The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

Copyright, 1908, by Frank G. CarpenterD
 Tanga, German East Africa. " AISER WILHELM, the Emperor of N Germany, now owns the scalplocls X \ of this African continent. It is a bit of rock as big as your fist, and it was cut from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, where, dominating all Africa, it kisses the sky at an altitude almost four miles above the sea The rock was cut off by one or the Germans who climbed to the top Of that mighty mountain. It was ground smooth and made into a paper weight. and it now lies at the Kaiser's right hand on his library table in his palace in Der lin sa
 A.cut Mount kilimaniaro.
 understand that the Kaiser is proud of owning Mount Kilimanjaro, and there is no doubt that his subjects out here feel the same way. The mountain lies just back of this part of Tanga, almost on the border between British and German East Africa. Its lowest slopes are now reached by railroad, and some of the rich est regions of German East Africa He at its foot. These are now being settled by Germans who are planting out coffee and hemp There are some plantations which contain tens of thousands of coffee trees. and large tracts are being set out In rub Der or planted to grain. A colony Of Boers has located there, and there are also many Jews, who have been driven out of Russia by the prosecutions of the Czar. The land Is high and the climate is healthy The railroad has now been extended about 72 miles westward, and it is to go up the slope of Kilimanjaro ftself. The governor general, who has recently made a trip through that region, tells me he is we'll satisfied as to the progress now making. and he predicts that we will some day have little Germany away out here in the heart of Africa, under the shadow of it's highest mountain.
 The day will probably come when the ascent of Kilimanjaro will be one of the regular stunts of the world mountain climbers, and we may have cog railroads running up to health resorts in and about its mighty peaks.
 During my stay in British East Africa saw this mountain several times, far off in the distance. It looks like great cloud of snow floating, as it were. in the blue sky. It ends in two peaks like 8 saddle back and it stands upon great pedestal, which is more than half mile higher than the top of Mount Washing ton.
 Tho Worlds Hiahtiest Mountain.
 Kilimanjero is on the roof of the Afri- can continent and it is one of the hait dozen or more spires which rise high above the roof of the world With the exception of Mount Mckinley and cer- tain of the Himalayas and the Andes, 1t is by far the highest mountain on the globe. We have nothing to compare with 1t in North America And if you could put the Alleghenies on top of Mount Blanc they would not reach so high. I have gone along the Andes from Panama to Patagonia and have seen all their great peaks Chimborazo in Eucador is just as tall as Kilimanjaro with the height of the Washington Monument added to it. Mount Sarato, in Boliva. Is something like 120o feet higher. and Aconcagua, on the borders of Chile and Argentina, is 23.OO0 or 5000 feer above this topmost point of Africa.
 One of the greatest sights of the world is Mount Everest. which rises out of the midst of the Himalayas to distance of almost six miles above the sea. It's actual height Is 23.O00 feet. I have seen 1t from near Darjiling in the bright sun of the early morning. and can tell you 1t does not compare in beauty with this mighty Kilimanjaro. Everest has so many other mountains around 1t that you cannot real ize It's size. Kilimanjaro stands almost alone, and its double dome of frosted sil- yer fairly floats in the blue sky. Indeed, the natives living near it believe that the top of the mountain is made of silver They are too far down to know what snow means and in region so near the equator that all the lowlands are steam ing.
 The Port of Tanga.
 During my stay here have talked with German travellers who have explored large parts of this mountain. They tell