Iditarod pioneer., 1917-01-06
LAST GERMAN COLONY TAKEN

The capture of Oar s-Salaam c'The Harbor of Peace'), the chief seaport and official capital of German East Africa marks the end of the German colonial empire and sets the seal of final victory upon the brilliant campaign of "Boer Shuts"
 The particular irony of the thing IS that it was a Boer soldier who dealt the Ger mans this blow, considering they counted 30 confidently upon Boer revolt, along with Indian and Irish revolt There is also irony in the personal equation" for General Shuts is the original of that "Boer Shuts" whom certain German journals held up to such unrestrained personal abuse and rldl- cule. Strange to say, they failed to grasp the inherent compliment to all concerned by forever labelling him "Boer."
 For Britons there Is certainly cause for increased amazenent and pride in the fact that a territory (its area is 384OGO square miles, twice the size of Germany has been added to the British empire by the genius of a soldiers atesman who was enc Of the right hand men of President Kruger in the stormy days that preceded the South African war, and in the war itself proved himself one of the most dashing and re- scurceful cavslry leaders on the Boer side.
 It is not too much to say that 'he came, he saw and he conquered" if "saw" is in terpreted as hard, fearless work against
 large enemy forces in 8 country of vast size and extreme difficulty. He carried out re- markedly swift and thoroughgoing opera lions which he began in February of this year without a single reverse. Such roads | l v tI.-o months ago, "are merely clearings through the bush and swamp and these rapidly become well nigh impossible" Waterless deserts had to be crossed and pipe lines laid Railways had to be built at the rate of mile day, He and his troops had to face fierce heat, pestilential levers, poisonous flies and even dangerous wild beasts. On many an occasion night move ments brought them in touch with man eating lions Yet the task was well done By series of rapid marches the Germans have been followed hemmed in, and driven from the great Central railway that spans the colony, and forced into the bush, where there is no recourse but surrender or de struct1on.
 Major General Van Deventer, another distinguished Boer general seconded Gen eral Shuts admirably in enveloping move ments from the northeast, while General Tombeur, with Belgian force from the Congo, advanced in the regions of the Af- rican lakes, capturing in August the towns of Ujiii famous in history as the place where Livingston was met by Stanley, and important as the terminus of the Lake TaHganyika arilway.
 Oar Salaam is town of 25,OOO inhab- itants, with magnificent harbor and float ing dock. Its streets are wide and its buildings imposing; it was to have been the capital of al Central Africa, as the Germans expected that the railway which ran from it to Lake Tanganyika would ultimately give them control of the enor- nous Congo area now under Belgian rule. It was probably for. the conquest of the Congo that they maintained the large and well armed force in, German East Africa of 10000 native and European troops.
 The fate of the German colonies has been as follows:
 Oceania- -Carolines, Pelew islands and Marshell islands, occupied by Japan in 1914; Samoa, occupied by New Zealand troops in 1914; German New Guinea and Solomon islands occupied by Australians in 1914.
 --Kiauchau Gn. Northern China), , captured by Japanese, 1914.
 Togoland, occupied by British and French in 1914; Cameroons, conquered in 1916 hy British, French and Belgians i; German Southwest, Africa, condaered by General Botha and South African troops ip 1915; German East Africa, in process of conquest by General Shuts and British and South African forces, The total area, of the German colonial empire while it existed WAS l,o27 ,ooO square miles, Cincinnati Enquirer.