John Fredrick Parker
Donor
I don't think Germany would get anything in the Congo by way of compensation.
Alright, assuming the Brits still get East Africa, and Leopold bid largely fails, what's the fate of the Congo? I still think Portugal's going to have a tough time with the pink map -- they had been practicing slavery in the colonies not 15 years prior to the Conference, so there's just not enough good will to make up for their weakness. That just leaves France -- does this mean (again, if Leo fails) that they'll be able to walk away with such a big chunk of the continent?
Also, regarding white settlement: you're unlikely to ever get massive white immigration to the territories you've outlined. South Africa - certainly, Rhodesia - to a lesser extent; but between Zambia and Kenya, you have land that's quite inhospitable to European settlement, and that doesn't change until you get to teh Kenyan highlands.
That's not an insurmountable obstacle, by any means - but Tanzania won't ever have the attraction of Canada or the USA, or even the Antipodean colonies to British settlers where the climates are comparatively temparate, and the indigenous populations thin and easily controlled.
Let me ask a question then, open to the board -- what would be the high end of plausible in terms of European and other white immigration to British East Africa, assuming the rail and political terms I described?