The Washington times., 1937-10-18
England Should Return
Some Colonies to Reich

NEUSSOLINI'S recent visit to Hitler was spec
4VA tacular show which caused great deal of worry
in the British and French foreign offices-worry that
has increased rather than diminished ever since.
It was demonstration that Hitler and Mussolin at
least for the present business when they speak
of the Rome-Bern axis. Forgotten and forgiven, to
surface appearances, is the fact that
Italy hung back when its German-Au
|1'0 trian allies went to war in 1914 finally
Joined the Allies and after the took piece of the
Tyrol and Austrias only Adriatic port, Trieste.
So it becomes of vital interest to Great Britain that
this friendship between the two Fascist dctators be
broken up 1t also to interest," since if these Little
Caesars start general European war, shall be hit
economically if not navally and miltarly.
The Rome Berlin partnership be broken up.
Plenty of regal love feasts have been followed by regal
spitups and fights-Napoeons get-togeher with Gar
Alexander at Tsit in 1907 the goodwill pageant staged
BY Henry VIII of England and Francis of France in
1920 on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and on.
Well Hitler is always saying that before Germany
can feel satisfied and proud once more it must have
some or all of the colonies that taken from after
~ the World War and dealt around among
England, france ana Italy. Hitler doesn't
AO0Se0 seem to care about getting back Alsace-
Lorraine; what he longs for is restoration Of Gemanys
former colonies in Africa. These colonies
German Southwest Aca-32o 900 So NIL 100000 pop.
whtes-now part Britain's
Africa.
Africa-s7OOoo mi; 100000 pop. (abou
5000 Europeans)-now British Tanganyka.
Kamerun-1eOOOO SO. mi; 100000 pop 5000
whes1-now the French and British Cameroons.
Togoland-32O00 So mi; 100000 pop-now French
and British Togoland
German Equatorial Africa-1O7oOo So NIL about 100000
pop.-now part of French Equatorial Africa.
Jubaland-33OOO SO. NIL 100000 pop-carved by
out Of German East Africa, coded to Italy, 1925.
Ruanda and Urundi-2oO0O So NIL 100000 pop.-for.
merly part Of German East Africa Belgian mandate.
The total African lost by Germany thus came to
a little over 100000 sq mi. These were about the
least desirable 100000 So mi. in Africa, because Eng
land France Spain and Portugal got there before the
Germans did and grabbed off the better portions of the
Dark Continent.
With all due respect to the British pride in holding
what Britain has Git hasn't always worked OUT Britain
didn't hold for example) wouldn't it be good plan
MIKE H;t,or for Britain to make peace gesture
by giving some of this land back to
''' N'''" Hitler? Britain couldn't lose much,
Hitler wouldn't gain much materially. The African
colonies were chiefly headache to the Kaser's gov
eminent far producing revenues or absorbing sur
plus German population went
But it would make Hitler feel better it would give
him something tangible to brag to his people about
and it ought to cool off the warmth existing be-
tween Hitler and Mussoni. Hitler has long been
known to feel that England is the most valuable friend
Germany can hope to have. He could probably be in
duced to dump Italy overnight in favor of England.
And France might we'll join in this proposed to
blow back some of Germany's colonies.
England and France have discovered in the last few
months that they can't make Mussolin and Hitler stop
being aggressive by merely asking them to STOP Like
US, England and France want peace How about buy
ing spell of peace, at the same time weakening the
RomeBerln axis, at the price of some colonies whose
value to anybody is mainly sentimental?
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