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Pacific Islands
The London correspondent of the Sydney “Sun” sent the following despatch on February 9; THE Rotterdam Courant, which is a non-partisan paper with a large cir culation, states: Germany will at present stress hardest for the return of her former African colonies.
The Pacific colonies are considered of problematical value, one reason being that the German fleet is not strong enough to uphold Germany’s prestige in the Pacific.
On the contrary, the prolongation of the Berlin-Rome axis to Africa (which means the extension of German-Italian co-operation to Africa) is held to be most imnortant.
While the Pacific “self-denying ordin ance” of Germany applies specially to colonies held by Japan, the Courant adds: “It is not quite certain whether the colonies administered by Australia would be considered in the same light as those administered by the Japanese but nrobabW the same principle would apply.” === Rabaul Electricity Ltd- on January 25, declared a half-yearly dividend at the * rate of 12 per cent, per annum,