GERMAN CLAIM FOR COLONIES
‘RETURN FAVOURED BY MORAL PRINCIPLES”
LONDON, February 11.
Major-General J. F. C. Fuller, famous British soldier and author, is reported this week as supporting the German claim for the return of colonies. A German newspaper quotes him as having said: “In 1919 it was possible for the Allies to declare: ‘We keep the colonies which we are taking from Germany’; but we were afraid of doing it and, therefore, we invented the mandatory system. “It is the inevitable duty of the mandatory Powers to return the colonies, because in the long run right must remain right. “Moral principals speak in favour of Germany and in favour of the return of the colonies.” On the subject of democracy, the Major-General is reported as saying: “A hundred years ago democracy was a useful government system. The danger now lies in the fact that capital is employed internationally and against the well-being of the masses.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23782, 1 April 1939, Page 8
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