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CHITINA, SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 'll
LET US MINE
OUR OWN COAL
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH
LIBERIA?
"Niggers” in the first place, what
the people did not know what to do
with, then came the automobile and
the demand for rubber, and last the
American project—not the niggers
but the rubber and American project
has been drawing the public atten
tion of late to the "nigger” republic
of Liberia.
At the present time "old mother”
Europe has apprehensions over
America’s friendly interest in Liber
ia. In the past it did not seem to
interest the rest of the world in gen
eral, in fact some map makers forgot
to put it on their maps, but rubber
bas gone up and Johnny Bull, Kaiser
Bill and La Belle France are all
breaking one of the commandments.
The country itself has a coast line
over 300 miles along the Eastern
equatorial Atlantic, that faces the
great steamship route to and from,
the Cape of Good Hope. Although
this 300 miles of coast does not con
tain a safe harbor for landing, there
are several points, which, with the
expenditure of a little money, could
be made safe enough for any ship
to be at anchor during the roughest,
which is never severe, weather they
have on that coast.
From a strategic point of view,
one of these harbors could be made
into an ideal coaling station by some
great maritime nation. Although
right in the equatorial belt the coasi
belt of this republic is not so un
healthy as other parts of equatorial
West Africa, owing no doubt to the
singular absence of mosquitoes.
Liberia has land frontiers of about
200 miles on the west by the British
colony of Serria Leone, and on the
north and east for about 500 miles
with the colonies of French Senegal,
Niger and the Ivory coast. The pop
ulation is fair as far as any estimates
can be formed and is about two mil
lion, and with an area of 40,000
square miles, its trade with Europe
amounts to over a million and a half
per annum. Of the population about
20,000 of them are of American or
igin that live nearly all on the coast.
The million and a half that goes
to Europe every year in trade is di
vided up principally between Eng.
land, Germany and Holland.
British investors have invested ov
er $500,000 in developing the Liber
ian interland and between 1890 and
1910 the Liberian government has
obtained large sums of money from
the British investors. It is entire
ly due to this money that they have
been able to fulfill their engagements
in regard to the loan in 1871. Now
France threatens Liberia from its ln
lerland and the British from Sierra
Leone. •
Sir H. N. Johnston, who of all liv
ing Europeans is the most intimate
ly acquainted with West Africa
writes as follows in the Review of
Reviews:
“A new delimitation of the fron
tier was given effect to by the treaty
of 1907. But the unrest provoked
by this coming to close quarters of
France and Liberia has upset the
whole country. An arrangement j
made to organize a frontier police!
force under European officers, with J
a British commandant, fell to pieces
after a year’s trial. It is difficult to
apportion the blame, but of late years
the Liberians haye been convinced
that the British government has a
design to Incorporate theli country
with Sierra Leone.”
Now we cannot indorse every de
tail of administration and every ac
tlon of the French and of the Brit
ish in this and other parts of Africa;
but the general outcome of their
work during the last 20 years be
tween the Senegal on the west and
the mouth of the Niger on the east,
has been unparalleled in the history
of nations, and has also been of an
enormous benefit to the negro indig
enes of this wonderful region, the
richest part of Africa in natural pro
ducts.
The European nations would only
have a little “Lent” (in self.deny
icg) and during the period of Lent,
pledge themselves not to lay a fingei
on the Liberian territory (as defin
ed in the last French treaty) and
let this period of Lent run fay for
five or seven years, and during that
time let the European powers per
suade the native tribes living in that
territory to give their allegianc - to
Monrovia (they would if the powers
w ould only use the right kind of per
suasion). It would be possible tor
Liberia, even as she stands now, with
the few Europeans she has in her
service would pull herself together
and gradually get straight.
To again quote Sir H. H. Johnston
the best plan he thinks would be the
adoption of a quasi American protec
torate:
“Quite the best way out of the Li
berian ‘impasse' would be the put
iting in force of the scheme conceiv
ed by Dr. Falkner, whereby money
would be raised in the United States
for the paying off of the small Li
berian national debt, funded and
floated and those who raised the
money would be the creditors of Li
beria; which country in return for
;this and other services rendered,
[would implicitly agree to select as
her advisers American subjects in
the United States and to follow their
advice in all matters concerning her
internal administration.”
Her national independence would
remain undisturbed, and her com
mercial treaties undergo no altera
tions in favor of this nation or that.
