Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-09-27

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vesr coast of africa, IN lat a. 50 "
$. lon. IS o 81 T. I, forms an in
dcn,atipn VI the coast at the mouth u
a small river which has not been fully
explored This bay was first written
about by the Portuguese navigator
Dias, who discovered Il in ASL II
vas claimed in the name of the reign
ing king ~ Portugal and one of the
Intellectual, ias gathering. non coloniling
colonicg ri that nation w3s planted
there. II l9ngushcd into a nominal pro
teetofate and finally became only q
memory a few yeon ago a German
commercial company discovered that
large dcpo9lIs oi guano, and Of nitstes
of potash and gOda, might be had for
the taking aud German settlement
took possession ol the bag whether
by understanding With Portugal N not
We are unable 10 state and formal
announcement NJ German sovereignty
was made Nov . glance at any good
atlas will show the relative position, II
Angra pequina Bay aud the mouth ri
che Orange River The distance -
about 400 miles in straight line.
though much farther of course in fol
lowing the indcnta,ions of the co9s,
line. II does not appear from any
reading at hand that the intermediate
country is Of either present Or prospect.
i've yalue, though II may be Of beth
But, in any event, England has come
10 believe that this particular section
Of coast belongs to her and has in
effect tlf officially, We are not aware of
| ~ advised the powers that, while Ger
many may have Angfa Pcquina il she
wants it, England wants the coast
country south Of that place a. FAR as
the Orange River This incident, to
gether with some minor differences of
opinion in the Congo region and
along the coil coast, the ivory
coas, and the "gold coast, has made
the existing hard feeling. The re
suit Of the irritated feeling between Ger
many and England, chiefly growing out
Of commercial questions, has 70 far been
nothing more dreadful than a TRADE
against "perfdious Albion by German
+ newspapers many oi them being semi
official, notably the North German Ga
zeite, Bismarck's accredited organ. 1t
has been generally believed that the
recent German policy, which, Of course,
means Bismarck's policy-has been to
foster home industries, and to discour-
age emigration. The beet-sugar busi.
ness was more distinctiyely a business
to keep Germans at home by afording
agricultural employment than one to
increase Germany's export trade. But,
in spite Of every effort, German labor
is slipping through the iron chancellor S
fingers, 1t is manifestIy less an evil to
permit Germans to leave the country
for colonies under German rule, than
to leave iatherland for the United
States, Australia or Canada. For this
reason, GeImany's most recent foreign
policy has encouraged settlement in
Africa. That great country is becom-
ing better known every year. In the
language OF Mr.. John Childer's, q re-
cent interviewer Of Mr.. Stanley "The
Congo region, at least, he maintains, is
one Of the most fertile on the globe.
We are usually told by those who take
a pessimistic view OF Africa that ivory,
gum and oil are the only products ol
any consequence, and that the first will
be exhausted in few years. But Mr
Stanley tells me that ivory will last for
generations yet, that gum and oil alone
give an ample field for trade On re
turning to England this time he came
in steamer that touched at about fifty
places on the West Coast, among other,
at Old Calaba. There he found thai
oil was being shipped at the rate OF FIVE
hundred tons week, and all this OBJ
'ained from stretch Of country onl,
forty-two miles in extent. All along the
one thousand miles Of the middle ano
upper Congo the banks are crowded
with oil-palms and, said he, divide
that 1000 by 43, and it will give yor
, some idea Of what you may expect thu
+, Congo to produce. Not only so, bu
, the country abounds in the wild coffee
plant, the berries Of which, even in it.
uncultivated state, produce an exceIlen
beverage. The orchilla plant is equal,
abundant, and both the native anC
the white settlers have extensive banan;
plantations. Not only bananas, bu
oranges and other fruits have been cul
tiva,ed with complete success so tina
Z, Mr.. Stanley considers himself per
/ fectly justified in maintaining that III,
S native products themselves are varied
n and inexhaustible, and tina: the countr,
I, is capable of unlimited agricultural de
y velopment." Awriter in the New Yorl
a Independent well says "What i
j needed is that thorough-going traders
e like the English and Germans, shouls
il develop these productions and Civ,
them to the markets OF the world
The French promise little or nothing
. in this direction, and the Portuguese,
+ appear to bring blight instead OF pros
Iperity to African soil" Why thei
: should Germany and England mis-
n understand each other' There is room
r for both. Their civilizations are III,
best now existing Why should the,
9 not work together hand in hand ? AnS
! why should Germany's semi-officia
{ papers talk OF " hurting the British int
! the sea y
, Mr. Smiley, the veteran London cor
d respondent Of the New York Tribune
!. fears that the peace of Europe is L
q be disturbed in another way. Writin
! under date of August goth he says
! According to present appearances
o is imnrobable that the Eranco-C Chimes