Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-15
CHA MPLAIN AND TTiE FRENCH.
(From the New York Sun.

ism peoants ana thoughtless observers |
arc proc'aimIng the dccadence of
France there Ia a siprteo,r,o tn ,hs
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when oeserNe"
passing mention contemplating at
| Ticonderoga. ut Crown Point and at
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c""''"V"' anu NO. ''
iauhcHeu from nc" y. ans " wei as
Quenec eNPe"'.l"'ia "'''''' '''''eN a. ,.",
empire while trltish ooIonieS We're sun
hunu'ed 10 '"c W ~. ~
leghanies. In the l'th enn IS,h centuries
II was France not 'irea' 'r''a'"' WIN"
was thinking iniperially'
The sisnihcan'e' moreover 1" u.
contemporary ior the empire ''a' i',.'N
on this continent t'e SCOPE ,"e -. ~
the grandeur OF vision win'h ln''eu II.
America has written success over '''"
OF Africa. II is 70 c"s'o"'"'s'
ouE5ly TRADITIONAL 10 sheer an" 9'"'' ~
colonial Franco that thls very Nh"''-
plain celebraton' win All HS .c'""''
but not less real raseuE 'or '''e ''"' II
man, supplies Naiuep'e ro'u'"'''" ="
the age worn sander reiu'a.'o' .'e
10Th century hoN"fs'ra''o" vi WHY" We
serves emphasis. III was not III "c9.h"
nor yet In American eNec"'oh t."'
France failed. America was los, Ill i'"-
rope. of course nut Africa ny '''o '''''e
token. has been won ana heio'
Tie comparison Oh frehch anu r'".,''.''
methods Is an old story "heh '"e i'' ~
ish colonies AT last TOOK up theh 'a'"H
march westward the passage Oh '"e ~
leEhanies brought lntnedia'e co'''o' """
conflict with tho French. On tHe great
lakes and down the rivers OF t"e -h'S''F
sippi system the French explorers a''u
soldier, ana traders hao gone II "aS "
thin line or course, t''a' 9''', ''' ''''''
Quebec to New Orleans. put IL WIS I'll
actual nne. The INITIATIVE inc ''''' ~
the gigantic conception were an patent
The fate which Fwept\thc lr"'"e"o'
away was European-the result or con-
ditions ana c'rcun'tahces from why" Wv
British channel forever protected the
English race. The FAILURE hoWeF"' was
great enough to reveal certain qualities
! ncant thing Is to see their soundness'
their amazing justification In Africa
Seventy-1ve years ago. when AFRICA
= suddenly began slowly but surely TO take
J on the character for Europe that Ame'l-
! ca had two centuries before, france anu
England again faced each other. All
along the broad and rounding bulK OF the
dark continent winch races Hfher""
there were patches Of British ana french
territory. France had Jus' estaohshed
herself in Algeria. or all her ancient
colonies Senegal alone remained on the
west coast. Great Britain sat down on
5 the Gambia river and at Sierra Leone
and along the mouth or the Niger NO.
where were there NOR" than stray rae
tories on the coas'-the hinterlhnd pe-
lonsed to the quickest ana the Doldest.
D Two races again took up an ancient rF-
airy In Africa.
. Once more. as In America 1t was the
French who grasped the broader pan,
. the vaster scheme. Up the senegal ana
across to tho Niger went aoVcn'uro"s
explorers. the exact coun'erparts OF
those who by canoe passed froV the 81
, Lawrence to the MISSISSIPPI over we
great desert from the Meoi'eii nnea"
u came other parties BACKWARD from
newer factories a. D"''''N' ~ NV
Ivory Coast went other cHped''iohs
y Presently all met, the British colonies
remained hxed upon inc Se'"''' " vas
the French who joining hNndS from
every vantage point. had won the hlhter-
= lands. Lastly, from the station on The
" Congo there came an eNped'tloh "h''h
u touched the other lands Mt Lake Tchad
and then from Alg,ers TO the Congo ana
-. from Dakar to EGYPT the frehch h''
- carved a contiguous empire the h'h'e''
- When Major Marchand crossed AFRICA
- from the Congo to the ME ana sal
; down at Fashoda the analogy WIN Amer
. lea was complete ESYpt was cut on
from Uganda. England rad severn
spots upon the crust ou' ''e "ea'' VI
, Africa belonged to france had peeh "of
by precisely the same inethous' 'he sa'h'
genius In conception ana ap'ity IN eNecu
ton which won Aihe''o"' '''e vast 'u''
OF tho North Amcr'ca'i continent io'
France two centuries oelore' he'ore ''''
English threat OF war fI"nce "sa'n 'e
coded. Fashooa ana 'he i""' ~ "'a~a
l., were abandoned. tna' Po'''oH VI mo Wei
earned fruits were S"'' ~. w W '''p'"
tive contnneh'a' hece'e''''S' '''Ve 'e'
many and not Great h'''"'' was TIE ''"'
i $780, ,.s.enea fine actual triumph of tn,
lie French methoo'