The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-23
GERMANY WILL DE
FORCED BACK FOR
YEARS, NOTE SAvS

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tcootlnusd from Psss ~
study oi the effect OF the condition.
Of peace on the situation Of the Ger
man population
Depend on Manufactures
"ln the course OF the last two gen
era,ions Germany has BECOME tram
formed from au agricultural state Il
an industrial state As long as sh'
was an agricultural state, Germany
could feed 100000 inhabitants. II
her quality Of IN industrial state sh'
could insure the nourishment Of pop
ula,ion OF 100000 In 1913. the I'm
portation Of ioods,ufh amounted ia
round figures TO 100000 tons, he
fore the war a total Of lSW0OO oI
person, provided for their existence 10
Germany Nv foreign trade and by nav
igalion. either in a direct or an indi'
rec, manner. by the use oi foreign raw
material
According TO Lie conditions II tn,
ltreaty OF peace. Gemany will sur'
render ber merchant tonnage and
,hips in course of construction suitable
for overseas trade. German shipbuild'
, ing yards will build for five years II
,hcI iira instance tonnage destined fol
the allied and associated governments
Germany will moreover. renonncr hr'
colonies, al her overseas possessions
: all her interests snd ecuritie, IN the
allied and associated countries aud N
their eoluhie. domlnons, and protect
crates; will a, an instalment Of tho
paymen, for part of the repafatioh, b
subject to liquidation, and may he en-
DC sed 10 any other economic war
measure which the allied and associ'
s,ed powers think fit TO maintain OF
10 take during the years OF pesee.
Earn Regions rsksa.
"'By putting into force the terrific
rial CLAUSE Of the treaty of peace Ger
many would lose TO the east the most
important regions for che produetior
cf corn and potatoes. which would be
equivalent to the loss Of q percent Of
the total crop OF those articles ot food
Moreover. the intensity Of our agfi'
cultural production would diminish
considerably. On the ore hand. the
Importation oi certain raw material
INDISPENSABLE for the production ol
manure, such a. phosphate, would y
hindered: F: on the other h. I'd this m
dustry would suffer like oil other In
dusries from lack Of coal. The treaty
OF peace provides for the loss of al
most a third OF the production ot our
coal mines. Apart from this decrease
we are forced for ten years TO deliver
enormous eonsignmen,s OF coal to va
rfous allied countries
Moreover. in conformity with the
treaty, Germany will concede to her
neishbors nearly quarters OF her
mineral production and more than
three. .fii,hs Of her iinc product.
Iudustrisl Destrvetioa.
AFTER thi, diminution OF her
products, alter the economic depres'
tien caused BY the 10" Of her colonies
of hss merchant fleet. and OF her pos'
ses,ioes abroad, Germsnv would no'
Ee n 4 state 10 import from abroad q
.sufiieisn, quantity Of raw material. An
.snorsnous psrt Of German industry
vouN therefore inevitably be con-
dsmned 10 Destruction. Al the TIM
ne necessity Of importing foodstutf'
would increase considerably, whilst
tthe possibility Of satisfying that d.
man1 would diminish in The sane pro
portion.
"'At the end Of a very short time
Germany would therefore not b ~ 4
position to aive bread and work to hef
Suuglrous millions Of inhsbitants wl.u
wosld be reduced TO earning the'f
livelihood by navigation and by trade
Those persons would have 10 etnierats,
but that 70 4 material imposaibility,
MI the more 10 because many eoun.
tries, and the most important ones, will
oppose any German immigration
Moreover. hundreds Of thousands ol
Germans expelled from the territories
Of the powers At war with Germany
from the colonies and 'territoftsl
which Germany must surrender, will
yttvvn to their native land.
Deaths En- Nasss Feared.
"'The putting into execution Of thl
conditions OF peace would, therefore
logically bring about the loss Of sew
eral millions Of persons In Germany
This catastrophe would uot BE- lone
coming about, seeing that the health
Of the population has broken down
during the war by the blockade, and
during the armistice By the aggraya'
!tion Of the blockade Of famine. No
heip, however important or over how
ever long period Il might be dis
tributed, would prevent these deaths
n masse. Peace wssld impose or
Germany >numbesless hvman saeri.
iices that his war d four ysars and
I hslf did not demand of her pride
Ii,7N000 killed, nsarly one million,
dead, victims Of ths blockads).
1--WE do not know, and indeed W
dovh4 whether the dslesstes Of the
allied and associated powers realize
the inevitable consequences which