GERMANY'S COLONIES
NO RESTORATION LEAGUE. LONDON, January 11. A conference of the British Workers' League has inaugurated a German Lost Colonies Committee, which opposes returning any colonies to Germany. The league carried a resolution repudiating the Labour party's proposals. Sir John McCall (Agent-General for Tasmania), moving the resolution, said it was essential for a permanent peace that Germany should have no jumping-off places in the Pacific or South Africa. Internationalisation was impracticable. He urged the consultation of the Dominions. Mr J. A. Seddon, who was chairman of the Trade Union Congress in 1914, and Sir John Taverner, formerly Agent-General for Victoria, supported the resolution. Lord Sydenham wrote: "The Labour proposals are preposterous. The question concerns Africa and Australasia, who must have a powerful voice in the decision. The Australians and New Zealanders evicted the Germans from the Pacific, therefore it is futile for the Labour party to dispose of them without the consultation of the Dominions. It is unthinkable that these colonies should be handed back to the most barbarous nation in the world." Lord Charles Beresford wrote: "If Britain attempted restoration the Dominions would not consent."—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 11, 12 January 1918, Page 5
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