Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-23
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Claim Industries Crippled.


Claim Industries Crippled.
by the putting into force OF the
territorial clauses OF The treaty OF
peace Germany would lose TO the east
the most Important regions for tho
production OF corn and rotatoes. which
would be equivalent TO the loss OF FL
percent of the total crops OF those ar
ticles of food Moreover the intensity
Of our agricultural production would
diminish considerably, On the other
hand, the importance OF certain raw
materials indispensable for the produc-
tion of fertilizer, such as phosphates,
would bS hiniered. On the other band,
this industry would suffer like al.
other inductries from lack Of coal The
treaty of peace provides for the loss OF
almost a third of the production OF our
coal mines. Apart from this decrease
We are forced sor ten years to deliver
enormous consigBments Of coal to var
ious allied countries.
Moreover, IN conformity with the
treaty. Germany will convert to her
neighbors nearly three fourths of her
mineral production and more than
three fifths of her product.
After this diminution Of her pro-
ducts, after the economic depression
caused by the loss OF her colonies, OF
her merchant fleet. and of her posi-
tions abroad Germany would not be
in state to import from abroad a suf-
iicient quantity of raw materials, An
enormous part OF German industry
would therefore Inevitably be con-
demned to destruction"
AT the same time the necessity of
importing foodstuffs would increase
considerably. whilst the possibility of
satisfying that demand would diminish
in the same proportion.
Sees Germans Ostracized.
AT the end of very short time
Germany would therefore not be in a
position to give bread and work To her
numerous millions of inhabitants who
would be reduced to earning their liyli-
hood by navigation and by trade.
Those persons would have to emigrate
but that is material impossibliity,
and all the more so because many
countries. and the most important ones.
will oppose any German emigration.
Moreover hundreds Of thousands uf
Germans expelled from the territories
of the powers now at war with Ger
many, from the, colonies and terri.
tories which Germany must surrender
will return to their native land.
The putting into execution. of the
conditions of peace would therefore
logically bring about the loss OF several
millions Of persons in Germany. This
catastrophe would not be long in COM
ing about seeing that the health of the
population bias been broken down DUR
ing the war blythe blockade and dur
ing the armistice by the asgravation
OF the blockade. No help, howeverSim-
portant or however long period it
might be distributed. would prevent
these deaths en- masse. Peace would
impose on Germany numberless human
sacrifices that this war of four years
and half did not demand of her
pride. G,750.0O0 killed. nearly 100000
dead, vistims of the blockade.)
I'VE do not know. and indeed we
doubt. whether the delegates of the
allied and associated powers realize
the inevitable consequences which
will take place in Germany.
/ I'm an industrial state very thickly
populated. closely bound up with the
economic system of the world and
obliged to import large quantities OF
raw material, finds herself pushed
back in her development and the
numbers of her population as they
were half century ago. Those who
will sign this treaty will sign the
death sentence of many German men,
women and children.
IT thought it my duty to bring to
the knowledge of the allied and asso-
ciated delegation this summary expose
of the problem of the German popula-
ton.
81 have at your disposal statistical
proof of the above statement.
81 have the honor, etc.
(SigredD "Brockdorff~ Ra Rtzau."