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Show GERMAN PLANS FOR ANNEXATION Eerlin, March 2, 2 p. m.f via London, Lon-don, March 3, 12:25 a. m. Some of the extremists of the annexationists appear to have passed beyond the demand de-mand that tho empire's borders -bo made safe from military and political standpoints, when peace is reached. Horr Furmann, national liberal, speaking speak-ing in tho Prussian diet today in support sup-port of the domestic colonization measure, said: "By bringing in the governments of Courland, Kovno and Suwalki, .the price of the land would increase to 3,000,000,000 marks and we have no occasion to let this fall into the laps of the inhabitants there as a gift. We need, along with the assuring of Germany's Ger-many's political might and with the strengthening of our western industry, indus-try, new and extended lands for colonization col-onization Tn the east, which we must acquire for necessary extensions of our agricultural foundations." Polish delegates opposed the proposed pro-posed colonization measure, unless it was amended to provide that no colonist col-onist receiving state aid should be discriminated against because of religion, re-ligion, descent, languago or political activity. They referred to past dis-cimination dis-cimination against tho Poles in the east and asked for guarantees for the future. The Poles referred to the fact that Hold Marshal von Hindenburg and the governor of Warsaw have prohibited prohi-bited real estate transfers in Poland, which has caused dissatisfaction in the districts Involved, as the Poles understand un-derstand that the prohibition will be continued until after peace Ib restored and fear that the resulting increase In values will he solely to the benefit bene-fit of the Germans. The delegates of th Centrist party supported the Poles. Minister of Agriculture Ag-riculture Baron von Schorlemer, however, how-ever, said the demands of the Poles could not be granted. The minister referred to the past assurances of the Prussian government that the colonization coloni-zation laws would be oxecutcd with tho fullest regard to the rights of the Poles. Tho Poles must realize, however, he said, that German claims must be protected against any arrangement ar-rangement for colonization from the Polish side. Seventy-eight delegates (members of the Center, Radical, Polish and Socialist So-cialist parties) voted for the Polish amendment, whllo eighty-nine dole-gates dole-gates voted against it. The vote Bhowing that there was no quorum, the diet adjourned. oo |