GERMANY'S LOST COLONIES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18889, 3 January 1927, Page 9

GERMANY'S LOST COLONIES.

QUESTION OF RETURN. MR AMERY INTERVIEWED. (B? CABLE— PSBSS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIOHT.) (AUfITBALZAIf AND V.Z. CABLS ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 2nd, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 31. Mr Araery, in a special interview, published in the "Lokal Anzeiger" in Berlin, expressed his belief in the possibility of the creation of a "United States of Europe,' worked on a similar basis to the British Empire, without a central Government.

Questioned as to whether he thought Germany'B former colonies ought to be returned, Mr Amery said: "Germany at the end of the war renounced her colonies in favour of the Allies. Let us leave it at that. If we begin to discuss the question, there is no knowing where we will end. We want to take the end of the war as the starting point, and go forward to an understanding among the nations of Europe. Germany does not need colonies to assist in her recovery, and her pre-war trade with those colonies was insignificant. Colonies were not necessary from the viewpoint of prestige. Austria-Hun-gary before the war had great prestige and no colonies. Portugal's many colonies have not given her any prestige."