COLONISATION QUESTION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8133, 1 December 1904, Page 3

COLONISATION QUESTION.

6 BRISBANE, December 1, Mr Bigelow states that Germans have to resort to English in order to communicate with the natives. Despite the immense energy displayed to Germanise New Guinea, a person must be politically blind who did not see the English language and institutions spreading. Referring to the Philippines, it was difficult to tell whether the united States was running the Philippines or the Philippines running the States. Everywhere he found anything British was welcomed. Hit thought it was unfortunate that the States had applied the navigation law to the Philippines, which practically limited navigation to American boats. It was a grievance with the natives that th; law put a stop to the commerce formerly carried on between Manila, North Borneo, and America. America was spending millions in the Philippines, but he had no confidence in tho American administration there.