LAND TENURE AND COLONIZATION II 5 



within it, and all the economic and administrative measures taken to 

 develop these treasures. 



But that which we said with reference to Erythrea as to the import- 

 ance of the human element applies also to Somaliland. The politics of 

 the native population, misunderstood and neglected in the early period 

 of the Italian occupation of Erythrea, intimately affect the relations be- 

 tween the mother country and the nations on which her civilizing role is 

 exercised and are largety responsible for the result and success of the econo- 

 mic and administrative measures prop.osed for the development of colonial 

 enterprises. 



