New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28

bodies Instances have been reported where they
have buried persons alive
. marty OF German troops who recently lett
Eeatmaushoop were surrounded and captured
rha men were tortured and then burned IN great
s-ne-fl ryre. one officer who was among the
--r.--ers had his ewes gouEed cut and then was
ss- 10 die n agony on the veldt
70 the superficial traveller the southwestern re-
rfo- OF Africa which Germany has sought 10
,gor,zs would seem hardly worth the blood Of
t,rre soldier. with Portuguese West Africa on
fas north and the English colony OF Cape Town on
he south it stretches along the western coast
s7- SO miles a distance little more than that
between Nev-york and Savannah. II stretches
f-lz-d some FIVE hundred miles, a Journey equal TO
thar from New York 70 Cleveland. Along the coast
Dies q strip ot barren. inhcspitab,e sand some ten
niles wide behind which stretches plain, much
IKE ths ste9pes % Russia Further inland one
climbs 20 high lakeland. which IN the northern
haIf o. the colony splits Up into steep mountain
ranges. CT which the highest peak is Omatako
Mountain with an altitude O. $500 feet.
This elevated region has a width Of several
hundred miles. and contains the most available
lard fo- farming as well as a number OF ore de-
posts where miners have discovered copper ano
god Beyond the mountains and the plateau 10
the eastward the ground shelves downward into
the sandy wastes % the great Kaiahari Desert
The chief winds come over heated land areas 10
the southeast and even on those parts OF the
lakeland where German aericultur1sts have set
tied they do not bring more than ten or hfteen
inches Of rain en- a year.
England never took fancy 10 this bit OF AFRICA,
aid only appropriated about $50 square miles OF
twelty-s!x square miles less than the combined
t-sas q the cities Ct New-York and Philadelphia
Tie British wanted q sort O. way station between
Cape Town and British Guinea, and accordingly
took The land around the chief haroor OF a-ISci'
Bay. Here uley established coaling and cable
station. Germany first became interested IN the
country through the private enterprise OF d
Bremen merchant who. in 1883, established
trading station az Angra Pegueha. 80 miles hor'n
Q, the northern boundary Of Cape Colony. lac
named & LU6eritzland, after himself u the lo'-
loving year be ce5ed his concession 70 the Ieiil-
government and here the German nag was nrsl
planted on African sol in the years lot6 ana 1''
ie Germans marked OF the boundaries o. tLie4f
new colony. according 70 treaties made with Eng
lad and Portugal
was moi long after their arrival that the
lelt11s learned The unstable character OF Lle
hElyes whom they sought 20 govern IN I-e
southern part they found tribes Of Hottento's. IN
% mountains o. the north they met the bahlu
H,z q which the Herer0s and Ovamoos were '-0
ms pove-fal Between the Houentots and t-e
hs'ra roarned the Damaras. Colonists VINO
orossa ove- 10 the Kalahari Desert found the1e
q isw rsurt bushn1en a coyote breed OF human
ongs able 20 i've where other beings perish from
hunger ere thirst
A- ne northern mountains the DeIIlhlIS Ao-'--
ore deposits which they wanted 10 work. ana
uey maoe treaty with Chief Kamaherero ruler
q he Hereros IN 1855 10 begin mining operations
The Hereros recarded with suspicion the ever In
eeang nun Der OF palefaces. and the natives came
2 believe they were IN league with the Great E'A
eiirt when they planted big seeds II the rock
'alch burst Il apart with the power q hghtilng
a. sound q thunder. ~ the end OF three years
---naherero revoked the mining concessions enc
threatened 10 Kin the coloniEts unless they left the
'-a'ry. A. the settlers had no army, they Spah-
TONED their claims and retreated to Walhsch Bay.
= was not uutu lEs8 that the Germans s1oceeoea
= ie-estsblsaing their supremacy over the natives
supremacy which lasted Eve years. anc which Is
more seriously menaced than ever before
--t exact causes CT the present uprising have
81 80 cloucee with CONFLICTING reports from the
---'-si Once. az Berlin. When Chancellor Won
80" SPOKE En- the Reichstag January Is Of the
-ecuon Re said there was no visible cause
-.--Sioilg 10 travellers however the natives are
-. ~ nave been driven 20 violence by the rapa-
20 greed ~ certain colouists IN article
----.el IN the ''Frankfurter Zeltung" a German
80 had visited the affected districts said that OF
.s s-t years German traders have gone from tribe
- .-~s selling the blacks unlimited quantities OF
- - On credit Many o. the statesmen we're dis
go soldiers. ana they dealt In such an under
- - fashion that they prevented the natives from
T,,,--g nov deeply in debt they were involved.
t--a-y the traders turned on their clients and
80 eAoflltaut prices for the goods with high
-, E" interest The Her,ros. ia particular. had
me- '-I-na 10 the chlcanery OF the peoIers and
=. ~ pay their debts. they were compelled
--- ARE hsrGs Of cattle and grea1 tracts