Once masters of the coasts of the Adriatic, the Ægean, the Dardanelles, and Aden, helped by the Panislamic propaganda, the Turco-German seizure of Egypt, and therefore the Suez Canal, would necessarily follow. Germany, if she commanded these essential strategical points, would then obviously be able to retake her colonies in Africa and Oceania. Square Native Kilometres. Population. Togo 87,000 1,003,000 Kameroon 790,000 2,540,000 South-West Africa 835,000 87,000 Eastern Africa 995,000 7,510,000 Kaiser Wilhelm Land, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, the Marianes, Samoa 245,000 647,000 --------- ---------- Making a total of 2,952,000 11,787,000 Always on the assumption which we have made, the Allies, having given way in Europe, could not prevent Great-Germany from snatching, according to Tannenberg’s programme, the Belgian, Portuguese, and Dutch Colonies, namely: Square Native Kilometres. Population. Belgian Congo 2,365,000 15,000,000 Portuguese Angola 1,270,000 4,200,000 Dutch East Indies 2,045,000 38,106,000 --------- ---------- Total 5,680,000 57,306,000 Next would come the turn of those French colonies, the cession of which to Great Germany was foreshadowed by Tannenberg, _op. cit._, p. 313. Square Native Kilometres. Population. Morocco 416,000 3,000,000 French Congo 1,439,000 9,800,000 Madagascar 585,000 3,232,000 Mayotta and the Comoros Islands 2,000 97,000 Reunion 2,000 173,000 Obok and dependencies (East Africa) 120,000 208,000 Indo-China 803,000 16,990,000 French Islands of Oceania 24,000 88,000 --------- ---------- Making a total of 3,391,000 33,588,000