SOUTHWEST AFRICA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 January 1925, Page 6

SOUTHWEST AFRICA.

GERMANS WANT IT BACK.

Dr Fogarty, Anglican Bishop of Damaraland, expresses the, opinion that South-West Africa —now a mandated territory of the Union —will virtually he restored to the Germans if certain political proposals are adopted. According to the bishop, there are two extreme parties in South-West Africa. The- German Party are asking for entire self-government, with an elected Legislative Council. On the other hand, the extreme South African Party are seeking incorporation within the Union, with members in the Union Parliament.

“If General Hertzog, the Prime Minister, accedes to the request of the Germans,” says the bishop, “and w r e have a legislative, body composed of elected members, you can safely say that every member of the House w*ill be a German. In that event, it is easy to imagine tlie strings being pulled in Berlin, and tlio result would he equivalent to handing South-West Africa back to the German people. “Roughly, there are 7000 men over 21 in South-West Africa, and the great majority ‘ are Germans. Moreover, as soon as the Union immigration laws are applied to mandated territory, we, shall have a big influx of Germans.”