El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
GERMANS PUT FAITH In INTERNAIIONALISN
Versailles Treaty Of Peace Ren1akes Africa;
Britain And France Profit Most From Trades
Germany Bv Her Intrigue Against Other and By Her Brutality Iowd
Her Wards In Africa Made Impossible For Her Power Ever 10 Be
Returned To Her-She Is Wiped Off The Continent and
Spain Will Be the Next To Go; Italy Gets Little

German submarine attacks upon the
Suez route to India Moreover, In oo-
tanning world recognition Of her pro-
tectorate in Egypt, at the moment
when her armies hold Mesopotamla
and Arabia, she has at last become
complete mistress OF the most VITA
communication lane for her empire IN
the world In the last war the Suez
canal was never cut, Egypt was never
actually invaded, but German-led
Turkish troops reached the canal ana
German agents succeeded IN stirring
up rebellion in Egypt ITSELF
Germany Alone to Blame
The German has himself solely 10
has lost his whole African empire
Neither the French nor the British
sought TO extend their domains at MS
expense before the war Neither con-
ceived nor nourished granoiose
schemes for creating a still vaster Al
rican empire by annexinS German
lands.
By contrast the German regard
ed his own considerable holdings
rs important solely as bases Tor
the ACQUISITION of the lands of his
neiEhbors. He wns constructing
maps and plans. inspiring rebel
lions md disorders in British and
French territories alike The same
spirit that was revealed in Pan
Germanism in Europe. was dis
closed in the whole African chap
ter of German history.
In Africa Germany had great
chance She possessed 1,0Oe. 600 square
miles Of territory. Her treaties with
I Britain. affecting Portugal, held out
/ the promise OF great increases II
might easily have been possible 10
/ reach a basis Of bargaining with
. nRRn
ing to consider the most moderate OF
! concessions in Alsace-Lorraine, TO eN-
/ tinguish that everlasting danger spot
Even in the case OF the Belgian CONS
I she might eventually have naa tn ne
approvaI of the European powers 70
/ a substantial increase IN territory N
this direction. provided Belgium we're
willing to part with what many Bel
/ gians regarded as a dangerous pos
session
Germany Must Blame Herself.
But in Africa. as in Europe. Ger
many knew only one method. she
knew only one way. She bulliec
France. Belgium and Portugal: she
menaced the security OF the British
I empire By fomenting rebellion IN the
/ Boer states; she threatened the peace
Of Europe by three dramatic ventures
in Morocco. And. finally. in that por-
/ ton OF Africa which was hers. she
displayed a brutality and disregard
! for the most elemental considerations
Of humanity and decency unparalleled
in the not over nice history Of the
white race in Africa Her African
4 subjects welcomed the allied invaders
with pathetic enthusiasm: 70 turn
i them back to German rule again. viii
the certainty of reprisals. was Away;
u impossible. Nor was II less impossible
! to undertake to erect Independent
countries out Of the African jungle
and bestow upon the natives that gifi
of Independence for which they were
totally untitled
It remains to mention Italian gains
> in Africa. At the moment when sh'
: entered the war Italy held Tripoh. &C
/; quired as a result of her still recen
conflict with Turkey: Erithrea. tina
thin strip OF coast land between Abys
! sinfa and the Red sea and more con
siderable area in Somaliland- But Il
the case of Tripoli. France held mucl
7 Of the hinteriand including the cara cara
: van route between Chat and Cha
= danes. while both France and Britain
! held territories adjoining Italy's east
, ern colonies
I ItaIy-s Demands Strong.
s By the terms OF a secret agreemen
I between italy. France and Britain.
= was provided that Italy should receiv
: conversation II her partners TT N
!. creased their African holdings Thi
promise has led to many debates !
n the Paris conference and certain mod
s ffications of frontiers have been fore
Swallowed. although these fal "a
short Of satisfying Italian expecta
{ tons.
From France Italy IS to receive tn
territory necessary TO make her com
: plete master of the Ghadsmes-Ghs
= caravan route: from Britain she
: to receive certain lands on the borde
Hetween Egynt and Tripoli. and bot
France and Britain are prepared I
make concessions on the Red sea an
Somaliland- But Italy is asking fc
i French Jfbutf, the port at the er
trance to the Red sea. the startin
place of the railroad which goes bac
into Abvssinia. and this the Frenc
decline to cede-
That Tripoli can ever be prosnerou
in the sense that French and BIRTHS
North African colonies are prosperou
is impossible, that it cen ever pc
source Of profit to Italy is exceedins
" unlikely. Nor Is there much moi
hope along the Red sea or in Soma ]
land. In both regions Itsiy viii mai
material increases. but for the mo
part, what she gains will be desc
districts, unsuited to European coli
nization. incapable OF any great II
dustrial or agricultural deveiopmen
Spain Must Get Ont.
As for Spain. the Versailles doc
menL unmlSldhAulg AOlCcIdNtWo -
ultimate extinction of Spanish rule
the insignificant strip OF Morocca
soil. which is all that survives OF fol
centuries of Spanish effort on n
south shore of the Mediterranean Ar
in this strip. Spanish armies are no1
as ALWAYS. closely besieged behind u
walls Of their fortified towns viii
the cost Of the venture in men ar
money annually Increases.
To extinguish Spanish rule, Fran
would ray literally. but Spanish pri'
prevents such a transaction The IA
that Tangier. which was a naturaliz'
town and zone and Spanish Morocco
were used bv the Germans as bas'
for raising the natives in the FrenS
region; the fart that disorder In Spar
fsh Morocco leads to disturbances
the French districts. make, II almo
imperative that France should con
plete her North African empire by u
acquisition Of the Spanish zone al
of Tangier.
Beyond question. we shall see mar
changes in the map OF Africa in n
next few years In exchanges OF teri
tory. In the larger sense the treai
of Versailles divides Africa betwe'
the French and the British. althoue
II assigns a relatively insignifical
part TO Italv and confirms Belgium
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