GERMAN COLONISATION
AN AMERICAN OPINION. . BRISBANE, December 1. Mr Poultney Bigelow, who is making a tour of-the world, states that the Germans in New Guinea have to resort to English in orded to communicate with the natives. Despite the immense energy to Germanise New Guinea, a person must be politically blind who did not see that the English language and institutions were spreading. .Referring to the Philippines, it was, he «aid, difficult to tell whether the United States was running the Philippines .or the Philippines was running the United States. ■Everywhere he found that anything British .■was welcomed. He thought it was unfortunate that the States had applied their navigation, law to the Philippines, which practically limited navigation to American boats. It was a grievance with the natives, as the law put a stop to the commerce that r was -formerly carried on between Manila and' North Borneo. America was spending millions in the Philippines, but h& had no confidence in ~ the American administration there.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2647, 7 December 1904, Page 29
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