Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-06
TWO EMPIRES TO
SIGN A TREATY
UNDERSTANDING DIFFERFNcTS
BETWEEN ENGLAND AND GER
MANY MAY BE SETTLED BY
EASTER, 1T IS THOUGHT.
DIPLOMATS ARE BUSY
THEY HAVE BEEN At WORK FOR
YEARS WITH \ VIEW TO SET
THING MATTERS. WHICH THEY
EAPEcT TO ACCOMPLISH SOON.
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20" ~ '"iId fI'NN
London. March e. 4 treaty between
England aud GrrmIn, may hc signed lr
Tore Easter. Diplomats have been "a
work for years with a view to clearing
some of the difference. which have kept
the two empires apart and they expect
they will accomplish this a. i great cX
tent ~ the proposed new treaty. III Will
deal particularly with the interests oi
The two countries ia Africa and possible
ltics that might arise should The Puriu
gcsc colonies in Africa come a. market.
There j. already an Anglo German
treaty dealing with the Portuguese colon
les which will be- revised by the new one.
Under the old treaty. signed ia l>h>. Eng
Lihd ami Germany. anticipating thai
Portugal might he diSln~cd 90 parl with
her colonies, aud wishing 90 t,iod con
fllct over them entered into 40 agree
mcnt 10y which Germany was "a obtain
the greater part "f Angola l'ortugySr
West Africa aud England Was 10 have
Mozambique. The new treaty. in place Of
this division. sets up spheres 1T ID
W litiilN ~ slffIlllf Anf "fflt
right Of economic penetration III Angela,
while Engllmd will claim tie same righi
in Mozambique. I,
More important for the Development OF
Africa. are the clauses dealing with rail
way construction. Germany has long
dreamed of connecting German East
Africa AMI the Atlantic cna~l uf Angola
by means Of 4 trans continental railway
that would tap the copper and zinr bear
Ing regions al the kaiangi district W he
Congo. and Ia supply for Ccntra Africa
IN general shorter aud Iurc convenient
route Ia the ocean than the projected
British tapctotairo line. Already the
lime has been built across Germany East
Africa 10 Lake Tamayika. The next
stretch will take The railway INTO ka
tanga district of the Congo. Here. al.
though the country j. Belgian. the ia
flucncc i all British many biz cpncc>
sions being held ~ London companic,
which have bulls = line at railway which
really forms part "f the cape tnCairo
scheme. Further more the same group j.
interested in the l.cngurll railway
which begins az lobito BAY. n splendid
harbor in Angola. and runS ia 200 miles
toward the Congo border and will event
ually penetrate the katanga district.
Hcnce, il any progress i t. bc made
with the German scheme al connecting
east and west hy rail. British interests
will have to hc squared or hu lghl out.
Under the new agreements NJ fan a.
the consent of the British Government j.
concerned. German capital VII H. allow
cd 10 obtain 4 controlling interest in this
Angola railway. This would place ia
German hands the entire connection hc
tween east and west across The continent.
with the exception Of the connecting
chain ~ katanga. ~ The latter region
il il proposed Ia build Il line CONNIE ting
the British line la katanga and the ter
man line in German East Africa. In
this way Germany viii realize her
scheme of Il trans continental RAILWAY
Since this zine will prove 4 Formidable
competition to the Cape Cairo railway.
in so far a. the mineral and other iral
flee between the Congo aud the sea j.
concerned. England viii want cnmpcu>a
tion. This will take the form " y right
Ol WIN iHf'N-H AW bt-iaH 'i-' lWi
the tapctotairu railway. England
some wears ago obtained fInm Belgium
u strip Of land Tor tins portion 81 the
road. hut ~ German, protested thc con
,cssion had Ia hc cancelled. NOW has
ing obtained what She desired Germany
il prepared to waive this protest.
The understanding also Will iurude
the new agreement - a. III BI-iaI rail
way. English opposition ~ this scheme
has been given mp la return frr exclusive
prrdominancc in the Persian gulf. A.
announced l., Sir Edward Grey the ar
rangcment i hat the terminus It TIA
railway should h. Ba>ra. and that the
prolongation il amy. hcNnnd that poIut
should bc subject a. British run~cnt. lu
return Great Britain dc,larr> herself
.di>intcrcsicd" an The section between
Ra>ra and Ra.iad. hut viii ~ repre-
scented on the board VT the railway ",
Two directors - a. a. gIari against dt
fcryntial rates operating tu her hi>ad
vantage. Eng'and'> interests ~ regards
the navigation 81 the Euphratc> and
Tirris will also IT, >afcguHrdvi. aud
lastly. she has nhta med from the ShciA
of kowrii full autonomy under Che
suzerainty at the sultan and recognition
of all the arrangements were made hc-
tween the shcik and the British govern
meni in years past.