The fall of Tsingtau and Kiau-Chau was a rending blow to German prestige in the East, and its severity excited bitter comments on this extinguishment of what was in German papers described as "a shining testimony to German culture." Poor old _kultur_! It has of late had many a heavy burden to bear and is now entrusted with the final destruction of Japan, for according to a leading German paper: "The Japanese have assisted England in destroying the most brilliant work of German colonisation (save the mark!). England will reap the harvest sown by her short-sighted Government in a time not so far distant. "Germany has lost Kiau-Chau, but not for ever; and when eventually the time of reckoning arrives then as unanimously as what is now a cry of pain will a great shout of rejoicing ring through Germany--'Woe to Nippon.'" So both England and Japan had better look out. INDEX A Africa, East, 84 ----, area and features, 97 ----, British explorers, 86 ----, German exploitation, 98 ----, Germans engineer rebellion, 95 ----, Germany annexes, 91 ----, Germany obtains Kilima 'Njaro, 93 ----, history, 84 ----, jewel of German possessions, 107 ----, Portuguese status, 93 ----, products, 101 ----, railways, 101 ----, terrorism of natives, 96 Africa, German wireless, 66 Africa, South West, 36 ----, area, 69 ----, boundaries, 65 ----, British operations, 82 ----, Herero rebellion, 70 ----, physical features, 73 ----, products, 74 ----, railways, 76 Africa, West, 109 ----, Germany annexes Togoland, 112 ----, Germany's entry into, 110 ----, history, 109 Agadir crisis, 30 Angra Pequena, British subjects' position, 55 ----, H.M.S. _Boadicea_ at, 59 ----, possession of, 41 Arrowroot, 180 Asbestos, 75 Australia in the Pacific, 129 Australian Colonies, conference on the Pacific Islands, 133 Austria, emulation of Prussia, 19 B Bananas, 121, 161 Bêche-de-mer, 166 Bechuanaland, Boer action, 64 ----, Rhodes's steps, 65 Belgian Congo, 87 Bernhardi, General von, on Germany's "place in the sun," 28 ----, views on Colonies, 32 Beyers, General, defeat and death, 82 ----, rebels, 81 Birds, 162 Bismarck, Otto von, 18, 19, 21, 22, 29, 45, 57, 91, 111 Boers, the, as pioneers, 39 ----, in South West Africa, 77 ----, Republics in Bechuanaland, 64 ----, view of Germans, 47 Bönn, Dr, on native policy, 33 Botha, General Louis, 79 ----, takes field, 82 British policy in Africa, 41 ---- sea supremacy, 28 ---- vacillation, 24, 53 C Cape Colony, danger of being shut in, 50 Caprivi Treaty, 25, 66, 77, 83, 94 Carbonate of soda, 107 Carnarvon, Lord, refuses to annex New Guinea, 132 Castor-oil, 180 Cazou, 106 Chillies, 106 China and trade treaties, 174 ---- and the Western nations, 172 ----, German wedge inserted into, 174 ----, the "mailed fist," 179