The Eddy current., 1898-03-26
SLAVERY IN AFRICA.
EFFORTS BEINo MADE TO
SUPPRESS IT.
Disapprovai % the Engiiah--A Gradual
Emancipation is uIs Aim and That
Does not suit the Missionaries Tn
easiuess % the Natives.

British posaession IN a remote corner
of the earth and for a time men and
journals comment upon Il ono realizes
bit more tangihly than usual the
extent OF Ensland's colonial empire.
the incesaant struggle that goes for
ward In one form or another and IN
one place or another 10 establish and
TO maintain II. and the work that sol
diera and administrators are steadily
doing In the face OF persistent ain.
cnltiea, and that should bring oftener
than Il seems to do a wider reward
than consciousness OF duty done, says
London correspondent OF the New
York Commercial Advertiser. To the
ave,Uge American she British posses
sions in Africa imply Cape Colony. the
diamond mines Of Kimberley and the
sold reefs Of johannesburg 20 the
south. and Egypt and the valley Of
the upper Nile 10 the north. To the
average Englishman British West AZ
rica n probably not n very tangible
country. though now that the eye OF
the energetic and somewhat talkative
Mr.. Chamberlain has fallen upon Il he
may learn moro OF Il. British East
Africa would be scarcely more tan
giblo TO him had he not been more or
less often reminded OF II In recent
years by the agitation over the aboll-
tion Of slavery In Zanzibar and the
neighborlng territories under English
protectorate and by the comparatively
swift and orderly development OF
Uganda-the interior territory around
the great lakes that make the sources
Of the Nile.
When slavery was prohibited and
measures devised for the liberation OF
tho slaves in the East African protec.
torate he may even have hattered him
self that a stain was removed from the
dag and freedom advanced IN the ends
OF the earth. when he looked upon
the lourishing condition OF Uganda
he seemed TO have fresh cause for
pride In the ability OF his race 10 rule
savage tribes and 20 lift them a little
olu OF barbarian. For the moment
he n dlsillusloned on either score; for
DEGREES have not sufiiced to abolish
slavery In British East Africa and the
whole rudimentary fabric OF clvillxa-
tlon in Uganda Is In peril from a mill
tary muuny.
Even In these days OF railways,
steamships and telegraphs British East
Africa is for the purpose OF govern
,nent almost as far from London aG
vas India In the timesof Give and Of
Hastings and the English adminlatra-
tors there have something OF the same
freedom OF action that the two pro
consuls." M MacAulay would say, en-
joy0d in Hindostan. Now. the English
guardian OF the sultan OF Zanzibar
and the real ruler OF that isalnd and
the nelgbborlng territory is Sir Arthur
Hastings. by all accounts an able man
exercising his protectorate efficiently
and steadily increasing British iniiu-
ence and trade In East Africa. Since
as consul-general. he began his ad-
ministration In 1895. he has restored
and kept the peace in a country con.
stantly desolated by the internal war,
OF Arab chiefs and native tribes, aAd
by the raids OF other Arabs ald Other
tribes from without. He has develop.
ed the beginnings OF civilized govern,
ment. and he has even interested IN,
better sort Of native Arabs and swa,
hills In them. He has found them, I'm
deed, the best means for the increas,
OF British influence and trade IN Eas
Africa and for the general progress o
the country. Therefore. he has sought
though always as a predominant part
ner. 10 eonclllate them. Apparently n
has succeeded, but 10 the proportlona
Increase OF his difficulties at home.
The Arabs and the swahllls dd no
see slavery and the slave trade In thel
territory with the eyes OF mlsslonar,
bishops. OF speakers at phllanthropl
meetings or OF members rising 10 asl
questions on the subject IN the hous
/ OF commons. Neither does Sir Arthu
Hardinge,
Naturally he does not. like IN
Arabs. regard slavery a. a part OF tn
order OF things. and the slave-trad
a. a lucrative and legitimate industry
| but he n disposed 10 go slowly IN IN
prohibition OF both. 20 bear In min
what on the ground seem mltlgatln
circumstances. 10 onend the Arab aus
capabilities as little as possible. AM
10 keep an eye on n labor marke
largely supplied by slaves. He know
that he ls dealing with a people anon
which slaves rather than coin hav
been long the usual medium OF ex
change. and OF such understanding o
the new conditions that a manumltto
slave. who had recovered some none
for assault from a former master. wen
forthwith 20 buy a slave with Il 10
herself He has howevCr. accordin
to his reports. suppressed the slay
trade on the adjacent seas and yer
narrowly restricted II on laud. slay
cry itself has now no legal aatus 4
British East Africa; but In thu lihera
tion OF the slaves Sir Arthur and nj
subordlnates are proceeding very slow
" anolium 40 aubafituto IA rniddla aarl