WANTS THEM BACK.

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3828, 2 November 1936, Page 2

WANTS THEM BACK.

GERMANY’S LOST COLONIES. “In the background lie the colonial aspirations of Germany. How far can and should they be met? It is quite clear that they do not go to the root of Germany’s economic problem. But political feeling seldom corres ponds with the teachings of economists. The colonial question is likely increasingly to figure among Germany’s desiderata. Wihat are we to reply? It is quite clear that there can be no question of Great Britain acting alond, or of any mere restoration of the ex-German colonies. If there is a German colonial problem it is one that ought to bel considered by the colonial Powers as a whole. The nature of the present regime in Germany makes it certain that there would be the strongest opposition to ary transfer of any territory that has been under British control to Ger many except on security that the conditions of Article 22 of the Cov enant would be loyally observed, namely, that the colonies should be administered in the spirit of trusteeship for the native population, that there should be no militarisation, that there should be equal facilities for the trade of all nations and that autonomy should be the goal of policy.”—The “Round Table.”