The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-24
GERMANS WHINE
REBUkED SEVERELY
BY ALLIED COUNCIL


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the allied and assoclaAN powers think
fit to maintain or to We during the
years Of peace.
Protest Against Crop Loan.
"'By the putting into force the ter
ritorial clauses OF the treaty OF peace
Germany would lose TO the east the
most important regions for the produc'
ton Of corn and potatoes, which would
be equivalent to the los sof 2l per cent
OF the total crop of those articles OF
food. Moreover, the Intensity or our
agricultural production would diminish
considerably. on the one hand, the
importation of certain raw materials IN
dispensible for the production of ma
nure, such us phosphates, would be
hindered; on the other hand. this IN
dustry would suffer like all other in
dustries from lack of coal. The treaty
of peace provides for the loss of almost
q third Of the production of output OF
our coal mines. Apart from this de-
crease we are forced for ten years to
deliver enormous consignments OF coal
to various allied countries.
"'Aoreover, in conformity with the
treaty, Germany will concede To her
neighbors nearly three quarters of her
mineral production and more than three
fifths of her zinc product.
After this dlmuniton of her pro
ducts, after the economic depression
caused by the loss of her colonies, OF
her merchant fleet. and Of her posses
sions abroad. Germany would not be IN
q state to import from abroad sufii'
cient quantity of raw material an
enormous part of German industry
would therefore inevitably be condemn
ed to destruction. At the time the ne
cessity Of importing foodsturfs would
increase considerably, whilst the posi-
bility of satisfying that demand would
diminish in the same proportion.
"'At the end Of u 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 i've
Ihhood by navigation ana by trade.
Those persons would have to emigrate
but that is u material impossibility all
the more so because many countries,
and the most important ones, viii op-
pose any German immigration. More
over, hundreds of millions (?) of Ger
mans expelled from the territories of
the powers at war with Germany from
the colonies and territories where Ger
many must surrender. will return TO
their native land.
Claims Loss of Germans
1.-THE putting into execution of the
conditions OF peace would therefore logi-
cally bring about the loss of several
millions of persons in Germany. TINS
catastrophe would not be long in com
ing about. seeing that the health of the
population has been broken down dur
ing the war by the blockade, and during
the armistice by the aggravation of the
blockade of famine. No help, how
ever, important or over however long
a period il might be distributed, would
prevent these deaths en- masse. Peace
would impose on Germany numberless
human sacrifices that this war Of four
years and a half did not demand OF
her pride Il, ,750 600 killed, nearly one
million dead, victims Of the block
ade)
1--WE do not know, and indeed we
doubt, whether the delegates of the
alliad and associated powerf realize
the inevitably consequences which Will
take place in Germany. An industrial
state very thickly populated, closely
bound up with the economic system
of the world. and reduced to the obliga-
tion to import enormous quantities or
raw materials and foodstuffs, suddenly
finds herself pushed back in the phase
Of her development which would cores
pond to her economic conditions and the
numbers of her population as they were
half Gentry ago. Those who will sign
this treaty will sign the death sentence
of many millions of German men, wo-
men and children
Il thought it my duty, before enter |
ing upon discussion Of other details
Of the treaty. to bring to the knowledge |
of the allied and associated delegations
this summary expose of the problem
Of the German population.
Il have at the disposal of your eX
cellency statistical proofs of the above
statements.
Il have the honor, etc,
(Signed
"BROCKDORFF'-R -RANTZAU." |
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