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Show .LIBERIA WANTS PROTECTION. Asks Ainatlr lo ItNlrsIn the (Irrtxlr Kunitcau limra. rillaburg, OcL 17. lilaliop Joseph C llartxell of tho Mcthodlat Kptscopal church, whoso blshoprlo I In Africa, and who Is attending tho meeting In this city of tho I'M (lamina Delta fraternity, fra-ternity, stated last night that ho had been commissioned by tho negro republic repub-lic of Liberia to go to Washington and ask that tha republlo bo tahin under tha sheltering wing of tho United States. Threatened Inroads upon It territory by tho Hermans, French and Kngllsli liavo prompted Iho government govern-ment to seek tho shadow ol the stars and stripes, "I ant on my way to see Secretary Hay," said he, "as thn special representative repre-sentative of the republic of Liberia, to secure n protectorate, either quasi or actual. What they want America to do Is to say to the I.uropcan powers In Africa: MYo haro anlnterratln Liberia) this country belongs to us.' "Whether an actual prutrctoratd can be established or not will depend upon bow (sr the Llberlan government I willing to go, assuming that the United Stales answer favorable." |