Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

es-Saiaam on payment OF 100000 marks
to the Sultan of Zanzibar.
The population I'm 1909 was estimated
at 24.ooo. including 500 Europeans The
entrance to the harbor is shielded from
the winds by u palm-covered shore. The
harbor possesses a floating dock, which
was completed in 1900. The town Is reGu-
larry laid out with wide streets, and
the public buildings are well built and
imposing. Among these Is the peutsch
Ostafrikanische Geselleschaft. the Largest
trading company In German East Attic
Mombasa is the principal town IN the
British East Africa protectorate, lSO miles
north OF Zanzibar. The population IL
estimated at $4,000. OF whom 100 only arc
Europeans.
Mombasa is situated on an island Of the
same name. and possesses two fine har-
bors. The Mombasa railway to kfsuru
on the Victoria lake has a. length or Sss
miles and cost G5f303,4:3-
katanga. in the center OF Africa, Il a
district OF the Belgian koneo with
area of 10000 square miles. hatanga Is
bounded south and southeast by northern
Rhodesia and is. remarkably rich In gold,
copper and precious stones. At KAN
bove. i'm hatanga, railroad and MINING
engineers, German. Belgian and English,
are attracted by the idea of the grcs
probabilities that katanSa Is to become
the next Eldorado.
Merchandise from katanga, until tho
transequatorial is open. must take the
route south to Buhama, thence
Present oy Kambove to Elizabethviile.
thence by Rhodesia to the
noule. Cape. The distance from ka-
tanga to the sea at the Cape Is 5,yV hiio-
meters or 2.1S7 miles.
AT the end of December A railroad IN
course of construction from kisoma 10
the north of Ujigi TO Dar-es-Saiaam VIII
be terminated and then katanga VII
possess uninterrupted communication 60
the Indian ocean, COO ldlometers by river,
plus 1,l0o kilometers by rail.
The line from Lobito bay. Benguels.
when completed will be the shortest line
and without breaking cargo. TINS road
establishes direct communication petweeh
the two oceans IL will assure German
commercial and political influence In IA.
tanga, Angola and. indeed, all centrsl
Africa. .
The Deutsches kolonialblatt reports the
completion of a second section OF the
Katanga railroad from Elizabethvihe.
| capital of katanga, to hampoVe. iol
miles. The line is now in operation from
Sakania on the southern frontier OF Ma
| tanga. to Kambove. re miles. employing
/ 40 white men and go negroes. The road
will now be extended to Bukama, 40
miles from the Observation-Disclosures boun-
4 dairy.
| It * at Bukama that the railroad from
Renguella ton the Atlantic coast of An
! gola) will join the katanga railroad Inc
! latter road will be extended north from
Bukama to the head Of navigation on the
Lualaba branch of the upper kongo-
Southern katanga is now Joined 10
Capetown by rail- and the above men
toned projects under way VIII give III
connection with the Atlantic coast OF
Angola and the steam connections ps
rail and river with the mouth of the
| Kongo The projected building of short
| line of road Salisbury to the British line
| in northern Rhodesia, will a so give the
great mining region OF south hatanea
direct rail connection with Beira on the
Indian ocean
| Angola, at this moment, is an important
point of political attraction as well as
railroad radiation. An
inheritance COLA possesses actually
about 1900 whites. 1000
of Angola. Of whom are function
| aries. The rest-5,O0o,Ooo to 6.o0oooo-are
negroes.
Two projects looking to the COLOMBIA
ton of Angola have been discussed re-
Gently The first by Portugal namely,
to divert to Angola the $4,000 cnigrants
who annually go to Brazil; the second
from Russia, who would transplant her
Jewish population from Russia and
Galicia to Angola
Angola holds a high place in the pres
| ent Anglo-German negotiations because
coveted both by Germany and England
Situated on the West African coast
| line. 1t is separated from the French
4 Kongo by the boundaries assigned by the
convention of May II, 1856; from Brush
South Africa in accordance with the con-
yention of June IL, 1891, and from Ger
man Southwest Africa in accordance with
| the convention of December 80, 1885,
Ango a is divided into six districts
| The chief products are coffee, rubber,
wax sugar vegetable oils, cocoanuts and
ivory But these products are diminish
/ ing because of inattention and lack OF
| energy Rubber supplies are becoming
exhausted; cotton culture. formerly re-
| munerative, is now neSiected, ana topac-
co is grown and manufactured only Tor
| local consumption: petroleum and asphalt
are exploited by a British syndicate
The province contains large quantitles
| of malachite and copper, IRON petroleum
| and salt Gold also has been found The
| chief imports are textiles, and the exports
coffee rubber and dried fish.
There is perceptible falling off in Ill
these products. and coffee culture. like
| that OF cotton and rum.
Products has fallen to very low
mark. Cotton has almost
railing. ceased to be cultivated, al
! though the government has obliged each
planter to plant at least one-half an
acre IN cotton The administration has
made Iaudable efforts TO institute a prop
! er system and has introduced Egyptish
| cuItivators, with the object OF increaslia7
the results Cotton. sugar and couce
| could undoubtedly be made great source
of revenue Coffee plants have been m
| troduced from Brazil and Java, and al
| though the grains are small they are OF
| excellent flavor and the crops are pro
ductiye.
Rubber could be made a source OF
riches, and a French company Is cult
waiting il on new system of extracting
il from lanes or woodbine. The truth is.
the intolerablc Incidence Of the native y
the cause of the decline in the production
The year 1912 marked sensible de-
cline in the commercial production OF
Angola, and this is due principally %
the attempt of the administration to con
troll the native laborers; also the admins
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