The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
GERMANy'S NEW PLACE
IN THE SUNSHINE
With Territorial Losses the Country
viii lie About the Size of New
England. New York and
pcnnS ylNana.

Washington. -. g May i5-ln con
uerttUu with the accompany ing map,
prepared by the National Geographic
society, showing the territorial losses
OF Germany, as indicated in the Of
hcial summary of the peace treaty ana
in the subsequent Official statement
indicating the boundary delimitatlon,
The society has issued Il bulletin eX-
plaining the extent importance and
peoples of the areas Germany must
forfeit This bulletin states:
ITO visualize more clearly what
Germany lost in territory take map
of the United States and from the
area of Texas deduct that of Michi-
gan This may be done. roughly, by
eliminating the panhandle and that
western rectangle beyond the Rio
( Grande. which has I'll paso in tho
northwest corner. The result will be
an area approximately the size OF the
continental German Empire before
the armistice was signed.
From this area Germany loses
outright her iH-gotten Alsace-Lor-
ratne parts OF Siiesia, Posen. and
West Prussia, the Dazihg area Eupen
land Malmedy This aggregate loss in
territory is about equivalent to the
area of the state of Maine.
there are areas in which a plchiscite
is to be taken. Their total extent is
about equivalent to the area Of the
state of New Hampshire They in
ciude the southern third of East
Prussia part of SChleswig, and the
Saar Valley Even before the war il
is likely that a plebiscite would have
found strong anu-German support in
each OF these areas. After the war,
when the choice is between tax
bnrdencd Germany and some other
power, there would seem to be little
doubt but that the Saar regions will
prefer France. Schlcswig Will re-
vert 10 Denmark, and the East Prus-
sian area to poland,
'0f course these comparisons do
not mark the complete losses of Ger
many for they do not take into ac-
count the colonies which are taken
from her Henforth other nations.
manufactures. Will administer KAN
erun Toeoland. German Southwest
and German East Africa. Tsingtau,
German New Guinea. the Citrolnes
and the Marshall Islands. Samoa and
Pleasant island.
III YOU are more familiar with
eastern states than with Texas, II may
make the comparison more vivid to
note that The post war Germany will
find her place under the sun to be
about equal 10 the territory COM
priscd in the Now England States
plus New York and Pennsylvania. or
that contained in New England and
Oregon.
"0n her pre- war area equal to
Texas minus Michigan, or Texas minus
all the New England states except
Connecticut. Germany supported some
La ri.
thirds The total population of the
United States of America. How much
of this population is removed from
her il is difficult to say because the
splitting of territory does not CORES
pond to units of census measurement.
But it is possible 10 arrive at a
fairly accurate estimate of her re-
duecd population. From Germany's !
citizens were distributed well over her |
former empire, and countless small |
cities and towns, and dense rural |
rather than numerous |
large cities made her average density |
or population high.
This average density was about |
800 TO the square mile in 1914. and |
he total number of square miles I
either lost outright or subject 70 pie /
biscites Mt some future date APP I
proaches $4,000 square miles There |
fore II is not far from the mark to |
estimate hat Germany loses mum Der |
of persons equivalent to the combined |
populations Of New York State and |
Massac husetts, including those giant I
New World citics, New York and Bos-
ton.
..eirievous rs may have been the |
parting to her, Germany expected to
lose Alsace and Lorraine IL she lost
he war. But to pay for her capital
crimes against civilization with the |
Saar Valley area must seem a heavy
price. For In that region, not so I
arge, as Rhode Island, were con-
aimed coal fields rated among the
richest in Europe. In this historic
area of natural bounty the earth has
,orne grapes for rare Old wines since
Roman days. Then the surface was
pierced for it's yield of black treasure,
hough wooded hills, crowned with |,