Show WILD iLD BEASTS MENACE LIFE I Helpless Infants Put To D Death eat h T Through h r 0 ugh Witchcraft LONDON Sept 23 29 All P-All W PI All Is not joy In the th life of British ow-j ow club In Tn territory form form- formerly erly German l East ut t Africa Lions Lion leopards and elephants monaco menace the population missionary bewilder the tho th pagan paean natie and practiced by the th wild of the th district causes many Infants Infant to bo be put to death annually 1 of life In this thi new Brit Brit- BritIsh Brit Brit- British British ish territory are ar described 1 la In the 1922 report of ot the tho country Big BIS game multiplied rapidly In during the war var Lions fre- fre frequently fr satisfy their taste tute last toi foi hu- hu human hu human man flesh leh at th the e of ot life liCe Th Their boldness Is Incredible and whole villages b h ha io 0 terrorIzed by their presence In the tho first halt of ot the th year yar reward 10 ards were paid for tor the destruction of lions and In Tabora district e alo 67 7 people ere vere killed by llon lioni Elephant do great damage to croP often otton ruining a whole plan plan- plantation I tation in lu a single night or entering the tho they strip the roofs roots ot of gl aln stores and scatter or con con- consume con consume sume aume the th contents The Th natlie nath e too often orton assumes a fatalistic In the tho presence of or disaster and bo- bo becomes be becomes comes un or unable to help himself sir USED In Tn Ika witchcraft has as fatal effects on Infants infanta as beasts have hav on adult natives To tho influence of o tho the men medicine medicine says tho leport may bo be attributed the barbarous of ot infanti infanti- infanticide cide cido which prevails among the Wa- Wa Wa pate In the tho district Children horn with some or orthe orthe the offspring of ot parents who ho hate I failed to undergo Initiation Into certain trinal ceremonies are ar done donato I Ito Ito to death by deliberate stan atlon and neglect or by ly exposure to the unhealthy climate ot of tho low I coun-I coun country try Often Orten parents parent would not ot of otheir their 0 own 0 accor accord 1 abandon such and In many eases cases hm bao hao h to o cl them ay aay to strangers When the th elders of the tho tribe were addressed on this there was a decided derided tendency to its e oUs and to adopt more nore enlightened Ideas but a 0 few were against tho the abolition of ot the cu custom tom on the ground the tho de- de destruction de destruction ot of the th trIbes tribe certainly would follow According to these sages life lite Is olto altogether ether too precarious ious bus and the tho number of ot acts I or I which they can tan cite elf LS as being fatal tatal Is 18 amazing oven even eve to plant a a tree tre was pronounced to oe o equivalent to dooming oneself to death RiVAL niE Another difficulty confronting British administrator In the th torn terrI terrItory territory tory Is that of ot rivalry among amone mis- mis It Is la greatly to bo re- re rotted that spirit of Jealous rival rival- rivalry rivalry rivalry ry has hall manifested Itself In certain districts between Christian missions ot of different denominations the report rt declares It It arises from froma trona a 11 cry cry ery natural and sincere belief In the th of that branch ot of the th common faith which It Is their pride and their duty to preach to the th heathen but It has hns often resulted re d In an undignified competition to extend the scope of th the tho o mission beyond limits v hicha a 0 proper degree defro of ot influence amid annd control would demand and In at- at attempts tempts to set up schools in juxta- juxta juxtaposition Juxtaposition position of ot those tho of o another do- do denomination nomination This open display to tithe the thc pagan paean of ot religious differences cannot but react to the tho damage of othe the Christian faith Christian by of fer- fer log Ing one on doctrine her hor another close hy by and still another a II few fow mlles miles mile away must achieve little inore than the tho be bewilderment ot of otho tho pagan paean noth o and It would be b well eU ell If Christian societies would the principle of of Influence la lIS ultimately to the clear advantage ad of Christianity as asa asa a a hole no less lea lc i than to that of pagan populations |