El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
By FRANK B. SIMONDS.


of peace she is deprived Of every
foot OF her African holdings More
fhnn this, to make assurance
dOubly sure, she il compelled TO
surrender such claims rs she had
upon France for equal OppOrtuni-
ties in Morocco. claims based upon
the successful mnneuvers of her
diplomats ut AIgeeirns and after
vvnrdS, during the Moroccan
clashes, while Britnin acquires,
with the consent of the world. the
United States expressly asserting,
n protectOrate in Egypt. which
gives her that free hand she has
lacked hitherto.
Africa Closed to Germany.
Henceforth. then. Africa is closed TO
the German But the elimination of
Germany is only one Of the African
changes which will follow the present
settlement. Actually Germany cedes
her colonies to the allies, not to any
one nation But the allies have al
ready sketched the ultimate division
of these territories in secret under
standings and treaties
Thus France is to recover all OF her
lost Congo lands. ceded to Germany
in the Agadir time and in addition all
of German Kamerun save narrow
strip along the frontier OF British Nj
geria. Ports. railways. German in
vestments and improvements OF all
sorts pass to France. with a good har-
Dor. into the bargain
In addition. Togo is divided between
France and Britain, insuring to
France a material extension OF the
narrow coast line of Dahomey and q
valuable railroad into the hinterland
Finally all the allies have agreed that
France may. If she can, acquire from
Spain the Spanish holdings on the
coast Of Morocco facing Algeciras and
Of
For France. then. the new partition
OF Africa means the realization OF
the aSoirations Of nearly a century
and the elimination OF the German
peril in Africa as well s in Europe
One of Worlds Prizes
In thus clearing her hands in Mo-
rocco France acquires one OF the great
colonial prizes Of the world. new
reservoir of troops, a vast fertile land
with great mineral resources anc
rounds off her northern African en-
Dire. BY obtaining her lost terrific
ries along the Congo and the Ubangh
and. in addition. the German kamerun
she acquires q great tropical estate
at the moment when all the world Il
at last appIeciatinE the enormou!
value Of tropical colonies.
French rule thus seems firmly es'
tablished in northwest and ives
Belgium. like France, escapes from
the German peril Belgian. CONGO hal
always been the object Of German
scheming. Bounded by German terri
! tory alike on the east and west. afte
1 Germanv had pushed her tentacle
/ eastward to the Ubanghi. in the AKA
/ dir time, Belgium could see the stead
advance Of German strategic railroads
| approaching her African estates. a
/ they pushed VI to her European from
tiers, for the same military purpose
And when Belgium had been con
ouered no German even considere
{ the possibility that Belgian Cons
/ would be returned to its owners Now
with Britain and France as neighhor'
| Belgium can rest secure in Attic
while in Europe, too. she has foun
new guarantees against German az
erosion
Great, however. as have been Frenc
I gains in Africa. II Is Britain VIII
makes the real profit Two-thirds
the German colonial territory falls
4 her. In addition to half OF the Tog
and a relatively small slice Of IN
Kamerun- she ACQUIRES all OF Germa
J East Africa and OF German Southwe:
i Africa. The dream Of Cecil Rhodes
thus realized and the all red strip.
British territory extends without ir
terruption from the Cape to Cair
While the German base OF intrigu
propaganda and maneuver IN soutf
west Africa is abolished, the easter
half of the great African continent
henceforth British and the Cape-t'
Cairo railway runs on British teri
tory from one end OF Africa TO II
In extinguishing German rule in Il
south, Britain has forfeited her pos
tion in the Union OF South Africa
annexine German East Africa she n;
eliminated a possible base for futui