GERMANY'S COLONIES
PROPOSED RESTORATION OPPOSED
BY BRITISH WORKERS'LEAGUE
(Rec. January 11, 7.55 p.m.) London, January'lo. The conference of the British Workers' League inaugurated a German lost colonies committee, v/liicli opposes the returning of any colonies to Germany. The league passed a resolution repudiating, the Labour Party's proposals. % Sir John M'Call, in moving the resolution, said it was essential to a permanent peace that Germany should have no jumping-off place in the Pacifio or iu South Africa. Internationalisation was impracticable, and lie urged a consultation with the Dominions. Mr. J. A. Seddon and Sir. John laverner supported the resolution. Lord Sydenham wrote saying the Labour proposals were preposterous.' The question at, issue concerned Africa and Australasia, who must have a powerful voice in the decision. The Australians and New Zealanders had evicted the Germans from the 1 achic, therefore it was futile for the Labourites to dispose of the question without consultation with the Dominions. It was unthinkable tliat the colonies should be handed back to the most barbarous nation in the world. , Sir Charles Beresford wrote saying that if Britain attempted the restoration of Germany's colonies the dominions would not- consont.—Aus.-A.ii. Cable Assn. . [The manifesto adopted by the iNational Conference of the Trade Union Congress and tho Labour Party last month contained the following paragraph: "Regarding tl.ie disposal of colonies, the Labour Partv disclaims sympathy with all imperialist ideas The colonies in •tropical Africa should not be tlie booty of any nation,f id exploited by capitalists. AH the belligerents should abandon dreams of all African Empire, and transfer the present colonies to the League of Nations, which would form a permanently lieutral African State. In cases where the sovereignty -f other tern ones must be transferred, they should _ to the subiect of amicable bargaining, with an'equivalent exchange m money or otherwise."]
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 93, 12 January 1918, Page 7
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301GERMANY'S COLONIES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 93, 12 January 1918, Page 7
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