"The solidarity of the German and Italian regimes is more than an affair of egotistical purposefulness. In this solidarity lies the salvation of Europe from the threatening Bolshevik destruction. When Italy fought her own struggle for existence in Ethiopia, the German people stood by her side as a friend.
"As far as Germany is concerned, the position is very simple: The Reich has 80,000,000 inhabitants, that is to say 135 to the square kilometre. The great German colonial possessions Which the Reich once acquired in peace through treaty and by purchase have been stolen from us and that was done against the solemn assurances of President Wilson, which was the basis for our laying down our arms.
"The pretext that these colonial Possessions were of no value anyhow, should justify their return without any trouble. The pretext that this cannot be done because Germany cannot do anything with them since she did nothing with them before is simply ridiculous.
"Germany got her colonial possessions late and had but little time to develop them and before the Great War she did not stand in such dire need of them as now. This pretext, therefore, is just as stupid as that one should deny a people the ability to build a railway because they did not have a railway a hundred years go.
"Another pretext is that the colonies cannot be returned because Germany would get strategic positions by such action. This is a monstrous attempt to deny a people of its rights.
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