The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-30
Tanganyika Most Frequently
Mentioned Refuge for
Prosecuted Jews
Prepared by National Geographic Society,"
Washington, D. C.-WNU Service.


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The plight of Jews in Europe
has brought into the news spot
light many possible havens.
Thus far, Tanganyika, a former
German colony in Africa (now
British), has been most fre-
quently mentioned. In addi-
ton, however, suggested places
of refuge include Kenya and
Northern Rhodesia, British
African colonies; Madagascar,
French-owned island off south
east Africa; British Guiana on
the northern coast of South
America; and Melville Island,
off northwestern Australia.
Tanganyika, spreading over more
than 100000 square miles of East
Africa, was the lions share of the
former German East Africa divides
after the World war, and now is an
important link in the chain of Brit
ish pink" that spreads uninterrupted
from the Mediterranean to the Cape
of Good Hope.
Vast forests that cover thousands
of square miles of the inundated
area are the basis of profitable
lumber industry. Then there are
extensive open areas used as farm
lands where sisal cotton, coffee,
ground-nuts, and grain are grown
for domestic needs, and for export.
Other open country supports 5,000,-
900 cattle, more than half as many
sheep and upwards of 100000 goats.
There are known deposits of gold,
mica, tin and diamonds but mineral
resources have not been extensively
worked. =
Oar es Salaam, the chief port and
largest city in the old German col.
ony, is in telegra phic commune atior
with many inland towns and vii.
lagos, and with the adjoining British
colonies, Nyasaland, Kenya, Ugan.
da, and Northern Rhodesia.
Kenya Ruled by England.
Kenya, northern neighbor of Tan.
ganyika, looks small on the map oi
vast Africa, but it is actually larger
than France.
1t is a land of lakes that have nc
outlet, deserts where it sometimes
does not rain for a year or more al
time, fertile, well-watered farm
lands, elephants that climb noun
tains, and tribes where a wife car
be bought for small amount oi
grain or coffee.
England rules Kenya, but she
pays rent for part of it. A strip II
miles wide along more than half it:
Indian ocean coast, and some is
lands off shore, are leased from the
sultan of Zanzibar. England exer
cises protectorate over this terri
tory, but the rest of Kenya is &
British crown colony.
Forming the boundary of Kenya'.
southwest corner is huge Lake Vic
toria, second largest fresh water
lake in the world. It is the chic
source of the White Nile.
More than 100000 people live il
Kenya. Among them are 1900 Eu
ropeans, $4,000 Asiatics, and 1,00l
Arabs.
Most of Northern Rhodesia occu
pies the central plateau of Africa
Only small area is less than 3,00l
feet above sea level while much o
it is above 5000 feet.
Mineral resources of Northern
Rhodesia are copper, lead and zinc
The natives have not been apt stu
dents of agriculture.
Today there are in the colon,
about 10000 white men. Most of tn,
whites live in the southeast nea
the railroad which links importan
| population centers of the Belgian
Congo, Northern and Southern Rho
desia, and South Africa.
Communications Are Poor.
Lack of communications has beel
one OF the colony's chief drawbacks
Until more railroads and moderl
highways streak the colony, nativ'
porters and canoes will be Northern
Rhodesia's chief burden bearers.
Madagascar with 24l, 900 squar
miles outranked in area among tn
islands of the world only by New
Guinea, Borneo and Greenland.
high, barren plateau, edged wit
cliffs, rises in the central part @
the island. Towering above the pls
teau are huge mountain masses.
Besides rice and coffee Madagas
car produces vanilla. cocoa, spices