El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11


& OF Central Africa. including the Belgian
Congo and Portuguese West Africa with
cur old colony q Southwest Africa We
shah take Senegamhia. Slerre Leone the
Gold Coast. Dahomey and well populated
Nigeria with the coast OF Lagos We
shall annex 20 the kEmcrun The rlch
Islands Of san Thome and Principe wiki
their Eplef did ports ard shall take the
. KatauEa ore district with its mountains Of
copper ana also northtru Itnodesia and
NyasaIaad.
Planned Immense Trade.
we shall take Mozambique ald Della
roa bzy with the creat French IsIanG Of
MAZDA gascar over the way We shall join
English Lanz1thar and Uganda 70 German
east Africa and have the whole , o. L -,.li1
Victoria NTauza in cur territory We shali
take the Azores Islands for they belong 10
Portugal, which is at war with Germany,
and al Of Portuguese Africa These Ter
ritorIes altC Eether have ever 1oo,e0e.voO
inhabitants United under n single owner
ship they offer immeasurable prospects
/ They are rich in pOtertial trade for Ger
I man goods in natural treasures ana IN
men who can work and also lie used IN
war. To demand them Is not unjust since
! Germany would thus be only obta ming
/ colonial empire such as England. RUSSIA
3 France and America have Ions pos
Z ms statement. 10 which I have added
3 only a Few words 10 make Il more plain
I indicates the kaiser's ambition as 70
Africa and between its lines you may
I read some OF the aims Germany had N
/ developing her colonial empire sne ole
not look upon her colonies as her sEaEe
[ OF the white mans burden" She did
D not develop them Tor the good Of the na-
ttives but only for Germany and Ger
Z buy German goods and. Tar as possible.
/ kept all other merchants away She USED
I both countries and people as raW mate
+ rails for the empire al home, ana &c
3 this end created plantations o. cotton,
; coffee and mines and worked them large
I " with forced labor. The natives were
looked upon as lifue more than slaves and
were used as such. and the idea OF Prof
/ DeIbruck as TO the richness Of Africa
] IN men who can Ecrk and be used IN
var vas just as important as the mines
English Colony Happy.
, Not long ago I made q tour OF the
African c7ntirent. writing two years o.
3 Newspaper letters regarding the various
/ countries I visited a number OF the
Z German colonies. and had q chance 70
compare the condition Of the people and
; treatment By the Germans with thost OF
other colonies owned BY the French and
English The first colony 70 be visited
was that OF German East Africa ] came
: into l. from British East africa ano
Uganda. which hive long been under the
government OF Great Britain Here the
natives are amply protected and the
! white man who would log, cheat or HI
treat a black man is sure TO be punished
In Uganda, on one side Of Lake VIC
toria Eyanza, that great BODY OF lresh Va
ter as big as Lake Superior. which lies
about as FAR from the Indian ocean as
Lake Erie Is distant from the Atlantic !
found the people Christiauized. with
king and parliament, governing them
German Colony q Hell
Just across the lake. in German East
Africa the natives we're ruled BY the
same methods the Huns have used IN
I Belgium and IN their prison camps N
Germany. During my trip around the lake
] 7 stopped at the big native town o.
AiEanza- the chief port Of the Germans
81 their
net ne a. the Eharves and I was tolo
that any white man mad the right q
give any negro who insulted HIN Ia
me policemen ard all other officers
carried whips OF hippOpotauus hide called
kabukos These are terrible weapons
Each Is . strip Of the thick skin Of the
hippopotzu1us trimmed down 70 the d.
ameter OF ones finger and made taper
ing at the end Il Is heavy and flexible
and viii cut ike knife A hEnt oioN
draws blood and I was told that the ex'
pert loEEer knows how % bring Il ooWl
, on the hare skin with a twist that cut
the flesh into shreds- saw natiTe'
get down on Their knee. and beg foi
mercy when the soldiers even shook then
Relied on brutality.
The German Officials at Mwanza told
me that It had been impossible to keel
the natives IN subiugation except ny ms
. whip This was the opinion OF Dr. Car
Peters the man who old 50 much Z
I rake treaties with the African king
} and bring German East Africa into tn
hands Of the Germanz-
IN this connection. have just Re
ceirsd an open letter addressed to Gen
SHUTS, from Dr.. Frank Weston. tn
bishop OF ZanZaibars and head o. N
universities mission in German East Al
, RIGA The subject Is The Black Slave
, OF Prussia" Bishop Weston who Ia
, been ten years in German East Africa
describes the eruelties OF the Germans a
Z beyond description. and gives many IN
, stances. to some q which he was an ey
witness says he
The German jaHboiz. or whip, is Q
rhinocerous or hippopotamus hide Il I
, employed not merely to hurt. but TO dam
! age the victim and the soldiers who la
! il on are past masters In the art IN
German official or employer. prestdes q
the ceremony TO see that no mercy I
Z given The condemned man is not tie
up He lies on the earth. his fac
either in the dust or on a hard 1ool
: After the first two or three strokes h
/, has TO be seized and forced TO Eee
! still II he wriEE!es and screams. he
Z liable 70 receive tho sane number
Q strokes again and again Also, when tn