The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-08-19

BY Chas. w. Abingdon.
The British colonization Of the West
Coast. North and North Central Ar
rica to be ineligible should be ais
GUESSED apart from their occupation o.
81 Africa and their eastern dependencies
their advance INTO these parts are
made after many years OF experience
with African life In the parts above
named We have had occasion sew
the Arab. Portuguese. Dutch and Span
thh advent into the continent to note
British influences as u has come In
contact with these Datlons. But we
now turn our attention TO the English
large part OF the Continent of our
fathers. We have nOtsd with interest
that the Portuguese were the first Of
the modern European nations %
thread their way across the mighty
deep to that far off land. AZ the
tiinc this nation opened the door TO
Europeans. Africa was almost as
strange and vague to western ctvliza-
ton as the territory Of mars 10 70
our present generation. kron the early
days Of the Portuguese monarchy a
gs5st friendly relation had existed be-
tween the two nations--thf Portu-
guese and English. II had its origin
In the fact, that when the first king
Of Portugal was struggling for the
throne a large force Of English, Ger
man and Flemish troops on their way
IA fhe crusades assisted the king OF
Portugal 70 capture Libson from the
Boors and expeli them from this coun-
try twas further strengthened IN later
years when q king OF Portugal mar
ried daughter Of John Of Gaunt.
Duke OF lancaster and his sons We're
half English in blood. among whom
was the great Prince Henry the Navi-
gator. The fact. that the rulers OF
both the English and Portuguese ma
tion were Of French extraction af-
forded an additional tie to link the
two peoples together. It was per-
fectiy natural when the news OF the
Portuguese rich discoveries began to
81 published In England and the RAJ
Did extension OF the spice trade. which
hitherto had been the monopoly Of
Venice together with birth Of the idea
that the Negro slaves from Africa
soil Of the American piantations-that
English seamen would promptly foi-
low the lead Of the Portuguese. II Is
fair to the British TO say. they seem
ed at first to have been attracted py
the spice trade which doomed larger
than either the aiave or gold trade.
Up to this time the British had con-
tented themselves to ship In Portu-
guese vessels. but now that they had
surveyed the country they ventured
10 sail in craft Of their own In the
early part OF the 18th century large
party OF Englishmen found their way
AZ far as Benin IN company with the
Portuguese, But this voyage marked
4 change In the relation Of the two
pe0ples-the proceedings OF the I'm,
e1ish on this occasion were regarded
with suspicion and the friendly en-,
tercourae cooled and became strained
to the breaking point resulting II
open rupture. The Portuguese sooI
found themselves IN sharp competition
with the English for the trade on tn
West Coast which they had figure'
m making strictiy Portuguese mo
nopoIy. Toward the end Of the. reigl
of Edward the vi and during that o
Mary English ships yentured 20 csu a,
a. far as the Gold Coast and IN
nenin river. bringing back such pro
ducts ac gold, ivory, Guinea, pepper an
Grains or Paradise for spice making
Sir John Hawkins seems TO have nee
the first Englishrnan to enter int
open combat with the Portugu ese-,,
ne made His attack on them In 1861
But conditions grew constantly wors
until the point was reached where al
trading was rendered extremely dan
rerous for the English. When In tn
10th century Portugal was absorpe
hv Spain. soon after this Spain wen
10 war with England, and Quee
l;iixabeth experienced no hesitation 1
aaventurers to trade on the Yves
Coast IL would appear these roye
charters did not only accord the gran
: tee trading rights--but also territorin
control as far as the merchants ha
power to force their will on the ne
tives II Is % this fact that much Q
the suffering and degration conse
atient upon foreign occupation of tn
soil OF Africa 10 due--in most case
the agents sent out by. these com
panies could not bring themselves
believe that the natives were huma
bainea lil<e ti,einselveg. and dealt wit
them as they would with any brut'
before societies for the prevention Z
cruelty to animals were ever though
Of To them the native had no right
that the white man was In any wa
obligated to respect. On q recent Wis