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to be allowed to enlist), " eating their hearts out in their 

 desire to come away and serve in France," instead of 

 " remaining at their posts under the orders of the Colonial 

 Office in all parts of our Crown Colonies and Protectorates, 

 doing dull and dreary work, very often wholly unknown 

 even to their immediate chiefs, never talked of in this 

 House or in the newspapers ; doing work that is essential 

 if the British Empire and our Government is to be main- 

 tained." We were very pleased to hear the Secretary of 

 State for the Colonies speak in this way. He did not 

 exaggerate the case and the great importance of the work 

 being done, for the simple reason that it is impossible to 

 do so, but we can and do say that he spoke as forcibly as 

 he could on tlie matter, and spoke with knowledge and 

 conviction that what he said was the truth, so that the 

 statements made carried far more conviction, we feel sure, 

 to those who heard the speech than any printed report 

 could do. Finally, Mr. Long discussed the magnificent 

 resources of the Empire and how they could be developed 

 to the full. It only remains for us to see that these 

 resources are developed by those who own them, and 

 not, as has too often been the case, by those who are now 

 the enemies of the entire world, civilized and uncivilized, 

 alike. 



Following the Colonial Secretary came Lord Henry 

 Bentinck, who confirmed all Mr. Long had urged as to 

 the need of developing the resources of the Empire, and 

 then proceeded to point out the only real way to do so, viz., 

 by educating the natives and, indeed, all races of planters 

 to adopt scientific methods, together with time and labour- 

 saving appliances, and to follow the example of those who 

 bring science and knowledge to bear on their work in order 

 to increase the output. These two important speeches, and 

 also those of Mr. Molteno and Mr. Wilson-Fox, should be 

 studied by every well-wisher of the Tropics, and by all 

 who realize what the Tropics and sub-Tropics can do for 

 the Empire if properly developed. On this one point, i.e., 

 what they can do, we are all agreed, the point of difference 

 comes in when we discuss the words, " properly developed." 

 How are the Tropics and sub-Tropics to be properly 

 developed, and who is to undertake the work ? 



Lord Henry Bentinck, after carefully explaining to the 

 House in detail the splendid work that has been done, and 

 the excellent results achieved on the West Coast of Africa, 

 then went on to say (after suggesting the appointment of a 

 Commission to inquire into the resources of the Crown 



