The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-28
TREATY BETWEEN
ENGLAND AND
GERMANY BY
EASTER
Work of the Diplomats of Two
Generations Now Believe to
be Nearing Successful End.
AFFAIRS IN AFRICA
DIFFICULT TO ADJUST
CBy the Assoc4ascd prcss.)

AsaNhNit ftu, ia treaty uetAtth
England and Germany mas be signed
before Easter. diplomas have been
az work Tor years with a view to clear
ing some Of the difference which have
kept the two empires apart and they
expect they viii accomplish this TO
a great extent in the proposed new
treaty. II VIII zeal particularly with
the Interests Of the two Countries Ia
Africa and possibilities that might
arise should the Portuguese colonies
In Africa come into the market
There is already an Angio-German
treaty dealing with the Portuguese
colonies. which will be revised by the
new one. Under the Did treaty, sign
ed in ls9S. England and Germany.
anticipating that Portugal might be
disposed to part with her colonies, and
Wishing to avoid cOnnict ever them
entered into an agreement by which
Germany Was To obtain the greater
part OF Angola CPOrtuRuese West Az
frica) and England was To- have MOI
antique. The new treaty. ia place OF
this division, sets up spheres OF in
fiuence. Germany to acquire the sole
right OF economic penetration IN An
sola, while England will claim the
same right In Mozambique
More important for the Development
in Africa are the clauses dealing with
railway construction. Germany hus
long dreamed of connecting German
East Africa and the Atlantic coast OF
Angola by means of a trans-continent-
al railway that would tap the copper
and zin bearing regions of the Kat
nnga district OF the Congo, and TO sup
piy for Central Africa In general a
shorter and more convenient route "a
the ocean than the projected British
Cape-to-Cairo line. Already the line
has been built across German East
Africa to Lake Tanganylka. The next
stretch will take the railway into Kat
anga district OF the Congo. Here. al
though the country IL Belgian. the In
iuence Is all British, many big con-
ccssions being held by London com
panies which have built a line Of rail-
way which really forms part OF the
Capc-to-Cair0 scheme. Furthermore
the same group Is Interested in the
Benguela railway. which begins al Lo-
tito bay. a splendid hsrbor in Angola.
and runs In goo miles toward the
Congo border and will eventually pen
citrate the Katanga district. Hence,
Il any progress II Ia be made with the
German scheme OF connecting east
and west by rail. British interests will
have To be squared cor Drought ut.
Under the new agSement. so far
as the consent OF the British govern
ment Is concerned, German capital
viii be allowed to obtain a controll-
ing interest in this Angola railway.
This would place In German hands
the entire connection between east
and west across the continent. with
the exception OF the connecting chain
In Katanga. In the latter region u IL
proposed that German aud English iu.
~terests should form ioiHt companies
and build a line connecting the Britt
ish line In katanga and the German
line in German East Africa. In this
way Germany will realize her scheme
OF a transcontinental railway. since
this line will prove a formidable com
petitor to the Cape-to-CaEo railway.
m 80 FAR as the mineral and other
traffic between the Congo and the sea
is concerned, England SIN want COM
%pensation. This viii take the form 81
a r~ight-of-way through the Belgian
Al Congo for The Cane-to-cairo rail-
way. England some years ago obtain
cd from Belgium a strip % land for
this portion OF the road. but as Ger
many protested. the cHucession had 10
be cancelled. Now. having obtained
what she desired, Germany IL prepar-
ed 80 waive this protest.
The understanding also will Include
tbs new agreement as to the Bagdud
railway. English oppasition 90 this
scheme has been given up IN return
for exclusivopredomiuauce in the Per-
sian gulf. As announced by Sir Ed
ward Grey the .rrsugemsnt n that
the terminus ~ the uilWay should be
Basra, and the prolou gation. ~ any.
beyond that point shou'd be subject to
British consent. o. return Great
Britain declares herself "~disinterosted
In the section between Basca and Bag
dad. hut viii be rcpresented on the
board Of the railway hv two directors
10 az to guard agaiust d%inerentiai
rates operating 10 her DISADVANTAGE.
Engiand's Interest," \ regards the
navigation OF the E%uphrates and Tig-
rls VIII also be safeRuarded, and. last
~, she has obtained Ter the Sheikh Of
Koweit full autonomy Under the snzer-
ainty OF the sultan and recognition of
the ARRANGEMENTS which were made
between the skeikh and the British
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