Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30
AFRICA's FUTURE.
BISHOP HARrzsLLD,scussEs,r
United States Project Libsria-Possi.
bilitic. of the Little Republic.

Bishop Hartzcll Of the Methodist
| Church. who has charge of missions
In Africa. has been spending n few
| days In Washington, and has received
great deal OF attention from Prcsi-
dent Mckinley and other high offi-
! clals, whom he has been trying to In
tercst In the development OF the dark
continent. Since the 9th of Decem-
ber, 1896, Bishop Harilcii has trav-
eled more than 10000 miles In his do
cese, 1000 being on the African CONT
nent. He spent two and a half monthc
In Liberia. where lie stationed eighty
| five missionaries; month In SieTre
Leone. and then followed the entire
coast around as far as Zambeeg and
Umtali. in eastern Rhodesia, which Is
the terminus of the railway system on
the east coast.
Bishop HartZell speaks with great
enthusiasm of the energy and zeal
with which the English are developing
Africa, and said:
"rhe conflict between the Dutch and
English In South Africa Is irrepressi-
| BILE. The South African or Transvnal
republic has only $4,000 Beers, while
there are 10000 English and 1,OOO,-
OvO natives. The Bocr voters number
, only $4,000. and although the Euro
peans or Uitlanders pay into the
treasury over S25,OOO.OOO year taxes
| In various ways, chiefly on mining in
dustrles, they are not allowed to vote.
| There nrc three burning questions in
the republic-thc furnishing Of dyna-
mite, which Kruger hns put into the
hands of n Jewish syndicate; trnnspor-
| tation. which Is controlled by Meth
| erlnnds railway company. and the ma
| tive labor question. The republic Is
one In name only, being absolutely
dominated by Kruger and few Of
his non-progrcssive party.
II expect In n few years to make the
| trip of G,OOO miles from Cape Town to
Cairo by rail and steamboat. all un-
der the British flag. My plans include
the development of large Industrial
have already been given concessions
OF money, land and buildings by the
| British chartered company, the lead
Ing men of which both In Africa and
London have assured me of their earn
/ est desire to have America unite with
England in developing Anglo-Saxon
civilization In Rhodesin, where FOR
thousands of years the people have
been submerged In barbarism."
The bishop is greatly Interested in
Liberia and believes America should
renew her interest In that republic.
| President Coleman" said the bish-
! op. "has come TO realize fully that
few great nations are to control the
world, and that this Is especially true
OF Africa. His desire is that the
United States and England should es-
| tabllsh some sort OF prota actorate
over the republic and insure its au-
tonomy and the exploration and de-
velopmcnt of It's domain. Secretary of
State Gibson of Liberia will soon visit
the United States and with friends of
Liberia will bring the matter more
prominently before this country"
Bishop HartZell is said to represent
the Republic of Liberia and Is author
lied, it is claimed. to ask Great Brit
| ain and the United States to establish
n joint protectorate over Liberia. He
has already laid the matter before the
President and Secretary Day. If
Great Britain and the United States do
not consent to n joint protectorate
neither country will be asked to do
so. The aggressions Of the French,
| Germans and Belgians are said to be
worrying the little republic.
Bishop Hartzell feels greatly en-
couraged by his reception at the
White House and Department Of
State, and will return again to Wash
| ington when Mr.. Gibson, the Liberian
minister of foreign affairs, arrives in
this country. He deplores the emigra-
ton of negroes from America to Ii
IBERIA. He says there is no room for
them over there unless they go with
capital sufficient to engage in COM
mercial or industrial enterprises.
There is great field offered in Ii
IBERIA for American enterprise in the
| development of the mineral, agricul-
tural and other resources of that re-
public, because the people there have
no money, no experience and lack the
energy and intelligence necessary to
utilize the opportunities that are Of
fered them. The emigration of labor
| from the United States to Liberia
simply increases the difficulties that
exist there and make it harder for the
natives of that country to get living.
A few of the emigrants who have
gone from the United States are doing
well. but the most of them have by no
means improved their condition.-Chi-
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