The sun., 1919-05-06
DEMAND MADE
FOR 1,768,0OO
TONS OF FOOD
Germany Contends Block
ade Was Illegal and
Aimed at Civilians.
CHARGES FOR THE UNBORN
Also Estimates That 762,796
Deaths During War Were
Due to Malnutrition.
by KARL II. Won wIEGAND.
stay Correspondent Of THE SUI.

by KARL II. Won wIEGAND.
Stdr Correspondent Of THE SUI.
Copyright. 1919; all rights reserved
BERLIN, May 3 (delayed) Ger
many intends to counter the Ameri-
can and allied claims for damages
the population suffered as result of
the submarine warfare with n bill
for $13, ,65OOOO,OOO, due, she will con-
tend. as compensation for injuries to
the health of the German people and
to the nations strength arising from
the illegal blockade" which Ger
many asserts was imposed on her in
violation of international law. Deaths
due TO malnutrition are estimated at
762, ,79e.
With characteristic thoroughness
and methodicalness the German "frie-
denstalle" (litemlly, a place of peace)
bureau under the direction of Count
Johann Won Bernstorff, dismissed Am
bassador to Washington, has worked
out and prepared an answer to al
most every demand that is likely to
be made at Versailles.
In nothing Is this more true than in
the demands 1t is expected America and
the Allies will make in the matter of
reparation for merchant ships sunk.
In the mass Of data and documents
that Count Brockdorff- -Rantzau, head
Of the German peace delegat ton. took
with him Is a carefully worked
out memorial presenting Germany's
claims for damages caused the civil
! population by the hunger blockade.
How Bill Is Itemi.ed.
Germany itemizes her bill against the
Allies and the United States as fol.
lows:
Deaths due 10 malnutrition .. s., 100 900 on
Loss OF populations productivity $4,000 90
Feeding up" the population. s7b 900 ooO
keplenishing live stock............ 1000 90 900
Industrial value OF lives lost by
starvation .....,................... cos2 800. 900
10 reoulId emacisted Germans" 'l.isS. 900
hlscelIsneous ....................... 242 500 ooc
tota Ns $50 500 oOO
Metric tons OF food
The memorial is an interesting
document. 1t fixes the valuation OF
an infant at $1,s45. whereas a year
ling German is worth s2,SOO. A,
five the child's value is estimated al
$3,925, and at 10. when he "is neal
the bread winning stage" he il listed
as being worth $75,4OO, this being
the age when the nation is about tc
realize on him."
At fifty, according to the document
Germans life is worth only S75 les
than the 15-year valuation, while al
so the valuation drops to Sl,S25. Ir
Germany Oslerization appears to sci
In at 90. no valuations being listed
after that age is reached and nc
claims being made for deaths of per.
sons above 65, on the ground thai
they no longer contribute to the
national wealth"
Accepts American Figures.
The document further sets fortl
that Germany IS willing TO accent
the figures of American insurance
companies on 1.-The trade value o.
lives" These figures, the document
sets forth. put valuation of S2,O0C
on the child Of five; $3,SOO on the
youth or twenty, and maximum o.
$1,000 on the man OF thirty. Tht
valuation declines to $500 at sew
enty-fve years and to 5000 a
eighty.
On this basis the memorial fig
ures that Germany should hav,
$2,0S2,500.00O for alleged prema
ture deaths under the chapter "Con
sequences of Malnutrition."
At outward evidence of the ef
fects of cutting Off imports of food
stuffs the document points out tha
it was apparent to all observers tha
the average weight reduction wa
from 60 to 60 Kilograms, or twent,
per cent.
The development Of diseases causeC
by lack Of food is exhaustively deal
with. In 1917 according to the fig
ures adduced. mortality increased 3.
per cent. and in 1918 the increas
was 81 per cent. above the 1913 rate
tuberculosis deaths are shown t.
have been 33,G63 more In 1918 that
in 1918
| Germany contends that the blockade
Continued on Second Pd9e