GERMANY'S LOST COLONIES
INSISTENCE ON THEIR RETURN SPEECH IN THE REICHSTAG (Hoc. March 1, .9.50 p.m.) Amsterdam;' February 28; Speaking in the .Reichstag, Br. Soli', referring to a recent &]>»ucn by General Smuts dealing' witn the/German colonies, said that it constituted an official British statement of the positioon. "Germany has never allowed any doubt to exist regarding the German Government's and people's unanimous demand to get our colonies back. Colonial policy is a vital question for Germany,-and not a luxury. General Smuts apparently desires to destroy Germany as a coiomaLpoweiy just us Mr. Lloyd George wants to destroy her as a continental power, and Sir' Edward Carson us an industrial power. General Smuts no longer advances his former humanitarian plea for the consideration of the natives, but places in the forefront the stark imperialists ■standpoint,:that the security of the British Empire excludes the return or the colonies."—Reuter. . ,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 140, 2 March 1918, Page 7
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147GERMANY'S LOST COLONIES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 140, 2 March 1918, Page 7
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