GERMANY'S LOST COLONIES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2267, 29 September 1914, Page 5

GERMANY'S LOST COLONIES

BEWAILED BY" DR. SOLF BRITISH,THE WORST ENEMIES ' i (Rec. September 28, 10.40 p.m.) Romo, September 28. . A telegram from Berlin states that Dr. Solf (Minister for the Colonies), in an interview, bemoaned tho fate of German -possessions, especially Samba, of which he was formerly Governor, describing it as the "pearl of the Pacific." He deplored its passing into tho hands of "tile invaders," and declared that fortunately the fate of tho colonies will not be decided in Africa or Pacific, but on Europeau battlefields, where ho hoped, decisive victory awaited'the Germans. Dr. Solf added: "The British are our worst enemies; our task as regards them is . harder than many Germans imagine. Germany does not fear England on land, but on sea she must face the most powerful, fleet in tho world, with the addition of the Japanese, and our greatest expectation is merely to damage the enemy there, although Nelson won Trafalgar over greatly superior forces. We must fighi Britain's disloyal methods of damaging our commerce and industries, wo must fight to the end in the military and economic domains, and impose security for at least'a century. Against our Continental enemy we fight for victory, against England for booty, and that booty must be proportionate to tho enormous sacrifice our people are enduring."