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BARVING UP BERMANt'AFRIGA FRANCE AXD BRITAIN MAY (.‘E'l‘ SOME RICH PRIZES. Then. again, the German activiâ€" ties‘have clashed with those of Great Britain. England has conâ€" trol over Egypt and the country about the southern point of Africa extending northward, ibut this is broken in its continuity by the German pOSSessions on the eastern coast (German East Africa). Good Picking. Present- probanbiliuties are that whatever map making, if any, is done in Africa, will be done in spite of Germany and at Germany’s exâ€" pense. The German possessions in Africa. have a total area of nearly a million square miles, or, to be exact. 931,420 square mil-es. The African possessions are four and oneâ€"half times as large as Gerâ€" many itself, which is about- 209,000 Iquare miles in extent. The Alfrioan possessions have a population of 12,700,000, as against 65,000,000 in Germany. Apart from its Arfnican possession-s, Germany has only a few small islands in the Pacific. Great Warring Nations Own buch Land in the Dark Continent. Not only the map of Europe but also the map of Africa. is apt to be changed considerably in the near future, for Itlhe three great. Power‘s now engaged in the titanic European struggle all hold extenâ€" sive stretches of territories on *he Dark Continent. The French Empire in the north- ern part of Africa. alone is very large. In acquiring t’his France The French Empire .11 the north- ern part; of Africa. alone is very large. In acquiring t’his France has had many differences with thu Kaiser. . Undoubtedly the F much are the better eolonizers and the most lov- ed of the three European nations in Africa. If the worst, comes to the worse, it is said, France could raise a. black army of 250,000 to fight; for her, while the Germans would have to fight. with European soldier‘s only. The blacks living under French government have been made French sulbjects and the equal of Frenchmen and love their masters, while the black man of the German possession both fear and detests 'the ruler who wears the spiked helmet. The Egyptian fellah respects his British ma-slter, but he doesn’t love British him. Colonization methods of the rthree nations are widely different. Inâ€" deed it is said “when the'English occupy a countrv the first thing they build is :1 Customs House, the Germans a barracks, and the Frendh a railway.” Every foot' of German territory in Africa has been gained at the expense of friction. One clash of the German and French resulted in the former taking a. good portion of the rich Moroccan country in the northwest corner of Africa. H the war extends to Africa, and the French are victorious they would undoubtedly demand this portion of Morgcco 'back and the Came- roons. mnoflher German possession on fihe west coast, would in'all pro- bability go to France, in addition to Alsace and Lorraine. duti two Were it not Th ,es [101 'l‘ook Part of Morocco. cture on the r Ono Obs‘uu-lo. for diets at Havre, with many the “all preparln rs Braddock, a. well-kncr g food for the marines w with a. French youngstw Tommy Atkins in France red” railway, from the Cape to Cairo on the east coast, would be possible for the British. A glmce at the map will Show «this ‘broken bit of possession. It wil'l Show the present territory held ‘by the Ger- mns in two sections on .the west, adjacent to the Belgian Congo in the centre of the. continent. Ger- many might in the next few years to come, if she survives this war without losing her African pOSSesâ€" sions, purchase Portuguese East Africa. Going into the desert country of the British you come to Timr’bructoo, which 20 years ago was nothing but a name, and is now the junction of an Aflantic~Mediterranean rail- way, part of mhridh has been con- structed and .part of which is under con str uction. The French Empire in Africa, is not, all desert. wa years ago the Government announced that a. tract many square miles in area in the heart of the Sahara had been reclaimed and was ready for grain planting. On t‘he basis of past work, in 50 years one ‘half of ‘the desert will] be reclaimed. -T’he Kaism~ may possibly, are this war is over, lose his foothold in Africa and at Uhe same time the French and the British possessions would 'be enlarged. J utst what, this means may [be gleaned from the fact that German capital expendi- tures in Africa have reached a ’00- tazl of $400,000,000. The affairs at home have kept Germany [busy of late years and ‘her colonial enterprises have been a flat failure. In Afirica the German possessions have more soldiers than traders, and more barracks than schools. The natives have been so feduced in number that it. has been found necessary to import white 13.