THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
VOL. LII.
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Nicaragua Asks Uncle Sam
to Check Mexico's Aid
to Rebels There.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD'
MORE trouble with Mexico con
fronts the government of the
United States, due to the admitted fact
that the "Liberal" revolutionists of
Nicaragua are, receiving aid, in the
way of men and war. Munitions, from
Mexico. Adolfo Diaz, favored by Wash
ington for the presidency of Nica
ragua, was elected by the congress Im
mediately after the peace conference
presided over by Charge d'Affaires
Lawrence Dennis which resulted In an
agreement to return to constitutional
government Diaz was formally rec
ognized by our government Wednes
day, and ut once he appealed to Wash
ington for aid in stopping the gun
running expeditions from Mexico.
In announcing the recognition of
Diaz, Secretary of State Kellogg took
occasion to refer In veiled but unmis
takable terms to the Mexican govern
ment's fomentation of armed conflict
In the Central American republic.
"The department," said Secretary
Kellogg, "has been informed that
President Diaz Intends to make over
tures of peace and general amnesty
to his political opponents, and that he
will offer the Liberal party participa
tion in the new government including
certain cabinet posts. I sincerely hope
that this offer, If made, will be ac
cepted by the. Liberals,, since only by
co-operation between all factions can
peace and tranquility be restored to
that country, nqw so unhappily torn
by revolution, a condition which has
invited interference from outside
sources; a state of affairs which must
cause concern to every friend, of sta
bility in Central America."
General Moncada, rebel leader, was
called on board the U. S. S. Rochester
at Blueflelds -and ' given a dispatch
from Washington, asking him to lay
down his arms with the understanding
that there would be ji. general amnesty.
Otherwise, he wtts told, the United
States would be obliged to take-.action
to prevent further fighting.
The Calles regime in Mexico, which
Is called Bolshevist by Its'opponents,
has been extending Its Influence'over
Central America, at least In Guate
mala, and Is reaching out. for Nica
ragua. It would not be pleasant for
the, United States to have such a
"bloc" of nations controlled by the
Calles group between it and'the Pana
ma canal:
hi addition to his war on the Yaquis,
which is goln'g none too well for him,
President Calles may' have to meet a
revolutionary movement ip Chihuahua
and along the northern border. Though
Mexican officials * scoff at -this, the ru
mors persist, that It Is under way and
is serious. Gen. Nicholas Fernandez,
former member of the of
Pancho Villa, is Reported to Ijave* led
■ small ( band of rebels a;rosS .the bor
der east of El Paso for the purpose
of recruiting a force of revolutionists.
It was said the party was well mount- .
and armed and had plenty of
money. A former follower of Adolfo
de la Huerta was In El Paso recently
recruiting men for a revolt
pOL. ORESTES FERRARA, a prom
duelist, has been -appointed minister
to Washington from Cuba,-, to -succeed
Dr, Rafael Sanchez Aballl, who re
igned. Cuba had a brief quarrel with
tniguay during the week and 4ts min
ister in Montevideo obtained his pass-
Ports and left the ckpffaCj' Howfever,
i trouble was soon adjusted and dlp
omatic relations were resumed.
,After being In power for a year, the
Jj""ean cabinet beaded by Mhximl-
Do Ibanez has resigned. At this
*Jitlng President Flgueroa-Larraln
"•* not appointed a new premier.
mongers In Europe cofe
tlnue to prophesy another war In
e near future, but they, are not
fP'eed as to whether It will be be
nee. Most of .them are in accord
0 Italy being one of the belligereA
an 'o Make Public > '
p Resource* of Ala*ka
ollowlng the example Qf .privately
"7** pioneer 1 railway systems In ex
tlnß the resources of the territory
7° u guou3 to their lines, Uncle Sam,
Wi 7i, ° f the Alaakan taUri»aJ, v will
people ot the states the ad
of the railroad belt In order
10 attract capital.
N* W wais been created
*Uroad, to bring the resonrces of
nations, because as every one knows,
she Is overpopulated and Is looking
for additional territory within easy
reach of the mother country—some
where along the Mediterranean. She
believes Tunis should belong to her
instead of France, for there are some
three million Italians there; but wise
observers do not believe Mussolini has
any intention of fighting France.
