 The paramount chief maintained some loyalty for his subjects . He persuaded the Germans to carry out infrastructure improvements such as the building of roads , schools , health clinics , and churches ; and he defended his subjects from colonial reprisals . In one instance , an Ewondo interpreter fired a gun during a dispute with a German , an offence punishable with a stiff prison sentence . Atangana interceded , and the man 's punishment was reduced to porter duty . However , the paramount chief remained completely loyal to the governors . In 1914 , for example , representatives of Duala leader Rudolf Duala Manga Bell tried to secure Atangana 's backing for a pan @-@ Kamerun revolt . Atangana kept the plot under wraps , but he instructed the envoy to urge Manga Bell to reconsider . 
