| Show ri T THE 11 IGHT FIGHT FOR the trade MN ms in with WITS wita loa ioa AFRICA ICA 11 A re da braz stanleyy on the western coast of AM linof conot unlikely to cause causa national colta eions amwell al asi a straggle for corm comm preeminence pre bre eminence on the thoroll tha coll of ih continent tle tie main maln mn i features of 0 the dispute between stanley stanlea iho tho man who found liv ing stone and do da braa brazza tt a french explorer may not be remembered by the majority of our readers every one will recall to mind tho news or stanleyb stanleys Stam Stan leyb leys grand feat as a journalistic traveler of penetrating the unknown regions of 0 interior AY africa rIca also his demonstration of the fact that tho iho gleat ghent river rive rot not of cen trai arrids arries was the tho jC congo jiongo ongo when uh u h he afas was lionized in europa europe for his 1 successful fui ful and daring explorations hid he fid turned hia hla popularity to commer clai cial account the who ho importance of the great river as aa a commercial avenue v into the heart of the corio continent newt nent was vas nob not difficult to demon domon demonstrate stra te to enterprising ter stanley was able to convince many and of the feasibility of opening up the congo country to eu ro penni peari traffic with the natives hati vea and so the international association was i organized the king of belgium taking in jhb ncy ney money and men at his hib command stanley eta tiey iley went back baek to africa and started to work mork mamne making roadways around those thosa caniar cataracts acts or t the tho he congo which he so graphically described in his account or of his mond vond wonderful erfal erral travels traveis on reaching the coast he net found that he hod had been forestalled ronea forea at a most knor important 1 p pr t ant pc point int do da brazza in m the alame tiame name of franca prance had stepped in 1 ahead and after effecting a treaty with the tha chief makako had unfurl le ed d th a lorana r aue ane taken french possession ho he had hn d also taken rench french JP 16 eave averl avell andaas brt bir for air home to tell what he had doneald dona and obtained bup eup 1 port pont from france stanley followed him M C 1 1 the two explorers and adventure erb era eair met abet and disputed before the geographical Society dut but da bra brazza aas was nas acknowledged 4 by the french government his hig treaty was wag formal lya and ho he was vas bent beni back to Africa with a regiment of soldiers Bold boid tera and twenty ty thousand thol maud mand stand atan dof dot bf arms 1 an I avar awat a war wan vessel wessel to defend tho the flag of france eranee A french station was at once established at t jonta negro bagnley stanley on the tho scene filc falc cited the flag of the alasio clation and waited for help chho he had called for anu and ed ad from portugal 1 and england Eng larid but tha tho french military hauled down ihm ibm his hia nag flag and i remained for the time being masters of the situation v jt at la is likely that stanley stanle y will submit to thisie thief if ho he can obtain bblain any thing like the support which he has reason to expect out of smaller causes than this great wars haver have beeh besh evolved the he trade of df interior africa Is likely to ve ke of no n email ismall importance and the cont control roi roq of the gey k fey ey malleryy maStery may be considered ed worth woith fighting for with some of greater magnitude tha than colef commercial we weapons apolis |
