MURDER OF TRADERS.
BRITAIN DEMANDS AN INDEMNITY. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received February 27, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, " 26th t February. Great Britain demands from the Liberian Government an indemnity for the deaths of Messrs. Ditchfield and Blenkursop, two English traders at Cape Palmas. The deaths, it is allegod, were' due to foul play on the part of Liber-, ians. Liberia is - a negro republic on, tho coast of West Africa, lying between the French colony of Ivory Coast on the east, and Sierra Leone on the west, and betwocn tho French possessions in tho interior and the sea. It was founded in 1822 by American philanthropists for the settlement of freed slaves, and was declared independent in 1847. The dovelopment of the country is Hindered by tho laws prohibiting any but Libcrian subjects from holding land, and forbid-ding-foreigners to trade in the interior or anywhere except at tho official ports of entry.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1908, Page 7
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