§ 14. Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a speech delivered by Herr Dernburg, ex-Colonial Minister for Germany, at Neumuenster, in which he demanded the restoration of Germany's colonial empire with the extensions which Germany had nearly agreed upon with England in 1914; whether the British Government in 1914 nearly agreed to grant Germany an ex- 1888 tension of territory at the expense of the British Empire; and, if so, what territory?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Balfour)So far as I am aware, there were no such negotiations in 1914, though certain informal discussions took place at an earlier date on the subject of possible territorial readjustments in Africa.