Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-08

An Imperial NJ Memorandum to the Reich
stag on the subject
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Fran, the P0H MaU Gasotte.
An imperial memorandum Of consider
able importance on the subject OF the
/ colonies was presented to the German
/ lelcnstag last week. The full text Of this
/ document is now before US. Particular
| stress is laid by the government-as by
4 Prince Bismarck in his speech before the
/ Beichstag a few days ago--On the fact
4 that Germany does not intend to colo
nize in the usual way Of European
/ countries. 1t is not proposed to set up an
| Administrative system OF the character Of
/ a bureaucracy. As Bismarck plainly
pointed out, he does not intend that the
new colonies shall be the happy hunting
ground tor Ofce-seeker5 at nome. The
/ colonies are TO be commercial colonies,
administered az much rs possible by the
/ trading companies which undertake to
/ develop their resources, yet at the same
time the empire will retain an unre-
stricted right Of surveillance, and viii
| afford all the protection requisite. This
/ is a new departure i'll the history of colo
nization, and it Will be interesting to OBJ
serve how it succeeds. 1t is clear that
the plan Bismarck has in view is the best
FOR Germany, for 1t viii exempt the
I country from the heavy expenditure
the English princip le-namely, that Of
calling into existence a maximum OF Off
Gals for the discharge Of minimum Of
duties. The memorandum is divided into
five parts dealing in turn with % the
CamerOous and Togoland; ~ the Ger
man East Africa company; (3) Southwest
| Africa: (4) Vitu, or SuaheIiland; and 90
the New Guinea company.
THE CAMEROONs AND TOGOLAND.
a. II
Won SOden has been sent out to the Cam
erOons, and two commissioners to Togo
and Angra Pequena. The Governor Of the
/ CamerOOns is assisted in his administra-
/ ton Of the colony by a board consisting of
three membeTs-men settled in the colony
and chosen annually. Membership is
! obligatory. and where necessary the Gov
ernor can call in the offices Of one or more
native chiefs As far as possible local
Usages are TO be observed in administer
ilg Justice, but the German common law
H. valid in the colony. As to the com
mercial aspect of the question, traders
! will do well to note that houses dealing
in spirits OF any kind are bound to pay
1000 marks yearly for the necessary
license. An export duty of 3 marks is
levied on every ton of palm oil sent from
the Camer0ons. and one of $50 marks on
every ton OF palm kernels, frauds on the
customs authorities being punishable by
! PENALTIES five times the amount Of the
I duties leviable. Pilotage is compulsory,
and tonnage dues are payable by all yes
sells.
| THE GERMAN EAST AFRICAN COMPANY.
The memorandum states that tho first
| acquisitions of land in East Africa were
made hy agents,~9f the Association for
, German ColOnisTr-s51if;s ss 10. IN 1884, secur-
! ed by treaty wish the chiefs the territories
I
! together from $500 TO 5000 German
/ square miles in extent. The German East
! African company then came into exist
enee. and in February last received i'm
perial letters of protection. Further ac-
/ quisitions OF land have been made, butthe
boundaries OF the respective dependencies
OF Germany and the sultan of Zanzibar
have not yet been determined, though a
commission has been appointed for the
! purpose.
SOUTHWEST AFRICA.
The lands here, which, in December,
1884, were taken under protection, were
partly acquired by the trim Of +. A.C.
Luderitz OF Bremen, ana part by an as
ISOLATION at whose head was the Disconto
bank OF Berlin. The hrst Luderitz ac-
qnisitions, secured by treaty, included the
coast from the Orange river northward to
the 10Th deg. lat. $, extending twenty
geographical miles inland, this being part
| of Great NamaQualand. DR.. Nachtigal
concluded further treaty in October,
1884, extending the protectOrate. Lu-
/ deritz followed by securing from the Top
naar chief Pet Haihib suzerainty over
his territory from the 10Th 20 the 23d deg.
lat. s., with the exception OF the English
| possession Of Waltish bay. Further addi-
lions OF smaller extent have since been
made TO the protected area and the Ger
/ al ,
Africa has been established for The develop
ment of this region. The memorandum
refers TO the negotiations with England
| respecting Angra Pequena, the result Of
/ which was the abandonment Of that ter
ritory, together with the adjacent Shark
island, by England on the ground Of nom
/ Appropriation. lt is pointed oat that the
| English government has declared the
| boundaries OF Bechuanaland-nOw under
British sovereignty--tO be on the west
the 2Hth deg. long. T., and on the north
/ the 2ad deg lat. s., and that n has also
| undertaken not To extend its Influence
west beyond the 10Th deg. long. f.. or 70
interfere with German movements to-
wards that limit. moreover giving the
assurance that En%land does not in
tend 70 extend her prolectorate at Walsh
bay.
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| prussian government and the sultan OF
the ouahelis 80 long ago as 1867, though
no definite treaty was concluded. The
African traveller, Clemens Denhardt, ao-
quired from the sultan nom twenty 10
twenty-five German square miles OF land
in 1885, and this was the nucleus OF the
present pr0tectOrate, which includes the
/ sultan's entire possessions.
THE SEW GUINEA COMPANY.
Tho memorandum shows how this com
pany was matrimonial in implanting
/ German influence in New Guinea, the
| German portion Of which u known a.
Kaiser. Wtlhclms-Land, Wilde the adin.
cent arch -pelagO Il named after the im-
Z pefial chancellor. The boundaries of che
German possessions were ths subject al
negotiations with ths Russian govern
meat, ADD che memorandum Dmpuaallee
the fact that luriher acquisitions made
without tho permission ~ che German
I authorities are not valid. Tho carrying
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