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names and deeds of these men will, for example, be found recorded with high honour in “The History of African Colonization,” by one of the most distinguished English authorities upon Africa, Sir Harry H. Johnston. Nor can the pre-war tributes of this former admirer of German colonization in Africa, ever be annulled by the self-contradictory attacks upon German colonization made by him during and under the influence of the war.

The magnificent pioneer work of Germany’s explorers establishes an irrefutable historical and ethical claim to Germany’s participation in the colonization of the Afri­can continent. In the words of President Wilson’s 5th Article, it establishes the “equitable claim of the government whose title is to be determined.”

A Great Nation—Small Colonies.

The meagreness of Germany’s colonial possessions in comparison with those of other and far smaller nations, constituted a glaring injustice and incongruity even be­fore the war. For it must be emphasized again and again that colonies are to the Germany of today and the future not a political luxury, but a vital necessity. Colonies are necessary to Germany for reasons which must and will appeal to the enlightened intelligence of the world—to every mind not eclipsed by the darkness of war or convulsed by its passions. Here facts and figures, statistics and comparisons speak a clear and