One wonders what they are and where they can lie.
Stanley flouts Emin, Emin rounds on Stanley;
On Shire's shore raid Portuguese fire-eaters;
Somewhere it seems the problematic Peters
Stirs troubles still in toiling for the Teuton.
Fergusson's diplomatically mute on
The matter, but it scarcely seems chimerical
To say these rivalries are mostly spherical.
Delimitation's talked of, and indeed
'Tis needful, in the face of grabbing greed.