GERMANS IN AFRICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15689, 17 August 1914, Page 5

GERMANS IN AFRICA.

BRITISH PARTIES LAND.

WIRELESS STATION WRECKED

London, August 15.

The Nyassaland Government steamer hns captured the German East African Government steamer Sphindhaven on Lake Nyassa, and imprisoned the crew. A message from Nairobi, in British East Africa, states that two British cruisers have landed parties at. Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of German East. Africa, and destroyed the wireless station, and also the installations on German ships in the harbour. They rendered the engines of German steamers useless, and sank the floating dock.

Lake Xyasvi, which i? situated in Southoast Africa, is about four hundred miles in length. On the west and south it is hound bv N'vassalund. which is British j territory." On the north, and for about one hundred and fifty miles along its past .-more, it is bound by German East Africa. The remainder of its east shore is in Portuguese East Africa. " Dar-es-Salaam." the harbour of peace, is the capital of German East Africa. It is situatod on the coast, and its harbour is provided with a floating dock, which was completed in 1901. The population in 1909 was estimated at 24,000, including ooma 500 Europeans. German East Africa covers an area of 384.000 square miles. The European, population numbers 4117, of which 3113 arc Germans. The military and police force consists of about 320 Germans and 4540 natives. The country is known to contain gold, coal, iron, lead, copper, mica, and salt.