COLONIAL DEMANDS

Patea Mail, 6 March 1936, Page 4

COLONIAL DEMANDS

KB BN GERMAN CAMPAIGN. STATEMENT BY BRITAIN. “With the campaign in full swing to reinvest Germany with the prestige of u colonial power/' says the Berlin correspondent of the Australian- Associated Press, “the first impression is that of cross purposes between the ok. diehards seeking the return of all Germany's former possessions and the young Nazis, hvho arc 'prepared for the sake' of tire nation's honour to accept a speedy compromise. “However, a highly placed official informed me that the demand for the return of all the colonics is as insistent as it was in .15)20. When reminded that the mandatories at great expense had substantially developed territories ho argued that they had •.’.ccopted a sacred trust and could not expect Germany to refund expenditure undertaken for humanitarian motives.” There is little sympathy for Germany's claims as outlined by Dr. Paid Goehbols. The British attitude is that Germany by a stupendous rc-anm a-ment expenditure has so cramped her ; unvney that her own economies arc solely responsible for restricting her purchases. The British Dominion's and colonies are always accessible to Germany for buying raw materials, but never for the re-acquisition of territories.