Original sentence: HIs book "Seekraft Seegeltung Seeherrschaft" cvaused a stir of interest in international naval circles as it proposed that mutual interest of the United States and Germany should lead to an alliance against Britain
Edited sentence: As a member of the Kolonialrat [colonial advisory board], he objected to a board recommendation in 1901 against a proposal to free all slaves in Germany’s African colonies by 1920.He took part as something of a progressive in the naval related questions of the time such as foreign colonies, even after retirement.His book "Seekraft Seegeltung Seeherrschaft" published in 1899 caused a stir of interest in international naval circles as it proposed that mutual interest of the United States and Germany should lead to an alliance against Britain.Valois proposed that all children born to slaves should be born free, but this was over ruled as “premature