. Review of reviews and world's work . long diplomatic correspondence resulted action underhanded. in the German flag being raised over what is (3) It is to the intrepid Nachtigal alsoto-day known as German Southwest Africa, that Germany owes the far more importantThen a British warship was sent to protest, colony of the Cameroons. The British Gov-but it was too late. The correspondence ernment had been duly notified that the ex-gave the Germans a clear title. plorer was active in that region but His Majestys consul aUowedhimself to be caught old Cameroons chiefwhose signature to th
. Review of reviews and world's work . long diplomatic correspondence resulted action underhanded. in the German flag being raised over what is (3) It is to the intrepid Nachtigal alsoto-day known as German Southwest Africa, that Germany owes the far more importantThen a British warship was sent to protest, colony of the Cameroons. The British Gov-but it was too late. The correspondence ernment had been duly notified that the ex-gave the Germans a clear title. plorer was active in that region but His Majestys consul aUowedhimself to be caught old Cameroons chiefwhose signature to the treatymade his country a Germancolony was himself some-thing of a diplomat. Know-ing that the British consulwas on the way and that hewould probably try to outbidNachtigal, the wily old Afri-can held off for a week be-fore he would sign. Scarcelyhad Nachtigal forced himinto action when His Bri-tannic Majestys consularrived, only to find aweather-beaten explorercomplacently smokiig hisbig pipe under the shadowof the Hamburg American. A TYPE OF TRADING STATION ON AN AFRICAN RIVER (The carrying trade of these factories is rapidly being won by theGerman cargo boats) 314 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS
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