oe Africa, but am familiar with the peopl
me and 1 am sure the commercial compani
elo can never hold their own. England mu
=. come to their assistance
nm The Future Of Africa.
old what Of the future of Africa. doctor"'
~. "As to that, 1 have written and talk
ng, frequently, and pretty fully. The possibi
up ties in Africa are very great, indeed, thou!
lad limited by the fact that Africa is a tropic
Ell country. There is a large portion that
eminently suited for white population a
hat there are great openings for European a
rly American enterprise. OF course the VIII
people will necessarily be confined to
more elevated portions of the country. t
hills and the plateaus, for reasons of {
mate and sanitation, leaving the lowlau
err for the native population"
"And now jumping few thousand mil
VOC what of the fair in Chicago from an AT
.,o. can standpoint"
mes ut goes without saying that l was We
afte aorf,iiv IMPRESSED nv it The manuf;
1t lures and liberal arts display especially
ung tracted my attention ana study. But ina
hes all been talked to death long ago"
- Are the occupants of the Dahomey
;" lage really Dahomeyans or are they fake:
as Il did not talk with them at all, but ju'
ntr- ing by their dancing l am of the opin
un' that they are Of the Bantu race. They
run allied to the Dahomeyans and I have
as doubt there is deal of Bantu blood amC
rI IGN the negroes in America