GERMANY'S LOST SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
ANXIETY ABOUT TRADE PROSPECTS. ■ Amsterdam, Hay 23. Dr. Iriuer, a well-known, colonial authority, in, an article to the Press, asks for the German Government's intention regarding the colonies in the South Seas, and declares that there must be no yielding of the colonics in return for concessions in Europe. German diplomacy way be relied upon to secure a good position in Europe, but not at the expense of the South Sea colonies, the loss of which is a. severe blow. Ho admits that there is not much hope for Germany to get back her possessions. Baron voa Betchenburg, another colonial expert, thinks the South Sea possessions may be oxchangod for .British East Africa and Uganda, if Britain desires. ■ Admiral von Galow declares that unless she gets back her South Sea possessions Germany's entire trado in the Far, East will bo crippled. . The people must insist en. Germany getting New Caledonia and French Oceans. The German Empire wants naval bases, and must establish a world route for German ships, and make her independent of England, America, or Japan.—Aus.-N.Z. Coble Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3093, 25 May 1917, Page 5
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184GERMANY'S LOST SOUTH SEA ISLANDS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3093, 25 May 1917, Page 5
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