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(b.) Large quantities of ammunition are being accumulated at stations near the southern (British) frontier.
(c.) The stations are in most cases defended by forts, proof against attack by troops unprovided with artillery.
(d.) Complete arrangements appear to be made for leaving native irregulars in charge of the stations in case of concentration.
(.) The communication system in the south has been developed so as to allow of a rapid concentration towards the British frontier.
(f) The existence of the military stations at New Langenburg, Siwa, and Songes is studiously ignored by German official and semi-official reports. The article by Captain von Grawert, of the Colonial Office, in the 1910" Jahrbuch über die deutschen Kolonien" gives a list of the stations without making any reference to the above posts, and further remarks that the "sparsely populated south is handed over, speaking generally, entirely to the care of the police." This statement appears to be misleading.
(9.) Reports of conversations with German officers show that they expect a war with Great Britain, and feel confident of success, owing, as they consider, to their superior efficiency.
6. Although the above pieces of information do not necessarily show any hostile intentions on the part of Germany, they appear to indicate a desire, should a war break out with Great Britain, to gain the advantage of surprise by the secrecy and thoroughness of their preparations and by the rapidity of their actions.
APPENDIX II.
Military Forces in British, German, and French Territory in East and West Africa.
Regulars.
Volunteers. Military Police.
Total.
Officers.
Other Ranks.
Officers.
Other Ranks.
Officers.
Other Ranks.
Officers.
Other Ranks.
British Territory---
East Africa
...
Uganda
34 29
1,392
314* 18
1,794
52
3,500
993
86*
8
1,042
37
2,121
Nyasaland
...
16 7111
140*
343
10
1,194
Total
79
3,098
540
26
3,179
105
6,816
***
East Africa
6920
German Territory—–
German East ( Europeans 114
Africa Natives...
150
3
40
2
2,550
1,840
117 2
198 4,3901
Total
PA
British Territory----
110
2,708
3
1,890
119
4,585
4705-
Gambia
Sierra Leone
3
125
4
17
7
142
137
3,000$
137
3,000
Gold Coast
Nigeria
38 142
2,003
54
803
11
987
103
3,795
5,324¶
16
208
158
5,532
...
Total
320 10,454
74
1,028
11
987
40%
12,400
German Territory--
12874
Togoland
West Africa
Kameruns
Total
་་
Europeans Natives Europeans Natives
+1
68
68
102 1,350**
1,452
...
French Territory—
Freach Equatorial Africa French West Africs
Total
***
133 5,278 306 11,72211
439 17,000
SAL
***
8
8
416
416
10
70
112
570
-
1,920
10
990
78
***
2,148
15
2,000 148
7,278
60
5,570 306 17,292
:
75 7,570 $14 24,570
25054
* Volunteer reserve.
Includes 190 reservists,
With 42 field-guns and 22 machine-guns. Does not include military carriera (about 375), military labourers, soldiers called up for training, or irregular native levies regarding the strength of which nothing is known.
8 Includes 100 reserviste.
478
435
"
"
"
Includes 50 military carriers.
†† In addition to these figures there are probably about 10,000 reservists in French West Africa.
PRINTED AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE BY J. W. HARRISON.— — 25/1/1911.
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