Show STATUS OF GERMA TAKEN UP PEACE conference STUDIES disposition OF HOLDINGS TAKEN IN WAR generally accepted view that the colonies should not be returned to germany and their disposition puzzles ne delegates legates darls germanas germanys Germ Gerni anys colonies occupied tile entire attention of two extended fx L sessions of tho the supreme council of tile the great el cat skivers on oil jan ellry 26 and tile the disposition of tills this empire scattered over tile aarl can mainland tn lit asia end and throughout the lie pacific Is presenting ft a teri question of tho the first magnitude tile hearings given covered the entire range of these german colonies ni as tw the delegates of Austral laNew zealand lind and japan presented their respective interests in fix tile pacific group of islands japan and china their interest in 1111 bochow and the german concessions tit at many treaty ports and the lie french minister of colonies M 31 Sli simon tion took up tit the african colonies embrace em brac i ing the kameruts Kame runs and ger idail east and southwest africa dearal general jan christian smuts the south african lender leader and general louls louis botha the south african pro pre f til rendy havil been heard on an tile the if of german gennan east africa and now iio v tt it only remaina reina lits to obtain tha viewpoint of the Del ginns who tire about to present their ideas ot of their inter pats in ill tile the colonies adjacent to the belgian congo it appears to bo be the generally accepted view among those hose having interests te in the matter that germanas germanys Germ Gernin anys nys colonies should not bo be returned to her tills this in turn line lias developed another crucial cruzlai question namely whether ger antin sovereignty over alyse colonies col should pass try to the powers who may receive mom or whether they should he be entrusted to a league of which would exercise international control giving a mandate to such powers as administer tho the particular colonies I 1 |