Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

220 Yearbook
sible to do even that without danger of arrest. In some
cases the houses of the brethren are watched and the brethren
themselves are shadowed as they move around the
district. Some of the native chiefs have thrown in their lot
with the Catholics in conspiring against the brethren, and
in one instance an opposing chief made arrangements with
the French district commandant for the arrest of a whole
company. Police arrived early in the morning while the
company were studying the daily text. They were arrested,
tied with ropes and led before the French officer. However,
nothing further was done, and after being kept in custody
for a little while they were released with a strong warning
not to preach or even meet together.
There are many people of good will in Dahomey. They
are tired of the empty husks of the Catholic religion and
no longer relish the pagan diet of purgatory, hell-fire,
priestly pardons and penance. They are ravenous for the
nourishing food of God's Word, and the brethren in Dahomey
are determined that they shall have it.
FERNANDO PO
Very little has ever been done in the Atlantic islands
of Spanish Guinea, of which Fernando Po is the largest and
most important. It being under Spanish control, the Catholic
church is well and firmly established and is fattening itself
at the expense of the "sheep". Many Nigerians are on the
island worldng the plantations under the direction of a
British firm by agreement with the Nigerian government.
During the year a pioneer from Cameroun and, later, a
pioneer from Nigeria succeeded in getting onto the island.
There is now a small company in Santa Isabel, the capital.
TOGO
After the Dahomey authorities banned the work of Kingdom-preaching
by government decree, the neighboring government
of Togo under J