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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY

MARUH:

Get your Mind Clear about

HE most disturbing feature in the con- troversy upon the Colonial Problem, as it is called, is the light- hearted manner in which major difficulties are ignored.

Proposals of an extraordinary character are made, supported by loosely-worded arguments, which, collectively, run some- thing like the following:-

"As Great Britain owns the larger part of Afries, and as the former German colonies wore taken mainly by Britain, the League of Nations should ar- range for the Britiah Govern ment to surrender to Germany

most

of her mandated territories, coupled with other colonies, as a final and complete satisfaction of Germany's domandel "

Those who argua along such Hines forget that Great Britain does not possess a single mile of mandated territory, for Germany surrendered her colonies, not to the Mandatory Powers, not even to the League of Nations, but to the Allied and Associated Powers, in- cluding America, whose Govern- mont at Washington has placed on formal record that no fundamental change must take place without her consent.

All that Britain possesses is 2 Charter for the administration of the territories. The sovereignty the could only be varied by Powers composing the Versalles Conference.

ANOTHER absurdity is

the argument that Britain owna the larger part of Africa. The fact is that, while Britain has under her posscasion and protection-which is a very different thing from own- ing-only 2,355,750 square miles, France has 3,813,979 square miles!

The starting point for any con- sideration of Germany's claim should be a frank recognition of the main facts, the first of which is that any territorial solution is hedged about by so many dim- culties that initial action ought to be a fact-finding Commission.

The first fact which has to be established is the nature of the demand. Not only Germany, but Poland, has also made it known that she will advance a claim for colonies when the German claim Es considered.

The German claim is not the one generally supposed, namely, for the return of all her former colonies. To be quite fair to Germany, she has never made any secret of this vital fact.

HERR HITLER, Dr. Goebbels and. Dr. Schacht have repeatedly laid it down that Germany must have colonies which provide for the following:-

(a) The six baslo raw mate- rials:-Iron, cont, copper, petro- leum, rubber, cotton: A

(b) Colonial territories cap- able of absorbing German white population.

None of the Mandated torri-

-To-day's Thought- THIS world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.-LAURENCE ¿TERNE,

this Colonies Business

hat man aus

"They have taken all our Colonies away from us," reads this map of East Africa, formerly German, on which children in a German school stick toy animats and factories.

tories supplies any iron, coal, copper or petroleum. It is true that rubber can be produced- but, alas, only at a price!

Nobody knows better than the advisers of Herr Hitler, that the former German colonies were in- capable of absorbing Germany's redundant population.

million

During the period of Gorman colonisation about two people loft Germany. Of these, fewer than 10,000 (apart from tem- porary officials, travellers, and athers) settled in the German colonies.

It is for this reason that Ger- many is demanding other colonies Bulted to German colonisation..

It is not merely that German official pronouncements imply a different type of colonial territory; the powerful German Colonial Bociety, which is a semi-official body, with a large membership, has been even more frank than the official spokesmen.

Its declaration of policy runa as follows:-"

15 absolutely that. necessary

11 colonies before possessed by Germany the war must be restored, and not only restored, but with ad- ditional territory." (Italics mine)

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The constant complaint made by Germany before the war was that bor million square miles of colonies were almost useless to her for eithor economic or colonisation purposes.

says SIR JOHN

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who has visited most of the former German Colonies. He is author of several books on Colonial and foreign questions, including "Germany's Lost

Colonial Empire."

found the burden of governing native races so heavy that the im- perial subvention amounted to just over £70,000,000; and the last complete. year for which any ngures are avaliable gives the im- perial subvention for that year as 25.340,500, of, which it is interest- ing to note that German · East Africa alone absorbed OYOT

£2,000,000.

Much has been written about tho German ill-treatment of the native inhabitants of these territories. It is sadly true that few nations can throw stones at others in this respect.

GERMAN Writers have frankly admitted that Germany was no excep- tion. Many quotations could be made, and of a distressing nature, including those of Germari writers. Professor, Bonn said, with refer- ence to one. German colonial terri- tory: "We.tried it (the creation of a new Germany in Africa) and produced a huge native rising, caus- ing the loss of much treasure and many lives. We tried to assume, to ourselves the functions of Provi- dence, and we tried to exterminate a native race whom our lack of wisdom had goided into rebellion."

We know, from official figurea that wars on the natives in 8.W. Africa cost fermany approxi-

wish to forget those unpleasant facts, the natives do not.

The result, of these representa mately £20,000,000.~* Wons was that Britain hecanic In-However much white races may volved in the secret treaty which so delighted the Kaisar and Beth- mann

which Hollweg, under Britain agreed to support Ger- many's attempt to obtain certain ather territories. This feature of cardinal importance is set forth in the Grey Goschen Bethmann Hollweg conversations and corre- spondence.

Horr-Hitler has been holding up to some ridicule those who refer to colonies as "burdens."

GERMANY had better reasons than most na- tions for knowing how heavy is the burden of colonial territory. In the German archives can be found the most illuminating evidence of this,

We have been told by Professor Bonn, a German whose authority none would question, that during one period of 12 years Germany

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Then, within the last twenty years, great changes have taken place in

mentality: native the advance of education, the rapidity of transport, and the wireless have all com- bined to give them wider knowledge of world anairs—an să- -vance that is well-nigh.incredible. except to those who have watched the movement closely during this period.

