Germans In The
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South Seas
jVT R. KURT OFPENBURG, formerly the representative of the German news paper Frankfurter Zeitung in the Far East, in an address in Sydney in July, said that Germany, in spite of her clam our for cronies, did not want the Man dated Territory of New Guinea returned to her.
Germany was more interested in ob taining dominion over the Ukraine. Her former African colonies were closer and therefore more practicable, but even her claims for the return of these must not be taken too seriously, because, to a cer tain extent, it was propaganda for home consumption. It also might be designed with a view* to strengthening her bargain ing position in the future, when it might suit her to say, “Give us a free hand in the Ukraine and we will withdraw our African demands.”