German Colonisation

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1159, 1 December 1904, Page 2

German Colonisation

British Boycotted

Press Association .-Copyright, Biiisbane, tkia clay. Db. Poiilxnbv Bigblow, Profoßsor of Jurisprudence at the Boston University who is touring tho world investigating thj different methods of colonisation, has returned from the Gorman colonies in Now Guinea and New Britain. He says that in the Gorman colonics there is a groni deal of colonisation, but no colonists, and that German officials and missionaries are boycotting English missionaries and opposing English intrusion of every hind. Later Dr. Bizelow states that tho Germans have to resort to th<t Euglish ianguago in order to commnnioate with tho natives, Dospito the immense onorgy displayed to Gormaniso New Guinea, the porson must bo politically blind who did not seo that the English language and institutions were sproadirja. Rtfornng to tho Philippines, ho said it was difhcult to toll whether tho fjnited Statos was running tho Philippines, or that tho Philippines was running the Statos. Everywhere ha found that anything British was welcomed, Ho thought it was unfortunate (bat tho States had applied tho navigation law to tho Philippines, which has practically limited the navigation to American boats, twasagrjovauco with the uacivoa that ho law had put a stop to 'ho commerce lormerly earned on will- Manila an! florin Borneo. America vus spending inillioDi in the Philippines, bin ho had no confidouco in administration there,