Loud Speakers

Forty years ago the first German colony was established by the Iron Chancellor, Bismarck, in Africa.* Last week to commemorate the anniversary all Germany celebrated and numerous speeches demanding the restoration of the colonies forfeited under the Versailles Treaty were made. Excerpts: Professor Roethe of Berlin University: "We need colonies and we will take them, though all the world tries to stop us!" Dr. Seitz, ex-Governor of German Southwest Africa: "Germany has no intention of renouncing her right to equal participation in the colonial development of the world." General Lequis: "We will take back what once was ours and we will do it under the red, white and black banner."

* Refers to protectorate over Angra Pequena in Southwest Africa, which was followed by annexation of Damaraland and Namaqualand (German Southwest Africa). Bismarck did not at first believe that Germany's greatness was bound up in colonial imperialism (subsequent events have proved him right) but the foundation of the Deutsche Colonialverein in 1882 changed his mind.