GERMANY'S VANISHED COLONIES

Taihape Daily Times, 28 April 1919, Page 3

GERMANY'S VANISHED COLONIES

Definite threats that Germany will one clay break the peace to wrest back her lost colonics were made in a fare well harangue at the Berlin Colonial Office by the retiring Minister, Dr. Solf. He said he was not leaving the Government because of differences of opinion with the new rulers of Germany, who agreed with him that the possession of colonies was a vital question for Germany. The following - were bis most significant statements:— "Our war aims must continue to be the recovery of our overseas dominion. Just as a nation of 70,000,000 cannot b G wiped off the face of the earth, so utterly impracticable is destined to be the attempt to banish the German people eternally from colonising activity in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Our victorious enemies may have the power at the moment to dictate a peace of violence. But such a peace cannot last, because it contains the seeds of new controversies." Dr. Solf's successor as Colonial .Secretary —a portfolio which will be a sinecure—is Dr. Bell, a Roman Catholic Centre politician and lawyer from Essen, long identified with Kruppville.