THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 14, 1938.
COLONIES QUESTION: MA SMALL STATES MAY HAVE TO SUFFER
London, To-day.
In the course of the general discussions about a clarification of current European political pro- blems, the view is more and more frequently heard in conversations on the colonial question `in political circles here, that the urgency of a solution by diplomatic negotiations grows greater every day.
It is known that recently the colonial problem has repeatedly been touched upon in diplomatic circles when the possibility of a new general at- titude towards a distribution of colonial terri- tories has been under discussion.
In British circles the idea is said, intelligible since for the British to have cropped up in this connec-Empire policy the Cape-Cairo line and therefore the tion of the possibility that certain is inviolable smaller States might also be in-possession of former German East duced to make some contribution Africa now known as Tanganyika towards an essential solution of is indispensable. the entire colonial policy.
On the other hand, moreover,
This view it is said is all more former German South-West Africa has become an integral factor of
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policy of the South African Union
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too but little
prospect exists for an alteration in the status quo.
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As, however, the recent world make an early clarification imperative, it is LONDON,. TO-DAY. conceivable, that perhaps a solu- SIR JOHN SIMON, SPEAK- tion of the colonial problem could ING AT SHEFFIELD, SAID be sought in equatorial 'Africa.' THAT THE GOVERNMENT Here. of course the interests of of the whole HAD AT ONCE ENTERED A & rational solution VIGOROUS, COMPLETE, RE- problem, the readiness to make MORSELESS AND URGENT concessions on one hand and the
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