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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 49
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(2) Kngland ownod half of all tho tonnuK<? on tin* HKIH; Germans built vigorously; but KuKland built moro than all \U% rest of the world. Gonnans irritated. CO Gorman cnmmorce gained steadily on that of England till 1909; since then English trade has advanced more rapidly. b. Colonial: England has an empire of nearly 13,000,000 square miles, including India, Egypt, Australia, and much more; German writers have demanded that England share with Germany. Note: England has applied the principle of colonial self-government more extensively and thoroughly than any other European country. Literature •Holt and Chilton, History of Europe, 264-279, 295-299, .317 340. Hazen, Modern European History, 368-382, 403-408, 499-514. •War Cyclopedia; see under "Coal and Iron," "German Colonies," "German Southwest Africa," "Krupp." •Conquest and Kultur, 47 51, 71-74. Map study Collected Materials, 90; maps of coal and iron deposits; note the distribution of coal and iron fields in central Europe, particularly the iron regions of Belgium and Lorraine. Holt and Chilton, 334: Africa; note the location of the German colonies with reference to the Equator; note also that Walfisch Bay and Zanzibar, the commercial outlets of German Southwest Africa and German East Africa respectively, are British possessions. (Germany in 1890 exchanged her claims to Zanzibar for Heligoland, see Holt and Chilton, 174, for location of Heligoland.)
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