The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
MANDATES ]NcJI1
PRIMITIVE ARII'

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and pygmies, stone.age ~ ~
game. diamonds. ana 'l
light eight scstteread SpNsi
which began l947 with -.
under the trusteesajn sven, n.6 II
United Nations. sn n
These areas wor.
colonies before WorId W.. y
since that time were 1,a w.,
OF Nations mandates. Do-o. ~
tional Geographic societr ny
The United Nations ,.,.
are administered by the s,.H
ers when held the m,sS
Africa. Tangsnyi5s rpm. e
British authority. Rus9d.
under the Belgisns. and
and the Cameroons arr 1os3f
to French and Brit!s,
the Pacific. Australia con.o
rule North-East New e
adjacent islands, and No. S :
administers is old No., zs'
Western Samoa.
Largest of the Un;,o5 y
wards is Tanganyiks n'
from the Indian Ocean o.,
east-central Africa. A t5;.,
than Texas. it has a pep. ~
between five and six ml,Iio-
pie. 'a
Its mountains tower ns..,. |
900 feet. and the oot-o,n
out to form part Of Afric.., III
Rift Valley. Of sncient " y
creation. Resources j,c'. ,S
diamonds, gold, and silver
as fertile cotton and coffee ~
and forests Of man6ssSv ~ y.
ebony. Elephants. 2iraf., II
faloes, lions, ostricaes a.5 II
lopes have made this re2ior
Ply hunting ground for ii. .
sportsmen. ~
Next door, Belgian s6n.o,.,,
Ruanda Urundi is only s5or, II
eighteenth the SIZE Of T,,...'
yiks. This landlocSed bjs,'..l
area, however. holds fave r'", a.,
lion inhabitants, i2clydn, ,,,
mics vino fight with s~sn W
'soned arrows, and the hlsl.n1sI
ing toga-clad Watussi. Atric. y
est people.
Across the continert ,l,r, II
old gold and slaye-trsde co,r
west Africa. the British and rr.,.t
trusteeships over Togoland coysr |,
tropical region Of no. and ,rn,
lowland. rising into wild iatsrr
hills.
Two-thirds Of tie tots, land sr,I
of about $1,000 square mjies
well as most of the million Or
peop,e, comes under French wil
diction. n both sections. roprI
crops grow luXurlsatly. LED b. NJ
four "Cs' cocoa, cot,u tI
fee. ard coconuts.
A little farther east. whu.k
continent ends its big bug. III
the much larger country d
Cameroons. Afr.ca's other daE
entry in trusteeships. As in TIL
land, France holds the msjo- rt
ton, five-sixths OF the land. pE
two thirds OF the people.
The word Csneroons is h
camaroes. Portuguese 70.
shrimps found along the coast I'M
German colony was Kamerm III
French. Cameroun Beyond N
settled districts, with their rJbAI
banana, spice, and coconut plarI
tons. the land o. the shTimu
roamed by wild beasts. and inll
tied by tribes under the ruiz
primitive, luxury : loving chaI
tainS.
But there are eyea wilder n
teeship states. In the lntsrG
Northeast New Guinea - ciAs{
Kaiser WilheIm's Land before
fell to Australian authority
headhunter and the canribsI Il
still to be reckoned with. Thf
Pacific island has been callea
last stronghold Of the store II
its bushy-haired. tattoocd
tives. its tree jewellers. and
fighters with store clubs atnON!F
more advanced bow-and aTHt
champions.
Fortunes in gold. shipped OyiI
come out Of the Nortl'a1
Territory. Petroleum and o'
wealth is indicated. Planjalloi
rubber. coffee and similar t'oP'I
products were thriving before
japanese occupation in ls2
Unlike the Australian tT.s
ship. which besides t'' NJ
Guinea mainland includes III
boring ISLANDS in the BlSTnaIc$
Solomon groups New z'1'
mandate Of Western III
vas not a battle-ground
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