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Reichstagsakten 1888/89, 7. Lp., Vol. 121, Attachment 41: Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa, No.23: Report from the Imperial emissary in Brussels
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Brussels, August 25th 1888
This morning Cardinal Lavagerie paid me a visit to ask me to make sure that the
letter attached from the 24th of this month in which he asks for Germany's
participation in the suppression of Africa's slave trade, will reach Your
Excellency. He expressed his explicit regret that in consequence of the
considerable exertion he had to suffer at his advanced age due to the journey,
he could not take it upon himself to come to Berlin, as it would have been his
wish, and to personally meet His Majesty. Cardinal Lavagerie has a stately
appearance; his gentle and amiable character is not less engaging than his
eloquence, supported by a sonorous, sympathetic organ, which speaks with deepest
conviction for his cause.
He describes Ujiji located in the German sphere of interest on Lake Tanganyika
as a center in the slave trade, and he wants to draw the attention of the
Imperial government primarily on this place. He believes a corps of 500 men
would suffice to destroy the slave trade there; simultaneously the import from
overseas and the caravan transport of gunpowder and firearms would have to be
prohibited.
The Cardinal expressed the hope, that his mission would also find a favourable
reception from the German side, as it has found in England and Belgium. He
remarked that the Germans would join in his cause he would promise all Germans
who would come to Africa as researchers or colonists the support of his
missions.
signed Alvensleben
His Excellency Prince von Bismarck
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