There remains the territory in Asia
Minor which Italy would like to pos
sess and yvhich now Is. held nominally
by Turkey. If Mussolini obtains any
of this, It Is more likely to come
through the aid of the League of Na
tions. There is ground for the belief
that France would be glrtd to transfer
her Syrian mandate to Italy
Revelations following the arrest of
Ricclotti Garibaldi in Paris have been
rather startling and France might well
And In them cause of serious quarrel
with Mussolini's government, but In
view of the duce's disclaimers and
apologies for the acts of the more un
i restrained Fascist! it Is probable that
France will take the view that these
acts were unauthorized. On the other
hand, London dispatches say the Ital
ian volunteer officers in England have
been officially notified that their serv
ices may be needed and to hold them
selves ready to return to Italy at a
moment's notice.
GEORGES TCHITCHERIN, soviet
commissar of foreign affairs, and
Tewflk Rushdi Bey, foreign minister
of Turkey, held an Important confer-'
ence in Odessa, presumably to formu
late an alliance. This led many Eu
ropean statesmen to believe that a
league of western Asiatic nations, in
cluding Russia, comparable to the
League of Nations, might be Intended.
At a banquet following the conference
Tchitcherin said the crushing force of
"imperialistic" nations had pressad
.Russia and Turkey Into an interna
tional mutuality.
WHILE the British Imperial con
ference in London is at this writ
ing about over, there has been no of
ficial statement of its conclusions. Un
officially, it is asserted that the pre
miers of the dominions have refused
to ratify the Locarno pact, which was
drafted so as to exclude the dominions
unless they expressed their participa
tion; that the dominions have shown
a decided disposition not to help main
tain the naval forces of the empire
and especially not to pay any part of
the expense of building the huge naval
base at Singapore, contracts for which
are now being let; that the matter of
privy council appeals will be left open
for a future conference; and that
there was complete agreement on the
continuance of British control of
Egypt
ANOTHER group of - Chicagoans,
numbering 74, have been indicted
for conspiracy to violate the prohibi
tion laws, In the government's clean
up campaign In that city. Among the
accused are Municipal Judge H. M.
Walker *md Police Captain John Pren
dergast, secretary to the chief of po
lice. The rest are politicians, police
men and saloonkeepers. The federal
officials have now had 153 residents of
Cook county indicted, and another list,
including more prominent jnen, is ex
pected before long.
, In announcing the return of the In
dictments, District Attorney Olson
said : "Dishooest police officials work
ing hand in glove with the political
representatives of the criminal, under
world, aided and abetted by many who
hold' high positions of public trust and
at times even the scales of Justice In
their hands— that's Chicago's crime
ring and crime cause; and if that
crimirtai alliance can keep its present
stranglehold by the exercise of intimi
dation and personal violence toward
those who know the facts, then justice
Is dead and the courts may as well
close tlielr doors."
fctayor Dever end other city officials
retorted that Olson's language was
"unwarranted and unfair" and th*
mayor said In effect that the federal
grand jury's'action was a cheap re
hash of a clean-up made six months
'ago by the city administration Itself.
ISTURBED by cablegrams from
U Bucharest concerning the tftadl
' tlon k King Ferdinand, Queen Marie
of Rumania abandoned her American
tW'at Louisville and engaged accom
central Alaska right under the nose
of the man with surplus to invest.
' Hitherto ' the resources along the
railroad have been spoken of in gen
eralities, such* as "great storehouses
of wealth," "mountains of coal" and
"many square miles of precious met
als and commercial minerals."
. Hereafter the Alaska railroad's in
dustrial department will offer eco
nomic data calculated to guide the in
vestor Into proper and remunerative
channels.
Mineral deposits will be surveyed
modations on the Berengaria sailing
from New York on November 24.
King Ferdinand Is suffering from
sigmoiditis, but Premier Averescu told
parliament that his condition caused
no anxiety.
MAJ. MARIO DB BERNARDI, the
"flying Fascist" who captured
the Schneider cup for Italy in the sea
pl&pe race;s at Norfolk, setting new
speed records, made yet another world
record over the three-kilometer course,
which he covered at an average speed
of 258.873 miles an hour. He and his
team mates then went to Washington,
where they received the personal con
gratulations of President Coolldge.
Bernardl flew a little Macchl-Flat
monoplane and after It is returned to
Italy and wheels are substituted for
pontoons, he will go after the fastest
of all speed records which was estab
lished by Bonnet of France at 278.48
miles an hour.
