CONTENTS. 



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CAI.E 



Foreword ix. 



Introduction xi. 



Bibliography xxxvi. 



Section I : Imperial Expansion — 

 CHAPTEk I.— The Native Factor in the Economic Develop- 

 ment of the Tropics ... ... ... ... i 



II. — Are the Working Classes in England being 



urged to exploit the Tropics ?... ... ... 22 



III.— The Outlook for 1918— and After 25 



" Lest We Forget " 31 



Section II : Hoiv to Expand — 

 I\'. — By not Discouraging the Expansion of Agri- 

 cultural and other Industries throughout the 

 Empire ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 



V. — By Ascertaining the best way to develop the 



Resources of the Empire ... ... ... 36 



VI. — By not allowing the ex-German Colonies to 



go back to that country ... ... ... 45 



VII. — By studying the Suggestions of the Proposed 



Imperial Development Board ... ... 50 



VIII. — By encouraging Ceylon, or elsewhere within 



the Empire, to produce Camphor 52 



IX. — By making Trinidad or another West Indian 



Island the "Hong-Kong of the West" ... 55 



Section III : Finance — 

 X. — The Budget and the Tropics before the War 58 

 XI. — Financing our Imperial Pioneers ... ... 61 



XII. — British v. German Methods of Expansion m 



Latin America ... 70 



Section IV : Labour — 



XIII. — Will the White Race lose the Supremacy of 

 the World through their Treatment of the 

 Coloured Races .'' ... ... ... ... 80 



XIV. — Lord Leverhulme on the Natives in Africa ... 91 



See also Chap. VII as to why we must not return the 

 ex-German Colonies to that country. 



