The possibility of alliance with China means that the Kiaochow concession will either be sacrificed or developed into another Hong Kong.
German settlement in the African colonies. Some Boers would move into South-West Africa. Kamerun would get to benefit from the recent (1911) extension of its border to the Congo. The possibility of alliance with China means that the Kiaochow concession will either be sacrificed or developed into another Hong Kong. If Portugal is forced to sell its colonies then Germany is guaranteed a share.
I always thought that the German colonies were not profitable for Germany and that the only interest on his part was purely prestige. But I am not a connoisseur of this, so I would like to inform me by some German if that is correct and if the ruling classes would continue expanding his empire in spite of it. Best regards and thanks for the information.
You are all missing the most important question: would we still get Tsingtao beer?
On the other hand too harsh treatment can trigger revolts.I have no doubts that some colonies made a profit (e.g. African diamond fields) but the comparatively soft treatment of natives reduced possible profits.
On the other hand too harsh treatment can trigger revolts.
Modern Tsingtao beer violates the Reinheitsgebot by adding cheap rice ... unthinkable in a German Musterkolonie.
But I am not a connoisseur of this, so I would like to inform me by some German if that is correct and if the ruling classes would continue expanding his empire in spite of it.
Earlier on there's Conakry, Cuba, eastern Samoa, Morocco, the Nicaragua Canal, the Philippines, Wituland, Zanzibar.
Don't you think that German intervention in Cuba or Nicaragua WOULD have lead to war with the U.S. due to the Monroe Doctrine?
German South-West Africa was the only German colony where Germans settled in large numbers. German settlers were drawn to the colony by economic possibilities in diamond and copper mining, and especially farming. In 1902, the colony had 200,000 inhabitants, though only 2,595 were German, 1,354 were Afrikaner, and 452 were British. By 1914, 9,000 more German settlers had arrived. There were probably around 80,000 Herero, 60,000 Ovambo, and 10,000 Nama, who were disparagingly referred to as Hottentots.
I always thought that the German colonies were not profitable for Germany and that the only interest on his part was purely prestige. But I am not a connoisseur of this, so I would like to inform me by some German if that is correct and if the ruling classes would continue expanding his empire in spite of it. Best regards and thanks for the information.
I have no doubts that some colonies made a profit (e.g. African diamond fields) but the comparatively soft treatment of natives reduced possible profits.
I guess that total earnings were rather limited, but this is merely an educated guess.