El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-06
ALLIES HAVE BEEN HARD HIT BY WAR Hog T9ed-Dlaybe
BUT GERMANY GOT THE KNOCKOUT I=zz=zz=z

THE allies are so busy figuring up their losses in war
and commissioning thereon that they apt to over
look the fact that Germans have lost There is
some satisfaction IN that When most Of the world is
coming out Of the heat Of realize fully how heavy
blow war dealt Hfe property and industry It is some
consolation to that the insgator Of the has had
suffer the past and viii have to suffer more for gen
Tie contrast between the devastated areas of France
and Belgium and unscathed home lands Of Germany
ant to give misleading impression II is that Ger
many has escaped the physical horors entaied in the kill
ing Of civil populations and the destruction Of cities and
The allies did not blaze path Of ruin to Berlin
The enemy did exactly it predicted he would DO
He quit cold the first turn Of the tide against him thus
saving his land from devastation.
But Germanys losses in ether ways staggering Ae
c0rding to Berlins figures $4,000 Germans had
been killed up October 81, 100000 wounded $4,000
missing in action, while 10000 prisoners in the
Germanys home debt for var loans is nearly $4,000
oooOoo large that the Germans beginning to
realize that normal methods Of taxation under the
most favorable conditions viii not suffice to pay the
interest II.
While Germany has not lost towns through sheufire
she has lost towns and territory altogether Asaee and
Lorraine lave been taken away Fortunate for Germany
the peace conference does not give France the bank Of the
Rhine East Prussia is very apt TO become part Of the
new Poland i ought to be- Il was part Of the old
Polish kingdom and Germany was entitled to It only BY
night Of seizure.
All the German colonies have been stripped away from
Germany That is TO say they have been captured
ventures prediction that the peace conference viii
restore them to Germany. German East Africa with $751;
The German possessions in the Pacific covered $50
square miles The German Asatic colony covered 200
square miles These with Togoland the smallest but rich
est turned the basis Of Geranys great colonial enter
Prise These have al passed cut Of Germanys hands.
Practically al Of Germauys vast foreign has
vanished Her overseas exports before the totaed
about $4,000 100000 year Her trade is gone and
dons such that it hardly be recovered Germany
is practically limited to tradewith nearby neutrais
The bulk Of Germauy's merchant marine is gone
through destruction, coufiscsti0n nternment Prac
eay ali her great ships, such theVaterIand in
service Of the allies and there hundreds Of others IN
the service The United States alone holds s45O
600 worth Of German shipping. These ships viii not be
returned and tie lack Of them VIII keep Germany off the
SEAS while her shipysrds VIII be crowded for years to
come with work for the allies provided the peace confer
ence carries ont its reported intention Of requiring Ger
many to make good her destruction Of ships By replacing
them with vessels
Similarly, virtually al Of Germanys great navy is gone
An the new big powerful fighting ships scores Of smaller
ones and upward Of 100 submaunes-al that the enemy
had when ended-are IN the possession Of the allies
To build this navy German subjects were taxed to what
then seemed the limit To build navy IS an eco
nonnc ImpossihiEty Germany can't finance it.
fuly one-third Of GermsHy,s iron deposits have been
taken away BY the restoration Of Lorraine for as pointed
oat By The Herald at the time the Americans were driving
Metz It from the Bey basin that the Krupps got
most Of thsT material for guns and ammunition Some Of
me Dig potash beds were also IN the reconquered prov
incss.
Gernanys economic vastage is anazing n its extent
German railways in deplorabs condition the roll
ING stock especially being practically worn ont because Of