ABSTRACT
German colonial activity can only prosper on the assumption that in German colonial areas German currency is the medium of payment. The question of political sovereignty or mandates may be postponed until the future, but what cannot be postponed is the necessity of Germany's resuming its cultural and economic activity in colonial countries in order to facilitate the supply of foodstuffs and raw materials for its own industry. The colonial question is of great importance to Germany, in so far as Germany must find a suitable outlet for its surplus population. The possible future German colonial policy has now been surveyed in its more general aspects both with regard to its objects and its capitalization. Most of the old colonial companies owned colonial possessions which were very profitable as plantations for all sorts of tropical crops, but were not as rule suitable for white colonization.
