The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-11

French were mov.ass Nuth from Algeria
TiSt, IidiSe.t. all ,h,' - rOnGholris % the
Trlarecs m ths Algerian hinleTlAnd were
OS,lp.s'' Ci7ryis.Cs were establSs he'd,
native troops enlisted, camel corps
tn-U.ei aud mounted oG the swift Ne
E0-a. aEd IA a I.rrlOd Of lsSs than twenty
wears tTc French found themselves AZ
as, ahle IL pohCe the desert effectively
The ;srs's-s :-ys1s 'ha Ms>As.ssrrG.- ean :"
the Niger and Lake lChai were IN their
hands cat an the anC1eG' caravan
b tra.s- only those trOm Ir.poli and from
the extreme west Of Morocco rcnauhe'l
outside their grasp, ami a. both tcrn'-
nai.sI m French regions ~" ur'upIiion
ui thr Adrar and IN" linruu and T,bcs'i
drs'Ti,t- in>ur'Si a spc,'dv and CoInplcte
cuntru. uf thee routes al~o.
Following tbs, seizure of these routes
the French promptly despatched scien-
tune missions into the various Gases
that these Cnnpe,.tsSl What NaS the
character of tire population. what were
the prospects II future expansion az
tradH was u worth while to rrssTab.ish
the odd caravan ruut,s and tn all IN re-
storing tho traffic between the desert and
the Mediterranean II was To- answer
all th'~e questions tha, a drZen eNp-A-
dit.ous. military and scientific alike.
pa~~.Sl and rrrU~eed by lnsalah int"
'hc depths III tho desert beyond and
sp,r.j w~'k- and months Ia the Air. the
I,dlkrl, and the Ahaggar
Whatever slight survival there might
have been of the ancient dream OF the
rransaharan railroad, the reports OF
these cVp,Slitious destroyed y utterly
az all the great oaSs's. nearly every one
was found in state IT decay. II was
not merely that communication had
bren cut of by the closing OF the desert
routes. hut the trade, the single pos
sible traffic that IN slaves had been de
stroved French occupation OF Algeria
and Turis Vhr French control of all the
great caravan routes, had put adehnite
end 10 the business II was not. a. had
t-rn supposed the interruption Of trade
routes hy Tiareg- which bad served 20
stop the caravans. IL WAS the decline
of The slave trade which hsd driven
thou-ands Of people II the desert TO
-u'dinc and pillaging ~ the only means
90 cgis'cnCe left
In reviewing the prospects Of the pco-
pie az the Gases VI. r. CHUpENL one of
the French explorers who journcycd
over the various routes for many
months predicts only the gloomiest
ft,f tf sf Ia
Capahle of self-nlaintcnancc when de-
Ir.yci Of the profits incident Ia the slave
.aIavaus Already the decay has set IN
and tn wre'.hcineSs nf the ancicn,lv
prosperous keepers Of these desert post
houses : hard u eNaggeratr Sor -
there IN Their slight production anV
basis for hope that tho great camel car
avaus Of the uIst can find charges
NJ the present day a slight fraction Of .
tho OLD slave traffic subsiSts East and
west % the French Lines from Algeria and
T,mS Southward few slaves are annu-
ally carried - Tripoli and to Morocco
But the extension Of French control
mus, soon end this az all the ancient
routes only that from rripoh and Bornu
seems TO VI CHrpEAU to have IN" sole
possibility - further expansion
For some years vet II will probably
he cheaper To- transport the ostrich
feathers, skins and dates of 1IbcS', and
Roruu To- the Mediterranean rather than
~ The Niger I'ntil The British oc"upv
he kuirl OASIS the traffic N firearms,
elsewhere. NAV persist Yet
such trade ~ lnconsidcrahle amounting
lo less than s-nT"'. VI CHUprIU
estimates
With the report II tho result. ol
VI CHUpFNC : invc-' igatrun oven the
irrams of restored Trsn-ahaTan traffic
must end. \ few Insignificant camel
trains will doubtless oontinu. - ,lr,u-
ate from oasis 20 OASIS \ few uases
nearer - the Mediterranean than u the
Niger - b as Ghldame.. Rhat and the
Ahaggar. val sttll Drlw their supplies
from Malta hv wav pt Tri,"ls or from
Turns th-ugh Cah.S but the day If
h.. great 'rd'i' - over " the rail-
roads ~ oar own West ahs,rlp"i
no traf'ia vb.,h uuo" Iaslrl b. the ,
santa :" and oregon t-aus - the
Niger route has drawn away
all ~" Tran-aharan traffic
hat remained after he abolition of the
lave trade What j. even more a source
II regret i the fact that II has also ban ,
shci from the map thos" anCiently fas- !
mating dotted lines marking the course !
e that future Transaharan we all antici- I
la'cd so confidently TWENTY-FIVE years
~. a
II is the iu1r Ocean tina. cries aloud
nd spares not
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