El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
PEACE CONFEF[ENCE WILL DIVIDE frankie
GERMANY7S ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC 3aE7So .88aaa~
Fertile Bghe by
the People of Reefs

TTrAsHINGUON. D. c.. Jan. IS
w Germauy's island empire Of the
Pacific Is TO be laid on the table Of the
7sacs conference at Paris. and its
future ownership and administration
determined Australia has already an
uounced that she expects 20 have a
say as % the status OF German New
C;uIuea. the Solomon Islands and the
Bismarck archipelago. The japanese
who have conquered the Islands to the
north expect to be considered in the
disposition OF the 8Iarshalls and the
Carolines. and the United States win
rrant 70 know what is 10 be done with
the Ladrones. so closely associated
with Guam. and German Samoa. which
Is Just over the way from our port Of
f'aEo-PaEo and the American terri
tories there
Second Largest Island
German New Guinea is known as
r-WfIhelmslaud. having been
remed after Wilhelm HohenzOllern,
retired The island, which Is larger
Than any other IN the world excepting
Greenland. belongs 70 the British. the
Dutch and the Germans. Its western
half s. owned By Holland and the
southeastern fourth by Great Britain
The remainder IS the property o. Ger
many and has the title OF Kaiser
Weihelmslaud. Il Is about twice as
large as the state Of Indiana anc COM
nrises the best part o. the country
II has more than a half million na-
fives. which Is more than twice the
territories OF the Dutch or the British
The country OF kaiser-N ilhe Inns
land f. Wild and rugged. II Is wen
ratsred and covered with such dense
~e-etatfon that the roads have TO ne
cleared with hatchets- A DAYS march
through the wilderness e often little
more than one nile The citrate Is
not and moist and the rainfall Is
heavy The island has a great deal OF
fine timber and among the trees is
che famed hanTan- which form
T7hy-rfnfh with roots running I'D 70
and unfolding the limbs Muen OF
-hourh the Germans have had their
scientific parties going over u ana
making surveys OF one kind or an.
other-
There are a number OF coeoann1t
-Ianta tons near the coast. and little
zaff1e-euts ravs been built AZ the
--irrI771 harbors- In 1914 the Euro
1ezn population was only 800 Ger
mans. and the amount q land cui[ u
refed FTas less than 1900 acres t't
this 1900 acres were in cocoanut
palms ard the balance in rubber ano
cocoa The land r. said to be rich IN
mineral wealth. but the mines nave
not been worked on account OF ne
Fffff~rrtr Of getting machinery into
ire rTfr- Native labor IS used for
me plantations and the planters rule
/, ffs- ire usual method OF the Ger
mans Some Of The land IS irriEdtea
By the natives who use tubes OF PAM Pam, I
10 another. Many OF the tribes carry
OF farming They are growing vans: !
-rest potatoes and bananas ana, OF
late. Indian corn
NATIVES Dying.
The German colonists have been e1- /
with cotton ana tobacco I
may have PLANTED several plantation
1 f.r-rf AzfroIahe har, one OF which has I
produced an average OF ABOUT oale
10 the acre / an told tnal me plSnl-
rs have great trouble getting labo-. /
Trey saw that the native races are
living ont and that some means OF
LEGISLATION VII have to be Introduced
20 reEenerzte them
The u0tive~ here and OF the - lanos
n the Bismarck archipelago auloih-
-r- are wfid 20 an extreme some /
~ the tribes 20 naked, save for breech ]
cloths OF bark for the men and snort /
r-ttIcoats Of woven grass Tor the
women Along the extreme noTtnern 1
coast the natives are entirely nude, |
With the erra-ffo- NJ a she'll neck !
and feathers OF the bird OF para j
Elss which they stick In their hair.
some tribes wear only stripes OF
white. red. yellow and black palnt ana 1
r-rars decorate Themselves with scars |
made BY burning, as the japanese 4
1urn themselves with the UoxA
Are Tree DweIiera.
The different tribes have uItferenl
sorts Of dwellings. IN some parts OF
KaIser-W ilhelmslaud they have what
might be called auartment houses.
1ufIt uuon poles These are OF euor-
nous size The framework Is OF poles
with mats OF woven leaves or grass
fastened 70 them The mats are 50 4
ranged that they may be raised or
1wered 20 keep out the mosquitoes
1fhe- tribes build their houses in
trees IN order 70 defend themselves
ne more easily in times OF danger.
A WarIIke Race.
The natives Of New Guinea like TO
flzht as vel as the Huns ] met a
who had spent his life in
he Island he told ne OF a system
n vendetta among certain tribes
which goes on for ages. He said that
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