New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

~x.xTrn The r.fberian government desires a
number of active. ablebodied citizens for ,ie
ssoiu.elv no references required. Experience IN
1ecs%sssry. splendid opportunity for men W1S Tn,
!5rS 20 take quick ADVANTAGE OF openings fF'-
10 ARTHUR BARCLAY, capitol
Road carefully the want columns Oh ''
.I.ibcrian newspapers and the chances
you won't find the above adNeibseii
,B,,t drop in on Arthur Barclay any Ola Gay
st all at the capitol, engage hlm III it'eAo's
conversation. and gently, very seii"S'
sIfs nerves are somewhat on eose III iee"
10 commissioners just at present ieau UP W
4he subject and presently the aioi q -
.bur BARCLAY, who is drawing down Wv"
Ger alnum for running the sovereign fepuo-
nc of Liberia, will whisper in your ear that
So On of wear for commissioners, and he
fhinking of having Congress pass INN
making 1t a compulsory 1op-
Now when President Barclay wants 10
sncresse his army he finds it a simple thihs
10 do Almost any good citizen VIII pardoe
around behind a band for a month or So
z,ut ask him TO be commissioner anu iie
replies emphatically NIX or ASKS sup
S-iliouslv WHO'S loony now coinli,is
sioner- is a pretty classy WoTo as q H'io
IN most places. but its Tar ocio" pai All
"A BARCLAYS domains
And here's the explanation. Not long Aso
native missionary left the somewhat hdi
row confines of Liberia and sained ioi III
10 convert the savage tribesrnen WIN a."
habit parts of the adjacent country h
fell in with one of the hercesl vi 'hesS
tribes the Grebos, or so the SoNefiiiiie". VI
.be little republic believes Inc "ieDo'
didn't take much stock in the fiiisS'o""is 9
-rrunents. but they did in his person and
limo rn a
convert he was shot anu
served for a late dinner
News OF this outrage finally got OUT Gnu
,s-,fte5 hack 10 President Barclay lie oe-
,;ded that the missionary should not go
a,nreyeneed. but how TO avense MN was
.te ouestion. The Grebos could give inc
entire standing army Of Liberia all IL "ds
ooi,ing for in an open fight Ihey ale
.no,yerful tribe. Furthermore, the rfesloeht
hxaeyy that any hostile act on the part "a
,is government would lead TO 1earlul re-
,-,S.rs If would be followed by night at
lacks on all the outlying Liberian territory
and the massacre of its inhabitants Inc
-. xras not strong enough to defend the
crontier.
SIN something must be done. and so
after Cabinet meeting it was decided 10
annoint a commissioner to go forth in the
lands of the enemy, hunt up his chlet ana
Viiplonati cally arrange some kind OF Set
= hlen,ent which, without the exercise OF TOO
much imagination, might be interpreted as
Gn apology or reparation from the tribe
Eor the missionary's death.
The Grebos do not feel bound by any par
fscularly fine laws governing the proper
treatment of the<enemys emissaries, come
sfhey under flag Of truce or how they
lmay. Consequently it required
.hauStive search and much persuasion be-
fore anyone could be found to take the jon
and the title.
One bright morning when the sun was
shining and the birds singing blithely the
s-ewly appointed commissioner bid adieu 10
his family and somewhat anxioUsly set
,put upon his mission. BY mathematical
icompuration IL had been figured out that
mfr. Commissioner had just one chance out
of nfty-nine OF seeing his family again.
Eie was. however, lean, cadaverous man,
r.1d that was in his favor.
Ills experiences, told simply, are about
es follows: On the outskirts of the re-
Snlslcs territory he was seized by a
scouting party of Grebos, and despite eX-
plantations and protests was bound and
dragged in TO the presence of the chief