The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
BISHOP GRANT ON AFRICA.
OPINIONS FORMED AFTER A TTSIT
TO THE WES COAST.

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rns L'1er'n u se 49, .S,,..-
' ~ hhk,.n" vi HNu 80.
90, ax.rI ri" law.
Dienop horanam grant Oh tne africa" metz
ooist Episcopal ohurcn leit america LOT .ne
west coast OF AREA on Jan: IL iast. ~ Vlslteu
S,eiIa nooue' "nere no no'u u con'etonyo y,
neChouiSt missionaries ht honakr''e rreho"
co'ohy aoouc seventy mics u's.an'' o"o
pro. nearly d nuhureu mics RON rreeVowh' o'
Tue oheroro hiver'a part OF Ihe Enensn ~
ohy; anu ,ape Mount ann honro'la' 1t u ~.
puo''c OF Liberia lie mas now returheu 'h's
country. ne reports tnat ms rec'p.lon aproa'
was cordlal. In sierra Leone the English OH
cia's' merchants ana leading men eenerany
vled with each othcrih showing MN conrtesl's,
IN Lioerlalt was the same, ne was asker
"haC MS op'nlon ""so Gns'ish government
ID sierra Leone
me government Is tna same he Saul, 40
Ehsish governments ID e'se"here' u H"S
l'sn. as you know, nave as genera th,hk,a
profound regard Tor law ana oroer' ana the
STRONGEST PROOF Oh 'his. IN my opin'on' was
given 10 tne course the government tooh WIN
regard 10 the natives sui'ty Oh inc muroeI u
nu1iatlon OF the missionaries some i'nen'
Americans. which TOOK pace nearly a year
ago on the sheroro hiVer. IL began IN II
hut tax. which the natives refused to pay Not
withstandine the horrors Of that massacre Of
guilty. $50 have been tried by the legally con.
sf,.used courts OF sierra "ns Leone aet ana aan n; %.s sha
io4 more are now under sentence Oh asa.n
met bIs fate by violence or illegal mob action,
"a would have b.nn.ned Tor less nrovocation
in some sections Of our own country.
In the war which followed. colored soldiers
.h,.eu -. - W., Ina;,n. .nd nat,va
ShiOhy "oip 'Oos ahN'ohS
Africans of1cered by E~nglishmen."
As to the ability of white men to develop
Africa the bishop SAID;
The AnRlo-Saxon has shown his ability to
devotion any country. but I do not think that
mi. 10 Tho s,mo az saving that white commn.
tnis is the same as saying that "hl1e omnu-
established in Africa. what has been done
h,, haon I,ra.,, ,hro,,,h util;zino tho native
agencies under white capital and direction.
The English officers and business men on
that coast And IL necessary to return to Eng
every eighteen or twenty-four to recu-
the climate. But working through native
pusn, Ia l.e' .s sierra Ta. leone . PASSED SEQ Iron, n,a@a ' he
them a refuge for free Africans. Eleven hun
dred and thirty.six Of these landed from Hall
fax: Sova Scotia, in IT,; and today the sue nif
cess OF this poIicy IS seen IN a nouIIsnrnR CITY
$]oc5 SS:sou many S%s!'. Fl them sdussteS Is Eng y
l AM. ,1 che then eTe, ass n appreGliat eolo fhese fs snd
nave never iaiiea ,o hsiiae tne hsthSe
ma.e.ss ~ WIKI" ,his nIam bbe ncnu esr more annarent II
S viii bs a St tn.s ' bbu ali H1e he Eur mpes a cno5IIonilIns
pGwer T. IN IN many naa Ins es . y ans aGL IL IN rttSSoeffr
hf z ny 1ne = u On the Ga . coas, ana IN
tne oankS: waIenousss any Crai ~ estaniSn ~
menu nehnoes = e,"r pa u a n ne ~ ha III IN
NY. 70 Inc GnSisn noad az oTThbnn
cnarke uu[LnE ms e".HIceGu doSSuce' ino
SHeen Au'"ea'e on ING ooiu Soas' Is Ill
Re,ns IuessrJn I ne 10 III p ~ eness
ana pr0spfETc, OF Li bs az me b hnp sac; h
i3u VII petnetiDrr tnat ttpe{ia was estap.
iishe1 "a 81. or aoou, nne-th'Ta 81 a cehoury
t ne + SnIereS a:1 teine p TIA, Liberia Rr s,srte So 40 an
indemsndemf cover ment rom The f rs The
lniepenueh, EnNtInnieht aLom tne nrst. ne
2 ths wr9 waS rsn,bIe ~ saift sov.rpmant