T TNCLE JOE CANNON, who passed
away In his home in Danville, Rl.,
lies at rest under a red haw tree' In
Spring Hill cemetery at that place.
For several days his body lay In state
while the neighbors and fellowtowns
men who had long known and loved
him passed the bier with tears in their
eyes. Then Vice President Dawes and
scores of other well-known Illlnolsans,
together with many from other states,
gathered there for the simple funeral
ceremony. The . procession to the
church and from there to the tomb
wis led by Knights Templar, Ameri
can Legion members and boy scouts.
Another well-known American
passed away with the death of La
fayette Young, former senator from
lowa and for many years the editor
and publisher of the Des Moines Capi
tal. He was seventy-eight years of
age and' one of the few remaining
members of the old school of Ameri
can journalism. Chicago was shocked
and grieved by the death of Patrick
J. Carr, treasurer and sheriff-elect of
Cook county. He was a self-made
man, had risen high in the councils of
the local Democratic party and was
remarkably popular'with all the peo
ple of the city. George Sterling, poet
and dramatist of San Francisco, com
mitted suicide in the Bohemian club
by drinking poison. Allen Upward,
well-known author and lawyer of Lon
don, also took his own llfa
CONGRESSMAN DEMPSEY o t
Lockport, N. Y., chairman of the
house harbors and rivers committee,
offered to the Great Lakes Harbor as
sociation, In session in Buffalo, a solu
tion of the lakes level problem in the
form of passage of a bill In congress
providing regulating works which
would restore all the levels of the
lakes, compensating not only the slight
Chicago diversion but all other causes.
The delegates, nearly all determined
foes of Chicago In the controversy, im
mediately laid plans for the defeat of
the bill mentioned by Mr. Dempsey.
Of the nearly forty Inches of lowering
of levels, Chicago's diversion through
the sanitary canal Is only 5% inches
and can never be more, according to
government engineers.
IT IS believed at this time that the
British miners have voted against
the- acceptance of the government's
terms for settlement of the coal strike.
The adverse vote was heavy In Scot
land and South Wales, and miners
who had returned to work were not
permitted to vote by the local miners'
councils. Return of men to the pits
goes on steadily, which fact may In
fluence the final decision of the
miners' federation.
FUGITIVE from Justice for more
than three years, "King" Benjamin
Purnell, leader of the House of David
at Benton Harbor, Mich., was arrested
last week by the state police. During
all the time when he was being sought
throughout the Country he had been
hidden In the admliflstration building
of the peculiar colony. There are
against him various charges of attacks
on young girl members of the colony,
and he Is also named In receivership
suits against the House of David.
COMMUNISTS In the Island of Java
have revolted against the Dutch
government of the colony and several
bloody battles have been fought The
Dutch seemed to have the better of
the encounters and It *as believed
the rebellion would soon be quelled.
and reported by engineers of the fed
eral bureau of mines, data will be
obtainable on matters of transporta
tion, power, both hydroelectric and
coal, labor costs and all other Items
having a bearing on the subject con
sidered.
Armed with authentic reports, the
industrial department will become a
sort of reference bureau, open to
whoever desires accurate Information
and at the same time serve as a liai
son between claim owner, prospector
and promoter and Investing capital.
GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 1926.
JIM
- AND HIS
DECISION
By H. M. EGBERT
(Copyright by W. Q. Chapman.)
▼ IM BENNETT sat on. the sand of
Tan-tan island and - looked out
| across the sea, as he had done
each day for more than a year.
Everybody In Tan-tan knew Jim Ben
nett and the raggedest beachcomber
sneered when his name was men
tioned. It wa% not so much the
depths to which he had fallen as the
fact that he had fallen so far.
Three years ago he had left San
Francisco to make his fortune In the
South seas and had come back to
marry Elsie Dale. But her father was
many times a millionaire, and had
other ideas for Elsie's future. Every
thing depended, then, on Jim's making
good on the copra trading trip, in
which he had sunk hisilttle capital.
At least, so far as marrying Elsie
was concerned. Her father would
never consent Jim knew Jack Dale
too wfell to hope for that. But If the
trip succeeded Jim could afford to
bear the old man's enmity, and Elsie
had said she would.
The ship was wrecked "on an un
charted reef off Tan-tan. Jim Baw
his little capital lost. He had barely
the fare home. Despair took hold of
him, then the lethargy of the life in
the little place. He had sunk down
and down. He had at last written to
Elsie releasing her—and had forgot
ten.
