The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-07
SLAVERY IN AFRICA.
tFfoRrs BEiNo MADE TO
SUPPRESS 1T.
n,.aepFesai 90 the EaHllsh-A Gradual
Emancipation !. is Aim aud That
Does nat suit the Missionaries
sasiasss Of the NATIVES.

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When unexpected and more or less
Interesting news comes from some
British possession ia remote corner
Of the earth and for a time men and
Journals comment upon Il one realizes
a he more tangihly Than usual the
extent u England's colonial empire
che inccsant struggle that goes for
wand IN one form or another and In
cne place OF another 20 establish and
10 maintain H. aud the work that sol
dIcrs and administrators are steadily
do.ng IN the face OF persistent diiii-
cullios and that should bring oftcner
than u seems 90 do a wider reward
than consciousness Of duty done, rays
a London correspondent Of the New
York Commercial Advertiser. To the
average American the British posses
slons In Africa imply Cape Co'ony. the
diamond mines Of Kimberley and the
gold 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
rlca is probably not a very tangible
country, though NOW that the eye ot
the energetic and somewhat laxative
Mr. Chamberlain has fallen upon II he
may learn moro Of II British East
Africa would be scarcely more tan
giblc 10 him had he not been more or
less often reminded Of It In recent
years by the agitation over the aboli-
tlon OF slavery In Zanzibar and the
helghborlng territories under English
proieciorate and by the comparatively
swift and orderly development Of
Uganda the interior territory around
Tie great lakes that make the sources
oi the Nile.
when slavery was prohibited and
measures devised FOR the liberation Of
the slaves In the East African protcc-
torate he may even have natiered h m
self that q stain was removed from 80
flag and freedom advanced In the ends
~ the earth when he looked upon
the nourishng condition Of Uganda
he seemed 10 have fresh cause for
I pride Ia Tho ability ~ bis race % rule
savage tribes and 20 lifl them little
out OF barharism. For the moment
| he is disillusIoncd on either score. Tor
DEGREES have not sufiicci 20 abolish
slavery in British East Africa and the
whole ruimentary fabric ~ clylliza-
ton In Uganda IS In peril from a mill
tary mntiuy
Even ln these days u railways.
steamships and telegriphs British East
Africa is FOR the purpose OF govern
ment almost a. fnr from London as
was India In the time u Give and Of
Hastings and the English admlnistra-
tors there have something of the same
freedom o. action that the two PRO.
consuls" ne Maciulay would say en-
ioycd In llIndostan. Now. the English
guardian " the sultan Of Zanzibar
and the real ruler ~ thar isalnd and
the nelFhborIng territory Is Sir Arthur
Hastings by an accounts on able man.
exercising his protectorate efficiently.
and steadily increasing British lnlu-
ence and trade In East Africa Since.
as consul general. he began his ad.
minisiration In 1895. he has restored
and kept the peace In country con.
stantly dcsolatei by tho internal wars
Of Arab chiefs and native tribes. and
by the raids % other Arabs and other
tribes from without he has develop
ed the beginnings ~ civilized govern.
ment and he has even interested the
better sort Of native Arabs and swa-
hills In them lie has found them IN
deed. the best means Tor the Increase
Of British influence and trade IN Eas,
Africa and ior the general progress Of
the country. Therefore, he has sought
n 'gh always as a predominant part.
conclliate them Apparently n,
\ iccoedod bat 20 the proportional
increase Of his difficulties AZ home
Tho Arabs and the Swahlls do no,
see slavery ant ,he slave trade In tbei,
territory with tie eyes ~ missionary
bishops. n speakers az phllanthropl,
meetings or Of members rising 10 AL
questions on the ssbject IN the hons,
Of commons. Nei,her does Sir Arthur
Hardinge
Naturally he does not. LIE m.
Arabs. regard slavery as part OF m,
order Of things. and the slave-trad,
as lucrative and Legitimate lndusrv
but he Is disposed 10 20 slowly in m,
prohibition Of both. to bear In min,
what on the ground seem mitigatln,
circumstances 10 offend TIE Arab s,s
capabilities as little ls possible AN,
to koep au eve on labor marke
largely supplied By slaves lie tn,v..
that be Us dealing with people anon.
which slaves rather than coin b,v.
been long me usual medium ~ .,
change AMI ~ such understanding q
the new conditions that a manumltte.
slave. who had recovered some mono,
for assault from @ former master wen
forthwith 10 buy o slave with 10 fo
herself lie has however accordint
. 10 his reports. Suppressed the slav
trade on the adjacent seas and YER,
narrowly restricted II on land slay
cry Itself has now no legal status II
British East Africa but In the llb,r,
tion OF the slaves Sir Arthur and AL
aubordInaics are proceed ne very slow
ly. seeking 10 substitute middle scrf
? dom that shall lead with time 10 grad
uated manumisslou They bolIev
b swifter progress impractlcable. for m
sake Of what seem 10 them more .lm
por,ant considerations they may toler
ate violations Of the recent laws an
, DEGREES against the custom.
In any Gaze. there are suspicion an
, wrath hndllng against them at HON