THE GERMAN COLONIES.
STATEMENT J)V 1IK«U DKU.NJJEUU. lteceived Feb. 1!>. 10.10 p.m. lier'n, February 19. lU'l'l' Dernbcrg, in the lieichstag, stilted that SOOII only a few of tin; German colonics would reipiirc imperial assistance. Trade in the Cameroon's JimL increased l>v 4(1 per emit, last year. Considerable mineral wealth hud been discovered in the Caroline and l.adrone Islands. I'urly million tons of phosphates were on the ishui.i of Nauru alone. Hot U;>rnln-r-r promised to trv and safeguard ilie ten million natives of Kasl Africa :i:-i any brutal display of power, and added that if the (iovel nim-ut acceded lo the \\i>lies -if the white larineis I lie eiuive labor force of the colony would emigrate to llritish territory, where labor conditions were lighter and more humane.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 52, 20 February 1908, Page 2
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126THE GERMAN COLONIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 52, 20 February 1908, Page 2
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