He had quite forgotten by the time
Elsie's letter -arrived. She had told,
him that she was going to wait three
years. If at the end of that time he
did not claim her, she would feel
free. But she loved him; let him re
member that every day of his life.
At the end of the first year Jim re
membered it occasionally. He was
employed in one of the island re
sorts. At the end of the second year
he had a hazy recollection. Then he
was doing odd Jobs along the wharf.
At the end of the third year, when he
was nothing but -a beachcomber, he
remembered again, this time more
clearly.
He remembered It when the month
ly vessel arrived. He expected that
It would carry a letter for him. No
letter had been at the post office; and
yet, when Jim looked up and saw tt
young, athletic American, neatly
dressed, with sun helmet and blue
glasses, approaching him, he was sure
that he had come upon business con
cerning Elsie.
Jim looked upjazlly from among the
little group of fellow loafers, and won
dered how any man could find the
energy to walk at that gait In such a
sun. The young man drew up to the
group and stopped.
"Any of you men know a fellow
named Jim Bennett?" he Inquired.
The man nearest Jim nudged him
lazily; the rest did not even shift their
eyes from the far horizon.
"I'm Jim Bennett," said Jim, rising.
He saw the astonishment upon the
young man's face.
"Will you please come over here?"
asked the stranger.
He led him about fifty yards away,
out of the hearing of the others. He
might have saved himself the trouble,
for those who were not asleep in the
shade had already forgotten Jlm'fe ex
istence. When they stood together
upon the sand the young man took
Jim by the shoulders and swung him
round, facing him.
"Are you Jim Bennett or are you
lying?" he demanded, In crisp, nervous
accents.
For an Instant Jim felt the resent
ment that would have come to any
normal man at such treatment; but
then he remembered that he had left
his manhood behind him at Tan-tan
town.
"I'm Jim Bennett,", he answered
doggedly. "What do you want with
me?"
The other breathed hArd. "Where
do you come from?" he demanded. "I
must have proofs of what you say.
Who is the woman to whom you are
engaged ?"
"You mean Miss Dale, I suppose,"
drawled Jim, and the other, let his
handi dc*op, from his shoulders and
stared *t v -Um hopelessly.
"Are yori crazy or sunstruck?" he
Inquired presently.
/"tjsuall/"6otb," answered Jim truth
fully. "Today, as It happens, I haven't
fotud anyone willing to give me the
prtce. How about you?"
The young mqn clapped him on the
shoulder.
"Listen to me," he said quietly.
-You must have been a man once,
from all I've heard of you. I recog
nize you now from your photograph,
although that beard makes you look
quite different Miss Dale's father is
dead. He hfts left her his whole for
tune. She wanted me to come and
find you and bring you back to her.
She loves you, and pride doesn't count.
She knows what yod most have J>een
through, and she's going to ask Jou to
marry her, once she gets you at her
side. Understand?"
Jim understood. The thought of
the Dale millions at hiq command wad
paralyzing; it galvanized him into life.
He looked up, to see the young maD
reading his face.
"Here's ten dollars I" be said sud
denly. "No—wait!" He pulled out
the pocketbook again. "Here's a hun
dred. Do' you think you can get
washed and cleaned and have a new
suit and good linen on your back,
ready to sail on the ship tomorrow?"
Jim pocketed the money mechan
ically. "I suppose so," he muttered.
"What's your hurry?"
v "Because," said the other gravely,
"Miss Dale Is on board. That's why.
And the best man In the world couldn't
deserve your luck."
Somehow the new clothes, the lux
ury of a bath, had put new manhood
into Jim. He lay In bed early in the
morning in the hotel and speculated
what he would do with the Dale mil
lions. He would go to San Francisco,
of course. He would build a palace
there. He would have automobiles,
fine clothes, cigars, all the physical
luxuries which he had been dented
so' long. And —he would marry Elsie
at the first opportunity, to keep his
hold on her. «
He e»t up and dressed. He was
Jnst abLut/to leave the room when the
young man entered. He surveyed Jim
with a grimmer smile than before.
"You haven't shaved off vour
beard," he said.
"No," said Jim thoughtfully. "It
looks—more manly, I think."
The other looked at him in con
tempt. It penetrated the
Jim winced. It was the first moment
of self-realization In many a year.
"Why have you done all this for
me?" he asked, looking at the other
curiously. "Do you know, I believe —
I believe you are in love with Elsie
yourself."
