The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-08
TERRITORY IS
TAKEN A WAY
FROM GERMANY
Peace Treaty Deprives Her of
Many Possessions
1,O75,607 SQUARE MILES
It Takes All Her Colonies in Africa,
Asia, And the Pacific-15,0oo,
600 Population
1,O75,6O7 SQUARE MILES

Washington, May 7.-Germany by
signing the peace treaty, will have to
part with more than a million square
miles OF colonial and other territorial
possessions. This territory is inhabi-
ted by more than 100000 people.
In colonies and foreign dependenc.
ies alone Germany will lose an esti-
mated area Of 1.O27.S9O square miles,
with white population of 24,3S9 and
an estimated native population of 12,.
O41 ,603 in Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Besides Germany must renounce all
claims to any territorial or political
rights in Morocco, Egypt, Siam, Siber-
ia and Shangtung. She must also
recognize the independence of the
new republics Of Czechosloyakia and
Poland, and the total independence OF
German Austria, which latter stipula.
tion means the Allied and Associated
Governments have taken stand
against what is left of Austria-here-
after to be designated as German
Austria-being united with the Ger
man Empire
Under the terms OF the treaty Ger
many also loses possession of or inn
mediate control over territory in
Europe amounting to 47.7S7 square
miles in which there is a considerable
population. Some OF this European
territory, such as the $3.50 square
miles Of Alsace and Lorraine, with a
population Of l,S74O14, as officially
recorded in 1910. will be lost outright
by cession to France.
Slices of territory, including parts
OF Silesia. West Prussia, most OF
Posen, and part of East Prussia, are
to be taken away from the eastern
| frontier sections of Germany and
turned over to Poland. Danzig is ia
be permanently lost and internation
allied so as to provide corridor tC
the sea for the Poles. Small portions
of the western frontier territory OF
Germany are TO be handed over tc
Belgium.
The German Zollyerein arrange
ment with the Grand Duchy Of Luxem
burg is TO end. The Saare coal field:
on the west bank of the Rhine are tC
be ceded to France, with a privileg,
of repurchase after reparation and al
praisal under certain conditions. Del
mark will have the opportunity of re
gaining from Germany the lost prov
ince of Schleswig through a proposed
plebescite, following which new
frontier will be demarked between
Germany and Denmark
The territory involved in this pro
posed remarking Of the map o
Europe is given as 47,7S7 square mile
Added 10 the colonial possessions o
which Germany will be stripped il
three continents and the Pacific, tn,
total area of the land involved in tn
Peace Conferences remakng of th
map Of the world, so far as the treat.
with Germany is concerned. is 1875
COZ miles. exclusive of the Russian te
ritory which has been held by Gei
many, and which must also be SUI
rendered
The treaty provides that serman
must respect as permanent and in
alienabe the Independence of all tel
ritories which were part of the fol
mer Russian Empire and accept IN
abrogation of the Brest.Litovsk treat
between Germany and the Bolshevik
This means that Germany must relr
quish all claim to any Russian so
taken by conquest in the present wal
Part of this Russian territory will &
back to Russia. the rest to such of tn
new States as are awarded portion
of it in the setting up of their me-
boundaries on the Russian front.