Secret Plan Presented to Mr. Chamberlain London, July 16.
Germany demanded the return of 4 her former colonies in Africa, now chiefly under the British flag, in a secret document handed to Prime few weeks ago, the "Evening Minister Mr. Neville Chamberlain a
Standard," Independent organ, reports today.
Withoyt góing into much detail, this newspaper adds that the Foreign Office here is at present engaged in studying a certain project according to which the Reich would be offered a portion of territory comprising parts of Rhodesia, north Angola and Belgian Congo.
There are obstacles in the way of executing such a plan, however, it pointed out, because added to political difficulties there is the question el [access from this territory to the sea.
"A corridor across Angola would provide strategical advantages to thy new territory which could menace the independence of the Portuguese empire in Africa, and Catholic missions in this "part of the continent have already requested a guarantee of equitable treatment by the Germans," the news organ continues.
The "Evening Standard" concludes in linking this project with the voyage to Angola of the President of. Portugal, General Antonio Oscar Fragoso Carmona,—Havas,
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