New-York tribune., 1908-03-04
Of Interest ~
~ TO domer1.
TELLS OF SL4FE HORRORS
General PieHaor Describes 4troci-
ties IN Uest .1frlcd.

re -,e-,hers Of the Wan,ar's Health Protective
Association were narrowed bv two separate s"T-
rows ar their meeting at the Academy of Meoi-
,5ne yesterday afternoon Dr. Harr1e''T { Neat
l7-e read = nsper giving graphic pictures Of Inc
.siIs caused hy the overcrovding Of the tenement
houses of the great cities General Fhenaar- WHO
las trayelled from West Africa 10 tel England
.s America Of the Portuguese slave trade on That
coast related stories cf the atrocities he had seen
tisat made the women who heard him SIT IN hoTTl-
~d silence
u know il Is not pleasant TO you 10 hear these
things General Pienssr said. but ! feel that
,st s7es \ a. fhe s1fferings OF those people. four
sd one half millions Of people who have no one
g.. lock IT to no ore TO help them Portugal VIII
,.-l help them. The owners Of the great planis-
-=-4ls I'm Angola and the cocoa islands or the
coast live in Lisbon. an0 many ct them are gov
..r477e-t officials and very rich When they "at'
slaves rhev send "a the slave traders II Angola
These traders 20 tc the inland chiefs-1he strong
,ltefs-and these chiefs send. not their own peope'
.s.- 1hc weaker tribes they conquer. The catte
eoncirE TO these tribes they keep for themselves
the women they give 10 their warriors the CHI
a-e- -hey sell 70 the colouists- and the men 1heF
srackle ana ship 10 the cocoa Islands where me
levers Kill them of BY the hundreds in little
while
=. < this se9aration q families that is the
vorst feature q The slave trade IN Angola III
- Congo are many atrocities. but there al ieas'
rs .-Stavef families ara not separated
I have seen little children whipped - oeath-
Z Hazs man beaten tlll he conl0 hol s'0'io
hn- 10
slze5 him why he would NOT work he showed me
ms hands They had been beaten out Of a! sem
riance of human HANDS and whE? To make MN
confess IN The cT7rae-of which he was only sus-
li4-red-of stealing bottle OF brandy
Z have seen = cart loaded with forty-fwc hthe
l5s-e- sold au-a-- from their parents. and when
ne --7u7ic parents tr1ed near their chlloTei
Z - divers took down their long OK whips ana
-esaaa them away. To show YOU how much 1he
Portuguese care for The kaf1iTs. When IN West
africa I spoke TO a Portuguese about haT1lr
.nEef whose head been struck of he lalsIeo
is i 4 kafflr sou ak about he salo- " ny
q WOULD rather strike OF the heads Of six hal11T
F,ie-s than give one kick 70 this dog. pointing 10
-c aer COG that lay Al his feet. have seen these
things OF which tell you. General Pinaar addeo,
-=7d an prepared 70 prove Them Il 7ou-o oe ol
little use TO talk = co1ld not
General Finaar held q government otilce IN AT
cula h..r when Il vas found that he vas opposed
II slave holding so many attempts we're mace
7o7 his fc that h was forced - leave the place
Fri mission 10 England and America Is 10 get sig
natures 70 q monster petition 70 be presented 70
-r-se -o~crarnents asking them 10 bring pressure
7-ror Portugal abolish t1e slave trade II q
-1orr ri1e he viii 20 10 Washington II 17eTe he mas
D. ~ asked 10 meet President Roosevelt
The discussion on T-. KeaffRge.s paper abolt The
ct----ov-55i-- Of New York te-rInents ranged al
from ve-Tli- 70 The f@@' o1 laws - TeE'-
79rr marriage some Of these voHl,u thought such
rz--s 7olIfe ae GOOD thin-- but Dr. keatnEe said
rrat to limit marriage would only result in worse
--.--z T7e remedies SIZE suggested we're e&te1'-
sic- = rapid t~a-st and moro factories and lenz-
--.--~-tle r4rrs- % - built by the citE-i1 the
.st1.rtz state rolorLzs and compulsory labor
l-E-
--r Health Protective Association. Mrs. Ralph
-r---s--.a- - hor7Ia-d tha Tenement HOUSE con-
r-=-.1 anl relk things oTr~. We women can I
,cL-.- z.f8 T- KestnEe. .'aut ~ ~sn talk.