El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-09
GERMANY'S CRUELTY AND TYRANNY
HAS LOST HER ALL HER COLONIES

ct no cync in the United States OF any other country
l. look GemsHys loss Of colonies spoation Of the
conquered by c0nqueror This IS process Of award
ing the spells to the victor the peace coneees have de-
vised #.
Germany losing colonial possessions in Africa and
elsewhere beCause she deserved lose them The history
Of Germany ismanagement OF colonies is Of cruelty
any tyranny, long and hateful story.
Nevertheless disregardng that record the German min
lister Of colonies Johannes Bell says that Germany cher
hes her colonies considers herself entitled to keep he
and intends to make fight for them before signing the
peace treaty.
Dr. Bells title is a misnomer. He should have been
entitled minister without portfolio. He cannot be colonial
minister because Germany has no colonies.
Germanys record in the African colonies has its only
parallel the atrocities committed IN the Belgian Congo
under old king Leopold Enforced labor slavery, degada-
ton Of the native women, floggng, cutting of OF hands
and feet murder blowing to pieces Of helpless victims with
dynamite, few Of the methods Of torture inflicted
On colonial inhabitants by petty German functonares
They sought their conduct by saying that small
German forces had to keep large native populations IN sub
lection and terrorism the only way that could be
done.
Indeed, Dr. Bell, with true Prussian effrOntery, says
that Germany has administered her colonies in manner
that proves her to be fit trustee for backward peoples
and that she has given proof Of her ability to colombo
Surely that Is a remarkable statement
Germany is fit trustee for backward people If e1er-
natiou IS the ultimate aim and has given proof Of her
ability to coonize 50 far grabbing land is concerned
The native population Of German Southwest Africa was
reduced from than 100000 to 5oo while there were
1880 Germans there. Most Of those Germans sol
ders holding the native IN subsection. They were not
farmers, business OF home builders They were not
colonizeIs IN any developing sense.
To show how little the Germans tried to colombo other
possessions with their own people, observe the following
figures:
German East Africa 1895 Germans to 7s4577o natives;
CameroOns 1871 Germans to 2s4s72o; TOgoand, $50 Ger
1o3fs7s natives In all their Pacific possessions,
there only 1874 whites, not all Germans to 6s4579
natives.
Germany never had the right coIouizing spirit The
British the French the Dutch and the Spanards went to
distant countries and founded their colonies brought in
their people and developed the countries Germany
never dld anything but put the native population into sav
cry and make them work TO swell the money bags Of fat
Germans IN Hamburg, Bremen or Berlin.
This rule Of the Germans has been ended The Japa
Hese got Gemanys Pacific possessions, with the exep
ton Of two taken by the British and the British
and Portuguese drove the Germans 10 surrender Africa
Never again viii Germans be allowed to practice their
cruelties under the guise Of ruling.
Nor viii any allied country rule them save that Japan
is given Germanys privileges in the orient The other
possessions VIII be supervised merely They VIII aided
and directed by mandatoes Of the league CT nations
natives VIII be treated with generous consideration and
the mandatores viii have to exercise their charge in
nsesh noupartigan way, with regard to the benefit Of
the inhabitants and their advancement toward civilization
It viii do Germany no good to argue now. The wife
beaten second time up IN court has his record against
him nor VIII Germany be permitted TO argue There is
the peace treaty One Of its provisions strips Germany of
colonial possessions The Germans refuse to sign it.
If they choose, but they cannot argue about It. )
II the Germans reuse TO sign the peace treaty the fault
WI be with the allied dipomatists who butted IN and in
sisted on the signing OF aristice Just when Foch Hag
and Pershng were going In to mop up completely The
Germans could have been compelled to make complete
surrender IN the field.
British armen at New FoundIand eternaIIv waiting
favorable conditions for their hopof the Atlantic
are booing the flight being made BY the American navv
aFlators Perhaps It would be too cruel comeback to
the British fHers.