Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20
sia, 5,7S5 miles.

bulletin explaining the extent, import
ance and peoples Of the areas Ger
many must forfeit. This bulletin
states:
ITO visualize more clearly what Ger
many lost in territory take a map OF
the United States and from the area of
Texas deduct that of Michigan. This
may be done, roughly, by eliminating
the panhandle and that western rect
angle beyond the Rio Grande, which
has Ell Paso in the northern corner.
The result will be an area approx
mately the size Of the continental Ger
man Empire before the armistice was
signed.
From this area Germany loses out
right her ill-gotten Alsace-Lorraine,
parts of Silesia, Posen, and West Prus-
sia, the Danzig area, Eupen and NAL
medy. This aggregate loss in terri
tory is about equivalent to the area of
the state Of Maine.
But that is not all. In addition
is to be taken. Their total extent is
about equivalent to the area Of the
state Of New Hampshire. They include
the southeastern third Of East Prus-
sia, part of Schleswig, and the Saar
Valley. Even before the war it is like
ly that q plebiscite would have found
strong anti-Gernan support in each OF
these areas. After the war, when the
choice is between tax-burdened Ger
many and some other power there
would seem to be little doubt but that
the Saar regions will prefer France,
Schleswig will revert to Denmark, and
the East Prussian area to Poland.
"Of course these comparisons do not
mark the complete losses Of Germany,
for they do not take into account the
colonies which are taken from her.
Henceforth other nations. as manda-
tories, will administer Kamerun, Togo
land, German Southwest and German
East Africa, Tsingtau, German New
Guinea, the Carolines and the Marshall
Island, Samoa and Pleasant Island.
"If you are more familiar with east
ern states than with Texas, it may
make the comparison more vivid to
note that the postwar Germany will
find her place under the sun to be
about equal to the territory comprised
in the New England States plus New
York and Pennsylvania, or that con-
tanned in New England and Oregon.
ION her pre-war area equal to Tex
as minus Michigan, or Texas minus all
the New England States except Con-
necticut, Germany supported some sew
enty million peoples, nearly two thirds
the total population Of the United
States of America. How much or TINS
population is removed from her 1t Is
difficult to say because the splitting OF
territory does not correspond to units
of census measurement.
But it is possible to arrive at fair
| ly accurate estimate of her reduced
population. For Germany's citizens
were distributed we'll over her former
| empire, and countless small cities and
towns, and a dense rural population
rather than numerous large cities
made her average density of popula-
ton.
"This average density was about SoC
to the square mile in 1914, and the to-
tai number of square miles either LOST
outright or subject to plebiscltes al
some future date approaches 10000
square miles. Therefore it is not fai
from the mark to estimate that Ger
many loses q number Of persona equiv
alent to the combined population OF
New York State and MASSACHUSETTS, III
Guiding those giant New World cities
New York and Boston.