Bisbee daily review., 1919-05-24
PARTITIONS INSISTED BY
 ALLIES
Germans Accused Of Fake
 Statements In Pretense Of
 Lack Of Resources To Pay
Attention Called To Wanton
 Destruction Of Allied Ships And Coal Mines Of France


 PARIS, May 23.-The reply of the allied and associated powers to the German note on tho effect of the economic clauses was made public to- day. In part it follows:
 The allied and associated powers have received and have given careful attention to the report of the commis- sion appointed by the German govern ment to examine the economic condi- tions of the treaty Of peace
 This report appears to them to con tain very inadequate presentation ' of the facts of the case, to be marked in parts by great eXaggeration and to ignore the fundamental considerations arising both out of the incidence and the results of the war, which explain and justify the terms that it is sought to impose.
 The German note opens with the statement that the industrial re- sources of Germany were inadequate before the war for the nourishment of a population of 67,0OO.0O0. and it arr gues as though this were the tital for which diminished resources she will still be called upon to produce.
 Huns Use subterfuqe This is not the case. The total population of Germany will De re iuc- ed by about 6,O1o.OOO persons in the nonsGel man territol .es, which it is proposed to transfer. IL is the needs of this smaller aggregation that we are called upon to consider
 Complaint is made in the German acte that Germany is required to sur render her merchant tonnage, existing or in course of construction. and that prior claim is made on her ship building capacity for limited term of years. No mention, however is made of the fact that considerable portion of the smaller tonnage of Germany is left to her unimpaired; and it seems to ..ANC enGicely escaped the notice of her spokesman that the sacrifice of her larger shipping is the inevitable and necessary penalty imposed upon her for the ruthless campaign which, in defiance of all laws and precedent. she waged du; Ing the last two years of the war upon the merchant shipping of the world.
 Foe Pays Only One-Third Ships
 As a partial offset against the twelve and three-fourths million tons of shipping sunk, it is proposed to transfer four million tons of German shipping. In other words, the shipping which it is proposed to take from Ger many constitutes. less than onethird of that which was thus wantonly de- stroyed
 Great stress is laid, on the proposal that on the eastern side Germany shall be, deprived of. the regions specially devoted to the production of wheat and potatoes. That is true. But the note fails altogether to observe that there is nothing in he peace treaty to . prevent either the continued produc- tion of these commodities in the areas in question, or. their importation into Germany On the contrary, the free admission of these products of the eastern districts is provided for dur ing a period of three years There appears to be no reason why their pro- duce should not continue to find a mar ket on German soil.
 Must Repay Coal Destruction
 "The German note makes special complaint of the deprivation of coal. and asserts that nearly one-third of the production of the existing coal mines will be lost But it omits to mo- tice that one-fourth of the pre-war consumption of German coal was in the territories which it is proposed to transfer. Further it fails to take into account to the production of Ignite, S0000,00 tons of which were produced annually in Germany before the war, and none of which is derived from the transferred territory Neither is any reference made to the fact that the output of coal in the non-transferred
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