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Show ill C0LOI1IES ; MAI BECOME BRJUSfl Colonial Secretary Say Annexation An-nexation I Only Solution. By Atsecistse Press. 1.ONjON, Dec. 1 Vi,v Montreal- j Walter Hume Long, secretary of state for the colonies, has disclosed the fact that he war, a member of the com- mlttee mentioned by the premier on November 2 to consider the terms that should be demanded from Ger- many. Therefore he could emphasise that the empire need have no anxiety on the jround of undue tenderness on the part of Great Uritaln and the allies. 1 lie said that although be did not desue to enlarge the Brit tab empire, j he saw no alternative to the solution , of the problem of the (rtrmiin colonies save by their inclusion In the empire. Where the natives had ben con suited they overwhelmingly favored thM course,' he said. |