The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-07

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'No "Vtr-mItlrs 90 th" caravan routes.
assent q ctinh 20 the ~aharan hinter-
land. Is th" pr"~'.nt assert on of certain
French and Italian Journals
There - a. Vet no suggestion that
Gather OF th" caravan routes wOuld
presently L. replaced by arailruad bat
rhl. - obviously IN" next step A Garman
rou'c from rr"-'" IN Austria to Tripol
and thence 10 M" kamerIn. this. a,
least : a possibility already realized IN
certain minds Herman negotiat ions
with irab and negro rulers are solemnly
reported ,n Italian newspapers, and the
menace to England IN Egypt. France in
north and central Africa and italy in
TnpOl furnishes fruitful topic for
discussion
II j. not tn much To assert, deSpit.
the apprehension, that the prospects
- German tTansSaharan route arr
utterly remote After eighty wears in |
Algeria the French are az the present !
moment stilI engaged in reopening |
the rout,v- leading from the Mediter-
ranean % the 'ougp The French gar
rl-ons already established az Absshr. ,
Fort Inmv. Bilma and Agldcs efIectu- |
ally close the Wav 80 any German pene- |
trution. while Ghadamcs and Chat are. !
despite their Turkish garrIsons always /
at the mercy of tho French army in \
nrnis. As for the Kufra oasis. its |
occupation by British troops from
Egypt would be relatively simple and |
would cut the Benghazi route.
The real absurdity Of the proposition |
lies in the fact that a caravan route be- |
tween Tripoli and the Kamerun colony !
would OF itself b. worthless, because
there would be- uo commercial warrant |
for II such commerce as follows these ,
routes now originates not in the KAN
erun but in French territory, and con
sisis largely ia slaves and firearms
Effective French occupation OF the dis
trict about Lake Tchad will put an end
10 the greater part u this traffic A.
for the hamenin. II IL the least sue
cesslul OF all West African colonies. IT'S
trade - incon-Idcrabie. and such trade
a. there is naturally finds ~ wav TO the
Atlantic sea coast
A. an ingenious invention. as a device
10 fan IN. flames of French bitterness en-
g.ndrred IN the Moroccan .pasode and
10 satisfy the growing hatred Of Ger
many and Austria IN Italy. the German
route will doubtless serve
~ purpose. bu' ~ serious posi- bilitv
u must bc dismissed. ~ have been
already the grandiose French sch~mes
IT generation ago for "A railroad from
Algicrs 10 Timbuktu, With u branch TO
Lake 1chad and the Congo
RansAg capitol ~rIu' - Ka"'gs rFs Sfar
tan YOU blame ~ And STUBRs. th.
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