"Miss Dale from you, please," re
plied the other. "Yes, I am in love
with her, if you wish to know it.- And
if I hadn't found you I think she
would have married me."
"Then why did you find me?" mut
tered Jim.
The other choked down an expletive.
"If you're ready," he said coldly,
"we'll start right away."
Jim went out with him. And now,
surveyed by the curious inhabitants
of the little settlement, the target of
their sneering glances, Jim felt sud
denly more ashamed than he had ever
felt before In all his life. And for
the first time he really understood the
depths of his degradation.
He had been a worthless beach
comber, while she had waited for him,
believed In him. He was utterly
worthless. He could not degrade that
pure life to level of his own. He
had thought of nothing but the Dale
millions, nothing at all of the love that
had been true to him.
Unconsciously he held his head
higher and flung back the scornful
gestures, the looks, the thinly-veiled
Jeers. They should learn some day
that there was that spark of manhood
in hlin which would kindle the old
fires!
He knew that his phst was utterly
dead. And so, walking at the side of
his companion, he boarded the boat.
There was a delay, a brief delay.
The young man turned to him und
•said: ,
"Rememlrer, Bennett, my Hps are
sealed forever. You have your own
future and hers t6 make or inar. I
know her love for you, and tliut Is
why I shall remain silent. Can you
honor It? Promise rne that from this
day forward you will strive with might
and main to be worthy of her."
"I promise," answered Jim humbly,
and the man at his side looked at him
strangely. This seemed to be a new
man—he had known nothing of him.
Along the deck came a white-robed
figure, tripping glqdly. Jim knew her
at once. All his heart went out to
her. Elsie had not changed a bit dur
ing those three years, except that
there was more of the woman In her
poise, her thoughtful eyes, and Just
as much of the happy girl. In her smil
ing tajfß.
"John!" she exclaimed. "Where—
where Is Jim, then? And who Is this
gentleman?"
Suddenly Jim realized that she had
not recognized him. His tan, his
beard, the Ineffaceable marks of those
three years on his face. . . .
He turned a little away.
"Jim died last week," he said quiet
ly. "We didn't dare to break the
news to you at once. He died —I was
his friend—he wanted me to tell you."
He turned and walked with steady
steps to the ship's gangway, and along
the wharf.
Not Alwayn Best Plan
Compromise Is but the sacrifice of
one right or good in the hope of re
taining another —too often ending In
the loss of both. —Edwards.
Day of Opportunity
In this, day, opportunity not only
knocks at your door but Is playing an
anvil chorus on every man's door, and
then lays for'the owner around the
corner with a dub.—Elbert Hubbard.
Angola's f
Prospects
A Musical Instruments of Angola.
(Prepared by the National Oeo*r«phlc
Society. Washington. D. C.)
THE latest rumor concerning
the solution of greut
problem, the finding of an out
let for her too crowded and rap
idly increasing population, alleges
that negotiations have been under
way for the purchase by Italy of An
gola, Portugal's vast territory on the
Atlantic coast of Africa.
Angola covers a large part of south
western Africa. It stretches along
the Atlantic ocean for a thousand
miles and extends 800 miles or more
Inland. A comparable slice of terri
tory In southeastern United States
would have a coast line extending
from southern Georgia to New York
city and, excepting Florida, would In
clude an area greater than all the
states south of New York and the
Great Lakes, and east of the Missis
sippi river.
This vast region, although It was
discovered by Portuguese sailors In
1442 and although It has had Portu
guese settlements since 1575, has not
been developed to any great extent.
It was really a victim of thc» discov
ery of Brazil and the opening of the
water route to IntJla, for Into those
more promising regions was poured
all the colonizing energy of Portugal
at a time when that country was the
world's leader in colonization. The
stream of energy and men passed
Angola by, and It has been a sol't of
Portuguese backwater ever since.
Its Coast Is Dreary.
But there are also po.tent geograph
ic and economic reasons for Angola's
lack of development. With the ex
ception of former German southwest
Africa, which adjoins It to the south,
Angola has the dreariest and most
forbidding coast of ony section of Af
rica. Superficially It may be com
pared with the desert coast of north
ern Chile and Peru; and the com
parison Is heightened by the exist
ence of a cool current that sweeps
up the coast from the Antarctic as
the Humboldt current flows north
ward the west coast of South
America.
