What if Germany deployed battlecruisers to its colonies?

How much trouble would two or three German battlecruisers deployed to overseas colonies before war cause the Entente?

Britain would deploy larger ships overseas and probably build more, while fast battleships could take over scouting duties with the Grand Fleet.

Britain was already positioning battlecruisers around the world to meet ships such as Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. HMAS Australia is given as an example of that response. Forward deployment of larger German ships would therefore lead to larger British deployments and probably additional construction. The expected eventual replacement of the older German armored cruisers also influenced British planning. Part of the role assigned to the Queen Elizabeth class was to take over fast scouting with the Grand Fleet, freeing battlecruisers for overseas work if Germany expanded its global threat.