Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

eral German officials who had served ir
East Africa testified that the natives
could not be ruled without fogging. One
of the witnesses was Cen Liebert. for
mer governor Of German East Africa. anc
others were Herr kuhnert. we'll known
animal painter who had recently beer
here and Father Acker of the African
Mission Gen. I.iebert said that 1t was
absolutely necessary to be severe witf
the natives and that he regretted the
Kuhnert averred that 1t was impossible
to treat them with too much severity. He
said he had seen one of the negresses
when she was flogged by DR.. Peters. and
the punishment did not seem cruel tt
him. Father Acker said that one could
not govern the natives without f1ogging
and that he himself had often caused men
"nd women to he whipped
During this trial Herr Bebal. the So
cia'istic member OF the reichstag. was
called in. He said that he had evidence
that Peters had caused a negro to bo
his path. and that when he was on the
Emin Pasha expedition ne had shot nu-
merous natives and burned their villages.
He cited one of Karl Peters books show
ing how he had punished a native serv-
ant. The servant had stolen chicken
which Peters had ordered to he served for
his dinner. DR.. Peters first gave the
man An emetic to get back the chicken
and then nogged him.
A German Killing.
During my trip about Victoria Nyanza 1
have been accompa MED by the famous
missionary, Archdeacon Walker who was
in Uganda at the time Peters passed
through here He tells me that the
learned German doctor boosted to him
that he had killed twenty-saven blacks
while he was in the country and that he
evidently thought nothing of shooting a
native down in cold blood.
1t was from Archdeacon Walker that l
learned how near the Germans came to
getting possession Of the rich province of
Uganda. and thereby the control of the
whole Of Lake Victoria. Whether this
was attempted by Prince Bismarck and
the German government / do not know
but the movement was engineered by this
same DR.. Karl Peters. The incident oc-
Cured about 1890. when the relations be-
tween King Mwanga and the British gov
eminent were exceedingly strained.
MwansA. who was then King of Uganda.
had said that If the English would fur
nish troops to support him In his trou-
bles with his subjects he was ready to
make a treaty with them and thereby
bring his country under their protection.
Archdeacon Walker wrote letter to this
effect for the king. and sent 1t to Mr.
Jackson. the commissioner of British
East Africa. The man who took the let
ter was captured on the way and it fell
into the hands of DR.. Karl Peters. who
was then travelling through the country
as a soldier of fortune and diplomat
combined AS the story goes. DR.. Peters
tore the letter up. and then by forced
marches reached Uganda before it's loss
became known. In consequence of the
delay he was able to make treaties with
King Mwanga whereby Uganda should
come under the protection of the Ger
mans.
In the meantime. however. the officials
of Germany and England had come to-
gether and had held conference over
African matters. during which they made
an agreement as to the boundary be-
tween the German and the English pos
sessions. BY this agreement all of the
country lying south of a line which goes
about midway through Lake Victoria was
given to the kaiser and all north of that
to Queen Victoria, then reigning, the
British ccding to the Germans the little
Island of Holigoland as a consideration
therefor. The Germans, as l understand