The sun., 1916-08-27
L0RRAINE'S WEALTH
GERMANS STRENGTH
Grip on Mines Gave Kaiser
Power to Withstand Foea
Says Engeraud.
GIVES AMAZING FIGURES
To Repair Bismarck's Mistak.
Of ~ zone Of Chief
Causes Of War"
GIVES AMAZING FIGURES
Special Correspondence 10 7ss g.,

SSec'dI C~oereseoHdeNe 10 Nj Sos.
LONDON, AUG. 1B.-Ferdinsnd Enss.
raud has written an Informative article
on what Lorraine msana to Germany
more particularly from the point Of
view of its great mineral wealth. u.
lays stress upon tho material wealth ~
Alsace and Lorraine and points out tbs,
IT Is only since the war that France mas
realized that it II me soil Of ne lac,
provinces which has made oermsay.s
fortune.
He dsciarss that the pos,,sva,, .,
Lorraine has been the strength ~
Germany. that II IL from there shs Do.
rives her metallurgical supremacy, IN.
cause Of her political hegemony, and
That II H. In direct consequence OF her
grip on the few miles Of Lorraine sou
taken In 1871 and Of those other mimi.
districts now occupied by her IN Hei.
gium n northern France that che hss
so far been able TO hold her y ass,nse
a world Of foes.
N. Engeraud says:
"A few figures will make the matte,
plain. In 1918 out OF 2s.so7,o 900 tons AZ
Iron orc extracted from German tenn.
tory 21.135.000 came from the Inr.
rains mines alone. On May 20. 1913.
representatives Of the great Industrial
and agricultural associations Of Ger.
NJ. sp.an",~. ths chancellor
.m ~. nn'. .he oes,nnins OK hostil,ues i:
49, $3.50" s -. Ao.I~'ns un'ch pro-
featured iron Of the empire, declared
that were the mining operations In lor.
ralne to receive any setback the war
would he half lost thereby
WsaIth In Little Cssaep.
IVA ac,u.,,v d,a M, ,,.- :.
France and vc b.v. o,i,. ,...n. ~.
fact throuYb Cer,nanv ,b., 80 ~,
frontier line Iop1u,v.pr,s -. ,o,,iA
dominate with our run, nearly m. vhoi.
Of the mine fields ~ Lorraine Fol II "a
~ :. 49, 5000 ompr'.en oe'3esh
River Orne-a ausdriia,.rai Of from A..
teen To twenty miles long by three IN
i've miles broad--that the Germans have
concentrated their mining works. the
mines to the south Of the Orne being
neglected.
"1t Is from this i!.us corner Of fop.
ra!ns ;ha; the German colossus draws
his strength. the raw material FOR ME
metallursical enterprises. the hes.
weapon TO assure his heg.mony-And W
ignored II completely. To he fair ons
must admit that when Germans took
over Lorraine in 1871 they ignored |.
tn
The ferrueinous basin Of I.orra!rs
starts from the slopes Of the Mosell.
md runs toward the west. The ore "
of ,wo kinds. diiuvial ore found in lot.'
and ooiit!c ore. popularity known ~
'fersforts' and phosphoric 'minet'e' IN
1870 m~etallurgists held the frst nsmei
only TO he marketable 1t was richer IN
iron. free Of phosphor. and. lying nes'
the surface. easier TO work. But II was
comparatively rare. and phosphone
'minettes.' FOUND by deep mining to"arr
the west. were supposed to be Worries
Yet this formed the greater par VI WV
strata.
,..L,,x ox.,,..LeA uysev.
~
Thus I; came about that IN W. ue
German General I and the engineer
charged with setting the ne" ,on.e-
seized eagerly the most eeleo.n.eu 49,
OF fers~sis that ~ U" say nv IT..
mines to me norm ave eas. w .,,,
they paeeen over. 80 .,,r
Why n,st"Ao y. y.y.chs.
possess lhe ,,I.es y. ~ ,,;. $40,
less 'he Sc. ss. .ra any msn
n.sn, nror.ss,onsi biinker, mu.
have known It already ~ osen 'es.
.o,,1 hA denhOephOriRRd ana thAt ms
.1n.r,ments OF the laboratory must An
.x,,.hiv lead to practical me.alurs!cS
,.suita'
"Thie n exactiy what happened after
N. var OF 1870. In the year lS7ss
Young E~nelishman. Sidney oNchfE
Thomas. lunior clerk at Marlborousn
street notice court, discovered . method
o., denhosphortsin9 pie iron. and the dn-
...-. urovad "a ha ono OF the greater
economic revolutions IN history. Fo'
vance IL was more fortunate than .
.rsat v,otory. giving 4 hitherto unsus.
n.ctea value not only 20 the ores ~
Ererch Iorraine but also 20 'hoss G.
Normandy az the west.
.'rranos IN h matter o. snStallurC
ha. aivsv. shoWn herself Indifferent ard
.ho-, .,~htsn she failed TO draw from
Thom..'. disoovery the pron's she should
hav. drsvr 0srmany. on tho contrary
rns. a. a. =, orcs and tss dSses Cd In.
800 ...i,h frnm n, ~apulica ~ y hW
"om - T., q. In fact. che NAomN
1000. Invented ,Ner the annax alton o.
~. ,.nr mai ~ LORRAINE. which hss a.
n..a a.rr,.r u.t.iiurry 70 attain ~
800 ~. ~r"aor,n.rcs
AuasinG Tsnaa6s.
,s,s ~. .,tr.s
from Iss,Uoo .ons !" ,s;s "a ~.
ZION OF LORRAINE ores 49, enm
lso.ooV tohs. non n.N cno ANA In
100000 tonS III ~" 20 IA 80
1913 ana steoI smeI.."ss 'r0" .s...
tons rose 70 100000 toms vi w"