Evening star., 1940-12-08

on national socialist principles" 1t
added that the armament now ex-
lists by which the Nazis can take,
with force If need be, what they
consider their "just share"
About the same time, DR.. Walther
Gross was telling q congress IN Ber-
lin of the partys racial-political
omcers that Nazi racial direction
and enlightenment" will make Ger
man colonial policy considerably
different froln that Of the pre-World
War period, or Of France and Eng
land.
Declaring the most rigorous con-
troll will be exercised over the po-
tential colonies. DR.. Gross said, ac-
cording to the Voelkischer Beobach-
ter, people won't go to the colonies,
they will be sent. In this way, not
only will adventures be eliminated,
but selections will be made in con-
formity with health requirements
and a high racial consciousness. The
National Socialist racial doctrine
does not only apply to Germans in
Europe, but also to those in Africa"
Speak Generally of-Africa.
Just what will be included in this
new empire, providing the Germans
are successful in their war with
England, is less definitely delineated.
Most of the accounts speak only
generally of Africa. From the be-
ginning, the Nazis have insisted that
the full colonies of German East
and West Africa, CAMERON and
Togoland, which were made man
dates after the last war, must be
returned. Some Germans, who are
in a position to know. believe this
will be merely a point of departure
and that the real talking will be-
gin after that.
Much has been heard here re-
Gently of plans for joint trustee
ship of most OF the African con-
tinent. This is at least limited in
an account of the meeting of the
Verwaltungsakademie der Nordmark
and the Reich Colonial League in
Kiel, this week, of which the Ham
burger Fremdenblatt says:
Germany and Italy, and with
them all those European nations
having colonial demands to press in
Africa, after the war. could and must
cooperate in a general scheme Of
reorganization"
Such procedure would have def
mite advantages for Germany. En-
pires are expensive projects in their
development stages and If it is pos
sible to gain most of the desired
ends through arrangements with
France and Belgium, for example
well, why not? 1t would dovetail
neatly with the plans by which
much of the industrial and agri-
cultural capacity of Europe is be-
ing nodded to fit Germany's needs
and wishes.
Trained Consulates Used.
In one sense, Germany's blue
prints for empire antedate the
Nazis by several years. Well-stafied
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lonial areas have been utilized for
the training of colonial experts al
most ever since the German colonies
were made mandates. The general
government" area of what was for
merly Poland is likewise being
handled and administered in many
ways along colonial lines.
There is, of course. a certain
amount of propaganda value for
domestic consumption in the conf
dent preparation for colonial ven-
lures. for it assumes a victorious enc
to the war. but the plan by no means
ends there. One needs only to re-
member the infinite detail and the
energy that went into the cam
paigns in Poland and to the west.
and the similar detail with which
Germany is now reorganizing the
economics Of Europe
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