The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-30

French administrators have e,ra
the gratitude OF the large and lneu,.
tlal trading class In Africa BY breakv
up brigandage and policing the can
van routes. The M0slems ARE an
grateful because OF the French pollcv
which has insured Privacy 10 Ina
mosques and harems and has permit.
ted them to continue Their schools and
colleges, and in some cases has even
subsidized such institutions.
But though France has permitted
Moslem schools to be carried %, she
has not left all schooling to the No
hammedans. Public schools have bes,
established In Senegal and elsewher
in the West African possessions b
which children OF the various nca
tribes and religions are taught d
French. At present these schools read
only n few thousand children 10 Ses
gal, but the system is being extehda
as rapidly as possible.
Excellent roads have been buli v
the French In Senegal, connecting D.
various towns and supplementlns D.
river and rail routes to the sea Usx
Dakar, which is situated under d
lee Of Cape Verde, the wesiarnal
point Of land In Africa, is thehea poi
ON the whole west coast, and llnoa
the only port ON that coast at Wild
Ocean-g0ing vessels can tie up dfas
side a quay protected from the sui
AS n result, the commerce Of the M
is heavy, and the trade route to q
east starting there Is used to dlstrbui
and collect supplies to and from e.
tensive regions In the interior. DakH
Is the seat Of administration for a
French West Africa and has a laFsi
European population (abOut SVl
than any other town In Senegal OF De
neIghborlng countries.
No Place for White Men,
Senegal is not a "white mans eOul
try" Because of its climatic eono1
lions II Is unhealthful for European
and probably always will be. ~
French recognize this and have mao
no efforts to COLOMBO the country. ID
European population Is made up almM
entirely OF administrators Of Varou
kinds, and traders. This situation ~
made necessary the French pAn '
organizing the country largely % =
basis of native states under prov
tlOn.
Although cattle-ralslng on thesaS
plains OF the upper Senegal mas
been the chief industry, agrep'.
has attained "A place of greater w
lance In recent years. The Pfno
article Of export Is the peanut
considerable amounts Of o'he'
seeds, oils, hides, rubber, timber
cocoa also are sent out Senega y
large quantities Of kola or eVA
These are eaten by the n'p
throughout western Africa, anu =
I'm the more remote parts ol tne ~ W,
nent. because of their stiinu"
qualities.
Cotton grows wild and It's PRIV.
tlon might be made into an lap s.g,
Senegalese industry hut for tns 80
Of the natives. They are unwluls
engage In the cultivation Of ~
which requires considerable
work and a relatively long vs. "A
maturity. They prefer to rals Iva ( /
crops as peanuts and mllle' Wa '..h,
ouIre little attention between pn'''
and harvest. -
tlves ~ tho outlying pOrnous ~
gal whose members pracu0s M
worship. the great majority " nrOss
hoh,tonts of the country ~
Mohammedanism. THIS 'S na,0ss
introduced both by the Dsi r. oor
'Afoors" from the north anu , ~ b
ly pure negroes who cluis ,, cssf
West about the Thlr'es"' .,,oass
and set up the powerful ~ ~ A 81
TImbuctu. Some Of the ulO, h Mdhe
cal are apparently s'a uny. nos
madame btt others are Vi'' .of
their superstltions ana c,p,lstlan'
tices much as nominal o.,nnso,.inIst'
tinued to hold to such snp .s,.
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