GERMAN COLONIAL ASPIRATIONS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3181, 4 September 1917, Page 7

GERMAN COLONIAL ASPIRATIONS

•A RIVAL OVERSEA EMPIRE IN LATIN COUNTRIES WITH A U-BOAT BASE IN THE PACIFIC _ i— (Roc. September 3, 9.15 p.m.) London, September 3. The German Pres sis giving prominence to the fat© of the German colonies. In connection with this topic, Hen - Zimmermann (Foreign Minister) defines lus country's war aims: "In future," he says, "we should array Central and. South America against Anglo-Saxonism. Therefore, Germans ' not. emigrating ,to the German colonies should be ;nadn to emigrate to those) regions' instead cf Australasia, North (America, and South Africa." The "Berliner Togeblatt" places emphasis on the great value of New (guinea and Samoa to Germany, aud a natural outlet through Turkey. "Moreover, Now Guinea aud Samoa could easily bQ defended by U-boat bases there. . If at the outbreak of the war He knew what wo wo certainly would have had a greater number of llboats in the Pacific, and things "Tvould havo been, very different."—The "Times. MALNUTRITION IN ENEMY COUNTRIES SECOND OUTBREAK OP DYSEN- • . > TERY. Berne, Septomber 2. , A'second epidemic of dysentery is gen- ! oral in'Germany-and Austria. -It is at--1 tributed to malnutrition. The patients are unable to get- good milk owing io the German War Office intercepting supplies and extracting glycerine. Ihe War Office oven intercepts Swiss jui.lk at the frontiers, though Germany pleaded she must be allowed to import from Switzerland, otherwise _ the babies and yourtg children would die. ' Tho Austrian and German Govern.monta aro seeking to ins public fears by announcing that new foods aro being invented to replace milk —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER REVERSE IN THE FOOD WAR GERMAN SWISS CHOCOLATE SUPx PLIES RE9UCED. (Rec. September 3, 9 p,m.) ■ . ' ■ -• Paris, September 3. ■ Switzerland has agreed to! reduce the exportation of -16,000 quintals .(roughly, 4518 tons) of chocolate to the Central PGowers to 24,000 (nearly one-half), the surplus to bo diverted to the Allies — Aus.-N.Z.. Cable Assn. BRITISH WORKERS AND. THE FOOD PRICES DEMAND FOR REDUCTION BY ONEHALE. (Rec. September 3, U. 45 p.m.? London, September 3. At the National Conference of the engineering and allied trades at Leeds, representing two hundred thousand workers, it was lesolved that the prices of necessaries must bo reduced by ci.e-half by tho middle of October, otherwiso immediate action will be recommended. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. <• . FOOD CRISIS IN NORWAY (Rec. Soptember 3, 11.45 p.m.) Christianla, 1 September 3. The newspaper "Social Damokraten" states that Norway has foodstuffs tor only one month, while tho import prospects are very dark. It urges tuo Government to seize private stocks and control the distribution.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE THIEVING INSTINCT IN THE TEUTON INCIDENT OF THE SOMME RETREAT. Paris, September 2. When tho Germans retreated from tho Soriune they abandoned a number of cases in a village containing valuable golden and silver chalices, bowls, vases, and pictures stolon from Belgium and North France.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

THE WAR ON THE I:\V.W. FURTHER SENTENCES IN SIDNEY. i (Rec. September 3, 11.10 p.m.) Sydney, Scptembor3. _ Tlireo more members of tho I.W.W. have been seuleuced to six moiiths' imprisonment each for being members of an unlawful association. Thirty-two liavo been similarly convicted at Brokoii Hill.—Press Assn.