The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-02-21

s.Battie in the Cameroons," ," says 3 re-
cent eabie. What and where are the
Csmeroons? This from the New 4or@
Herald VIII elucidate little;
The Cameroons j. a territory Cd inc
Rich. Of Biafra. West Africa, one
hnndred and fifty thousand square
- IN extent. and with al estimated
-,,,ri,tiou OF two millions u mas
-. line Of one h-ndred and twenty
miles between the Campo river ana t.e
Rie del gcv. is bounded on the noTth-
80. br a treaty. line running north
.east 20 the east Of Nola. on the upper
g.nue. and on the south By line run
ming inland. due east from the Irooln
,ftbe Camno river. 20 about the me
vssiau of longitude fifteen degrees east
,,-hi,h nav be regarded a. tAe eastern
or inland limit of the sO-ealled pro
tectorate-H
Tnrsos there were one hundred and
si,ty-six whites. Of whom one hundred
AMI nine were German and thirty-one
English. u became German pro
tectorate in 1854. and Is placed under
an imperial governor, assisted Dy
Chancellor. two secretaries and a local
,.,u-sl Of three representative mer-
chants. The country is fertile, ana
,,nr,crous valuable African vegetable
productions grow IN profusion- ran
tasfo1s Of eacao AID tobacco have been
fsrrned bv q company. and numerous
factories carry or an aetIre trade IN
ivory and palm oil On January J.
lsss. an import duty was imposed on
European goods, and from TINS the
revenue Is mainly derived. The chief
town Is Caneroons. and in the South
Batanfa. Eimbia and Bahundu Town
are other important trading stations
and kaua Town and Bell Town are the
principal native settlements. The in
ports and exports are quite large.
In April last. Mr. Henry n Stanley
wrote 10 the peace association 4 letter
in which he attributed the increase OF
trade IN 1892 az African ports under
German administration 10 the growing
practice among German merchants OF
;nuorting into africa small arms and
ammunition. These materials Of war
Ia, said. were sold 10 the slave traders
and do inestimable damage Mr.. stan
10y ineulpated also the Portuguese IN
lis charges BE appealed 20 the Enro-
pean nations 70 suppress the traffic IN
arms carried on by the Germans ana
Portuguese. Unless this step be taken,
he added. all efforts TO stop the slave
trade would be useless
In February German expedition.
which was under the command OF
Freiherr Won Stetten, proceeded from
the CamerOons coast up the river San
uaca 10 Baiinga- whence Il Travelled 70
the thielsIy populated district Of IlSar
and reached Ngaudcre and loia-
Treaties were concluded with the na-
tive tribes in the districts passed
through. This reappearance on the
coast, the Kreuz Zeitung pointed ont,
was peculiar in view OF the statement
made bv members Of the expedition
that Lake Tchad was their goal IL j.
a fact. though at present an inexpliea-
BILE one. that German expeditions fail
To reach the more easterly portions Of
the Hinterland OF the CameToons- The
expedition returned in September
England and Germany had long
disnute about the boundaries Of the
Caneroons. which was settled in May
last. The third section of the agree
rnent reads: "The German colonial
administration engares not TO allow
auv trade settlements to exist or be
erected on the right bank of the Rio
del Rev Creek or waterway. In like
manner the administration of the OIL
rivers protectorate engages not TO al
low any trade settlements to exist or
10 be erected on the western bank OF
the Bakassy peninsula from the first
creek below Arsibon's village to the
sea and eastward from this bank to
the Rio del Rey waterway
According TO the German view the
new agreement is a purely fiscal one
intended to enable the British and
German administrations to cope with
the widespread smuggling, which was
especially detrimental to the Gamer
oons. There had been no question Oi
altering the frontier laid down by the
provisional agreement Of 1870, which,
in consequence Of disagreement be
tween the two governments, left the
I.io del Rcy out of count and settled
the frontier as a straight line running
from the upper end Of the waterway
TO the rapids Of the Cross river. But
this indefinite upper end" has DOW
been fixed as above set forth Much
satisfaction was expressed in Berlin Oi
the pledge given by the English gov.
ernment not to allow trade settlements
on the Bakassy peninsula, which other
wise would have afforded an excellent
base for contraband operations