Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-02
GERMANY CAN'T COME BACK.


II there II anyone who believes
that Germany can, by any possible
- chance, rrgain during the next gen
geratIon the power and prestige she
has lost since her mad lust for con-
quest drove her To lnauRurntc the
bloodiest Of all wars. lot him CON
sidor the terrific losses she has
sustained In the last four and one
third years. World power or down
fall" was tho phrase on every DER
man lip in August, 1914 II is not
world power" German has gained
by the war II IL downfall, utter
and complete.
Germany has lost the confidence
and the respect OF the whole civil
ized world. She had expected this
and the thought did not trouble her
why should nation OF "supcrmen"
be concerned about the opinion OF
inferior races"7 Hut some other
things Germany has lost which she
had expected to retain.
First are the losses In men--thc
young, tho able-bodied, the mentally
alert, the element OF her population
that she could least afford to lose
Up to October 81. aA reported from
Berlin. l.5s0.000 had been killed In
battle: 1000. 900 had been wounded; /;
the fate OF 100000 missing was In
doubt. German prisoners In allied
camps-totalllnE nearly half a mil
llon-cannot be counted as losses,
for eventually they will be returned
TO Germany. q.
Staggering also In Its total In Ger
manys war debt OF 3S9. .OOO. 900 900.
a sum 80 great that normal methods
OF taxation under the most favorable
conditions would not produce enough
TO pay even the interest, Much OF
this. OF course, will he repudlnted IN
order that she may pay tho indemnI-
ties required OF her.
Germany has lost utterly her
overseas commerce. which In tho
fiscal year 19t2-l2 reached total
OF N,4a4. 900, 900. II the BolshevlkI
do not get control of the country
she may regain a part OF IT, but her
loss OF trade In four years might he
figured at $1,000, 900, 900.
Through destruction, conflscatlon
or internment. Germany has lost the
great bulk OF her seagolng tonnage
A recent computation places the
value Of her ships now In American
hands, including a few OF Austria'S
at $4,000. 900.
All the German colonies, wherever
situated. have been captured prob
ably never 10 ba returned. In bulk
they we're several times larger than
Germany. and thcr population aE-
gregated $1,000, 900. They were the
basis Of Germnny's hope for a great
colonial scheme.
Add to Gcrmany's colonial losses
the loss Of Alsace-T Lorraine. of Dan.
ish SchleswlE and OF Polish Prussia.
Her neighbors' land that Germany
stole are to bc returned
Germany's Industrial greatness de.
pended to a very largo extent on
the iron and coal mines Of Alsacr-
Lorraine. These are irretrlevably
lost. and with their loss goes Ger
many's industrial and commercial !
supremacy.
Add to all these material losScs
the economic wastaEe due to the
war. German railroads could5hardIy !
he In a worse condition. Tho produc- |
tIveness Of tho land is not within 30 !
per cent Of what I, once was, due to !
the shortage OF fertilizers Many !
German factories are in n state Of |
almost hopeless unrepalr.
German cities have not hccn do. |
stroyed, but the Germans must nav
for the French and Belgian cities /,
they have dynamited and put to tho
torch. Hero will be bill for some |
billions OF dollars.
On the whole, Germany's losses !
are so great as to stagger the imag-
nation. and to make problemaucal |
her prosperity for generations to
come. Her fate should serve as an |
effective warming to powers with like
ambitions for many centuries,