El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-21


control the following quantities Of the
annual worlds production;
! Austria Hungary ---------.------ 49, 5000
: Northern France in possession Of ......
I Russia. in possession Of Germany 12.9oe.oo9
Belgium observation-disclosures ------- -S-'l'-oVo
Total .................... s-s-sss. ooo
rous. OF zS5 per cent. and as the United
States produces 44l.61E.ONG tons or 5N-5
per cent there remain for the entente
powers only -9-F per cent, after De
Quoting the production Of the countries
that do not figure in the war
The above statement indicates that
several countries like l-uAeIll ours'
Sweden. New FOundland, etc, are pro
ducinE considerab BILE iron ore. while they
are short Of coal and consequently can
not make any iron and steel products,
while countries like Belgium. etc. pro-
duce considerable coal and have TO i'm
port iron ore for their industries Italy
is producing neither iron nor coal TO
any amount and must import now the
coal under heavy sacrifices from Eng
land and the same is the case with
France. Portugal, etc. ana the Eng
lish possessions Of Gibraltar. Malta.
CvpruS. SueZ. etc. and on account or
this big drain connected with the
shortage of coal miners, England has
no surplus Of coal any more
The statistics Of Japan are measrei
according 10 the latest statistics Japan
produced in 1911 l--ooouro kWans II
iron ore Ia kvvan being 40 pounds
which would make Japan's production
$4,000 tons annually and is perhaps
receiving from the English possessions
or America other quantities
About China's production or IRON
there are no statistics but 1t imports
large quantities Of manufactured iron
and steel
A country which has great prospects
as "a producer Of iron ore VIII De
Mexico. which has 3s1 iron mines. COW
ri
only a few are worked IN the Monte
rev district
Germany and Austria controlling AUS
per cent OF the worlds iron ore pro-
ducrion during the war. would have
easy sailing TO finish the war. as the
combined allies control only lt.@ per
cent. but as not only the United States
with its great iron resources Out also
Ihe steel works Of Monterey, are aid
ing the allies With their deadly war
material the allies in the telegram
cited at the beginning Of this article
have done the German soldiers some
Justice az least
The Present Situation.
Biased people against Germany may
feel greatly satisfied il they read the
great victories Of the allies on paper.
but these victories in reality amount
20 very little. since the Germans are
on the defensive on the west front ~
order 10 take proper care of the Eu-
rnauians and when the Eumanian stu
alton is cleared the west front may
tion Of the German general staII-
The danger that the entente powers
viii drive the Germans out OF the oc-
cupied territories is not imminent
The Germania OF Los Angeles brought
out on this subject the following well
written article
The central powers hold an IN
broken chain OF territory stretching
from the English channel to the Per
sian gulf and TO Alden Nations that
form such compact mass can neither
be defeated nor starved into submls-
sion. German research and science
have enriched the German allies with
substitutes for articles that formerly
We're imported from foreign lands.
Three million prisoners OF war are en-
gagged in the Industrial and agrlcul-
tural life. taking the place Of German
and AustrO-Hungarla laborers fight
ing in the various fronts In the con-
quered territories of Belgium. France,
Poland. Curland. Nolhynia. Servia and
Montenegro $4,000. 0Oe people are at
work to supply the necessities OF life
and industry to the central powers
Nearly POO 600 square miles Of territory
formerly I'm the possession OF the enc
mics Of the Ciermanic powers now con-
tribute To the agricultural and indus
trial resources Of the central Euro
pean nations"
Organizing For Victory.
Stiu the odds IN NUMBERS and in Fe-
sources are aEaiust the central powers,
but this advantage of the allies Is off
=
compact mass formed by the territory
- -ha Germauic powers as well as by
the natural mountain defences utilized
by their armies
cd the mines in Belgium and fac
tories Of one Of the greatest industrial
sections on earth. are in possession
OF the German military powers and are
working for the Industries of Germany
Out Of a population Of over Z zoe 00e.
more than 100000 Of Belgians still
remain in their native land The dam
age done by The war is repaired. agri-
cultural and industrial life goes on
as ~ the war We're removed a thou
sand miles.
before the war broke out the terri
tory Of France now in the hands OF
Germans sustained = population OF
over 6.0u0,o00 people. Nearly 5.00e. Q00
are still there. producing the neces-
saries Of life for themselves and sell
ing the surplus to the Germans.
ia this section so per cent Of the
iron mines and - per cent of the coal
mines OF France are located 1t goes
without saying that these mines are
not idle
In tie conquered district OF Russia
the great Industrial cities of Warsaw,
LODI. Plock, SuwalSi and others to-
gether with the coal mines in south
ern Poland furnish Industrial and com
mercial life 70 Germany and her allies
The copper mines Of Servia and kielce
and the other resources of the con-
Quered countries are at the disposal OF
the central powers
Any one who studies these facts must
admit that at the present time the
chances for Industrial and economic
Weakening Of the central powers are
very small On the other hand the
enemies Of the Germanic powers are
deprived Of the military strength of
55.u0e,0uO people that live in these con
quered lands. Neither Belgium.
France, Russia nor Servia can recruit
their armies from this population
The allies are making a mighty ef-
fort at the present time to push the
lines OF the central powers back upon
the former borders. This effort is eX-
tremsly costly in life and treasure.
After two years Of warfare. .liJCr the
sacrifice OF Is or a milliOus Of men
md naEine IN the I-nifea Stafe-