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THE LACK OF A BROAD, POPULAR FOUNDATION GERMANY FOUGHT AGAINST
 
OVERWHELMING ODDS FOR FOUR YEARS. SHE CAN NOW LOOK WITH ALL THE
 
MORE CONFIDENCE TO THE FUTURE IN VIEW OF THE MANY CHANGES WHICH
 
HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SITUATION ALL TO HER ADVANTAGE .
 
     THE CHANCELLOR THEN TURNED TO ECONOMIC QUESTIONS. HE SAID 
 
THAT GERMANY REGARDED IT AS INADMISSIBLE THAT TWO COUNTRIES LIKE
 
ENGLAND AND FRANCE SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO RULE THE WHOLE WORLD BY
 
MEANS OF THEIR EMPIRES AND TO RESERVE TO THEIR EXCLUSIVE USE
 
THE WHOLE OF THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. HE SAID FUR-
 
THER THAT FOR GERMANY'S ECONOMIC SECURITY WITH RESPECT TO THE
 
IMPORTATION OF NECESSARY FOODSTUFFS AND RAW MATERIALS IT IS IM-
 
PERATIVE THAT SHE GET OUT OF THE POSITION WHERE ENGLAND BY ONE 
 
MEANS OR ANOTHER CAN TAKE STEPS EVERY TEN YEARS OR SO TO THROTTLE
 
OR IMPEDE THIS FLOW OF ESSENTIAL FOODSTUFFS AND NECESSARY MATER-
 
IALS AND GOODS REFERRING IN THIS CONNECTION TO THE QUESTION OF
 
COLONIES THE CHANCELLOR SAID THAT THE GERMAN COLONIES HAD BEEN
 
STOLEN FROM THEM BY THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN CONTRADICTION TO