The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-10

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1irae--~steppins stones In he process
d capturing act only a phase In the
SUI, but IN obtaining all the Lighted
epacs In the radius Of hist orbit They
Square Miles.
Kaiser wanelInslana German
New Guinea .-.-.........- tVtVp9
The Bismarck Archipelago zo,opN
The German Solomon Islands. ?fft
German Samoa ...--..-..,,r- l,V"9
The Caroline Islands ......,. bVo
The Marianne O: Ladrone Isl
y ends ..,...- -.......,-- "a.
The Marshall Islands .,....t, Is"
OF all these possessions, however
: German East Africa ranks first X
was the diaden1 in the crown OF the
new empire. II was to have been ire
Akeystone Of "New Germany" mod
eled on the lines Of Britain's colonial
0oSsessions in America, South Africa
and Austria lasia- German East Africa
has a native population of from sew
TO ten million persons~-ino sIy ma
ttyes-and in 1919 st could boast Of
= total trade Of s22, geo .o0e year.
more than half of which incidentally
tinkled It's metaliurgicai way into tho
ecffers OF the fatherland.
BIG INITIAL EMIGRATION.
The aftermath of the Congress OF
Vtenna---an aftermath that sll OF Eu~
infant German Empire, nodded by the
Able hands OF Bismarck, In ita int nal
ATTEMPTS at expansion. Emigration
was the cause. From 1875 TO 1851
there was a tremendous stream =
emigration out of the empire. IN me
Nrst mentioned year -4b,S7l persons
Departed. IN 1881 the number had
SCARED enormously, and the surE!rg
outward tide was deemed caIamitous
~ those who forepaw the dawn OF
the day Of kultur and Miiitarism.
Tor most OF tbs ernisrants settled in
English speaking countries, and soon
we're a part and parcel Of their
adopted nations
1t also was in this period that Ger
many began to feel the wonders o.
Asr future industrial greatness she
wanted markets for her wares and
ntorehouses from which 10 draw ma
tersals So Bismarck, at first doubt
4ul OF the policy OF expansion. finally
welded and great stretches OF the
xpark Continent" shortly began TO
ast glinpses of their new tsskmastsr-
A HARD T3SKMAsTER.
Germany II is admitted, was
hard tasknasier and a poor one. She
ATTEMPTED to copy the English method
of concilation and assistance. but she
failed r1iserably, ana upon failure she
fpsorted 10 the lash and other forms
OF cruelty. Through sli the years Of
{ her Tong leases on alien soil she has
never experienced success but she has
bred hatred and anger IN The heart"
Of those sire ruled The story In
Africa IL the same as that IN the
Facifc-kultur simply aid not take
Ii made no difference whether the
Sub1ect Of kuitur was an ebony
skinned savage, who wore only q
Hrnlla, or q farmer In the occupied re-
g,ons Of France and. Belgium. Some
hov or other re could not trnbibe The
doctrines which lately nave proved
to re the downfall of nation OF
! xsaors &hsn. 20. 900 900 rsopls.
To return, however. to the colonies
proper and some Of their vjcissitudes
nnderf the iron rule Of Prussian domi~
nation:
soushwes, Africa, on which India
has longing eyes. was the white
mans country" OF the intended en-
pire lis native population Ia small
Its possibilities are large
Although II suffers from lack OF
rainfall its hills and broad valleys
are Wen tit,sd for grazing and u NJ
cons quent business Of meat packii
In addition, there are valuable copp'.
y1Yines ia the Northern section, rich
diamond mines along the South coast
and Other advantages which under
earetuj exploitation will yteld large
rerurns
TogoIand--in the heart Of the
froplcs--was one q the most success-
full colonies in 1913 it did 4 bust
uesa % s.. 0Q0 600 in trade. in spite OF
its CON paralvely email area and
email number 81 inhabitants For
seme reason ar other Germany found
less difficulty with the natives OF To-
golan than ir any other o. hcr
s african possessions
49, NATIVES REBEILED.
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z trouble trouble trouble vas the or
{. dry # The day. chiefly because the ma
tive rehelled ~ ihe Teutonic SYSTEM
OF exploitation and failed 10 appre~
Cfste the benefits Of occurring a place
in The sun ALONGSIDE Of their would
X b. instructor tu the arls Of the TWEEN
/ tieth century. The exports 81 1913.
though. tot.lied about $3.50 00o.
nfoscy rubber PAIN oil palm kernels
: and cocos
! II 2serirfar' svs,ev, f5u;q~s ~~ttas, ~ tire
e1sacitlc colonies Tor ~ IL rich iu copTa
pFoducipg cocoaHut& rubber. flp@
i woods tropical fruits coffee and co..
ton. Ia 1914 an Australian expedi-
tionary force took tha island over.
z Mex Is the B.SWarci- ArrhIpe laRo----
with the chtef two Islands nt New
Il Britain and rev Ire lart ana many
q INHALER oneS-Whicu 1}~c SU"cun. bed
1 In 1919 ~ All Australian expedition.
u There are be German Solomon
L Jsla nds whose dense tropical forests
4 possess considerable wealth; German
ksmoAs. whose neat door ueiuhhnr@
are Islands owned by the United
h states ana Great Britain. the Caro-
dine Islands. whose only value per
haps rs their strater.c importance ana
1 over which japan has exercised q pro
tectorate TOT four years, the Marianne
EaOr Ladreue Islands, Of which Guam.
aWned hY the United States is one 80