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49 R1001 1 Allgemeine Angelegenheiten. 1.26 Marinesachen. Mflm 79339 /7163.<br />
Differenzen der Admiralität mit dem Auswärtigen Amt. Letter from Staatssekretär of the<br />
Admiralität to the Staatssekretär of the K-A dated 11 October 1899.<br />
50 It is likely for this reason that <strong>German</strong> colonial governance was dominated by concerns<br />
over legal relationships. A typical example was when after Lüderitz had made his de<br />
facto territorial acquisition, the de jure reality was assured through the placing of a post<br />
bearing the inscription: “Latitude under the protection of the <strong>German</strong> Empire.” R1001 9<br />
Deutsche-Südwestafrika. Mflm 79500 /2011 Allgemeine Politische Angelegenheiten.<br />
One of the major ways to downplay aggressive expansionism for the somewhat reluctant<br />
<strong>German</strong> public was to be continually reflective on legal relationships with the colonies.<br />
Reichstag delegates were also concerned that retrogressive legal interactions with the<br />
colonies would make <strong>German</strong>y into a colonial pariah. R101 Reichstag des Deutschen<br />
Reiches. Abteilung I Reichsgesetzgebung und-Verwaltung. XV<br />
Kolonialangelegenheiten. Gruppe I Allgemeines. Mflm 30970 /1029. Rechtsverhältnise<br />
der deutschen Schutzgebiete. Bd. 1. 20 January 1886.<br />
51 Heinrich Schnee, <strong>German</strong> Colonization Past and Future: The Truth about the <strong>German</strong><br />
Colonies (New York: Knopf, 1926), 17.<br />
52 John Iliffe, “The Effects of the Maji Maji Rebellion of 1905-1906 on <strong>German</strong><br />
Occupation Policy in East Africa,” in Britain and <strong>German</strong>y in Africa, eds. Gifford and<br />
Louis 557. Iliffe, Tanganyika under <strong>German</strong> Rule.<br />
53 R 8023 Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft. 17 Kolonialpolitik. Deutsche-Witu<br />
Gesellschaft, Berlin. 486. Helmut Bley, “Der Traum vom Reich? Rechtsradikalismus als<br />
Antwort auf gescheiterte Illusionen im Deutschen Kaiserreich 1900-1918,” in<br />
Phantasiereiche: Zur Kulturegeschichte des deutschen Kolonialismus ed. Birthe<br />
Kundrus, (Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2003), 68.<br />
54 R 8023 Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft. 25 Presseausschnitte. 1112. Kongofrage.<br />
Leipziger Tageblatt, 7 November 1909.<br />
55 R 8023 Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft. 26 Rechts- und Verwaltungsangelegenheiten.<br />
886 Einführung der Selbstverwaltung in den deutschen Schutzgebieten. Kolonial<br />
Zeitung, 24 October 1901.<br />
141<br />
56 R1001 8 Deutsche-Ostafrika. 8.12 Gesellschaften. 8.12.2 Deutsch-Ostafrikanische<br />
Gesellschaft. Mflm 79339 /388. Differenzen zwischen Beamten der Deutsch-<br />
Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft und dem Sultan von Sansibar. Bd. 1. Letter from the Sultan<br />
to the <strong>German</strong> Consul for Zanzibar dated 31 May 1887. Letter from the <strong>German</strong> Consul<br />
to Reichskanzler Bismarck dated 29 August 1887.<br />
57 Tilman Dedering, “’A Certain Rigorous Treatment of all Parts of the Nation:’ The