The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-30
WHAT WILL ENGLAND Do
WITH MORE COLONIES?
Does She Want Possession OF Terri
tory She May BE Able to Strip
From Germany?
CONT vEKsY is RAGING:
BRITISH Newspapers Filled With Dis
cussion or Valuable Lands Which
May Fall to Her Share When Wur
IS Ended.


LONDON. September Is.--what will
england do with the Germany colonies
- sue captures them. Does England
"ah' more possessions: Could Eng
ANA administer German African colo.
mes more successfully than Germany
Las?
i"'Ae questions have been pronound-
g" and answered In tho English press
>" &c the war extended from Europe Ia
Africa ana the South Seas So,o. v,i,
"i> have stated the German colonies
arc practically worthless and take tho
POSITION that Great Britain needs no
more territory. especially such AS semi
arid German Southwest Africa.
~ the missing link ia the Cane to-
cairo Railway. German East Africa
Gems to be regarded more ravorahl,.
even by the most rabid Of English anti
.Nrhnsionists Because Of It's .r.,,
Suhtcgi: value Samoa j. looked uno,,
's territory worth having. but tho liza
n'eruns ana the Herman Congo are in
logs favor
In q letter to one Of IN. Iondo,, -,
pers' - Wyatt 'rilby DEGREES tn. ami
'Hpthsionists ana likens them 10 A,.,cr-
'caha Hring on the Atlantic sc,boord
no laughed at farseeiny men who
80 c" vest o! the Allcehenic. and
claimed the great American rr,nor,.
"hich was then reearded az a bonnIa.,
wilderness i'''''S
"ith the prospec, that one million
.',s Hshhen VIII be under arms i'm the
present contest. Mr.. Tilby says: After
t"c war. TOO. we shall have numbers Of
ne" trained 70 arms TO whom the civil
-" NC the| are now abandoning no
longer offers attractions. M,nv a.,
hanian and South African city.or ,Sv.-.
mp owes its origin TO such disbaud.d
eionar!es: and after the presen, vr.r
''ou sahds OF those who arc now raw
u''s beinE taught their first dr!ll
). ,,lein"n' ia the annexed colonies II
'""F are given an opportunity."
FAILURE OF GERMANY
Is Nor SAFE GUIDE.
commenting on reports showin. tina,
'eFinhn% has not done well with IL.
> 'T'can Colonies. Mr.. Tnby saws the
'Hi'u'" OF Germany To- get suaicion,
".ohi"a INTO Africa to make tho dc.
'l"pnent Of it's extensive ,erritor
cssihle is not unlike The frs, exne,
.hce England had with Nigeria. He no |
lfNcS England would never have s,c- |
,c''t" n II colonizcr If it had no, nrof
~" by It's carly mistakes and he does
'r' regard iermany's failures in Afric,
= :, sai" basis for the condcnration
- INC resources OF German colonies I,
ifrca. /"
Hern'anys rapid industrial Jev.Ion.
'''h' ana the absorption OF the surpIt,s
equation OF all sections by the nnT
."ustries chec'. ID emigration. 10 such
~ "A'.ht that Mr. Tilby holds Germany
"hi!E mad little need for an Immediate
..'ie' Tor her people. Consccuentl,.
''cE tailed 10 avail themselves OF on.
'or'uhitics which awaited them I'm CO.
nan colonies. opportunities which NJ
.'by believes Engl!simcn would he
lad 10 Grasp. ~
INC "n,i-cxpansion argrncn, was
.ei IN MID Victorian times by the
~, ,, school said Mr.. Tilbv.
ma school Regarded all dcpend.ncine
4 nurden 10 be shaken OF as quickly
: p"ssioIe' indeed. it was triumphant
: an arSufncnt--foi the whole Of liz,
c"efahon. Put in practice IL wns ei,h
4, ~. Money ore, or proved impossible 10
airy out; for the Very men who ,,s.J
~ ,auincnt saw the carly grown ~,
NV zealand as q british coionv, tho
:, 1.,I, .. set'!e'nent towards Western
'',.'"a' the founding OF Natal, and tha
"!housic policy in India" '''e