Behind this worst foot which An
gola thrusts forward Is n region of
surprisingly good potentialities. The
coastal desert strip extends Inland
from 12 to 120 miles and then the
country rises by a series of huge ter
races to a broad plateau which ex
tends eastward Into the heart of Af
rica. On each higher terrace condi
tions are better than on that below.
The transition Is from aridity and
lack of vegetation through seml
arldlty' to a reasonably well-watered
park land of grass and scattered
trees. Much of Ibis plateau Is nn ex
cellent region for Europeans, healthy,
cool, reasonably productive and much
of It' free from the tsetse fly
The grains flourish In the Angola
plateau country, but they are gjown
by only a few natives and fewer Eu
ropeans. There are enthusiasts for
this country, however, who insist that
It is only a matter of time and the
Influx of more energetic farmers, un
til tbli vast upland region shall be
come another Argentina. It Is point
ed out, too, that the country is In
much easier and less expensive reach
of European consuming centers than
New Zealand,» Australia, or South
America, and that It would have a
marked advantage also In the produc
tion of cattle and the shipment of
meat
Portugal.' Has Improved It.
Since the World war Portugal
seems to have taken an Increasing
Interest In Angola. There were long
ugly rumors of a continuance of slav
ery In the colony In spite of interna
tional agreements for Its suppression.
NO. 35.
The sparseness of the population and
the laziness of the natives made it
difficult 'for Portuguese plantation
owners to operate, and in many case*
they took matters into their own
, hands and forcibly put laborers to
work. Government regulations against
such practices were Ignored. In re
cent years these conditions seem to
have been greatly Improved and a
more forceful government established.
The government, too. has made avail
able large funds for physical -develop
ment of the colony. In addition to
fostering railway building, the gov
ernment has itself constructed sotnv
excellent motor roads in the plateau
country.
The big factor In appealing to
Italy. If she were considering such a
purchase, undoubtedly would be-the
spnrse population. Less than 4.000.0U0
Inhabitants dwell In the 485.0W
square piles of Angola. It is esti
mated, while Italy, with only ll&OOO
square miles, has a population of
about 40,000,000. In other words, al
though Angola is four times as big as
Italy, It has only a tenth of the ac
tual population, or one-fortieth the
density of population. Perhaps ode
half of the area of Angola at least
Is suitable for colonization by Euro
peans. It Is obvious, therefore, that
it would form un admirable outlet for
Italy's surplus people.
In the southern portion of Angola's
plateau Is a sort of little Transvaal.
Displeased with alien control from
which ordinary treks did no* to
free them, a group of Boers took the
wearisome Journey across the great
Kalahrarl desert and settled In this
remote region. Many perished on the
road, hut those who won through
have established solid communities
which the Portuguese officials have
granted them the liberty and self
goverpment in their communities
which they so much desire. In their
settlements, surrounded by houses of
typical Transvaal architecture, and
with the great heavy wagons In use.
one might imagine himself a thousand
miles away In the vicinity of Johan
nesburg or Pretoria.
Good Harbor at Lobito.
At several points railways extend
from the coast of Angola to the al
most temperate zone plateau. The
most Important railway starts from
the middle of the long coast and ex
tends some 300 miles Into the Interior.
It will eventually extend eastward
across Angola and into the Belgian
Congo to connect with existing Bel
gian and South African systems an-l
with lines to the east coast yf Af
rica. The- Angolan port terminus of
this railroad Is Lobito, with a fine
harbor. Lobito is an upstart among
the ancient coastal cities. Benguel.i
and Loanda and the middle-aged town
of Mossamedes. having been born on
a bare sand-spit only a few years ago.
The excellence of Lobito bay's har
bor Is hidden as one steams toward
It. The steamer seenib headed for
barren cliffs with a narrow, sandy
beach at their base. As a matter .of
fact, however. It turns out when one
approaches closer, that the beach is
a narrow spit of sand a mile or more
off shore. This sand-spit walls off the
sea, and behind It lies one of the best
harbors In Africa. It Is three miles
long and a mile wide, sufficiently
commodious to hold easily ships to
handle the sea traffic of an empire.
The harbor seems protected in all
winds and there Is little tide.
Loanda, capital ot Angola, also
has lines of steel extending Into the
Interior, and from Mossamedes'a "toy
railway," with narrow-gauge track
and tiny cars, runs across the desert
•trip and Intfc the bills.
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