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powerful language. No one, not wilfully debasing his intellectual integrity, can evade the conclusions to be drawn from these silent but incontrovertible advocates.
Eloquent Statistics.
With the exception of Spain, Germany has the smallest colonial possessions in relation to the size of her home territory. On the same basis, England’s colonial possessions are 17 times, Belgium’s 14 times, Holland’s 11 times, France’s and Portugal’s 4 times larger than those of Germany.
Based upon the unit of the white population of the mother country, the native population of England’s colonies is 43 times, of Holland’s 34 times, of Portugal’s 8 times, of France’s 6 times and of Belgium’s 5 times greater than that of Germany’s colonies.
Based upon the relative extent of the foreign imports, England has 9 times as much colonial territory at her disposal as Germany, France 7 times, Belgium and Portugal twice as much—whilst Spain and Holland likewise possess a greater field for markets than Germany.
Portugal, with its 6 millions of population, held jurisdiction over 9 I / 2 million natives, Belgium with its 7 j / 2 million inhabitants over 15 millions, whilst Germany with its 70 millions ruled over only 13 millions. The Portuguese are unable to cultivate even their own fertile homeland, whilst the Belgians, despite their industrial