Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-12
IN THE DAYS NEWS
SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Ths t6ffier detna4n Southwest Af- rtca; detaiigs of whose government un-
 def mandate to the Union ,et odth
 kfricA nave just Been formulated by
 the League of Nations, is tie. subject
 6t the f6iSWing. btllStin iskutd from
 E4sHiiikt6n D. e, hsadduartefs Of the
 National .Gsoxra pliie Society; .,..-,.
 Was GGrnhah South Africa before the
 void war ana Gerrhany's first Vsf- tiifg fnt6 the colonial field might Be fe-
 scfibed .Ss q country too dry for az fictiitufe, iyins betweeh a desert. and tflk sea with one of the most betrsn ahd des0late coast lines in the world. The entire coast, f6r a distance of ten to fifteen miles inland, consists of sand dunes ofi which gows only the spar est of desert vegatatioh.
 No perrenial rains fl0W int6 the sea across this dreary waste through 6ht the nearly. 1000 miles, of it's kx- tent. Except. for bfief periods after heavy rains iT the Interior; all the, sea ward drainage of the country loses it. self ih a wilderness, of sand. Similarly, fnuch Of the draiiage to the east coast sinks into tIfs desert that seRarates British territories lying to the west of 1 the. Trahsva4i.
 Only one resoha ply good port ex- | ists along thk coast between the north 1 afd south. limits of the territory. And 1 this-Wa1ffsn Bay-with a small area l 4tdtfhd it, was in the. hands Of Great Britain bsf6rs the Getfnaris establish I Cd their c6l6ny iii 1884: The kxistafee 1 6f >this ,tity islahd Of British terfi- | tory in German Southwest Africa and
 above all the fact that it Comprised
 the one port, .Sbrely. needed By the col
 otys was sharp thorn in the sides ,oi 1 tHk Gefmaffs. The artificial hSFb6rs 1 Gonstriicted By the. Gerfnsns at S%ak- opund; just north Of Walfish Bay, and
 At Euderftzbticht {Angra Peduena(, 21G 1 miles to the south, were only make
 But there is a sonswhat brighter side to the old German .SSuthWgst Af- rieA tRah. that sesh when one sails a. long it's forbidditig coast. Back 6f tiil
 strip Sf sland. is. uplafld country WhiGf though 1t viii hot support agficultdrt is well suited for stock raising. Hun.
 dfeds of th6usands of cattle. sheep ant
 s9gastsss sgssssIs,E are raised s.d there Ranches are 2 West of the Unitsd. .St4es, avsfagifii abotit 35,00 acres. Eamels were sfiip ped by the Gerflans for tiEa iii the dft
 er regions 0f tHe country, and are do Tn the torthwesteFn corner 6f tn
 territory. witch is iii the tropics. tn : conduct, of agrictiltttre is possible. .Cot tSh, t6bseco and ceteak nay be gfo%n Even tnes stftp 6f sand .al6fig th cSast. h4s proved in ofs biacs to b 1 Spectaculstiy vaiuabie, Diah1Sfids #et disS6Ykted in tfle sand By fsilr65 W0fkfdSh ifl 1858 and .tRe c8hntry fi6y bf3duces Sppfoxiniateiy 6iis-fifth 5
 l the. worlds. output Of diamonds. . 1911 the, value Sf .tte. diaH6hds ffor this. field reachsd $45,tHg B6e. It is. bs lisved that. the. sshis nave Been wash ed ,tb from, the sea, afid What is per Hsbs ths 6hiy seq goihg' diamond fiiii ing cofnpahy in -existaice. has bee : f6rtned to dfedge for the preciou : stones off the siiofe.
 "cSpRsf is .Hiinsd, in several biacs
 and forris one. of, ths. principal export : Railroads cohhect the mines With tn , coast Afid Have, besn Suit t6 d nun, Set. of 8tief. secti6fis. of ths eolirtt; Ths 5zermass baht Wsii. Thtir rhtnIi : vest Afrtes. .4s; well as in their othe AfFicAh eotSntes, .hayS been saia te E tts b&st ih tfis c6ntihent. Ih sofas I the- copper mining, regions. 8f. S6hth vest Africa s{fleltfng was d6ns By el Gsfmah southwest Affisa GAd | |