The sun., 1915-10-03
SOME NEW BOOKS.
The Germa ns In Africa.

was recon ,tituted in 1871, says EVAN
LowIN in The Germans aud tfric,
(Stokcs). there was n party. small an,
submerged, that favored the impcria
policy Of colonization. Chancellor Ca
prlvi. even much later. did not shar,
that view; he once said that possession
OF Africa would be great misfor
tune for Germany. Popular opinion
was slow In turning to the though
Of colonial enterprise: for long 1t zap
pealed solely to "a select coterie OF pro.
fessors. economists and merchants
who with the eye Of faith foresaw
the growth Of their country and be-
lieved that the time was rapidly ar
riving when. as "a united nation. Ger
mans would be able to pursue an
active commercial and colonizing pol
ICY" To support them there were
three politico-social facts: that the
emigration to the United States and
South America was u source OF weak :
ness to the mother country. while the
emigrants might as colonists be made
q Foundation Of new national strength !:
that growth In industry made neces-
sary the acquisition Of new sources
for the supply Of raw materials for
manufacture, and tina. there fingered
in the national consciousness MEM
ory Of commercial extension In Han
seattle times. After the unification Of
Germany the desire for sea power and
prestige fostercd the impulse to colo
nization.
with the formation. in 1881. Of the
Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft. the
propaganda OF which Treitschke. Ad-
miral Livonius and DIR. Fabri were
leading spirits gained a stfnding. in
both official and popular esteem. that
promised "a speedy favorable answer
to the demand Of the German out
posts of commerce for the protection
of their national flag. The Hamburg
Senate. in n report tn the Foreign Of
flee, recommended the establishment
OF a German protectorate over all in
dependent territories freauented by
German merchants. acquisition OF the
Bay of Biafra. naturalization OF the
mouth of the Congo, appointment OF
Consuls to look after German mer-
camille interests abroad and the crea-
tion OF German naval stations.
England paid little attention to re-
ports Of German enterprise in South
Africa until Sir Bartle Frere. whose
foresight was subsequently to be tri-
umphantly vindicated." began to check
British vaclllation" in the presence OF
German intrigue" by sending to Lord
II to
translation Of an article in the
Gco1rophischc Ndchrichten by Ernst
Won Weber. THE article" he said.
contains clear and well argued
statement In favor Of the plan for
German colony in South Africa. which
was much discussed i'm German COM
mercial and political circles even be-
fore the F'ranco-German war. and
which is said to have been one OF
the immediate motives OF the German
mission of scientific inquiry which WIS.,
tied southern and eastern Africa III
1901. Recent events have drawn
together the Germans and the Dutch
republicans I'm this colony. whose feel
ing toward the English Government
is sufficiently indicated in Mr.. Weber's
paper." And here are some charac-
teristic utterances from the article In
the German magazine:
A now empire possibly more valuable
and moro brilliant than even the indian
Empire awaits. In the newly discovered
Central Africa. that Power which shall
possess sufficient courage. strength ana
Intelligence to scquir" Il, Ger
many ought not 20 resign all this Immense
ppoil to England.
In the Congo basin and on the east
coast let a German factory or mis-
sion station ne established for every
one that England has. Let us. said
Won Weber. cultivate the Beers. "a
splendid race of people allied TO US by
speech and habits" They are "our
kinsmen and brethren; so-ralled Low
Germans. to be sure. hut none tho less
Of right Tcutonic blood. And while
Germany was planning the British
Ambassador at Berl.A inspired his peo-
ple to a false sense OF security. say
ing that Herr Won WCher's plan VIII
not meet with any support either at
the hands OF the German Government |
or on the part of the German people"
The Ambassador at Berlin WAS Lord |
Odo Russell If the author dwelis |
insistently upon an INSCRIPTIONS quail |
ity of diplomacy in the determination |
with which the German campaign OF |
penetration was carried out he in |
sists equally upon the lack Of alert |
ness on the British side.
He accuses German "ofiicialdom' OF |
complete unwillngncss or inability to |
deal justly with the natives. or the |
Hercro war he says: The barbarous |
methods of the natives were matchcd |
by the equally harharous actions OF |
the Germans, who did not hesitate to |
shoot or hang llercro women" Bocr |
witnesses of atrocities" substantiate
the charge, When. in 1905. Won |
Trotha, commander in the colony, re-
turned to Germany he was bitterly |
attacked by the Social Democrats for |
the brutal conduct of his campaign Of |
suppression, or determination. uf the |
Hereros. These oppressive inCrimina-
tions arc set on in rather comic relief
by reproduction of his proclama ton
Of October 20, 1904. which will remind |
Americans of the relations held to-
ward the Indians by representatives Of
the Great Father at Washington:
I, the great GENERAL of the German
soldiers, send mis- letter to the Hercr1 |
nation. Tho Hcrcros are no longer Ger.
man subjects, They haNc murdered and
robbed, ih'y have cut If the ears ana the