Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
ENGLAND'S IND0-AFRICAN EMPIRE

The arbitrat ton treaty recently conciuo-
ed between the United States and England
provides that the latter
Colonies self-governing dependen-
c.,.,,,+.d cies shall be consulted
SoAAsu'eo and concur in all treaties
affecting their interests. The British East
African empire. although scarcely es'ap-
lished and with few white res dents Is
asking for independent government ana
may some time be accorded a place as
party to treaties.
1t is proposed to make British East Al
RIGA from the Indian ocean to the great
central African lakes vast sugar ana
cotton plantation. With this OBJECT III
view, white immigration-the mooest
farmer with small capitals discouraged
| il not prohibited that the British cap
italist and government may be free to es-
tablish the enterprise on a great basis.
| Unquestionably 1t is a grave menace 10
the sugar and cotton producers of Amer
| lea.
When Gen. Sherman. commander-in-
chief Of the United States Army. sent an
American military mission to Egypt IN
1869 that Independent and intelligent ON
Ger had in mind the overthrow of the SUI.
tan of Turkey (as the "unutterable TURK
cession OF Ismail as the enlightened ana
progressive ruler Of the African empire.
Gen. Sherman. remembering what Bona
parte had done for Egypt and science
with French mission. would do likewise
| with an American mission. He would
have established In the Delta and Nile
| valley to the Nile sources American ge-
MUS and capital for the development OF
| the sugar and cotton fields. with which
England now proposes to control the mar
| kets of the world.
| Gen. Sherman visited Egypt in 1872 and
| was the guest of Ismail. In whom the
| American general saw more greatness
| than does Lord Cromer. The writer. then
member Of the general staff of the
Egyptian army, was detached as aid to
Gen. Sherman. and accompanied him in
| a tour of inspection of the cane. cotton
| fields and mills then the property of the
khedive.
| Two years later the writer executed the
treaty of Uganda DULY, 1870. by which
| Uganda became protec-
Extending torate of Egypt: the
-4 southern limit the natu-
raj limit of Egypt. thus
extended to the equator This achievement
| of an American officer lent prestige and
| importance not only to the American
| name in Egypt and in Europe. but also
| to the ambitious khedive. The incident
| Is mentioned in connection with Gen.
| Shermans visit to accentuate the fact
| that Egypt was one OF the many doors
opened by Americans to its prospective
| the Indifference and Inconsistencies of
| the State Department. which had not
| then acquired it's present intelligent APP
| probation and direction of it's foreign
affairs.
| The British proposition to control the
| cotton and sugar markets of the world,
| 1t should be said as sOlace to the dis
| turbed minds Of the American producer
and capitalist is confronted by several
| very great obstacles.
| First British East Africa falls within
| the provisions of the Berlin conference
of 1884. in which It was agreed to MAIN
| tain free trade. This agreement the Ger
| man colonist. who is directly interested.
| will be quick to insist shall be main
| tanned
| Second. native labor. upon which Great
Britain depended to cultivate and ex-
plot British East Africa, has entirely
negro. indeed. refuses to work for the
white man or for himself. The intro
duction of the corvee or forced labor Is
a doubtful expedient,. for the corvee will
provide resistance and war. which. it must
| be remembered, Ia the natural occupa-
| ton of the African savage.
Third. the climate of Central Africa is
pernicious and wholly unfit for the con-
tinued habitation of the white man.
These last two obstacles to the ex-
ploitation of Central Africa are clearly
! set forth In the writers
England book: Central Africa:
Naked Truths of Naked
People" which was pub
| lished first in England In 1876. and the
| British government has no excuse In fall
ing to heed the writer's admontion. Nor
| is the native too much to blame. Nature
| furnishes him, without cultivation, the
banana, which Is his daily food With
| a rainfall that is almost constant and vio-
lent. what may be expected of such con-
ditions?
This conclusion is corroborated by the
| testimony of Mr.. Winston Churchill, NJ
| p and by MI Archibald Colquhoun. who
is we'll and favorably known to the Ameri-
can public by his publication in 1901.
| Greater America" Both Mr.. Churchill
and Mr.. Colquhoun have recently return
| ed from British East Africa. and their
| aupreciations are of real value to the
| governments interested and to the public.
| they differ materially from the ordinary
correspondents views
| for example. says in an article entitled
| .Our East African Empire: Like sew
| eral of our possessions. these two large
| territories EAST Africa protectorate and
| Uganda proteetorate) fell more by acct
dent than by design into our keeping. and
| II was primarily to trading company
| that we owe them
! II Is true that 1t was the trading COM
pany that primarily put up the job to
take the British East African empire. in
| Guiding Uganda. But there was no acct
| dent. but design. Mr.. Colquhoun and
| Mr. Winston Churchill are credible wit
| nesses to that effect.
When England acquired India she es-
| ia hlished necessary ports and trading
| nosts along her route-first on the coast of
! Gambia. the Gold Coast and the Island of
| Ct Helena in 1873 Gibraltar in 11U4.
| Malta in 1900 Capetown in 1906. Island of
| Ascension in 1918, Alden in 1879. When
tho Isthmus of Suez was opened and the
route changed. England seized Cyprus, the
| Island of Perrin. the British Somaliland,
| za;lah Rerbereh Socotias. Kismayer
| zanzibar Uganda and finally Egypt and
the Sudan.
Thus within few years England has
seized and appropriated. without taking
| into the count Egypt,
Egypt's w ano re1uses TO De .ake IN
| Seizure. containing 5O.OOO,OOO in
| .h;tants The naivete of the London
| r-osnopdent in telling the puh-