El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-23
FIND
SJS SOUR
GRAPES
Grief Over Failure to Seize
Southern Morocco Is Part
ly Assuaged.
EAST AFRICAN ROAD
is TO BE COMPLETED

Berlin, Germany Dec. 23-The BIT
terness and disappointment Of the Pan
Germans over the failure Of Germany to
acquire part Of southern Morocco Cthe
Sus territory in the negotiations with
France may find some alienation in the
report Of the scientists Of the Hamburg
Morocco company Of Hamburg on their
explorations in the Sus.
In this report, laid before the d.
Ieclofs OF the company, it IS declared
mat neither the climate nor the soil
conditions of southern Morocco fit il
Tor coIonizatiOn nor even for agricuI-
lure Ahe existence of some beds OF
IRON ore is reported, but the investi-
gators are not able 70 say definitely
whether the ore exists in workable
quantities and qualities. They are Of
the opinion, however, that none Of the
cohcesslonalres of iron mines in south
ern Morocco had yet discovered deposits
OF profitable workable ore
The company decided, in view of the
report, to make no further effort at
this time toward the acquisition of land
IN that territory. However. further IN
designations into the metallic resources
OF the country will be made.
DiriglbIes In Germany.
germany now has in operation II
dirigible balloons, II belonging to the
others are being built or rebuilt and
VIII be in service by the end Of -he
year. Many types are represented, ut
the Zeppelin and ParseVal predOminate
France has but 10 dirigibles. Austria
Hungary four, Russia five and Spain
and Italy two each
In their constant search for means OF
increasing the efficiency of army bal
looms in time of war the German mill
tary authorities have equipped the new
L-T
Choir which is expected to make It pos
slble TO land on any ground and under
any but the most adverse wind cOndi-
lions The destruction Of the Zeppelin
IL at Weilburg followed the tearing Of
the balloon loose from its mOOrings
The new anchor has been tried out in
wind OF 20 to 25 miles an hour and II
worked to perfection.
New Screw Propeller.
At a meeting Of the Society Of Ger
man Naval Architects a new kind OF
screw propeller for ships was described.
The inventor IS DR.. r. Wagner the
chief engineer Of the 'Vulkan works
Of Stettin, which has built most Of the
fast German ocean liners. The inven-
ton consists of a second propeller
mounted behind the working propeller.
but not itself revolving It's blades are
set IN the reverse direction to those OF
the real propeller. and have the function
or checking the sWirliug movement of
the water set in motion by them, which
Involves considerable loss of power.
Stated in other words, the second pro-
peller tends to hold the water in posi-
ton so that the revolving blades OF the
working propeller can act upon It with
greater force.
DR.. Wagner said that the invention
had been in use for some time on a
number Of small vessels and that the
experiments had showed that it affords
an average saving Of Is percent IN pow
er over the old form Of propeller.
To Complete African Road.
The relchstag has given the first read
ing TO Dill apDrOpriating above SILL
600, 600 for completing the Central rail-
way Of German East Africa to Ujiji on
Lake Tanganyika- The road is already
in operation to within SO miles OF Ia
bora, the chief trading center OF the
tableland south of Lake Victoria Nyan- J
"a, and viii reach that town next !
spring, a distance OF 525 miles from its (
starting point at Dar-es-Salam on the /
coast
From Tabora TO Ujiji is another 225
miles, making the total length Of the I
road $50 miles It IS planned to estab- I
lish motor boat or steamboat service I
on Lake Tanganyil1a after the road /
reaches UJiji. and il is believed that a 1
considerable freight traffic for It can be /
Quilt up on this great inland sea Of 400 4
miles in length, as there are various !
promising agricultural regions adjacent /
to It.
BelEians to Build.
Great hopes are also entertained IN 4
connection with the plan Of the Belgian /
government to build railway from
BuI on the Lualaba Congo to Albert
vile, situated on the western shore OF /
Tanganyika about 80 miles from Ujiji.
This will open up quick connections
with the great copper. region Of Kat
anga, which is Just now reaching the
stage Of production. It is believed that
freight and passenger traf-
fic can be drawn from that district
East Africa, IS It offers q much
shorter route to Europe than the exist
Ing one via Beira on the Portuguese
east coast at least 700 miles south of
ar-es-Salam. Of course If the English
CaDe-to-CariO" railway, projected nv
cecil Rhodes, is ever completed. this
new German road will derive great
benefit from it. although that line NAV
take away much Of the European pas
senEer traffic.
The German government expects that !
me completion Of the railway to Tiff
VIII give strong impulse to cotton /
Erowing and other AGRICULTURAL inter
asts along It's route and in the dis
riots adjacent to the lake A commits
lon has just returned from investfpat
ne the agricultural possibilities in that
'art of East Africa and has renortaS 1
-hat II found various localities that
IRE Wen adapted for growing cotton. as
veil as for rice, palms and peanuts.
mere are also regions rich in cattle }