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capable of the cannibalistic life, but front an exchange we have clipped
the follow,,,g art,cle which shows how greatly some of the American ne­
groes have retrograded on returning to Liberia:
Mc1N dIWa",’r , ’ 'niSSf°T"urieS' M arieSuchow- of Newton, Kans., and Diana
Neil, a native of Ltlterta, were recently forced to flee from Liberia to
escape the wrath of the natives, who threatened to hi,, and e ’u h e m
The missionaries had been aware that the tribes of the interior were re
in" "w ’md H C S'l'i'Se 7 rfOrmanCe5' Practiced
captives they took
in ta r, and they labored unceasmgly in trying to stamp out the custom
was not until friendly natives warned them that tribes were in re-
volt and were preparing to kill all the white people fora grand feast that
ey real,zed the hopelessness of their task. They fled into the brush
leaving three other missionaries cut off from escape, and remained there
for weeks „„til the American scout cruiser Chester landed at Greenville
and drove the savages into the interior. The women were taken into Mon-
oi ,a and fro,,, there they came by way of Spain back to the United States
A though the country of Liberia is populated to a great degree hv
m",',‘" " r O
rated SlaveS from Am<;r¡ca and has an established govern-
nient winch ,s recognized by the leading nations of the world, its inhab­
itants are now reverting to savagery and cannibalism. For the last few
months civil war has torn the government to pieces and the different tribes
have been spend,,,g them tune in fighting and burning one another’s vil-
»„es. The failure of the British government to come to their support
t > at, uprising against German control further incensed them and led the
cine s to declare a wholesale massacare of English-speaking people.
,e Liberian woman who came over was educated in this country
and then went hack to her home to take up missionary work. She says
that the cannibals there are fond of the flesh of white people and especial­
ly they dote on a broth prepared from the hands and feet of their victims
The captives they take in battles are killed and roasted, their arms and
legs being the only parts eaten. Until the beginning of the war these
_a ' agcs have been restrained by fear of punishment from engaging in
heir shocking ntes with such boldness, but the Inst for blood and things
horr.ble ,s now awakened in their dark minds by the awful carnage in
hurope, and they are committing all kinds of excesses.
A L IF E O F A D V E N T U R E
John Poe, Jr., was affectionately known to his classmates at Prince­
ton as jo h n n y " Poe. He was well liked by all the college men and
had many friends among them. He was known as a good all-around
sportsman, a keen, clean athlete and Ins work on the football field was