New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-19

tory on the east and this, under tnls ara
ment. England does not get nan Vi ="
African empire is at the north ana nan az '"o
south: and the Congo state ana "eIii""'
possessions form "A continuous barrier oe'"oo"
Them from ocean to ocean. True, Uerliidl!
comedies ga right of way" 10 Engllsn eoouS
and subjects from Lake Victoria to Lake IAN
panyika. But that is not equal TO actuai pos
session of the land. and will not so be regaru-
ed Nor will England be able to secure 'no
territorv under the claim that # is ALREADY
occupied by Enclishmen. 1t is not so occu-
pied and, in Lord Salisbury own woruS' i1n ~
land has no right to advance against '"0
German claims" All.
So much for East Africa. In Wesl ATTY"
the boundaries are yet to be hXed. but INC
German claim is allowed in Ngamlland at least
as far east as the twenty first degree OF lohRi
tude and rs far north as Lake NGami. ms i
not great concession in area, but every acre
there counts. That is the most fertile anu
most salubrious country in all south Africa
the White Mans Paradise, they call H.
Livingstone thought it would become a great
health resort 1t is enormously rich IN I'm
Der. minerals, pasture lands ana cattie' ivory
and game. The ruler. King Morcmi' cousin
of'King Khama of Bamangwato' Is Christian,
who reads and writes English and Is Ioerai
and progressive. Naturally, the European
Powers are covetouS of this land, ana lor
ENGLAND 70 Weld an inch of it to Germany VIII
be most unpopular act
Then there is Hcligoland; that tiny Island
in tho North Sea which England long has held
and Germany long has coveted. Lord sans.
bury proposes TO give 1t up TO UerhhdilS'
he does so, he may be burned In cflgy III Eng
land. but he certainly ought to nave Il mon
ument raised to his fame in Germany Inc
island is absolutely worthless save as fortress
and naval station. rs such its importance Is
incstimabc. Ii dominates the mouths OF the
Wcscr and Elbe. and mcnaceS Hamburg and
Bremen and the whole North Sea coast OF
Germany. To England it would be OF enor-
nous value 10 hold in check hostile Nermah
fleet and to prevent a German invasion Oh
England but for no other purpose. 10 TER
many il would be of incalcuable worth, 10 pro-
tect her coast from any naval foe. But Eng
land can scarcely have any dread of n German
invasion. and so. Lord Salisbury thinks, the
island may safely be given up to the Power 10
which it geographically belongs This VIII
rouse the British lingo Lord Salisbury Will
be denounced unSparlngly, even by his own
followers The surrender of llcligoland VIII
be compared to the giving up of Malta TO Italy
and Gibraltar to Spain; though OF course there
* really no comparison between them.
Undoubtedly, however, the ceSsion OF He'll
coland is quid" for which Germany will be
ready to grant an equally important "quo.'
Nothing comparable with it appears in the
plan of African settlement as already pub
lishcd, and therefore it is to be expected that
the British Foreign Office will presently reveal
some further triumph Of diplomacy and some
further success in the international game OF
landclabbing The final map of africa has
not vet been made; and when it i, there i
likely to be much more British red IN It's color
ing than now appears.