Germany’S Demand For
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Colonies
NOT much is heard, outside of Germany, about Germany’s demand for the return of her colonies (which include Samoa and New Guinea); but the agitation goes on.
There was a demonstration in Hamburg on December 6, when General von Epp said: — “We can now take colonies from no other land, from the North to the South Pole.
The whole world is appropriated.
“To our own former colonies, however, we still have an inalienable right. We must not leave our countrymen in these colonies in the lurch. By proclaiming our desire for colonies we strengthen the resolution of our compatriots overseas.
“Germany has no Imperialistic aims, but requires colonies as the sources of raw materials and a field for the initiative of the younger generation.”
Mr. Jack Hides had made arrangements to return to Papua by the Merkur early in December, after five months’ fur lough; but his plans were altered at the last moment, and he is still in Sydney.
The Crown Prince of Tonga, Taufa’ahau, who is a student at Newington College, Sydney, left Sydney by the Niagara early in December for Suva, en route to his home This popular young man—he is held in high esteem at the College, both as a scholar and an athlete—has de veloped an interest in archaeology, and is reported to be assisting some of the savants in gathering data in the islands which has a bearing upon race migra tions.