New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-03

with Of rock rising out OF the green s'opes
Then came wide belt OF barren land succeeoeo
by vast marsh. over the frontier kaparesa
country was found to be well cultivated WIN All
endless succession of banana groves. IL was 500"
found that these groves surrounded V'haee
| lately populous, but now deserted The approve"
to the next village was also through banana
groves Bat between these cultivated lands 'heie
was an interval of waste. covered by thin pushes'
Next the route lay through forest with dense
underground. then over ground covered oy
thorny trees. and finally down to the DOGGY mar
gin of the Kafu River. hedged on both sides by
thick belts OF timber. Beyond the river was
picturesque scene Of rocky hills with cultivated
valleys surrounding the site OF kabaregas cap
,tal From the SUBMITS Of the hills that over
looked the burned town 1t was possible to scan
the whole plain to the northwest and on clear
day to see the further shore Of Lake Albert. But
as far as the eye could reach toward the Kafu
River there was one long succession of banana
groves Evidently Kabarega's country was worth
bringing into the sphere of British influence.
Nor was this the only region that seemed at
tractiye to Colonel Colvile. North from Lake
Victoria as far as Mount Elgon. there was rich,
well-watered country, resembling North Wales,
with a scattered population that occupied not
more than a tenth of the available land. The
country would please colonists, but the author
would prefer to leave II in the possession OF the
tribesmen particularly the Wakambas. whom he
looks upon as the most promising natives of East
Africa.
He had some difficulty in keeping religion out
Of his campaign. Il was in this lake region that
Sir Gerald Portal found the controversy burn
ing one between Catholics and Protestants. KING
Mwanga was 6 Protestant when Colonel Covie
first entered Uganda. But on the eve OF the war
against Kabarega he announced his determina-
ton to become Catholic. The prospect Of dis
turbance in the rear after the expedition set out
for Kabarega's country vas not to be thought
OF. and 80 Colonel Covie persuaded the King 10
remain a Protestant till the end OF war The
Catholic bishop resented this in long letter,
and was with difficulty prevailed upon TO post
none the matter The serious side Of the affair
was the fact that religious war. unlike the or
binary savage conflict is bloody in Uganda. as
such a war Is everywhere But when the army
marched away with nearly every ble-bodied
man In Mwanga's dominions, the religious dis
pute was necessarily kept in allegiance. After
Kabarega had been disposed Of. the matter came
I'D again. this time part of national politics
Two of the Kings nephews were Catholics, and
these had been carried off to the German terri
tory The third nephew, a Mahometan, had
been taken to the east coast Colonel Colvile took
advantage of the Catholic bishops refusai 10
produce the two Catholic Princes to have the
succession settled the Mahometan nephew
by a council Of chiefs. King Mwanga was deeply
irritated, and neither Catholic nor Protestant
factions in the little State could be expected 10
be grateful The illustrates. however the
character of the religious controversy in East
Africa, which has already occasioned bitter war
fare. special feature of this volume Is the great
number of landscapes among the illusTations
They bear out all that Colonel Colvile mas 10 say
in praise Of the country as promising place lor
colonists 1t is we'll to add, however, that the
author was carried away from this African para
disc in a derium of fever.