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

FrTs-.5I.,GuON. D. c.. Jan Ie--Ine
w whole world is 70 be laid on the
rab7s Al the peace conference In PARIS
nd the International boundaries Of al
least three continents are 70 De re-
drawn These continents are EUROPE,
t-fa arf Africa. with mighty cnaneea
Il 5. 100 80 in Ocsaa -ca and Aus
rraua- have a pers0naef-c uaintan 6
r-ffh most Of the regions luFo4Neus 80
q ~-ooose 10 take up the great STAKES
nf reace and show WnaL tnsg - -
bald common sense English Ag Us
1rhfecr VIII be Germany colonial IN en-
ulre. with special alleullol 70 l-S- h1--'
possessions in A1rica- -. -
fhe kaiser watered for territory anQ
- tried 10 swallow the greater part
= the world, the German ellllil as o,o
~ contained all told about -yo.vvo
eeuare miles. and l. had. in addition,
rr-afrr colonies and dependencies
--ounrfrr 10 more than l-tvl,vvv
.-----a miles The home country IN
1000 fs about four times as big as
ono or kentucky and less by the big
ness Of Illinois OF missouri tnan Lne
-trfs Of Texas The colonies were ilFe
and oue-ha1f times as great Alto-
ether they were almost one-Lnlrd as
l-ree ss the whole United states, IN
e1ndfur Alaska and ntne-tentns OF
Rich African Possessions
The African possessions OF Ger
-rauv bean with her colonies on the
GuIf o. Guinea one OF these vas
ToEolaud. a low. fiat mslarial region
frur times as large as the state OF
49, -Iruretts Il had q black pop
ulaffon Of more than 100000. ana the
z-AnIe was ruled and exploited BY less
than 400 Germans On the east was
the Gold coast. belonging 10 Ireat
Britain. and on the vest Danomes' 2
slice OF the colonial poss esslons OF
France. ra-h extended down ron
re Eahara 10 the Gulf Of Guinea Da-
honey wzs the land OF the AmaZons--
those famous female warriors OF All
"a. who sent cold thrills OF terror
dorn the backs q the best soldiers
% France until they we're conquered
Their last king was Behanzin, v nom
interview Just before his DEAN IN
reufiritr in Algeria few years ago
He described his country as a para
Trre and Il s. probably OF the came
lr---rrer As Togoland- over the way.
ne Germans raised 100000 pounds
"a cotton In T0EoIand Just before the
ar uahumey is separated BY the
rich English province OF Nigeria rom
ire German possessions
On the other SIDE OF Nigeria IurL er
down the coast OF the gulf. lies the
German province OF kamerun. sur
rrurfef bv French lands on the norIn,
east and south. and away at the bot
CON Of the continent IS the desert qe-
tendency o. German Southwest Arr
"A. vita the British possessions known
IS the Union Of S0u-h Africa On the
vest and south and Portuguese West
africa on the north
Rich Rubber Lands
Eamerun Is rich In ivory. oils, pslns
~ rubher- II was conquered by the
British under Gen Bothas and the
T-nion Of south Africa IS now admin
sErerlnE IT, Kamerun Is about So
times - large as Togoland- II would
make four states the size OF New , OH
and ID has a population OF about zsoD0,-
600 south west Africa would make ter
states the size Of North Carolina o.
about 90 as big as Nassau husetts- II
has a snail population Of blacks, witt
s. very few Germans in the most in
COM around to the eastern side Of
the continent about half way dow
the coast between Port said and IN
cape q Good Hope We find Gerrnal
East Africa which. atrer long cam
nafFn was conquered By Cen smut
rIrh 4 British army from south At
rica- assisted by troops OF the Fortu'
zueHe and the BelEianE- This territorl
r-as the cream Of Germanys colonla
empire Il contains more than s84s
900 square miles, and Il has popula'
tiru q something ike 5000 600 blacks
there are only 1000 OF 5Q0Q whites
and Of the whites four-flfths are Ger
rams. In short, the total area OF Ger
many iu Africa was equal TO abou
nne-fourth the size Of the Unite'
states. and q had q population 81,
times IS great as that Of Germany II
Europe All OF these lands have beer
conquered during the war. and thel
u0w come before the peace conference
~ 70 their ownership and future de
EeiopmeuL
wanted An AfrIea.
But before 90 further. let me tel
rou What Germany proposed to d
with the rest Of Africa in case sn
Euc- aeded in beating the French an
The British. I shall paraphrase state
rent 81 the Prussian Year Book Whicl
nr1L Delbruck made At the time IN
Germans thought they were sure
ronruerinE France and getting owe
70 England His statement, TRANSLATED
fF about as follows
II or rlctcrT is great enough We sha.
Errls 20 unite urier cur hand the Who'll