" - ' ‘ IRoffiaI Gota1 m 1 t A S E L E C T B I B L I O G R A P HY O F PU B LI C A T I O N S O N F O R E I G N C G L O N I S A T I O N G E RM A N F RE N C H , , ITA IA - D T C H P O R T G E S E P A N I S H L N U , U U , S ’ ’ ‘ i ‘ AN D ? Bfi LéiA N é CO N TA I N ED I N T HE LI B g ‘ ' ' R A RY OF T HE R OY A L C OLO N I A L ‘ TN ST ITU T E C O M P I LE D B Y W I N I FR E D c HI L . L W I T H A N = INT R O DU C TION B Y TH E LIB R A R IA N . B LI S H E D B y . T HE ROYA L C O LON IA L I N S T I T U T E “ 1 9 1 5 j E we; cI o l H64 863 1Rog al¢olonial3n5 titute IB ibliog rapb ies, 1m . 1 A S E L E C T B I B L I O G R A P HY O F P U B L I C A T I O N S O N F O R E I G N C O L O N I S A T I O N i— A N F N C H G E R M , R E , I T A L I A N D T C H P O R T G E S E S P A N I S H , U , U U , , A N D B E LG I A N — C O N T A I N E D I N T H E L I B R A RY O F T H E R OY A L C O LO N I A L I N S T I T U T E C O M P I LE D B Y W I I FR E D C HI LL N . W ITH AN INT R O DU C TIO N B Y T H E LIB R A R IA N P U B LI S H E D B Y T H E R O YA L C O LO N I A L I N S T I T U T E 1 9 1 5 P rice H a lf a Crow n INTRODU CTION . AL THO U G H Great B ritain is the leading colonising n ationlittle attention has been devoted to the important subj ect of comparative c at and a trat I t m a t olonis ion dminis ion . ay almost b e s id hat so far as this country is concern ed the subj ect is a n ew on e A t the most a few ec a l a fi e a trat r an d tra e ffi c a t a ° sp i l y qu li d d minis o s in d o i ls , wi h r of er t e t a e care to e t ate th e c a sp inkling s ious s ud n s , h v d inv s ig oloni l m ethods of oth er n ations an d the progress that has b een made in the d evelopm ent of those great colonial empires which fo rm so s triking a f at r o fth i s t era e u e e p s en . I t would b e diffi cul t to n am e an y S pecial reason for ou r neglect to ' t e the r f r I t c r t at t t e r u ilis expe ien ces o othe s . is e tain h by s udying h i et an d fa ar r e e t et e er e t bu t m hods by mili ising ou s lv s wi h som im s div g n , fr t a r t t e e t a a c w e be . ette o qu n ly n logous , ondi ions , should in b posi ion r ou r ffi c t e O u r e ect to e n ot ar e ove com e own di ul i s . n gl do so do s is fr an - t f t th t r B r t om y undue self sa is ac ion on e par of the av e age i on . I t is true that there are few Englishm en who are n ot proud of the B r t E re an d all t at it ta for an d w e a e e er rea to i ish mpi h s nds , h v v y son the re t of B r t e ter r e the D the look upon sul s i ish n p is in ominions , C r C e an d I d a t a e ree of at fact . own oloni s, n i wi h no sm ll d g s is ion P articularly do w e recognise that as a n ation w e have been sign ally cce f ou r ea t ect e e an d e e e t at the su ss ul in d lings wi h subj p opl s b li v h , on W e w e a e carr e o n . a th e c ca e of hol , h v i d high mission in ommon us a t B u t e e t an d t at w e a e e of ou r hum ni y . b li ving his , knowing h h v giv n e t I n the of the E re w e are e ert e e a t as a e e b s building mpi , n v h l ss p p opl to b e critical of ou r ac e e e t an d to e recate an d unduly own hi v m n s d p , cca a to e rec ate ou r et an d t e r re t . I o sion lly d p i , own m hods h i sul s n stan ces of this tenden cy are to be found all th rough the history of B r t i ish expansion . Wa t of a rec at du e fre e t to a t of e e has n pp i ion , qu n ly w n knowl dg , led us to b elittl e the effo rts of those who have been engaged in the w r of e re- to tr t the m an - ou - the- t an d to o k mpi building , dis us spo pin o u r faith to the politici an s at hom e ; to refuse ex peI t Opinion in favour of s elf i nterested advice ; to sacrifi ce th e trained administrator owing to th li i al e pO t c exigen cies of the moment. Th e B ritish Empire in fact has b een both under appreciated and too r at B t th tw o e tre e c t ere h as mu ch app eci ed . e ween e x m s hools h b een small room for the student who h as been desirous of appraising (3) 4 at its full value all th at is good in ou r colon ial system whilst at the r sam e time studying the m ethods of ou r foreign competito s . at the re er e has ee the ca In the case of foreign n ions v s b n se. S elf- s atisfaction an d self- assertion h ave n ot indeed been entirely ec a the ca e of G er a b u t the e f re absent, esp i lly in s m ny on whol o ign colonial administrative policy has b een m arked by a keen desire n ot only to und erstand thoroughly the m ethods of other nations bu t to r e Fra ce has b ee a ee t e t of benefi t by their expe i nces . n n k n s ud n German colonisation : Germ any has closely followed the rise of the F r ta the r ec t of her c a r a e e. I en ch coloni l mpi ly , in p os u ion own oloni l e t re h as t e the et of G er a an d Fra ce. A a e v n u s , s udi d m hods m ny n ll h v h B r t r r fact m ade a close study of t e i ish Ove seas E mpi e. This is the ac ra I t b e ee amply eviden ced in companying bibliog phy .