The German Flag In Africa

The Germán ílag nou flonts over ïonrteen white stations, and a district twicê a large ' us Prussia Coday admita the sovereignty of Kmperor William; but tlio Germán pioneera h;ive eeoured tor tbeir countrj slill t'urther advantasres. In the recent treaty betwcen I Uermsny and Englmid the immense región : bet ween Victoria Ny :1117.a and Kilima-Njaro ! on the nortb, and Nyassa and the Roouma river on tlio scuth, and from tbe Indian ocean west to Tanganyika, is designated as i the zone of Germ.in i iterests hito whichEngland asrees not to i aáe. This vast domain jpins tbe Congo independent state, and together tbey form a wide belt across the continent from sea to sea, in wbicU hundreds, of whito men are now striving witb all their 1 might to iind what beiieütg equatorial África may bo made to confer upon the world. These Geriiians havo in view a broadly conceived and clearly deined plan, whose practi cabüity it is their flrst purpose to test thoroughly. It is tbeir belief tbat large plantations for tbe culture of cotton, tobáceo, sugar, rii'e and other products may be devel( ir,l 011 these uplands with tbe aid of natire labor, and tbat when means of communication with the coast have been perfected a large amount of capital may flnd profltable . aipjoyment. All their stations are scènes of agiTuitural uctivity and training schools for nativo workmen. About 000 acres are in crops, practical farmers and gardeners are exDerimenting with all tbe tropical and Europeaii grains, vegetables, fniiiS and nuts, the stables are filled with cattle, goats, asses aiu! fowls and several hundreds of workmen, whose native systeme of irrigatiou and many tierde a;;d fields show that they are not wliolly lacking in skill and industry, are being trained in white methods of manual labor. ïhus the Germán East Afiican society Ls striving to open new fields for home enterprise, to instruct and elévate the natives, and it is not without hopo that sonie portions of its domain may prove to be adapced to th neeils of Germán colonists - New York Sun. A vii'irr ina.i e u - (iu l ivwiht.e hope of weddiDg iiotorie