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This, in turn, has led to the evo- lution of existing native Parlia- ments, and to the creation of others,

It would thus be almost Impos- sible now to dispose either of a mandated area or a British or a French Protectorate without an impartial inquiry into the.attitude and wishes of the inhabitants.

The moat compileated difficulties leap to the eye the moment one begins to think of any speciác territory. For example, the country which figures most frequently in the Press of the world is the former "German East Africa," popularly known as Tanganyika..

THIS territory, which is nearly twice the size of France, includes in it the Belgian mandated area, in which there are two kingdoms with native rulers, and" populations of one and a half and two million people respectively.

That is, in these two small states, there are nearly as many people under the Belgian Mandate as in the whole of the territory under the British Mandatel

Nobody seams to havé realised that the political status of these territorios can be changed only with the collectivo consent of Bel- glum, the Allied and Associated Powers, and the powerful rulers of these states, altogether apart from European complications!

The intricate territorial prob- lems which apply to East Africa, apply in turn to each of the other mandated areas, whether under Japan, France, Belgium, or South Africa,

If the Powers could come to- gother in a Colonial Conference, armed with the results of a " fact- anding" Commigion, and liber- ated from the delusion that there 14 Do other solution than a crude 'territorial one, then: much might be accomplished..

· The ɛ basis of such Conference should be an acceptance of the old. Brillal doctrine that colonial have “ nothing to lose but everything: to: gain from international co-opera» i: Lon in development, coupled with trustemhip for the, inhabitantasti

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Chapter II

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Mikail hopped through the win- dow with great agility as he said this, helping Tattana over the sill, and going on before his landlord could have me to reply. "Her Highness and I are extremely sorry we were out when you came! We were participating in your celebra- tion of the.

fall of the Bastillel It was so charming, was it not, my darling?"

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"Ah, yes, yes," gushed Tatlano, not needing his wink for her cue, "Yes the music-the dancing-the galety."

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"Enough of that," growled Cour- tols, "I want the eighty francs you

I want my rent!"* owe mel

"My good man Tatiana, ingratiatingly.

"Don't you 'my good man' mel I don't want wordsi I want my money!"

"Monsieur Courtois, you BIC a godly man and you, Madame are a godly woman! Your kindness Us entitles you to a great reward!” Tatiana noted her words were hav- ing a gracious effect on the old lady who dearly loved royalty. She went on: "Therefore, I have decided to confer on you the title of Count and Countess! Henceforth you will be known as the Count and Countess of -of-Courlandel"

"You made me a Count last week and then borrowed twenty feanes)" growled Courtofs.

"Then you shall be elevated!" Tatiana and cried, "You shall be Duke Duchess?" inquired beaming at the thought. She pleaded with her husband so ardently that he at last consented to kneel with her and

have Uitles the of Duke and Duchess conferred. The moment after, however, he arose crying fiercely, "But just remember - Duke or not you two still pay me my elghly francs to-morrow- or out you go! Come on, Duchess!" After the old couple went Tatiana had an intimate talk with Mikall about what they still had left

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Early the next morning Tatiana all in the shoddy things that be- came beautiful when she put them on went out to get the rent. "I swear by St Peter and St. Paul, pigeon," she cried gally, bring

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Milicall, staying in bed, called re- verently on the Father of All Living to look the other way, so that Ile might not see the Grand Duchess Tatlana

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niece to the (here Miltall crossed him- self) arrested for stealing artichokes,

"Nonsense" cried Tatiana, "I am. never arrested! It is the intervention of God-and God is a Russlan!" and was gone.

Czar

At the door she bumped into two important-looking gentlemen-who proceeded upstairs. They knocked on Mikail's door, 'and getting no response walked in and found him under the bed-clothes, Apologies on all sides followed-end an introduc- tion which disclosed one of the visl- tors to be Monsieur Chauffourler- Dublest, Governor of the Bank of Franco. The other was. none other than Count Feodor Andreevitch Bre- kenaki. Aide to His Imperial High- ness, the only and the one, pretender to the Russion throne.

M. Chauffourier-Dubleft--for the benefit of M. Brekenaki-explained that His Majesty the Czor, in the dark days before the Revolution and given into Prince Ouratieff's hands the major portion of his gold, in- atructing him to place it in the Bank of France under his own name till better dayal When the Prince re- turned to Russia he was scized by the Bolsheviks-but later escapedt The

funds, with interest, now amounted to the rather neat sum of thirty-nine billion, nine hundred and eighty-three million, two hundred thousand and sixty-two francs, sixty- five centimes!

"And you want me to turn over these funds to the bank of France?" inquired Mikail.

"Yes, Your Highness! His Im- perial Highness is ready to recon- quer the sacred soll of Russia," cried Mr. Berenski inpressively, "whenever these funds are forthcomingi qan And you, Prince Ouratioff will be the liberator of Russia! The restorer of

the Throne

"My fortune at the present mo- ment," said Mikail, is twenty franesi As for the forty billion--it was a crowned Czar, not a pretender who Pave. it to mel' To a crowned Czar only, will I return it!"

At this moment, Tallana--breath- less, frightened and furious-burst into the room and slammed the doar which was immediately bombarded by a gendarme, a grocer, three grimy urchins and a crowd of curious 'on=" lookers!

Mikat!!, she shrieked, "St. Chri topher has caught me! The palice 10 The Way How the real wola tori di are at the door. Bave me, pigeon,

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