GERMANY'S CLAIM
RESTORATION OF COLONIES (Rec. June 20.) Rugby, June. 19. Astonishmeiit is expressed by the delegates at the rem'arkable memorandum presented by Dr. Hugenberg (Germany) regarding the German claim to her lost colonies. The memorandum has since been withdrawn, but not before it had created a generaliy bad impression. The Times, describing it "as an example of how not to make helpful contributions," says: "The proposal was as opportune as its general purport "was vague and purposeless." As to the argument that Germany will not be able to regain 'her old position as a payer of international obligations' until she is given a colonial empire in Africa, the. Times points out that before the war the German colonies had a total import and export trade with Germany of Qiily one half of one per cent. of the total German trade balance, and did not absorb more thari 23,000 Germans as settlers. The Times asks: "Are there many fewer Germans in Tanganyika for instance, to-day, and is Germany placed at any particular disadvantage under the mandatory system with its principle of open door?"
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 563, 21 June 1933, Page 5
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183GERMANY'S CLAIM Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 563, 21 June 1933, Page 5
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