History serves to show that to annex territory carrying a considerable homogeneous and hostile population is seldom a success, but since the German Colonies are so sparsely settled--partly because her bureaucratic methods discourage immigration, and partly because she has no difficulty in absorbing her surplus population at home--this argument does not apply here. Closely linked with this is the native question. Personal observation, supported by first-hand information, serves to show that German treatment of indigenous populations is just what might be expected. To the Englishman, discipline implies leadership--to the German, the mere forcing of will, without consideration for their feelings or personal interests, on subordinates. It serves to crush out individuality and self-respect. It is the discipline of "push." Those who have travelled in Germany will have noticed how this spirit permeates all ranks and classes. That its application becomes more intense in dealing with inferior races, where the restraints of civilisation do not exist, will surprise no one. In the Pacific Islands, as in their African Colonies, the same tale is told. Their native population would rejoice to exchange German for British rule. If, then, we are to save the next generation from a second great European upheaval, and if we desire to emancipate those native races at present under German control from a system of harsh and selfish exploitation, Germany in Europe must, by the elimination of provinces detached from neighbouring states by previous wars of aggression, be deprived of the power she has so notoriously abused, and if we are to do our obvious duty by the native races, her Colonies must pass to other hands. A. ST. H. GIBBONS. _25th December, 1914._ _Acknowledgments are due to_ "The Partition of Africa." J. SCOTT KELTIE. "Modern Germany." J. ELLIS BARKER. "Stanford's Compendium of Geography." A. H. KEANE. "British and German East Africa." H. BRODE. "A Footnote to History." R. L. STEVENSON. "In Near New Guinea." HENRY NEWTON. "China." E. H. PARKER. "Encyclopaedia Brittanica." "The Journal of the African Society." "United Empire"--the Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute. "Haydn's Dictionary of Dates." "Samoan Consular Reports." "Blue Books on Affairs of Samoa." The "Daily Telegraph." "Germany and the Next War." General VON BERNHARDI. CONTENTS CHAPTER I GERMANY AND HER COLONIAL EXPANSION 17 CHAPTER II SOUTH WEST AFRICA 36 CHAPTER III EAST AFRICA 84 CHAPTER IV TOGOLAND AND KAMERUN 109 CHAPTER V THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 124 CHAPTER VI KIAU-CHAU 172 GERMANY'S VANISHING COLONIES