Oct. 2.
Throughout his reign the German Emperor has consistently striven to extend the bounds of the Empire, and to obtain for Germany the place in the sun' which he contends is her due. This ambition has been repeatedly frustrated. But neither the German Emperor nor his Ministers have for a moment admitted that the formation of the German Confederation in 1871 came too late in the history of the world to allow of a rapid extension of territories. They have endeavoured to raise up such a powerful military and naval machine as would guarantee the fulfiiment of their desires. After the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, Getmany began to study the map of the world with a view to obtaining concessions elsewhere. But it was not until 1884 that she succeeded in obtaining, un the African continent, Togoland, Kamerun and part of the present protectorate of German South-west Africa. In the following' year Germany got a footing in East Africa, and her acquisitions in the continent totalled 931,460 square miles in 1890. Since that time there has only been one change in this part of the world, namely in 1911, when 107,270 square miles were conceded by France, and Germany conceded 6,450 square miles to France. Tu 1885 and 1886, Germany acquired in the Pacific, Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon and Marshall Tslands, and in 1899 the Caroline Islands, including Yap. the Palau and Marianne Islands and the Samoan islands of Savan and Upolu. Her possessions in the Pacific had an area of 96,160 square miles prior to the war. Meantime, in 1897, she had seized Kiaochou, on account of the murder of two German missionaries, and by the treaty of March 6, 1898, the town. harbour and district were transferred to her by China on a tinety-nine years" lease and Kino-
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