New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-01
GERMAN COLONIAL PROJECTS.
A SOURCE OF WEAKNESS. ACCORDING TO
AN ENGLISH WRITER
From the Natlonal Revier.

From the National Review
Present events in China bring into conspicuous
IealizaLion began with the occupation Of Biso-
S s DognslesS Germany felt she was exhioiting
decrepit hands OF China (The Chinese power OF
resistance had not then raised frs head But upon
consideration We see that the business was char
acterized BY aggressive. almost tmpudent self-as-
her action raised troubles which she is uneCIsf 70
Upon the other PoWers ear1sny VI eai5l @ ss
remained at Ktao-Chau 4 month bur for the com
There was, therefore. no wonderful strong man
exniouon in this Chinese enterprise 70 excite the
worlds acmirat ton We need not Gf I NAV BE-
pardoned the alternative phrase) kovtow 70 Kiao-
Chaui yet we all seem 70 have done it. more or
oy her seizure OF The harbor and the proclamation
OF sphere OF influence over the Startling PENN
suia Is the weakening Of her defences by the ex
6sfgin OF ne p@ElS o. ner empire Wnlc5 may need
she is going 70 build railways there. and dig cosi
It is dificnlt 70 see how ali these operatioSSs
1noGgh they may possibly enrich a few German
quire good deal Of protection and e1nbroii Ger
wise have been avoided and which can only Be
ercise Of formidable strength.
., The Ba a railway scheme may also be men
from the German Anatoan system. runninS TiE5
"a. port on the Persian Gulf some scheme Of the
sort is not new TO mems minds The Russians had
similar project In view not long ago. and Count
Kapnist, believe, actually surveyed the route Mr.
Rechnitzer. though an Austrian, represented syn
dictate OF English capitalists who were also bent on
obtaining concession for similar bur rather bet
railway be constructed that it should properly
ward from Basra through BelOochistan. and
thence 10 kuracht, a direct overland
ranean to India. and. If necessary. Onward
to Burmah and the Yangtse Valley in China The
magnificent anyway. it did not come on The
struct the line without guarantees from the Turk
ish Government, lacked from their oficial repre-
man company received from the German Ambassa-
gPanted 10 aIn9cs a rsnre ens eSis tS
Anatoiian Railway Company and the Deutschs
angry. and is regarded IN Germany and elsewhere
as e tTi1I T I6r German diploaaey ana enter
! # The EUphrates Valley might have been ons
time worthy OF its legendary connection with the
Garden Of Eden: at present the country Is mostly
bare rocks. and the inhabitants are chiefly re-
Anatolian Railway, which runs inland from the
It's trafic 10 grease the wheels OF IFS carriages
and IL is not easy 10 see how further progression
nTs fns ev ese g 2 ancient SG mp s Of
dad and port on the Persian GUT as 9o1ee{ives
hundreds of barren miles through witch the rail.
way will have pass. The present Anatolian
company lives by its guarantees Regularly, az the
chequer for tie agreed payments OF course. the
Turkish ExcnegueT IS empty; y always Is; so
ment some money. and the Turkish Government
cant 60 on forever; unpaid Turkish oficiaIs VII,
not always sir quiet while A foreign railway com
into the Turkish Exchequer Since the guarantees
TO be extended larger payments will be neces-
sary. and the Deutsche Bank which has so con-
veniently furnished the needful IN the past now
by its participation in the Bagdsd scheme itself
be the receiver Of the guarantees. VIII IL con-
tinue to provide the Porte with money 20 pay
them? II all seems very mixed What does appear
plain IS that the whole scheme. financially. Is q
risky and that il is likely lead all sorts
OF political trouble. involving Germany IN disputes
she would be best clear OF.
Another notable scene Of German enterprise over
is Africa-though the word enterprise IN cor
nection with German African colonization does not
sound quite appropriate. But this quarter OF the
world IS particularly well worth citing. seeing that
here especially Germany IS dependent upon Eng
lands goodwill England is going 20 provide Ger
many with Geographic communication through Ger
East Africa. by means Of the Cape 70 Cairo
telegraph BY means OF the Cape 10 Cairo railway
II Is also proposed that Germany shall get her
Southwest African colony developed by q branch
railway running across Damaraland 70 the West
Coast Let these two instances OF the value OF
Englands aid suffice Illustration they cuehr
TO be enough convince geSrlculatlnS
member OF the German Colonial Society OF the
importznce OF conciIating English goodwill II
Africa is be worth prennig 10 Ger
many. Another consideration arising out or THIS
last is that African possessions are gettng 20 need
active possession; If they can't be developed INTO
strong and healthy communities they are golng To
be sources of weakness TO the country which holds
them Now Germany virtually admits that she
cannot develop those African possessions or hers
without England's help The moral - plain
enough to make further words supernuouS