- bo‘r to do a. good part of the heavy work in railroad lbuilddn-g. rl‘he German territory in Africa is divided into {our scattered chunks. On the east coast is Gerâ€" man East Africa.” on the west; is German Southwest Africa, wlhile farther north is Cameroons. Toâ€" goland is a. little strip sandwiched in between French Dahomey and the British Gold Coast. Togollian-d has an area. of 33,650 suave miles, while the popu‘lution is 1,580,000, of whom only 363 are Europeans. German Southwest Afmica has an area oi about 322,450 square miles and a, population of 200,000, of which bulb 14,000 are white people, and of flhese 12,000 are Germans. German East Africa has an area, of 384,180 square miles with a population of 7,500,000 of which albourt 6,000 are Europeans. Cameroons. having a. coast line of 200 miles, has an area, of 191,130 squad-e miles, and 3. 3,500,000 popu- lation, of Whom \bust' 1,400 are Euro; peans. “Don’t you think he is too cute for anything?” asked the proud young mother, referring to her baby. “O, I don’t know,” replied her 17â€"year-old [bl-other. “He’s Cute enough. I guess, \but I never did think much of people who hadn’t any teeth.” “So Jack’s married? Did he marry for beauty 2” “No, booty.” Youthful Slur on Grandpz‘ Possessious Scattered. Fortune Hunter Wonders Done. B." e and Belgium. en lande trying t: WAR 20 YEARS EN CflMii‘é SWORD 0F DAMOFLES Hl'NG OVER El'lHH'I-I. Prussia Began to )lovc in U464. mu] Why is Greth Britain at war asks a. writer in the London hail; Mail. The man in the street (Lhr’t patient citizen) is still asking tli: question, although for twenty year war has been a, practical certainty I agree tzhmt no war is inevitable but so long as the Prussian govern img class was allowed to direct. Ger man policy, EuirOpe lived with : Damocles sword over its head. Thi one hope of permanent peace wa. tharb the German commercial am working classes would revol against their tyrants. But that wa never probable. The nmst Competent British 0})» servers have always realized the danger; and have warned their country of ohe necessity of being ready. Unfortunately, the warn- ings have been more than counterâ€" balanced by other Englishmen, who were dazzled by the evident friend- ly feeling of the German people. They failed to realize how entirely German policy is swayed by the ex- clusively Prussian partyâ€"the J unk~ ersâ€"who rule in Berlin. New Germany. Mr. Bernard Shaw says that- Eu- rope has no quarrel with the Gerâ€" many of Goethe and Beebhovei. But the Germany of Goethe and Beethoven has ceased to exist- for more than fifty years. At the beginning of the nineteenth century Prussia, was crushed by Napoleon, and the German States were largely influenced by the Lib- eral ideas of the French Revolu- tion. After the fall of Napoleon, nationality again asserted itself, From 1816 to 1860 Prussia began a new virile national life. This new life was originally the creation of poets and dreamers. It, was affect- ed by the revolution 0g 1848, but, gradually the influence of 143853.113 and the philosophic Liberals and Socialists wst overshadowed by the Biismxarckia‘n dream of a, State that would stand preeminent not by its contribution to the art and progress of the world, butt. by the power of its right; arm to bully and subdue its neighbors. but it shéuld Vbe remembered that Beethoven himself at. one time re- garded Napoleon as a. deliverer. of a strong South Germap federa- tion that would haye effectively hamperede her ‘ambi’tyons. Innâ€"1870 Prussia, with her German mth ‘J Imkx-rs 9P “P Born at Vt‘l‘fiuilh‘s. lin Sinm in Power at 3.0 Ont m1 SIS IE w as a nd risen stronger, richer, and more determined than ever to preserve her nationality and all her nation- ality means, proving lshe upter fal- sity of the late Lord Salisbury’s be- lief that the Latin peoples are dying and decadent. Germa‘ny meanwhile has grown from a. poor into a. rich commercial nation. Large factories have taken the place of ruined castles. A great mercantile fleet has come ian being, and has been followed, quitte natur- ally, by a navy able to challenge British supremacy on the sea. The Germany of Beethoven and Goethe has become the Germany of million aire merchants and Socialist work- men Easy to Govern. This new Germany has been inâ€" spired by perfectly reasonable ambi- tions for commercial outlet and de- velopment, ambitions which have affected Great Britain, but which, of themselves, made for peace raâ€" ther than for war, for the commer- cial world always stands to lose when fighting begins. Unluckin for Germany her people are easy to overawe and govern, and the suc» oessors of Bismarck have been strong enough to hold on to p0lit‘i» cal power. The new Germany of 1914 is governed by exactly the same class as the old Germany of 1864. The ideal of this class may be summarized in the phrase “Bligh-{is fight,” and that 3:11 talk of justice and human rights is sheer nonsense. last sovereign. Happily for Europe, though Prus- sia preaches the doctrine of the strong man, the men who direct. her policy have themselves none of the qula-lities‘of strength. Mr. Gilbert Chesterton has pointed out that it is only the Weak who ever bow down and worship strength. 