The British Ambassador in Berlin had occasion ast month to protest against the misrepresentations of British polley contained in speeches by General Goering and Dr. Goebels. Mail papers to hand show hew curious arithmetic assisted to create the false impression to which Sir Erie Phipps drew attention. For example General Goering was re~ ported to have said that there wore 136 inhabitants to the square kilometre in Germany, 187 in England. Sareastically observing that one extra man could be deducted to allow for the upcrier intelligence of the English, ihe-Releh's own economist added that England owned one-third of the world in colonies and Germany nothing; it Germany were given but a fraction of the raw material wealth she would have no raw material scarcity. The German Almanach de Gotha, as the diplomatic correspond: tent of "The Times" points out, shows the "number of inhabitants to the square kilometre in Germany in 1938 0 have been 140 and in Great Britain and Northern Yreland 100 in 1931. For England alone the German pub: ication' sels the figure at 287. Whitakers Almanack "computes 305 inhabitants to the square mile Germany" and 468 "in the United Kingdom, nor does England "own one-third of the world in colonies". 'The British Empire represents about one quarter of the world and fudes one quarter of the human Face, The German population of the German colonies (excluding Tsing ao) was 19,690 in 1913—less than the number of Germans in Paris. Ger= many's trade with her colonies was less thaw 1 per cent, of her total trade, General Goering was not satisfied with ignoring reliable statistics: he went on to say that Germany" had been "robbed and bled for reparaons and if her gold had not been stolen from her she would be ready to buy raw materials with gold." Mr. Herbert "Williams, an "industrial economist of repute and a Member of Parliament has replied on that point:
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