GERMAN COLONIES
Conditional Return ADHERENCE TO LEAGUE / . LONDON, 1. j - The suggestion , that the xeturn of colonies to Germany be made_ conditional on her adhesion to the League , iof Nations is made by an English jnewspaper. The Manchester Guardian -'says:— .. j !'.It has been for some time obvious that no 'general s settlement ' is possible in- international or - European affairs iwhich does''npt include a solution of Jthe colonial question. "The colonies were taken - because iGermany lost the war. This f act must be a perpetuaV ehcouragement "to her ' to "t'ry 'to wi'n another one. V ''Up to a '. point, Germany has a .strong case. It is not an economic case, and it.is .not really a moral case, for .one cannpt admit., that any Power has a mpral right to rule over other peoples; but, as things are, she has a political right of a sort. "Germany was given to understand ' before signing the armistice . that her colonies would not be taken. away. , The excuse offered, that she was incapablo of : colonial ■ administration, was- a" precious one. \ "The ideal "solution is direct adminisitration of all' colonies by the League, 'but that is a long step. • • " Germany might be offered territory in A'frica to h'old under a mandate from the League," as part of d' general settlement, on conditions that she returned tc the .League, but we must not abandori a general settlement of the League ; or the mandatory system."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 46, 17 November 1937, Page 6
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