Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-06
CONQUER WORLD
GERMANY'S AIM
Would Have Mittel Europe a Vast
Empire, Self-supporting and
Boundlessly Rich.

Very plainly and conclusivcly the pur-
poses OF the German ruling powers 10
create through the force Of arms a "Mittel-
Europa" empire industrially wholly sell
supporting, and having within ITS control
ali tho natural resources and human
elements which efficiency combined and
cmploycd could enable the Hun tn defy,
il not actually to overthrow, the world
are set forth IN tho American, The monthly
magazine Of tho National City Bank oi
New ork II SAYS;
Germany through her conqucsts IN the
cast is rndcavoring under the leadership
of her economists and Industrlaists to
build UP a great economic empire. which
will be. eventually, as fur as possible self
sufficient She ~ aiming To acquire
control over sources OF raw material So
that IN The end her Industries may not he
forced To rely on foreign sources Tor their
supplies
GrRMANy'a rfAN uNFOIpINd
ON other words, she is trying to weld
into n solid block Of territory an empire
similar Ia that now possessed by England
i'm tho form of scattered possessions held
together hv her fleet The acquisition
of western Russia and large part OF the
Balkans which has already been practi-
callv accomplished is in reality only the
beginning of the German plan. Never
thclcss. Tho control of these regions
brings To- Germany very important econ
omic advant ages. which IT Is interesting
to examine in detail
"Rv far the most valuable region oi
Russia from an economic standpoint -
that living between Poland and the sen OF
Azov. comprising the valleys If the rivers
Il. ,rt., fho I(iael &oa Ftf,fa ia thta
region recently erected INTO the now
State of krainia nomnallv independent.
Tho kralnc region Includes agricul
t,lraI industrial and mining districts, and
includes among its products foodstuils
such as gram sugar grapes and tohaccoi
textile materials such AS hemp and wool.
Orcs such AZ ron manganese and phos-
pilates. as well ~ coal. both anthracite
and htuminous Tho INDUSTRIES include
IRON and steel manufacture textile spin
mig and weaving amt sugar refining
lkrmnla IS ono of The most denscly popu
lated parts ~ Russia
MIGHT suPrLy All rMriRr'E NEEDS
should German enterprise undertake
Ia develop this region, applying sclentlt"
methods u might he pos+Ihle to increase
The crops % as 10 20 far toward supplying
the needs ~ Germany German imports
Of wheat before tho war I'M 1919 were
~ 766 600 bushels The exports az all
Russia in 1913 we're t22 .336 600 bushels
of which considerable part came from
tho l'krainian provinces
'cThc black earth region also produces
2 large cxportahlc surplus of tcct sugar
tho total area planted in hoets normally
beng ncarly 1,0O0nnn acres Sugar
factories ~ tho provinces "f kIov. Podoila
and NulhNnla produced IN 1914 - about
! .060 600 tons Of sugar
Tho annual crnr 81 hemp IN the X
rsInc area approNlmatrs 10000 tons ot
fiber. For wears tho greater cart OF this
was exported 10 Germany German
factories arc equipped 70 manufacture
hcnp warm. which Is made into cordagc,
haggng netting. cic Hemp viii pre-
sumably play = large part IN German
economies in case tho supply ct lutc y
permanently cut OF
RICHEST IRON MINIS ~ ruRorE.
The Iron mines az krlvol Rog. IN the
provinces of Ekatcrino>lav aud khrrson,
are among the richest IN Europe, and are
stratcrlcall> situated within short
distance OF The great coal mining area ct
the Donctz haSlu They also are within
easy reach 81 the Black sea large IRON
and steel industry. supplying before the
war 20 pcr cent az the cuurc RUSSIAN
production has been developed Ut fkatcr-
inoslav and l\icv
1t is part of the German plan to
rndcavor 10 obtain practical monopoly
of the iron and steel industry OF Europe.
| The frontier between Germany and
France after 1870 Was drawn With the
intention Of including within the German
/ empire fall OF the IRON ore DEPOSITS OF
! AlSacc-l orrainc The subsequent dis
| covcrv tx the French OF additional mines
/ N the Brlev district, few miles over the
! border IN France, and he development ot
! an extensive production there, have led
/ 10 the present movement IN Germany Tor
/ The annexation of the BrieY district after
/ the present war The same elements
/ will probably favor system of German
! control over the Ukranlan fields at
| krvoI Rog
The ore beds at Krlvol Rog cover
! about pa square miles The mineral Is
| red haematite Of very pure quality,
which is easy TO smclt The IRON content
/ runs as high as 60 or 20 per cent The
ore production IN 1918 was 1884 900 tons.
2lO.000. 900 TONS or ORES.
Some wears ago an estimate was made
/ Of th. total reserves Of ores IN these beds,
which SET them at 210.O00O0 tons. Re
cent discoveries have shown this to be
! an underestimate.
The Donetz coal mines, east Of the
krvol Rog district have for some wears
been the CHEF source Of supply for all
Russia
IRON strategic point Of view. the
control Of this source al fuel. upon which
the greater part Of Russia IS dependent,
| Il lmporian, not only because # gives
virtual control over the industries through
ont 4 large part OF Russia which burn
coal including the sll-important railroad
system but because the great cities tc
the northward require fuel to heat thea
buildings during the very severe Russian
winters
THE Donctz mines also with intensive
development arc believed to be capable
Of greatly increased production, thus
! permitting Of i considerable expectation Il
the central powers The water route vla
the Sea Of Azov, the Black sea and the
Danube would make transportation prac
ticable.
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