, 1890-07-26

Myika and across the Stevenson Rod" 10
Lake Nyanza, greatly 10 tho advantage NJ
The. Lakes Company. In their Interest 10
ia hoped that trade will continue along the
route. The total area Of Zanzibar ISlROO
ia 626 square miles, to which must hr add
I'd that of Pemba, famous for it's cloves.
Between the twO the population IL Pr'tHbIy
25O,OOO. The total trade has been eS'IuhAt-
ed ut W millions sterling. There IL n0
part of Zanzibar island over l.OtOft- h eh.
aud most of It is much lower. cOnsi ting 0T
low hills and valleys. Both the Islands
nrp rich in tropical products and capable
OF yielding extensive grain crops: they
produce several million pound weight OF
cloves. The population is Of thu most
mixed character, the Arab element Deiug "a
course dominant. Christian missions have
been established many years, niId Enr"'
peans find the island comparatively healthy.
The city of Zanxibar is the iarge"t ." the
African shores of the Indian Ocean.
So far, then. as geographical COLI dcr"'.
tions are concerned. the arrangement pro-
posed could hardly. under the
ces, be more satisfactory for England on
the north of the German sphere. Nothing
has been said about minerals; but that
they exist in Uganda and UnyOTo there
can be little doubt. SO far ~ the lnd""'
trial capabilities 60, the 45O.OVO square
miles of German East African arc not |" DO
compared with the territory that remains
within the British sphere.
On the south of the German region, the
proposed arrangement leaves nothinE 10
complain about and the most directly in
terested are perfectly satisfied. The STE
vensOn road will remain where il should be,
~ NJ. II II IOuUSRnu'n InrAGIRl GhlU3nita
work in this region is practically endorsed
by the Foreign Office. Of course the navi-
CATION of TMmganyikR ia tIre and az 10
- connection with British South Africa and
British East Aft lea, all arrangement 10 al
but concluded which will keep an open
route quite independently Of the German
sphere. And, should Mr.. Stanley go ont
~ Govern or of the Congo Free State, we
NAV be sure be will work iii harmony win
British interests. The come xion between
British South Africa, south of the Daln-
best, and the country to the North Of tue
riN er ia to a large extent secured, AND mta'
>ures are being taken to make 1t still more
secure aud OK tenSive.
With regard to Ngauliland, the one point
TO secure is that the lake itself Shail Oe
we'll within the British sphere, even II
it should be found to extend . little weHt or
81 deg; for its longitude is by no means
certain.
With regard to TOgOlaRd M English
Commissioner has already been I'll Tire
Gold Coast and will shortly return, Tor the
purpose of delimiting the respective
spheres. In the interests OF the Gold
Coast Colony it ia to be hoped that care
will be taken to leave free aE"' sS to iao
interior. II is not quite easy I" understand
how Germany ever acquired " 'l"1m 10
touch the Volta river; th"Mgl' "~ n matter
of fact, English maps aye most erroneous ""s
10 the geography m this region ana II |"
time that the non existrncr Kong m""h'
tains we're obliteraitd from the map.
Looking ~ the whole arrangement th""
from a geographical point Of \'F"-'"knE
geography in it's widest FenhT "h Nr"lhE
With the sur face of the earth and VII that
Ia thereon, and leaving sentiments ai'd
events older than six years On' "I
reckoning. England has little TO complain
of the prop osed arrangement.
AS to Heligoland. it il . vanishing guam.
titv. A few centuries ago IT. WAS M l"lai'd
at very considerable extent; in the lTn
century the main islet was c0NBS0tef with
the small island and the outlying reefs.
What remains is gradually disappearing
and as to it's AtrategicaI value It is nI..
The special COMMITTEES nominated Oy the
Council of the London Chamber OF Com
merce to draft the memorial to Lord Salis"'
bury GU African matters, ior presentation
Oy q deputatiob, me- on Wtdnet0ay 10