All existing contracts and conces
sions would be repeated. The advice
which these Americans would tender
would certainly be in favor of justice
toward the people of Liberia. Any]
real discontent on their part would
be removed and thus by degrees a
civilized, self-governing negro state
would be called into existence which
so far from being in danger to the
British or the French possessions
around it, would be a friendly link
between the two and a neutral
ground in West Africa open to all
forms of honest commerce without
fear or favor.
The real “bed rock” of this scheme
would be for the French to keep
their hands off and the British col
onial office and its governor at Sier
ia Leone should give the American
protectorate hearty support. But
do Americans want to mix up with
African affairs?
On looking at it from another view
if the Liberians did choose their ad
visers from the states, and the name
of “Little Arthur (Jack) Johnson”
had penetrated to that distant part
of the world, they might choose him.
and in time to come one might 3ee
“Little Arthur” w’ith the order of
‘he Grand Star of the “stolen water
melon” round his neck, giving ad
vice to the Liberian president re
garding the finances of his country
and no doubt Jack knows a little
about the almighty dollar by now.
RICHARD GALLLAND.
Seattle, Feb. 18.—B. V. Taylor,
of Fairbanks, has returned from
New York, having passed an exam
ination at West Point, which military
academy he will enter on June 14.
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Washington, Feb. 18.—The spring
practice of the Pacific fleet will take
place April 1, off San Diego.
ALAMEDA RUNS
(From Cordova Daily Alaskan)
The steamer Alameda did not
leave here tor Seattle until 0 o'clock
this morning on account of the
storm. A wireless message was re.
ceived from Capt. Johnson this af
ternoon, in which he stated the Ala
meda was seven miles east of Cape
Kinchinbrook at noon. He reports a
strong easterly gale, big snow storm
and a heavy sea, and was running
under half speed.
The following passengers were
outhbound on the Alameda from
Cordova: John Anderson, Aug. John,
son, J. McCormick, John H. Dakin,
James Arnott, J. F. Clakin, J. Fil
lmger, E. W. Griffin, John Gilbert,
Thomas McManon, G. L. Milligan,
J. Y. Ostrander, Mrs. J. Y. Ostran
der, P. W. Hemrich, M. W. Diedrick.
Mrs. C. Bertrand, Mrs. C. H. Turner,
Frank Hudson.
QUOTATIONS .
STOCK
Name— Asked Bid
Cliff.$4.00 $
Seeley-Davis .60 .50
Williams-Gentzler ... .35
Landlock Bay C. >1.
Co.20
Knights Island C. M.
Co., H and D.10
Fidalgo-Alaska.20
Knights Island (Tit
bits) .•... .10
Miners River.01
Gold Creek Hyd. M.
& G. Co..25
Chugach.25
Black Diamond.25
Royal Development.. .05 1-2
Alaska Water, Light
& Tel. Co. 50.00
Ellis Imperial.88 1-2
Gold Bullion G. M.
Co., Cook Inlet.50
Alaska-Kotsina Cop
per Co.05
Twentieth Century
Mining Co.10
Gulconda Hyd. Co. .. .25
Shoups Bay M. Co... .09
King Midas.30
Ibex Mining Co.20
Lucky Strike, Cor
The property of the Reynolds-Alas
ka Development Company at Horse
shoe Bay, Latouche Island, is to be
developed under the supervision of
G. M. Richards, a mining engineer
from New York.
Last summer Mr. Richards made
an examination of the properties of
the company at Boulder Bay, Land
lock Bay and Latouche, and as a re
sult of his report the company de
cided to develop the property at
Horseshoe Bay and Mr. Richards was
sent to superintend the work.
The company has raised sufficient
funds to prosecute the work for the
coming summer. Eight men have
been working on the property since
last September and this number will
be increased to fifteen.
The object of the proposed work is
to determine the value of the prop
erty, the surface showing warrant
ing the belief that a valuable deposit
of copper exists there. Two tunnels
have already been run in to tap the
ore body, which carries out at the j
depths attained the promise of the
outcropping. The work was done
I
prior to the misfortune which, over
took the company in 1907. There
was also begun a tunnel which would
| tap the lead at a depth of about
2,000 feet, but work on this was sus
pended when the crash came. It is
now proposed to extend this tunnel
to strike the lead and if the ore at
this depth proves as rich as in the
upper workings the value of the prop
erty is assured and steps will be tak
en to put the mine on a shipping ba
sis.
ELEVATOR
Chicago, Feb. 18.—Fire destroys
the Calumet elevator and 500,000
bushels of grain. Seven firemen were
also injured.
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