specific reference to the question of access to raw materials in colonial Possessions, much attention has been iven to that subject It naturally Jarose from Italy's justifation of her campaign in Abyssinia, It has bearing on Germany's argument for the return of her colonies. It has. also found a place in the statements of Japanese policy in China, It has become conveniently known as the problem of the "colonial claims of the three dissatisfied powers." Obviously it does not cover the whole of the case of the "have, nots" for the demand for colonial expansion resis also. on psychological questions Drestige, strategy:. considerations and the ike. The " Royal Institute of International Affairs has prepared concise and objective statement of the facts essential to an understand. ing of this issue in a pamphlet entitled "Raw Materials and Colonies" (Chatham House London: 2. 6d.), Well-documented and furnished with valuable statistical tables, this trea-rise is a notable production, It should be read by all who desire to come to an exact appreciation of the Actual facts involved and to distin-guise between what, without offence, may be termed the emotional and the practical aspects of the controversy. Already too much emphasis has been laid on the resources jaf. colonial empires, both for. the relief of an overcrowded population and for the supply of economic facilities. For example it is estimated that "the removal of discrimination againstltalian, German and Japanese goods tu all the colonifal territories in the world would Probably be of less net advantage to them than a lowering of the United States tariff." The pamphlet sum-marines proposals made including transfer of territory. to individual nations, the gradual transfer of colnial tracts' to. an international authority acting for the League of Nations, the transfer by the imperial bowers of their colonies to a mandate system, the maintenance of the present administrative position modi-fed by "opening the colonial door," the establishment of chartered companies to operate in the interests of the "have note" and finally. some method of affording a guarantee of perpetual access to all raw material Sources. It is obvious that the issue intimately bound up with the problem of peace-construction for there is no real diffeulty in securing access to taw materials in peace-time. Good work was accomplished by the Economic Conference of 1927 in dealing with this question of access in limited field, but on the whole it must-be confessed that international conferences on the general issue have not been productive of substantial results,
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