GERMANY’S LOST COLONIES

Evening Star, Issue 22818, 29 November 1937, Page 14

GERMANY’S LOST COLONIES

INSISTENT DEMAND FOR RETURN SPEECH BY GENERAL GOERING' Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright HAMBURG, November 27, General Goering, in a speech said: “ We shall not cease the demand for the return of our colonies. We shall succeed not through the goodwill of others, but through our own strength.” He declared that the four-year plan was intended _to make Germany independent in . every direction. “ Foreigners hope to bring us economically to our knees, but they will not succeed. We seek not only political and military independence, but also economic independence. There is no desire to isolate ourselves economically, but foreign nations are compelling us to do so by withholding from us the world’s products.” a After emphasising the growth of Germany’s armed forces, he said: “ Genpany can no longer bo ignored. No nation in the world can now afford to treat Germany’s interests with less attention than their own.” He added that other nations realised the value of Germany’s friendship. “ The steel axis binding us with Rome and Tokio is a better guarantee of world peace than the League chatterboxes who meet in Geneva.” Elaborating the text of Germany’s desire to share in world commerce and regain her colonies, he said she did not intend to isolate herself; on the contrary, the creation of Greater Hamburg proved the importance of these aims and indicated that she intended to join the world, in peaceful competition. JAPAN AGAINST RETURN LONDON, November 28. (Received November 29, at 11.35 a.m.) The Tokio correspondent of ‘ The Times ’ reports that the Anglo-German conversations brought a prompt official intimation that Japan will return none of the German colonies received at Versailles. The Vice-Minister for Overseas Affairs said: “ The' maintenance of the Japanese mandate in the South Sea Islands is an established policy of this Empire.”