'Dho~ mws Carly-1e, who fawned at the feet of Frederick the Great, was an in- valid, and one could quote a- dozen similar instances. Birth of New Empire. As a, matter of fact, it, is notoris ous that the Prussian governing class is prejudiced, narrow, and morally decadent. The followers of This was the faith of the medieval swalshbucklers. It was the faith of Bismarck. It has been deduced by Prussian professors (quite unf‘ainly) from the writings of Nietzsche. It finds expression in Strindberg. It is the negation of every religion ever preached to the sons of men, and it is altogether and unutterably damn‘able. Yet it is to force this awful doctrine on Europe that de~ ludved German soldiers are fighting at this moment, and it is to save Europe from it that Great Britain, France, and Belgium are prepared tn give their last man and their morally dé Bismarck lessness, l They have the II‘E Many g: the ance ll‘CeS as s, defeated Franc-e, ant I’l‘ussianized Gen was born at Versailles added to Prussian 1 she becgme the domin European Power, with LS “chief among equal: 1 l‘c'bC HS Faith 01‘ Bismarck. fre than p 11‘ )ut Jff tlu Prussian territory, :gmc the dominant Cen- an Powen with the Kai- *f among equals!” Poor, Now Rich. xgs haye happened durâ€" ty-four years of peace. a-tren to her knees, has .qer. richer, and more at ar Tl' timate bet 11‘ 3 their mast none' of his UH 1Z( heir master‘s ruth- ne’ of his subtlety. n with a. series of have miscalculated their opponents. It- ‘obable that they undly 1"le1 kind one grow_s ch side clalmll MK :‘re rn >1a.1m1n But f0 W1} 1‘8 E'J‘viofingliolks "/'v“ @m” “M Ow WWW" Mary and Edith lived in the coun- try and their father worked in a lumber mill], nearly a, mile away. He used to carry ‘his luncheon from home in a tin box and Mary 'and Edith were always eager for his return at night, and eager to see What was in the box; there was alâ€" ways something wonderful. Once they found two little brown choco- late mice. One night Itheir father was very late home; the stars were shining in the sky, and the lamp was lightâ€" ed before they heard his step. Mary opened the door for him. and he handedhem the :box. “I wonder what’s in it?” she said, holding it out toward EdthIh. “See, it’s heavy as can'be. Come, let's ope-n it-l” In a. moment the tin ‘box was on the floor, and Uhe two little girls were kneeling beside it. “'Look!” cried Mary. “Two litâ€" 1tle fiat~ironsl” She could not have taken them out more carefully if they had been made of glass. “Can’t we put them on the stove to heat, and iron something?” ask- e-d Edith, eagerly. as she held the small iron up for her mother to “Not to-night, dears. It’s your bedtime now, 'but- you may take them upstairs.” The girl‘s could not go to sleep. The moon shone brightly. and as Mary watched the light streaming across the floor, she suddenly sat; straight up in \bed. “Edith!” she exclaimed. “It’s light as day. Let’s get up and iron our clothes.” Both the ‘lirtltle girls were out of bed in an instant. The floor provâ€" ed a fine ironing board. ' They spread out the garments they wore in the day‘ and with their small irons they 'began to smooth them out. As each garment was ironed, they folded it neatly, as they had seen their mother do with freshly ironed clothes. While they work- How ironed clothes. While they work- ed *t‘hey scarcely spoke a, word. Gently and quietly they work'ed, and when the ironing was [com- ploted, they hurried intto bed. “Father never brought us any- thing as nice as this before, did he?” whispered Tdith; and Mary said. sle'epilv, “No, he never could bring anything nicer ‘than two little flatiwns.’ 'â€"â€"Youth's Companion. “For years I was thin and delicate. I lost color and was easily tired; a yellow pallor, pimples and blotches on my face were not only mortifying to my feelings, but because I thought my skin would never look nice again I grew despondent. Then my appetite failed. 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