Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-19

from them of German nationals and
10 the condition upon which German
subjects of European origin shall. or
shall not, be allowed to reside, hold
property. trade or exercise a profess
sion in them"
Part ", article 11S, of the Versailles
treaty says:
I'm territory outside her European
frontiers as fixed by the present
treaty, Germany renounces all rights.
titles and privileges whatever in or
over territory which belonged to her
or to her allies. and all rights. titles
and privileges. whatever their origin
which she held as against the allied
and associated powers.
Germany hereby undertakes to rec
ogniZe and to conform to the measures
which may be taken now or in the
future by the principal allied and as
ISOLATED powers. in agreement with
third powers. in order to carry the
above stipulation into effect"
1t will I've recalled by students of
history that until 1854 Germany had
no colonies. and wanted none. That
was the policy during the first Is
years of the empire founded in 1871 {.
though article of the constitution
provided that in case the empire ever
held colonies. all regulations should he
under the control of the empire, and
| not of the respective provinces or
kingdoms. indicating a. possibility Of
future change of policy.
For Is years Bismarck opposed all
plans of orea niZed emigration or colo
niZation. tIe held that ANY German
who would leave the F'atherland was
| not worth retaining AS subject, and
/ was counted lost to the empire
| Bismarck was ever ready to uphold
| the rights of German subjects in for
eign lands. SO long as they rema ined
| subjects of the empire. and he APP
| proved German enterprises abroad. but
all attempts to induce the govern
ment to take over prOtectorates failed.
German political sentiment was d.
vided, however. on that issue, for it
| was noted that thousands emigrated
, annually. In two years, 1SS1-S3, Ger
| many lost 6O0,000 which was about 4
per cent of her population.
| Even when, in 1884, Bismarck
agreed, under pressure, to colonial
| policy, he declared that the intention
was mot to found provinces but
| merely business enterprises" Later
he announced that German colonies
would be supported only when they
| gave evidences Of success. but the
| government would not send out of.
| hcials and military support so long
as the necessity was not recognized by
/ the whole nation. He would favor fol
/ lowing the English policy with the
| East India Company. leaving to the
colonies elf-government. but with
I protection against aggressive out
| siders
II
1t is we'll known that Kaiser vii
| helm IT did not follow Bismarck in all
his policies. but that one colony after
another was added most of which have
never proved profitab BILE to the empire
but costly burden. even to the ex
tent of having To make up deficits
of the respective business enter
! prises.''
FOR a generation prior to the union
OF the empire, theorists professors and
political scientists urged colonial ex
pansion. Chief in influence was Prof
| Treitschke. who, so years ago, taught
| Pan-Germanism and that the coloniz
| ing impulse has become a vital ques
ton for every great nation" He
openly advocated that Germany
should prepare for the eventual seiz
ure of British colonies. that Tutonic
influence should be supreme" adding
that the British colonization of Cape
of Good Hope had not been fortunate
for the civilization there was Teu.
tonic-Dutch-and he declared, III
our nation had the courage to con.
| struct with determination. construct
an independent colonial empire. a col
lision Of our interests and those OF
England would he unavoida BILE
,Ccpyrignt, 1875. by Paul V. Collins)