New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03

from that Of India is that a slave be
1.as as vel as retained II he runs away
= his master without some valid cause, such
o7r,aa+rnent CT non maintenance, he viii be
- 70 his ma ster by the British authori-
= ,o- is there to De any interference by the
=. r-5-4, a reasonable exercise Of despotic
-, -r, the part Of The owner. The Gov
- r-ir punish with the utmost severity
: sla1a trade as wei the kidnapping Of
=. f,.i-rs for use as slaves, and the pub
-~-.a-t,s+e N Flhartoum and elsewhere in the
-, ara carefully watched 10 prevent Illicit
Sors-rs IN slaves under cover Of transactions
Ids Tho caravan routes are guarded and
=, --s..rs Examined for slaves But once
-, Stoves. are acquired by a resident owner for
,.--,.--... .=.-a15 Lord Kitchener cynicaIly
-z=e .7-rs- are acquired somehoW'-no inquiry
4. ..-= . 81, The mode 1t their acquisition. All
81. .t---e.-r.y given to understand that
n, .--...-- 5r-s-,gariIn= and Imprisonment are
f--.-ai and punishable as ~uch'
s.vrrr0NEu BY ISLAM
ID. md 1<l.clsa.- and Lord Cromer point
- ~ g-sv 5f explanation " This method Of
,.s---s F..h lle slave question, that slavery Is
-,-o+55rs-5 by Islam. that It is a universal in
s.itur.au am .nE The Arab races. and that 1t
-aach-s . specially nigh degree OF organization
,7ar -....-- rule To abolish IL, that is 10
saw o. .-.-.. -ae keeping Of slaves a crime
71u.l .e -.. --s..-4-e -ae labor and CONFUSE
ne 5ar..zt.. .se .h4 erlntry, while IN many
cases -r- slaves themselves would be the great
81 SUI --.-z a- enforced freedom and the last
ae-s.rs sd 6.s-. the boom The present
-4--.5 .f 5-a.a- T.-h The problem in the
S,u-a- is. however. intended to be merely tenn
,o-s-v and -a lead up TO the same system
vrbiel moss prevails -u British India, and which,
rs stated has for US -tl-late aim the eventual
sv+f9.-...1 e that least Objectionable form OF
sa-tior. namely domestic slavery, by natural
r-7css- instead u by any radical and revolu-
-0nar method
The. arr =.lu al tae present mons nj some
TWO hundred thousand slaves in that part Of
british ==. Africa administered by British Off
Gals Dr. -.a pay and under the direct control Of
tbe B- 20 Foreign Office The courts there are
--ari4. .--- by British magistrates appointed
bv the same department. by virtue of an order
10 Co-uel. and these courts issue summonses in
the Queen. name calling upon fugitive slaves TO
appear ana % show cause why they should not
return I'D .ha.r masters Persons failing to ap-
pear in answer 10 such summonses are liable to
arrest and Imprisonment for contempt Of court
L Is only tl.- however TO add that if a fugi-
TIVE slave can show any cause why ne should
not return tr his naster-such as. for instance
n1altreata5aat. oyerU ork-ng or even that he pos
sesses a r.gular d0m.c.le and means Of sub
sstenc4-lnE nat, moreover. he wishes for mis-
freedom he latter is accorded 10 him. The
courts only decline 10 grant freedom in cases
where t1-~e has been no iIIegalIty on the part Of
the owner and The slave IS unable TO show that
he has some means Of subsistence OF some
honest ..v- hood ready for him. 30 great is the
demand f.r labor n British East Africa how
eyer THAI during the twelve months ending
n Jacuarv II the present year close upon five
freedom Hv showing that they had remunerative
employment awaiting them. # the British au-
th0rt..s make this proof Of subsistence one Of
the conditions for granting liberty TO slaves it
is win The object Of diminishing vagrancy, as
they take The ground that suddenly To free one
who has been q slave all his life and then 10
cast him ad-Ift On the world without a house to
go TO- and without any honest means Of keeping
body and soul together, Is cruel thing To DO
virtually inviting vagrancy and crime,
OUTCRY N PARLIAMENT
OF course every now and again a great cutlery
is raised IN the British Parliament about the
exsteuce II slavery On British soil and the toll
crane Il The system by English authorities
But these attacks come from people who do not
understand the peculiar conditions Of Asatic
ana African life and Of those who profess the
Mosl-m creed. Slavery cannot be abolished by
A stroke Of The pen As IN Christian countries