The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
COL. ROOSEVELTS TRIP
Views of Those Who Have Visited the Interior of
Africa Regarding Conditions There.


through his expeditions 10 the Kongo
Free state.
The ex-President. according 20 the edu-
Gator. win invade a section o. the cOun-
try where few white men have dared 10
venture heretofore On account of the
fatal nature OF prevailing epidenics and
the sleeping sickness His danger.
says the professor. will not lie IN the fe-
rOciOusness Of the animals which dwell
there. but in the fevers, which every ex-
plorer has come 70 fear and which have
taken the lives o. many adventUrers- I
have visited Africa and know the eX-
tent Of these. I had a fever peculiar 20
that portion OF the country 1 visited
nine different times, and narrowly es-
capped with my life The ex-President has
not the temperament that a man needs
who would Withstand the dangers OF the
climate he plans 70 brave"
II remains 10 be seen how reliably the
Chicago professor IS informed on the
subject. The ex-President was greatly
amused by Prof. Stars prediction and
laughed when he read a statement by
Prof Oakley. Of the Columbian Museum.
declaring Mr.. Roosevelt would be as safe
in Africa as he would be IN the United
States SIR. Roosevelt said he would
leave the controversy 20 be fought out
between the professors.
II all the medicines he IS 70 take with
him VIII do the work expected OF them.
IL is most likely that Col Roosevelt VIII
live through his trip There Is enough
for a regiment. and surgical instruments
enough 20 do the work OF an ordinary
hospital There are $500 doses in the
tabloids. nearly 20 per cent OF them dui-
nine The other medicines are 20 ward on
diseases most prevalent IN equatorial AZ
rlCs. chemicals. 10 make swamp water
pure and palatable, cures for snake bites.
stimulants. opiates. knives and bandages.
These supplies. packed IN unbreskable
and alright bottles OF a vulcanits compo-
sitiOn, nj into an aluminium case, fifteen
By ten by eight This outfit has been
made by the same firm which supplied
Livingston. Stanley, Enin Pasha- Peary.
the Due dA6ruZzi. and other explorers
with medicine chests.
Some time last year, u was reported
from Bayonne, France, that evidence OF
an anarchist plot against Roosevelt on
his forthcoming hunting trip % Africa
had been discovered Dy a half dozen
countries, who claimed that papers had
been found on the person OF TWO italian
anarchists. arrested al Sessa- SWitzer-
land, containing the most definite infor-
nation possible Of Col. RooseveIts trip.
The police everywhere are on the look
out and the life Of the American win be
well protected. and there need be no wor-
~ on that score
There IS some fear expressed that the
same fate may Overtake the eI-Preidenr
which befen Arthur Hodgkiss, aged twen-
ty-two. Of London. who. about two weeks
ago came 20 this country after q pro
tracted soj0urn in Africa. where ne spent
months IN hunting biz game IN the jun
gles, and was taken 20 the Cincinnati
Hospital suffering from fevers- The
strange feature OF Hodskiss' ailment IS
that ali the perSpirati0n and moisture he
exudes is of very dark. lnky color L
is declared that he Is a veritabie f0u--
tain Of ink. As Col. Roosevelt heretofore
has never showed any indication o5
sweating Ink scientists are inclined %
the opinion that be VIII not begin 20 do
so az this stage of the game
II is not ar all impossible that Col
Roosevelt. when he returns from his AZ
rican trip. may have something 10 say
in answer 10 the contention Of Arthur
tired English officer, Lieut. Gen. Sir Ed
win Collen. for forty years a resident Of
British East Africa. who declared only
recently. that IF American women wore
less clothes they would be more modest
The women Of Africa wear very little rai-
ment. and they are the most moral wO-
men In the world Clothes make the say
age women shy and coQuettish
Mr.. CoIlen continued, I have noticed
that in their native Earb. which consists
Of a strip Of bark or BIT OF wooden blank
et. they are as unconscious Of their
charms as children A white shirt waist
and a skirt. 10 which the missionary IN
troduces them. seem 70 SOW the first seed
OF vanity. As soon as II IS explained 10
them that they are without sufficient
covering IL has yhe most demora5izing ef-
feet upon them They become vain, fir
tatious. and concaited as they are in
vested with apparel. I don't ike 10 think
what would be the result Il a dlrectoIre
gown were let loose in their midst Tbs
mortality of morals would be prodigious.
So far, so good
And now comes former Attorney Gen
eral Bonsparte. who has something 20
say about his ex-chief he said that he
would follow the example OF Col Roose-
welt and talk no more for publication
DO you think he was asked. that
0Ir. Roosevelt viii keep silent?'' Mr
BOnaparte gave one OF his famous wInks.
II a lion should swallow him. ne said
he would disagree with the lion" Il IS
safe 20 say that even a Ion would think
twice before attempting any such fool
hardy and dangerous enterprise