New Britain herald., 1919-05-29
Gc1nnany's Lost Lands.
(San Antonio Ligbt)

The terms of peace that have been handed to Germany comprehend so many things that it is impossible to consider all of them at one time. 1t is safe to say, however, that they are sufficiently drastic to satisfy even the most determined enemies of the for mer German Empire. The general satisfaction that will be felt over the nature of tho sentence that has been handed to the great criminal of all the ages is not lcssencd by the inn pudent lack of manners that was shown by the German delegation when it received the treaty.
 The nature of the terms may pos sibly be best comprehended by the facts regarding the territorial Conces- sions that have been demanded of the Germans.
 Before the war the area of the Ger man Empire in Europe was 208,7S0 square miles. Of this, 5,055 has been taken away from her, TBS square miles in the Sarre Basin have been taken temporarily, and in other territory, amounting to S,572 square miles, the population will have the right at a later period to decide whether they wish to remain in or out of the Ger man Empire. So far as the continent Of Europe is considered, therefore, Germany has lost 35.055 square miles and may lose additional territory that will bring the total of her loss up to 44,365 squarc miles. This is more than one-fifth of her total territory in Europe.
 The vast extent Of Gcrmany's colonial empire has not been generally comprehended. All of. this she has lost. She has been deprived of 13,419,500 square miles in Africa, 16S, 900 in Asia and 357, 800 in the Pacific Ocean. This gives 13,944, 200 square miles of colonies that have been taken from her.
 The total of her absolute losses in Europe and in her colonies is 13,g79.255 square miles. The magni- tude of these losses may be judged by tho fact that it is more than four times as great as the area of the United States, which is 3,026,7S9 square miles.
 The absolute total of the actual and possible losses to Germany is 13,9SS- 565 square miles.
 An idea of her actual losses in Flu rope is best obtained by comparison with the area of the states in this country. Germany has lost 35,055 square miles, which is slightly less than tho area Of the state of Indiana, which contains 36,354 square miles, and something more than Maine, which contains 33,040 square miles.
 There has been no opportunity as yet 10 examine in detail the territorial demands that have been made upon Germany, but one instance of justice may be noted in connection with them. This is the fact that Germany will lose a large part Of Silesia. and pos sibly all of it. It was this province that Germany stole from Austria after Frederick the Great had prom ised Austria that he would guarantee and protect her dominions as they then stood After he had entered into a formal treaty to this effect he, without a declaration of war or even 2 word of warning, invaded the prov
 with an army and declared it a
 of the Kingdom of PrusSia. The history of the nations docs not con- tain the record of a more outrageous instance of deliberate robbery nor a more fragrant case of bad faith It was fully a. bad, if not worse, than the German invasion of Belgium. Now the land is taken from the Germans