Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-19
GERMANY'S HELPLESSNESS
Shorn Of Power and Resources That She
Will Never Be Able to Recover.

Germany has not peen devastated,
but Germany is invaned. More Ger
man territory is now in Allied hands
than Germany ever helo in France and
almost half Of it, Alsace-Lorraine. is
permanently lost, while even larger
areas are either in Polish hands or are
scenes Of contests between Polish aud
German elements, which are steadily
growing mSre bitter.
But not only is Germany invaded;
she is still blockaoed. Her great ports
are as lule as they were at this time
last year. Her feet, her commercial
feet, Is stili locked up in home or neu-
tral ports, and it remains matter OF
DOUBT as 20 whether 1t may not lmme-
diately pass TO Allied control, and pass
permaAenLly, to maze good the loss VI
Allied marine lntluent TO the unoeIsea
warfare ot the past four years.
Again, Germany Is deprived OF all
poss,ple chance to import those raw
materials nee, ssary to her industry
She canLot start her factories. even
when enc has transformed them 10
peace uses again, unless she gets per-
mission.
To this must be added the fact that I
the French have taken the Lorraine
iron tielos, stolen from them IN len'
and will holo them henceforth. Ihus
Germany loses very important source
of her iron supplies. In addition the
Foles are almost certain to take the
great coal feeds OF Upper Silesia. The
French may retake the coal district OF
the Saar, taken from them by the Ger
mans in 1914 and 1916.
Back Of all this stands the fact that
Germany cannot expect Immediately,
perhsps ever, to reclaim her old mar
kets In countries once open to her.
The character Of the war has closed
many avenues OF trade to her-if aot
forever, for that Important period
when she will seek to get on her feet
again.
In the same way neither Britain nor
France is likely again to open Its ports
to German ships on the old terms. and
the same is true Of Italy. All three
nations permitted Germany to compete
with their own citizens in home lands
on equal terms. This will not occur {
again for at least generation, and 9
Germany is thrown back upon South
America az possibly her leading nom
hostile market.
But If the machinery of national h
business in Allied nations has In
large measure run down. that In Ger 4
many, de spite the ABSENCE Of devast-
atlne invasion. has gone still more to q
veneral rack and ruin. Her railroads !
are in wors &c condition than the British q
md the French. Such essential ma n
,erials as rubber have long been lack c.
ing. Her cities, on~e the cleanest,
nave become the dirtiest in Europe. y
and her population, while never a a
tarved, has suffered from underfeed- o.
ng over long period than that OF any al
,ther great nation IN the war.
To all this must be added the hnan- "
ial condition due to the losses OF the y
var. All nations have piled up terri 81 =,
c debts, but to the internal debt of
;ermany must now be added that ex- N
ernal debt which will be demanded
" her conqnerors to repair the injur- n,
es, the wanton injuries and devasta- fo
ions. Of German armies In the hour nj
( temporary victory. 10 pay for "
nese injuries Germany will have to Of Of
urn over In the next few years sums or
,hich it is impussible to calculate. but ~
ill hardly fall vsry far below the "a
&c, ,000, 600. 900 mstk.-Review of Re- ar
Jews. 10