The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-12
POLICY OF KAISER
WANTS TO DEVELOP COLONIES OF
 Germany.
Wilhelm Believes That Ef s0mething Is Not Done Toward Developing Foreign Prosecutions, Amefi-
 ca VIII Get Eyerything.

Berlin. Jan. 11.--Colonel Director Dernberg explained the foundation of Emperor Williams so-called welt Politik" lword policy) this evening at the convention of the German chambers of commerce. Laying great stress on tho colonial enterprise Of Germany ana the development of her coioniest Herr DerhbSfg said: \ TIT
 eThe German colonial question is the question of the future of national la Dor, the question of the bread of the millions of industrial workers and the question of the employment of Ger man capital in trade. production and navigation"
 In the presentation of the facts lead ing up to these conclusions. Herr Dern- berg said that he English speaking na- tons the wrid n the mddle f the eighteenth century numbered nine mil lions and the German speaking nations at the same period numbered twenty millions. Today one hundred and twenty millions speak English and only seventy millions speak German. Germany had lost position of relative importance in the world because she had no colonies and was dependent more than ever on other countries for raw materials and food supplies.
 Herr Dernberg descibed the rapid development of the United States and it's increasing importance and commer- cial influence throughout the Western Hemisphere to the detriment of Euro pean nations. Light and electrical power plants in Brazil had passed from German into American hands; great mining undertakings on the Pacific coast of South America were Tn the hands of the citizens of the United States; Japan and the United States were favored by shorter freight routes and were thus gaining on Germany ip supplying the Chinese market and the planters of the Southern States of the United States were trying to arrange for the control of the price of cotton the advance of cent per pound mean ing an added cost of eighty million marks to the worlds manufacturers
 The Colonial Director discussed In detail the probability of supplying Ger many's needs, such as cotton, copper. rubber, petroleum, rice, conee, otl- yielding fruits, hemp, wool, etc, from her colonies, claiming that all the German colonies, including German Southwest Africa. afforded good pros poets for cotton culture. West Africa. he said, can send German cotton of the American grades, while East Africa produces the Egyptian quality. The great cotton growers of the Nile al' ready are studying the cotton possibil' ities od East Africa because the Iual- ity of the Egyptian product had de- teriorated owing to the construction of the Assuan dam. Cotton land cost $1 to $1. 50 for two and half acres in East Africa, compared with $500 to $500 to Egypt and $500 in Texas.
 Professor Orwarburg estimated that tha Geman colonies were able to pro- duce 2,50O,0O bales of cotton, The cotton raised in Togoland already sold for 2 cents a pound more than Ameri- can cotton.
 mar. Colonial Director Dernberg said that Germany imported $37,b00. 900 worth of copper yearly. Copper mines weer now being opened at Otavi, Ger man Southwest Africa, and other de- posits were being investigated. Di- rector Dernberg then touched on wool. He said that Germany imported 165.000 tons of wool, which cann3t be supplied in German Southwest Africa Of all nroducing triuts, said the Colonial Dl- rector, Germany imported $42,5OO,000 worth. of which $1,S55,0OO worth came from the colonies. German East. Af- rica alone was able to supply Ger mans entire requirements. He added:
 'In regard to rubber. Germany im- nortad S1 500. 900 from her colonies out of inc S95. 500, ,000 which she equires. As the Americans and British control all the principal sources nt supply, the German manufacturers are compelled to buy rubber through middlemen at Liverpool and at high prices. Togo land The Cameroons and East Africa nroduce rubber Large plantations are heinz laid out in the Cameroons and East Africa and in a few years will yIeid considerable quantities of rub ber"
 "All the industrial States, Herr Dern- berg pointed out were striving to make themselves independent in con- nection with supplies of rubber, as American interests were seeking to nonopolize the market