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September 29, 1909. THE
MISSIONARIES.
(Continued from Page 15.)
report of the consul was published by
the Biltiih Parliament. After these
publications the stock of the company;
which had soared to fabulous prices on
the Brussels Stock exchange, took a
sudden slump. In order to recoup themselves
for some of this loss they have
brought this suit for libel against us.
for of course, they can not touch the
Hritish consul.
The situation is made peculiarly diflicult,
for, as can be seen, the government,
in condemning the company, must
condemn itself, lor it holds a controlling
interest in the company. Would the
government, under these circumstances,
give justice? The trial was set for the
2oth of May at Leopoldville. A more
inconvenient time and place could not
possibly have been chosen for us. This
meant that we were to be dragged for
1?00 miles away frdm our homes and
from the seat of the (rouble, where all
our witnesses were?in fact, could we
get any witnesses to go so far from
home? Then, too, the dry season was
coming on. We would not be able, more
than likely, to get back to Luebo at all
with our steamer. We ourselves would
be taken away from our work and our
families for perhaps many weeks. We
were not consulted at all?everything
was'arranged by the State and the company.
uwing to the failure of our steamer
to get down with us in May, we could
not reach here in time. The American
consul was present and demanded a
postponement cf the trial. We are sincerely
grateful for the splendid stand
our government has taken with us in
this matter. Then the 30th of July was
set, right in the midst of the dry season.
The judge knew we could not be
here at that time, for he went off to try
another case, and when the 30th of July
came he was nooriw i Ann ? ??
mj *,vwv tiiiico a w txy.
But, after the most strenuous effort, we
arrived here on August 2, only to find
that the trial had been postponed until
the 24th of September. Mr. Sheppard
made a land march of 150 miles to catch
the steamer, and Mr. Morrison a canoe
journey of 200 miles.
We hear that a lawyer- is coming out
to defend us. Personally we would not
have gotten a lawyer; we would simply
&.<o tJicBciueu me witnesses, wno can
prove all that the article contains and
much more; then, if they had decided the
case against us, we would have refused
to pay the fine and would have gone to
prison. But in the decision of this case
the whole status of these rubber companies
is at stake, the lives of millions
of natives are in the balance, and the
deepest interests of all the Protestant
missions. No, we have had to yield our
personal preference in the matter to the
good of the whole.
Maw ** t- m ?* * *
.wn, 11 is nupuBBiuie iur us 10 Know
what the final decision will be. We
are Inclined to think that there will be
a fine Imposed?perhaps not as much as
that demanded?Just In order to save the
face of the company and the State. But
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU1
if this is done, we shall not pay it, but
shall go to prison instead, unless urged
strongly to the contrary by other considerations.
We feel that in this matter we are
in the right; we are pleading the cause
of the poor and the needy and the oppressed
; that we are on the side of Justice,
and that God is with us, and that
the truth will be vindicated in his good
time, and that out of this Congo cesspool
of iniquity and corruption will
come a brighter day. But it will never
come unless God's people, with his divine
aid. brine it to nnss Wo om "??? '
. D ? I "? CIV ^UUU,
of the position our mission has always
taken in this matter, and we are proud
of our Assembly and Church for using
their influence in behalf of the right.
Some may say that it is a political matter.
Is it right to haggle over such theories,
when the cry of the oppressed is
ringing in our ears and when we may be
able to he'p them? Yea, does not God
hold us responsible for any influence we
may be able to exert in their behalf?
Again, we thank all who have so
kindlv shown Iholr inlornot t" "" ?V-?~
case. We personally are of little consequence,
but we ask you, on the 24th of
September, to plead with God that the
truth may be vindicated and that at last
the cry of these poor people may be
heard, and that in some way this case
may be used to bring a brighter day for
Darkest Africa.
W. H. Sheppard.
W. M. Morrison.
LIQUOR AS RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT.
The liquor traffic does not
give adequate employment for its output
Other commodities use six times as
many men in their manufacture of like
output. For example, to manufacture
$10,000 of cotton goods, six and elghtynine-hundredths
men are required; iron
products, three and fifty-two hundredths;
shoes five and three hundredths. For
$10,000 of liquor, sixty-one hundredths of
a man is required. In other words, one
billion dollars of liquors, require sixty
uue uiuuHuua moorers; wnereas, like
amount of useful commodities would require
upwards of four hundred thousand
wage-earners. Is it any wonder that the
clamoring crowd of unemployed force the
laboring world to organize unions, in order
that a fair wage may be maintained?
Is it right to allow the liquor business
which stands in the way of the employment
of four hunHrorf tin""""
- i.iuuouuu itnstreamers
to be continued.
But what shall we do with the saloonkeepers?
If they are willing to work,
and some of them are, they can find employment
in the distribution of a billion
dollars of useful commodities, and there
would not be half enough of them if every
one of them was willing and competent
to take a place in retail stores and
in transportation companies.
God can only really give the victory,
and God assuredly will. But God will not
give it possibly in the precise way ve
ask for it.
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