The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-20
GERMANY LAYS
HER PLANS TO
HOLD COLONIES
'roDapa0da Reveals Hops
She Places in Wilson,
By Frank H. Simonda


iCipVtiaht 1918 ~ the Sew York 1mts.
The Chicago Tribune And tho Oklahoma
CIV 1ugTsi
NEW YORK. Dee 70. --unmi,'ak
allie propaganda now coming from
all quarter, IN Germany disclo'eS the
eSircicd aticmp, 10 divide the yic,ofS
on 'hc question ~ the ultimate DIS
20. iion ui thr German colonies II
IL N hrcriCa. too that the Germans
49, l1'tiag IN the matter Of the col a..
"'i. as well q, IN III. question oi
e.. freedom Of the seas" for the
i'.' 'i.r in move which shall Split
in r1'.on, which have won this war
/. is therefore, OF the utmos, i'm
potance that the American people
should understand the question Of the
German colonie The obvious Ger
man maneuycf will be 20 establish the
idea that the single question involved
is one cf territorial expansion II
u rlready ar'iully lu,lnuated that The
British are appearing TO grab Ger
rsn colonic, with no other intent
than T. increase their empire and en-
large their commercial markct'
How British Feel
Now. whl, are the facts, First oi
all the decision OF the British ~ the
matter oi the colonies will not be
made nv the inhabitants ot the united
kingdom the problem is imperial, not
European. and in this connection we
have reported ,hi, week the demand
OF New South Wales. following iha,
OF New Zealand, that the German
colonies shall not be returned. Prime
Minister Hughes Of Australia when IN
this country last summer spoke with
great emphasis in the same sense; the
will OF the union of South Africa has
been made and is the same
Now Britain has won thv war IN
no small measure because Of the sup
port OF her colonies. She can not by
sheer force compel restoration oi
German colonies 20 Germany in the
face Of the opposition Of her ovu
colonies without the gravest conSe-
ouenoes. In poin, Of fact, the Paci-
fjc islands OF Germany were taken by
Australian and New Zealand troops
who occupied them and the conquest
oi German Southwest Africa. was
mainly a South African enterprise.
Historic Precedent.
And 10 understand the attitude o'
the British colonies /, Is useful for
American. TO go back in American
history 10 the time Of the victory OF
Britain with the very great aid OF
he American colonies over France
which eliminated in the capture o'
Quebec. Al that time the suggestion
of return OF Canada TO France
would have prcoipi,a,ed . revolution
In the thirteen colonies and for th<
. ,impie reason that II would have
y meant a perpetua,ion OF the eon1i'
ion OF warfare in America.
II was not that New England OF
New York was primarily interested
m the annexation OF Canada; wha
concerned them both was the i'm
oerative need for peace on their from
lier.. for all end OF Indian raids. bor'
der warfare and inccHant attacks b,
m enemy whose forces asailet
American colonies whenever Euro
pean differences brought France anC
Britain into conflict
New England and New York sen
their militia TO the struggle agans
Canada to end nuisance and peri
which had troubled them over many
decades
Similar to Our Case.
Now. the position OF the Union o
South Africa, Tor example, IS exac,il
that OF the thirteen colonies, saw
"A, the situation in Africa is Tar worse
German southwest Africa was no
merely the base for an invasion o
British South Africa In the presen
war; it was also center from whicl
rebellion against Britain was to
mented before the war. II was II
abolish no, merely the immediate bu
ali future peril Of the sort which ha'