Evening star., 1918-05-24
RUMAN|A TREATY
P[EASES GERMANY
Economic Gains Equivalent to
an Indemnity, Says
KuehImann.
SEES MARINE ADVANTAGE
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 24.-Economic ad-
vantages which Germany has OBJ
tanned in the peace treaty with Ru-
mania are equivalent to an indemnity
from that nation. in the opinion OF
the German experts, DR.. Won kuehl-
mann, the German foreign secretary.
told the Berlin chamber of commerce
in his recent speech in which he dis
cussed the Rumanian treaty before
that body. the German wireless re-
port of the address shows.
Germanys control of the coming
Rumanian harvests caused the food
with q certain amount of confidence,
DIR. Won kuehlmann declared. Ger
man trade privileges also were most
important, and these included the
lease to a German company for
ninety-nine years of the Bucharest
Czernavoda- railway line,
thus giving ready access to the pc
troleum fields and grain centerS.
Referring to the geographical sit
uation, which eliminated the ques-
tion of territorial acquisitions. DR..
Won Kuehlmann said. therefore. 'it
was all the more necessary to obtain
economic advantages up to limit
consistent with the maintenance of
Rumania's capacity for production
Two Points Considered.
Two points, he. indicated. "must be
taken into consideration: First, guar
anteeing Rumanian agricultural and
petroleum production as urgently
necessary for the carrying on of the
war by the central powers and for
the transition period: and, secondly,
the important role which Rumania
has to fill in providing thorough
fare to the east, especially as she
dominates the lower course of the
Danube"
1T is here" continued the minis
ter, that there comes into effect the
international Danube delta commit
tee, upon which only states on the
banks of the Danube can be repre-
sented. Only if the states agree to
1t will the countries lying on the
Black sea be able to come into it.
Therefore it Is especially important
for the German seaboard traffic that
We have been able to secure sites for
dockyards.
Along with the Danube the i'm
portance of the Rumanian railways
must be considered. especially the
Bucharest-Czernavo Constanza line,
over which Germany must have con-
troll. 1t has been agreed with Bull
garia that this railway to Constanza.
which is to be made a free port with
grain silos and petroleum tanks. is
to be leased to a German company for
ninety-nine years.
The cable between Constantinople
and Constanza played an important
role before the war. This cable is to
be developed to the utmost and Sc
cured from enemy control"
As to Rumanian Harvests.
Alluding to the agreement by which
ho thA
harvests of 1883, and the far
reaching option upon the entire Ru-
manian harvest for the next seven
years. DR.. Won Kuehlmann said:
food question with certain amount
of confidence. - Formal war in
IDENTITIES were not demanded by Ger
many, but the numerous privileges we
secured are equivalent, in the opinion
Of experts. to anything which would
have been yielded by indemnities
When. some day. the damage caused
by the U-boat warfare shall have been
made good by newly built ships. the
sea route from Constanza will regain
its importance.
TT would be mistake, however, to
turn our eyes only to the east There
are the mouths of the Rhine and Elbe.
Future policy will have to see to it
that German trade strives with re-
doubled daring and energy to travel
oHCe more on the open sea- The day
will come when the genius of our
leaders and the incompatible courage
OF our army and navy shall have OBJ
tanned victory and peace for us-a
day When ships will again sail the
ocean under the black. white and red
rag. On that day the German mer-
chant and the German ship owner
will proye to the world that they have
no equals; that severe trials have only
made them better qualified to take
up competition again and will prove
that the proud motto, Multi Secundus.
is appropriate to them"
In the course of his remarks the
foreign minister announced that the
extraction Of Rumanian petroleum
had now been so far restored that the
output was two-thirds the peace time
production.
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