GERMAN COLONIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 126, 20 February 1908, Page 7

GERMAN COLONIES.

BEENBURG'S OPTIMISM.

HUMANE POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA. LABOUR QUESTION. \ BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Rec. Feb. 19, 10 p.m.) Berlin, February 19. Horr Dornburg, Director of Colonial Affairs, speaking in tho Roichstag, stated that soon only a few colonies would require Imperial assistance. The trade of the Cameroons wicreased by 40 per. cent. last year. Considerable mineral wealth had been discovered in the Carolino and tho Ladron'e Islands. There was 40,000,000 tons of phosphates on the Island of Nauru alone. Herr Dcrnburg promised to try to safeguard tho ten million natives in East Africa against any brutal display of. power. He added that if the Government acceded to the wishes of tho white farmers tho entire labour force of the colony would emigrate to British'territory, where labour .conditions wore lighter aud more humane. SUFFRAGISTS, ■: «> A NEW YORK EBULLITION. BY TELEGRAM— PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGIIT. New York, February IS. Twenty-throo'suffragists paraded New York amid tho jeers of tho spectators. PITTSBURG FLOODED. —— • GREAT DAMAGE. FOOD BEING DISTRIBUTED IN BOATS. BY TKIiECKAriI—TIIESS ASSOCIATION— COPnUGiil. Nov; York, February 18. Floods in Pittsburg have temporarily rendered'2o,ooo persons idle. - Many fled to tho upper stories of the houses. Police, in boats, aro distributing food.'.' Tho'damago is estimated, at two million dollars. .BOMBS IN. SPAIN. • » AN EXPLOSION IN BARCELONA. BY/t'EIiEGRArn —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ' Madrid, February 18. Bombs exploded on a thorougbfaro in Barcelona, wrecking two houses and killing a woman. Several persons wero injured. INDIAN FRONTIER. ■ —o—- — SHELLS DISPERSE SOME OF THE TRIBESMEN. or rEi.Eottirn—it.ess association—corVnioni Calcutta, February 18. Shells dispersed three hundred Zakka Khols who wore building sangars on a liill near Chind. .: