New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
FASHOD.A.
~; IMpORrANCE N TIT: WNA2 AGAINST
THE SLAVE CHTEI:S- pENi--
Tl:NTIhEY TOE POIAT-
lCAL OFFENDERS.


The name Il Fa5h4da that African NHaG' SO
well known now since il has become a zone oi
,onto,tioo between France and England. had
rot been heard Of for tie last fourteen years
since Gordon had been killed and Egyptian rule
had been wiped out in the Upper Nile region
.rhe village viii now undoubtedly recover the
Great inheritance IL had at that time which is
,1hc natural consequence OF It's strategic anu
L..orraphical situation From Fashoda Ii is pos
l,ihlc in fact to watch all that is going on III
ubc Soudanesc region and in the basins or the
rivers which come dcwn to minGle Their waters
with those of The Upper Nile. Ii was the cap
h,a, Of "a territory conquered in Is"' ny inc
1;ryy:ians from the Chiook negroes Ihe new
zose,ssors built fort At Fashoda and estap-
shed there a pcnitentiary colony, inc nphca'ny
climate Of which was sJst the TING nceoeu 'o'
',Ic political prisoners who were destiAeo never
4. return from exile. After the successes which
marked the Mahdist rebellion in 1881, and a1ter
III, canine Of ihartoum, the Egyptians aban-
donod Fsshoda. where they have Just returned
,ynd"r the leadership OF General kltchchr'
hich they and their British protectors were
much surprised to find occupied 10y the hahoiu'
If Ir.ncj, .Hplorers led by CcnInandant Mar
,hand.
Tb. Soldancse village was depicted for the
GORDON. with thc rank OF pacha. Sign" GcssI
w. sent by The Anglo Egyptian commander TO
F.shoda with orders TO make OF mat pace "
.lasc for the expeditions directed against the
slave-hunters of that portion of Africa Iha'
contest agains; the Arab slave traders p1oduceo
roo,. results, but II would have gwen UTTER !''
if the Cairo Government had not been "nue' ''i'
necessity OF shutting its eyes upon inc dolhts u
Xobehr. The greatest dealer in negroes ""os'
political influence was great m inc "ouuaInoe
Provinces The journal OF his traN'iS ia '0'o
and 1873. Published by Sgnor CESS WIZ h''"
FOR seven years in Equatorial Afrita contains
several paccs about Fasho.io, from wien me
following Is translated;
or our arrival we presented OUT f'ltis ., III
PRODUCTION to Lieutruan: -C"loneI J'Ssui pV!'
,.n,,nand;na the Mace. lie was very '"bf ''o"S'
,d min. to plea $50 us III everything It' gave
MS Two tents. two d"nk"ys, '"l'S, l.''' ~ 80 -
So rs,,. taly Qu.nlnc. The cay O. r'SII' -
a MAC, of d.portatiOn for !nc-Sti t'H''" 'o'', /
,nnn-lav criminals and for DISSATISFIED !t,dI,
ci,ra,t politicians. 1t IL said mat an NOV iuuai
scnt to Fashoda never returns ne '''''"', -.
unhealthy aud IN" air poisonous 1htr' are wv
shope ana al articles sell at very hsh Pio'G'
Iossuf ,xerts ali his efforts ~ nnp'"nc III, Tl",
but without great su.t'SS' NV, . 'h, =,
~ -. ;,oda has 10 othCl commerce hut u'l W
81 81 i, ~ hiunnrolaui and that is of small IN
uorlance and he Egyptian officials as MrI ~
some of tn, inhabitants. are ItdH''" =" u ni
thcir living H. the trade in saves. ''i""' q,
had already taken some treasures I" pItNoh'
MAI trade AZ Fashoda. TO mat enc 30 h"u az
poiptcA Rcy the dC Scondan' 81 inc 'hiIl '"N .t
ian 10 whom was granted Su'S"H "Iu'I ~
roudi,inr that h" would forbid si"N'-hulllht III
his Jomjnone Bar TIC sultan was sc'i''? ~
coiving money from the hrah Uaders an Inv
n, far.nus commerce was kept on III f"s""H"' '"
rather all through No Chill""k CUNT "
rhicL the nov famous place was jh' c"ri'a'
There were about Two hundred cohNl'is al
Fashoda at the time II Sgnor Gessis WISH IN
1873 III, said that the slave trade Was NANNY
carried on Ivy Greeks, established f"i long
while in the region. WHO were The Only ones rlch
enough 10 bc able to subsidizc the Egyptian OLE
cjals charged with tho duty Of preventing al!
Intersections IN ebony WOoG"-slaNes.