Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-28
SUCCESS oFBIsMARCRs POLICY
Emigration from the Empire Decreasing
as the Result ofColoniaI Enterprises.

Emigration from the Empire Decreasing
as the Result OfColoniaI Enterprises.
/ WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Mr. Frederick
I Raine. the American Consul General 81
Berlin, in his annual report writes briefly
OF the rise of the German empire, and
gives tables from which he deduces sew
eral interesting facts. The population OF
the area now comprised in the German
empire, which was ol,S3I, 900 in 1S46, had
increased 10 A, 234, 900 in 1880, and, at its
! present rate of increase, 1t doubles once
1 In II years. This Is IN excess Of the
growth of population in any OF the neigh
boring powers. G eat Britain, Mr.. Raine
says, doubles her population in 81 years.
the Netherlands in 50 years, Denmark IN
"A years, Austria in 6lH years, and
Belgium in 81 years, while France re-
quires 200 years to double her population
at present rates.
The emigration from the empire shows
a steady and marked decrease since 1851,
from which fact Mr.. Raine argues, That
either the economical condition OF Ger
many has improved. the attractive force
of America has decreased. or Bismarck's
colonial policy is proving successful.
THIS policy Is meeting with universal APP
prevail throughout the empire. The Ger
man Colonial Association, formed two
years ago, spread with great rapiditv.
The first acquisition was made by Bre-
men firm Of traders, the area being 900
German square miles IN South Africa.
The traders applied for, and received
recognition from the home gov
eminent. and other traders
speedily followed the exam
pie, possessions being thus acquired IN
East Africa, CAMERON, Angra Pequena,
and other South Sea Islands. 1t is now
proposed that all associations and COM
paDies which are endeavoring to promote
&c man colonial interests shall be feder-
ated, and the question, Mr.. Raine says,
VIII be considered at meeting soon TO he
held in Berlin. The Government has re.
Gently subsidized two lines of steamships
TO run between the parent country and
the colonies. and third line has just been
established by private enterprise between
Hamburg and the Congo.
MIR. Raine describes another colonial
enterprise of novel character,
which is now In successful opera
ton. Three or TOUR years ago, he
says, several hundred thousand tramps
infested Germany and drew from the peo-
pie many millions annually bestowed in
charity. A clergyman first suggested the
plan of colonizing these people, and with
the aid OF men of wealth secured tracts of
waste or partly-cultIvated land in West
phalia, where he organized a ''workman's
colony" Local committees were every
where formed to counsel the Withholding
of aims, and the bestowal of an equivalent
sum to the new colonial enterprise. The
plan worked well, and tramps were COM
PEELED 10 emigrate to the colony in large
numbers. There they were washed, pro-
Vided with clothing and furnished with
employment as farm laborers. Gradual
w, in the progress OF colonization, they
found work at their respective trades, and
MANY OF them became useful members of
society. The rest found their way to the
warehouses;. The Emperor and many in
fluential men of the empire took a deep
interest in the matter, and atpresent such
colonies are established in all the colonies
and States OF Germany.