‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [‎54v] (125/297)

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"C hapter i.— -S lave T rade C ountries.— M easures to be taken in P laces of O riq J
" ARTICLE I.
"The Powers declare that the most effective means for counteracting the slave trade! "'^ lC ^
the interior of Africa are the followinsr: accordance ^
r . . , . . lures* '
" I. Progressive organization of the administrative, judicial, religious, and military servr* ]a\v applyi
in the African territories placed under the sovereignty or protectorate of civilized natiXgainst the p
"2. The gradual establishment in the interior, by the responsible Power in each territor?^'. 011 ! vv
strongly occupied stations in such a way as to make their protective or represj . nCe ' t j. an
action effectively felt in the territories devastated by man-hunts. .carriers
"3. The construction of roads, and in particular of railways, connecting the advanced statJ 'fi^shal
with the coast, and permitting easy access to the inland waters, and to the ur fi P ecl
reaches of streams and rivers which are broken by rapids and cataracts, so as to jl "Guilty
stitute economical and speedy means of transport for the present means of porttohere the cri
by men. incrimina
"4. Establishment of steam-boats on the inland navigable waters and on the lakes, suppor. P ', 1
by fortified pests established on the banks. fcovere , a
J ^ to try them.
"5. Establishment of telegraphic lines assuring the communication of the posts and statiV icri P(
with the coast and with the administrative centres. I , 1 ,
,crees already
"5. Organization of expeditions and flying columns to keep up the communication of
stations with each ether and with the coast, to support repressive action, and to aa
the security of roadways.
/ • • • • " Slaves
r 7. Restriction of the importation of fire-arms, at least of modern pattern, and of araiKxi ntinen
tion throughout the entire extent of the territories infected by the slave trade. i^al'autl
thev desire i
"ARTICLE II. f 7
"The stations, the cruizers organized by each Power in its inland waters, and the posts wt
serve as ports for them shall, independently of their principal task, which is to prevent theJ " \nv f'
ture of slaves, and intercept the routes of the slave trade, have the following subsidiary duties: obtain it am
" 1. To serve as a base and, if necessary, as a place of refuge for the native populations plac b oar ^ Goven
under the sovereignty or the protectorate of the State to which the station belongs P erm ^ te ^ to
the independent populations, and temporarily for all others in case of imminent daja
to place the populations of the first of these categories in a position to co-operate
their own defence ; to diminish intestine wars between tribes, by means of arbitratii: « j) ie e
to initiate them in agricultural works and in the industrial arts so as to increase ti, j oug an( j ^
welfare; to raise them to civilization and bring about the extinction of barbarous * tine wTrs be
toms, such as cannibalism and human sacrifices. r
servation 01
" 2. To give aid and protection to commercial undertakings ; to watch over their legality,esj guard, is a r:
cially by controlling contracts of service with natives ; and to lead up to the foundat nition are m
of permanent centres of cultivation and of commercial establishments. permit, that
"3. To protect, without distinction of creed, the Missions which are already or mav herd f S 0 5 P 0 ^ de
be established. J ' 1 lor ™ t ? e ,
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"4. To provide for the sanitary service, and to grant hospitality and help to explorers J 0cean ; and
to all who take part in Africa in the work of repressing the slave trade. r ^ . to the coast
" ARTICLE III.
" The Powers exercising sovereignty or protectorate in Africa, in order to confirm and J . 1 " The "
greater precision to their former declarations, undertake to proceed gradually, as circumsta^f P osse u ss ;;
permit, either oy the means above indicated, or by any other means which they may consi;: rl( ; a ' s;ia11
suitable, with the repression of the slave trade, each State in its respective possessions J ldentlcal or
under its own direction. Whenever they consider it possible, they will lend their good offices* " AH i
le i owers which with a purely humanitarian object may be engaged in Africa upon a sinm^a public wai
mission. 0 r r c r
'01 tire-arms
„ f authorizatioi
' AivTICLE IV, [ specified, b
rh,rt,. Th H r OWerS eXe M !sing soverei g nt y or protectorate in Africa may, however, delegate >
Chartered Compan.os all or a port,on of the engagements which they assume in virtue of A#! ' n,ended fo1
' nr , 3 r m! " n ' "^ej'heless, directly responsible for the engagements which they contrafl " At tl
P resent Gene ' al Act, and guarantee the execution thereof. '1 -warehouses
to orivT^lli^ i v .' )1 .'i™'i Se '" 0 recci ; e ' a ' d ' a 11 '' protect national Associations and enterprises* hint-lock gu
slave trade snhiVrf f X ' m 1W - Sj - 1 to C0 - 0 P e ^te in their possessions in the repression of'^4 " Besid
fK? k . the 'r fecciving previous authorization which is revocable at any fc organizatior
of sovereiffntv ^ in ^ "ec'.od and controlled, and to the exclusion of any exercise of ^ ? cient guarai
& y ' - - . . r to per
the weapon