The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-13

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1--WE en- the white race ami men ri o'a-
er cU.a.5 IN ot pretty nearly WorAl-
~ de agitation 1t The I!;s"nt 40
ment. writes the London cortcspon-
Gent Or the New YORK sun It occu-
pies the public mind in England, Ger
many. Belgium, France and Spain ana
its problems are absorbing the atteh-
ton OF the Governments OF those
countries The Congo question mas
passed from the stage Of sentimental
discus .on into a serious international
issue. II seems probable that despite
the scathing condemnation of King
Leopold in the Belgian Parliament
such genuine reforms will nor De VOL
unfairly adopted as will lead Great
Britain 10 aban don her declared inten-
tion to intervene IN behalf or fhe ma
tives. Then we shall see the mrs,
eerio1s test OF The Anglo-French en-
tente
1t happens that in all previous IN
ternariCnal attempts to deal with the
CGayo question. France has support
ca Germany There is little doubt that
Germany will continue 10 oppose any
interference b.! the Powers ne
British policy Of some form Of inter
venten ias been only vaguely men
toned by Sir Edward Grey. the Fer
ei.n Minister. but the French attituac
i,.l. DnnD
Dictated. If the Clcmencean Govern
nlcnt reye:ses thc former pc5t.on ana
supports Great Britain then Ter Inc
first tire the world Will 2!lze Inc
NONE nl0Js ana far reaching lMpoFt-
ance OF that recent regrouping OF the
Powers which has changed the allee-
ton of modern political history.
France and Spain are on the eve
Of the execution Of their mandate 10
reduce the turbulent Moors to ofdof
and there is every indication that
their task is more formidable than
the delegates to the Algeciras con-
ference expected. Rough work ap-
preaching war on a small scale seems
probable. Germany watches with Jeal-
Gus eye, but apparently she mas no
intention of making re task more dill
fcult by real or threatened interior
ence.
Germany. indeed. has a race scan
dial Of her own OF the blacklist de-
scription NO story OF the congo OF
of PGssian antcbellum atrccltlcs III
Manchuria can compare in horror with
that told in the RecnstaS. by Herr
Bebel. the Socialist leader He descrio-
ed the determination OF whole villages
in South Africa By German troops
who massacred adults and then
drowned the children in the river
The most that the Government could
say in reply was that there had Deen
abuses but that the worst reports mad
been exaggerated.
The whole race question through
out Africa has become one OF ap'
Mailing seriousness. Europe is de-
termined to rlle that continent, and
the great problem of the treatment OF
the native races must be speedily
settled The London Spectator truth
fully says that there is positive dan
ger lest the whole native population
OF Africa should become penetrated
with dread and hatred of white
men, The articles goes on:
1T is reported from many quarters
that this feeling is already betraylng
itself throughout the vast dominion
of the Congo Free State. and it may
easily spread southwark and north
ward till the entire continent of Al
RIGA is filled with hostility to Eu-
rope resembling that which 800 years
ago undermined the ascendency OF
the triumphant Spanish monarchy.
There is comfy Of the blacks as
there is Of the white world, and while
the black is prepared to be governed
bv his white superior with certain
absolutism, he will not bear that I'M
reasonable cruelty which keeps him
in that unreasonable terror as well
as a kind of bewilderment as to what
is required of him. which tempts in
ferior races to believe that only in
massacre can they find deliverance.
The white men in Africa can new
er be irresistible from their numbers,
and the popular European belief that
the blacks can never combine. and
can therefore never make an insur
rection successfully, is but partially
supported by evidence. A Bantu tribe
annihilated a British regiment. and
there have been black generals devel-
oped from the people who found king
doms and made effective armies. Eu-
rope desires to rule Africa. and in
tends to do it, but she has sufficient
perception of her own interest not |