Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-25
ALL AFRICA FREE2
A Rising Of Two Hundred Millions
Predicted In the North.

of power amldSt the ZUU,UUU,VVO III
habitants Of the African continent. 1t
may also be regarded as curious and
somewhat disquieting coincidence
that the outbreaks In the north, east
and south should have marked the
opening Of year which has for some
time been indicated in native prophecy |
as destined to witness the expulsion OF
the white man from African soil.
From the Atlas mountains to the
Cape there have been continuous NUT
terings Of discomfort, punctuated by
more or less serious outbursts OF arm |
ed resistance, which have invariably
stimulated a general feeling Of ap-
prehension in proportion to the enor-
nous numerical disparity between the
white man and the native born. Only
that sanguine self-confidence which
has always been fraught with disaster
can picture the destiny Of Africa as
placed irrevocably In the hands Of the
white races. On the other hand, moth
ing would appear to be more certain
than that the problem Of Africa's fu-
ture is shrouded in dark and terrible
possibilities.
Those who have served In Nigeria
or have passed many years In con-
slant touch with the various peoples
of Northwest Africa have been
brought into frequent contact with
the pulsations of unrest which are
ever throbbing up and down through
the veins and arteries Of the great
Dark continent. For II ever a mighty
struggle is organized against the white
intruder 1t will be organized in the
north. Here will be found the heart
and brain of such a movement, and
here already today there is in evidence
systematic organization ceaselessly
at work, as many an officer OF both
the British and French colonial levies
who has encountered its signs and
symbols can tell. From time to time
there have been violent outbursts. but
| the hour for general eruption would
seem to be deferred, and until then
| the European may still count on the
| adherence of his native levfes, and
laugh If he will at the notion Of an ef-
fective coalition against him.
Nevertheless, the ranks Of the West
| African native regiments. and un-
doubtedly our Soudanese battalions
further east, are crowded at the pres
ent moment with adherents Of this Sc
cret propaganda, and its priests, Its
travelling mullahs, or missionaries,
come and go from east to west, from
north to south, as freely and almost
as invisibly as the winds themselves.
We so far recognize the advisability,
however, of keeping their movements
under observation that 1t has long
been a rule with us to compel these
men to carry small pass books, which,
have to be checked and signed by ev-
cry British commandant in whose sta
ton they seek to stay. And 1t will af-
| ford some notion of the ubiquity OF
these peripatetic Makaten when / say
that a British officer recently, on ex-
amlning the passbook Of one Of them
on the Gold Coast, found that the man
must have been in Khartum at about
the time Of Gordon's death there.
| Not long since a native sergeant OF
the French levies deserted and joined
the Nigerian forces. From this man,
who was disposed to be very commu-
NEGATIVE, a brother officer Informed me
that he had learned many particulars
concerning the hopes and aspirations
buried in the hearts Of the native
races, as we'll as Of the mysterious or
ganization lying in the background by
which they are stimulated and inspir-
ed.
''One day." said this man, when all
Is ready, we shall drive the white peo-
pie out of Africa, but the time has
not yet come" Meanwhile he eyinced
no unwillingness to accede to his Brit
ish officers request that he should
point out to him the members Of the
| secret fraternity Of the Senussi, VINO
| were then in the ranks Of the force
which he was serving, and whenever
the two were together he was In the
habit of giving his officer a pre-ar-
ranged sign whenever any Senussite
came before him. In this way the Of
6cer ascertained that more than half
of the men serving in his command
belonged to the brotherhood and that
two were actually priests or mullahs,
of this vast and far reaching organi-
zation.
With regard to the latter itself he
learned much that was highly interest
ing. Something like 600 miles south
ward from the Mediterranean and 500
from the Nile, lies the headquarters OF
this great fraternity. In the inacces-
sible town Of Joffo, in the oasis of
Kufra, surrounded by inhospitable
desert, with wells sixty and seventy
miles apart, and the route known on
ly to experienced guides-any one Of
which would die thousand times rath-
er than betray 1.-THE able and mys-
terious parsonage who Is regarded by
the myriads Of his devoted followers as
the true Mahdi is watching, planning
and preparing for a great day, so long
and eagerly expected, when the green
standard shall be unfurled over Afri-
ca, and the dark races shall rise and
battle for the land Of their fathers.
IT has been too often assumed, even
h., i,talIipant DeoDle that the natives