COLONIAL CLAIMS
ATTITUDE IN NEW GUINEA
RABAUL, April 1
Keen interest has been aroused in British New Guinea by a report that Count Felix yon Luckner, of the Seeadler, may visit Australia. Residents expect a revival of the agitation for the return of the territory'to.Germany,'if Count yon Luckrier; comes to Australia. ■-.'.',.. • . ■' ■ -"; ■•■ ■
1 "There should be no ; slackening of opposition to the German claims," said Mr. W. E. Grose, member of the Legislative Council; "Germany wants New Guinea simply as a naval base to challenge Singapore. . Under the mandate she has absolute equality in securing the products of this country, but she demands . privileged and exclusive access. -
"Germany's population problem was as serious before the war as it is now, but she sent only handfuls of her people to her colonies. In 1914, o£ the 1640 non-indigenous population of New Guinea, only 1150 were Germans, after twenty-eight years' occupancy. From 1921 to 1935,. Australia built up a population, of 5668, of whom 3233 are Brii tish." ■'■:.■.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 8
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