Destiny of Captured German Colonies.
Australian aud N Z Gable Assoc Ree Jau 25, y 10 a m
Sydney, Jau 2o
The destiny of the captured German colonies is oecup)i-g attention. The Lieuteuaat-Govenior, in a speech referring to the danger of the future of New Guinea being judged in the light of insuffioieut kuowledged, said ono circumstance to which sufficient attention was never drawn was that Australia was the one country in the world threatened with the curse of a land frontier with such a nation as Germany. Under such circumstances as might ba avoided New Guinea had been left with divided authority. Quite apart from the dangers arising from submarine ports on the coasts of New (iuiuea there is this eternal rankling sore iv front of us of a laud that can at any moment raise a quarrel about mine?, uiilields or anything else. The idea of feeif determination in such a ease, where occupants like the Germans are-using every moment to secure their own prestige with the people, is one that no Australian could contemplate with equanimity for a single moment. Melbourne, Jan 2b ,
The iSenate resolutions regarding the afcer war dv.stin)' of the captured German colonies demand the representation of Australian interests.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6967, 25 January 1918, Page 3
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