The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22
ARGUES IN DEFENSE
OF NEGRO SLAVERY
Governor OF German East Africa
Sends Brief to the
Reichstag.
WANTS NO EMANCIPATION
Attitude OF Government Sharply
Criticized by Socialists
and Clcricals.
WANTS NO EMANCIPATION

Berlin. March o1.--A brief. defending
slavery for the colonies declaring that
us Immediate abolition would lead to
,:a,ive risinss. is handed in by the
,.oVtrhor or German East Africa: I)r
"chhce. In response to n resolution
passed by the seiclstag last year. call
. liz Tor the termination Of household
SLtNcFS ny January |. 1920, DR. Schnce
mas reported that there arc about Isl
u"o slaves In tho colony at present.
:,s lao ~ ,n9m captiyes i'll wars rs late
Us Iva ana l9ot, while others are be-
.I imported even to-day from por-
tuSucse East Africa, and British Cane
oni"ny. but the number Is steadily
iaW passed a few years ago libcr-
It's al children OF household slaves
durin LII ~, iavo; deaths arc further re-
able to buy their lib.ry for sums
tit tom nap from ~ TO So. and in add
ing their slaves freedom. e'
,!,,G,, will have ceased to Exist .S.
1870; and pleads against s"ttimp = any ny
iNru datc for Il general cinancipntin,,
MIS-, mn,vh he declares would ruin many
among the native farmers and cos, ~
government ut least s.. 0UO 600 10 inde,,,
my owners for the loss OF their nron-
The Governor says that tho nee-ro
~, ~ u" means feels the lack Of psrsonai
is o ~ I ~ = hardship. that the slavery
- oI decidedly patriarchal chara.ta,.
mat the labor exactcd is lirht. ~
,hcA are given certain DAYS eacb u.neis
~ cui,,Date their own little garden,
slaves. who nrc now fed and sheItaSSe'i
~ tnclr owners. when nc longer ohio
upon the world destitute
IN discussion OF tho rcpor, =, ,,o
s saas1' Committee Of Tie ReShs, Ak the the
N fbn
n"nind which, they avcrred wns ~.
sea ikIii,.eres, Of the plantation owners lrs
Noriiscncnts from colonial nnw'.n.,, W
oIerihS 10 sell or buy slaves 49, -
the sny S"niaiis,s. who declared that
PROMOTING the slave trad. ana - ,. Yen
~ 80 l"ader alleged thar German MIMI
III, IL organize regular manhu,lts 10 ~,
..G,"f;n,tary Of state for the colonina.i,'
t lUi,l,t%@ lhat III. law has been in.
i,in a,S OF native labor For Miami "a
Of tic Ia I,yy 'i h, grave infringements
native solG,er n;'' bee! been committed by
''' ~, consent OF their white o;f,cers
at bes, naive ai.s,,,p. opulation Of Africa is
,anct win the white man, n Ia. i ron
,,.,'i,Rh M That under the inuuenc.. 81
continual '' iTibdin the cessation OF the
u ~, OF scientific medical ,,n iuher9
grow r;.,,id nopuiation in Africa would
professor at Tho u rienial ESas,ss,i;enrmann;
en- cnn berlin University. declares or ,h na
stan . ,nd mat nat thu dcpopulation us is
81 Catholic missionarvY r. Tx report
wn huist' who. after twenty-two ve,r 81.
,hnt I'm, In German East, Africa. found
tima IN, ~ nittiNc population in tbnt
,5,,nne mad decreased il third If mn ohat
n IN w., infant death rates OF from a. d
rate are factors which n;,. .IN nirth
nnserN"d Ia Togo. the t'arneronpai'
man East au'ca9 colonies. an we'll as Ger Ser
T,o Need of Labor.
co,,mc w. r,arnlcrs' League. whose annua,
clares dat the n sxoa;;s Just closed de-
, ,i,c' TO city has made It mpossihie o rs
farm ''ih IL hnsdrnrs L! TO- ind enough native
on the hor,ics OF Russians ~ depend
o1ncT foreigners who Invade ,:nr,a!iu
in The r n,,,H,, ana return to their homes
wa,,, inc savings Of their six mo ooun3
NJ ne proeis3i has recently beco,n.
from government TO forbid lis s,h,a M
mean tina; the German f aptasr This would
~ .ook elsewhere for 10 Iess ,,',n ,a nay
o%n. to take further block Of ' ~, arc
m men away from produc,i,r ,nS-. III
saEne asserted tina, laws iimitine ihn s r,c,
eisb,o "anic,!lary choice of persons ,.n rsn,
"onia mean that the peasant, ~.ba. rs
10 choose their opn ao,nicji. y i'ose light
49, I.ee.y was established IL: III. 10
hGo. would return to s.rfdo,, =, ~ - years
, ,, thht even adult inhabitat,. -,
move to cities without Grst prorinr t,
~ had secured home thcrc III, .,6 tha
.r ~ conli DO enforced was not cxnia.n u.i'
nc same conditions make for ,hn.,,It.
sIs'"h mere These primarily tbo 80 s .ea
40, 80, educn,ionai ana social advantages a,
o."r' ,srcat factor here is tho Inn. :, . .n"
prevailing in rural DISTRICTS A., o,fi, ,Mae.i
'orr..,oni,,' .n'',e ~ governmental! district.
iio,mmsn.p' IN which tho prevailing wae. ~.
,,ari twenty one years Of ago anI ~
N"ta ~ - cents daily less ~ ~
Not Good Ch,Irchvocrs
ihe PEOPLE OF Berlin do not annca- ~. ).
sood churchSocrs. according - :" -
taken OF attendants at tic I.ro, annsls
churches the last sunday In H. .ioteStah,
count covered seventy-ei.ht -. r;.h"'s- ne
ifoiesiant population OF 700 900 of ,,.ho o.n
either morning evening Tvc., ., ''at uiy.
- me estimate OF clergyman who n LIZ
S - tho nsures as too low. the nu5nia
WI only '.es' greater. Thus. barely w..
out of every 1000 Protestant RerIinccNeht
~ ' l estimate. attended church nm
"efc seen in tho churches; I'm ,,a. ncn
women and children consii;u..a' Uses
l3urihs OF the congregation. I.ess thar, ne
vas occupied At the morning se..iccs .'s9
Beer Consumption Drciinr.
To tho development; or athletic sno., T.;
'.sniany Is traced In larger measure. tho
t,rat reduction In beer consumption.
the army, who training for tho Or, 49,
hs'les ~ be held here in 1915. with the hope
' - siiihsnS american prestige In ;ness
,leinani ~ their physical Instructors /. H.
hrcT dr:nkinK. and athletic enthusiasm, i.
Many haze given UP beer drinking alto.