Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
SOUTH DEUTSCHLAND
is STRANGE COUNTRY
Great Territory in Southern Chile
Which Is Owned and Domi-
mated by Germans.
NALDIvIA Is ITS METROPOLIS
IL Has German Hotels, Business,
Brcwcries and Ranl>S-rimber Re
gions ON Frontier and How They
Are Being Turned Into Farms.
II, rn,NK e. CARPENTER.


. @ HoULD GERMANY succeed III the
present war ana dominate the
~ world there are TWO parts Of South
america which may become German
colonies--onc is IN Southern Rra@il. It
consists of several states populated Ivy
,;ermans IT has towns and cities
governed by officials WAC speak Ger
',.au. Il; has oiernau newspapers and
there are German -icns over the stores
There are German factories and brew
cries. and the best businesses OF the
country a:o owned by Germans. That
region Is sometimes called Wrsi Dcut-
sch!and. and i, has more good land
Than Germany in Europe.
The othcr grva; region is situated
we're in the love. part of chile and IL
might h. called south Deutschland. 1t
is far below Valparaiso and not far
from Inc Strait OF Magellan. The Ger
inGN@ be san L. con" here SiNty-hVc
wears ago. ana 80 many have imtni-
grated that scr:" OF the towns are now
more German than Spanish. The first
settlers were i-On Hamburg. They
arrived in iS5n and We're l. 20 days on
the way They numbered seventy men,
tau Women and i've children That col
Dnt was followed by others. ana by the
.,oSe of our civil War there We're more
than zoe Germans who had settled
here. They came as pioneers and had
to cut their homes out OF the woods.
They chopped down the forests and
Fields and orchards They have now
cleared It largo part of the country. and
have many Zine farms. They are more
prosperous and thrifty than the ordi-
nary ChilcnoS and many have become
:iCh
some OF them have great sawmilis.
ard are shipping lumber to all parts OF
Chile others raise wheat potatoes
and apples, and not n few are engaged
in merchandising. Owing to thcir en-
terprisc the region promises Ia become
one of the richest and most prosperous
parts OF the republic.
Already many large towns have
grown up. such as Osorno Puerto
Montt and Naldivin. Naldivia is the
metropolis Lying 500 miles south of
Santiago, in the heart az the woods, il
is surrounded by new farms and clear
ings. Its port is the principal one Of
south Chile, and ut it machinery Of all
kinds, and especially agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS. are landed. The city has now
10000 people and il is rapidly growing.
1t had fire few years ago which
swept away the buildings OF wood and
tin which then existed, and In their
places we now find a new city, built
along modern lines and up-tu-date in
every particular. Many az the build
ings are OF reinforced concrete and Of
two or three stories. The shops have
plate glass windows, coming down to
tho pavemcnts. and the window dts
plays are better than those Of our
towns OF the same size at home. Tho
streets are wide and the paNcmcnts
about twice as broad as those of san
tiaGo. Tie whole tone OF Naldivia is
white, and the concrete construction
makes it look like ~ substantial mu-
ncipality built OF Berca sandstone.
Indeed, valdivia Is more German than
Chilean. The signs over the stores are
in German and there arc German cafes,
in which you get excellent beer. mad"
by III. Germans. This beer is famous
throughout the republic, ana il IL ship
ped north and south ON the steamers.
The chief hotel here has 81 French
name but il is run by II German, and
Germans own the greater part Of the
town. one OF the leading exceptions
is the chief importing establishment.
This is American. /. belongs 10 w. X.
,iracc & CO.. having - rret"ntouS two
story building, covering In" whole oi
one side of the plaza. This store IL
filled with American machinery. from
wintinills and reapers and thrashcrs
10 hand sewing machines and notions.
II has also American canned goods and
textiles.
When | arrived in Naldivia at nigh;
/ expected to find everything closed
mp as tight as Il drum, as is the custom
a., nearly every Spanish american city
along the west coast. II Is so OF Lima,
the capital OF Peru. That town has
10000 population. and Is the chief
business centre Of a country OF several
millions Nevertheless AT Z o'clock in
the evening It's streets arc deserted.
Its stores are closed. and EoiiSwalk
between blank walls. Santiago lis
double the size, and Its merchants 80
10 bed with the chickens. Down here
at Valdivia the town Is alive after
dark. and saturday night the stores
are open tin late in the evening. The
place Is lighted by electricity, and
crowds walk the streets and prone
made back and forth Il, the plaza
vald,via is situated on the Valdivin
River. which flows from the Andes
down to the Pacihc, The town Is about
twelve miles from the mouth of the
river where lies the port OF Corral. All
goods are landed at Corral. and carried
Zip 10 Naldivia In harges. | took a
steam launch ana rode down TO look
AZ the mort The stream is about half
rs wide as the Potomac at Washington
We first sailed by lumber yards, boat
building works. sawmillS and other
Woodworking establishments. little
later wa wound our WAY among low
r hills covered with woods, passing
through "a maze OF fine scenery. The
stream Is of an emerald green, and it
COWS between dark green, banks ana
low hills as urccipitous as those of the
The hills hccn covered with Vineyards
we might have imagined ourselves on a
brunch on the shine, for there were
many Germans on hoard. The port Of
corral has only a fcw hundred people
Its buildings are small, the wharNrs
are poor. and much of TIA" unloading
IT. done out in the harhor There We're
two steamers al anchor during our
stay. ana Of o,ir way 10 Inc port ~"
passed baggos carrying Goa. "n'i in"-
Chinery up IN. riv"r on!E small YES
sells call here. ana since the railroad
has been completed a larg" part OF the
s freight is carried that WAY.
Southern chile is far different from
the other parts az the country. chile
in proportion to it's width. is ono OF the
longest lands OF the world. II II could
+ be laid upon tho United states with its
northern end al philadelphia. IL would
reach almost 20 the Pacific, and stin
,.id.b IL mo, or than