Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-30
M CORRESPONDENCE of the Deseyet Nerc BY Frank G. cbentey

1 Peters had ordered to be served for
| his dinner Or. Peters first gave the
| man an emetic to get back the chicken
and then logged him.
During my trip about Victoria Nyan-
| "a. ! have been accompanied by the
famous missionary. Archdcacon Walk
er. who was IN Uganda at the time
Peters passed through here. He tells
me that the learned German doctor
boosted to him that he had killed -
blacks while he was in the country
aud that he evidently thought nothing
OF shooting native down in cold
blood.
HOW THE GERMANS FAILED TO
ACQUIRE UGANDA.
1t was from Archdeacon Walker
that learned how near the Germans
came TO getting possession of the rich
province of Uganda, and thereby me
control of the whole of Lake victoria
Whether this was attempted by Prince
Bismarck anG the German government
| do not know, but the movement was
engineered by this same Or. Kari Pet
crs. The incident occurred about losV'
when the relations between KING
Mwanga and the British government
We're exceedingly strained, Mwansa
who was then King of Uganda hau
said that lf the English would FUR
nish troops to support him In his
trouble with his subjects he was
ready to make u treaty with them ana
thereby bring his country under their
protection. Archdeacon Walker wrote
u letter to this effect for the king. aud
sent it to Mr. Jackson. the commits
slonor Of British East Africa. The
man who took the letter was captured
on the way and il fell into the hands
of DR., Karl Peters, who was then
travelling through the country as
soldier Of fortune and diplomat com
bined, As the story goes, DR.. Peters
tore the letter up and then by forced
marches reached UganCa before its
loss became known In consequence
of the delay he was able to make
treaties with King Mwanga whereby
Uganda should come under the protec
ton Of the Germans.
In the meantime. however. the Of
ticials of Germany and England had
come together and had held a confer
ence over African matters. during
which they made an agreement as to
the boundary between the German ana
English possessions, BY this agree
mcnt all of the country lying south
of line which goes about midway
through Lake Victoria was given to
the kaiser and all north of that to
Queen Victoria, then reigning. the
British Cedng To the Germans the
little Island of Heligoland as a con-
sideration therefor. The Germans. as
] understand it, had as yet received
no news of what Peters had done in
Uganda, and when ii did become
known this treaty made his work of
no avail.
SMARCK'S BAD BARGAIN.
Heligoland the country which they
thus got i'm exchange for one of the
best regions of the African contin-
ent, comprising a territory larger than
the whole German empire. and far
richer and including a population OF
100000 of the best of the African
natives was a little island in the North
sea, covering less than 100 acres and
populated only by fishermen to the
number of something like 1000. More
over that island is fast being eaten
up by the sea A few centuries ago 1t
was five times its present size, and
II grows less every year. on the 9TH
er hand Uganda Is now setting out
cotton plantations. There are roads
all through II, and the people claim
that you can go over them for dis
lance of 600 miles in an automobile.
The land is rich in rubber and other
resources, and il also controls the
source of the Nile. Verify, the Brit
ish had the best of that bargain.
BUSINESS IN GERMAN EAST
AFRICA
The German officials here seem to
he well satisfied with their colony.
They say ii Is richer than British East
Africa. and in support of their state
ment, point TO the fact that it already