Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-12-17
WHAT GERMANY HAS PAID
BELGIUM.

WHIc Gcrmany ms lullilleu GER |
tain Of her war-obligations toward
Belgium, "shc still has lot of lee
way to make up," "writcs Mr. r. III. |
She cid from Brussels to the New
| York Evening Post. Since the right
ing of the material wrong done to
Belgium is cardinal point i'm the !
Peace Treaty, it is interesting to
note the extent to which this has so |
far been accomplished. All together,
we read, Germany has made resitu-
ton of money and materials amount
| ing to $880,000,000 under the armis-
| tlce terms and $2S,000,000 under the |
Treaty of Versailles. Under the arm
istlce convention Germany, we are re-
minded, had to restore certain rail-
way rolling stock, industrial mach |
merry, securities, and works of art
taken out Of the country during the
occupation. Here apprcciablc resitu- !
tions have been effected, for, says |
Mr.. Sheffield:
Under the armisticc convention /
there already has been restored rail !
way material valued ut 1921 900 900
Il am calculating francs into dol
lars at par); Belgian money taken
by the Germans, $475,000,00O; securi-
ties, $40,000,000. Works or art have
not been estimated; this would have
: required experts on values.
More than $4,000 tons Of machin-
cry have been estored; also about
7 10000 tons of Belgian machinery
i taken by the Germans to France dur
ing the war have now been returned
The total value of this returned ma
chinery is approximately $4,000 Ag-
ricultural machinery restored is es-
: timated at $1300,000. The total res
{ titution effected under the armisticc
" conditions is approximately $780,
600.
Under the Versailles Treaty Ger
many was forced to restore the
equivalent of certain material and
! cattle and to make other misccllan.
i eous deliveries to Belgium. So far she
{ has made the following RESERVATIONS
according to the figures obtained by
the Post correspondent from the
Ministry of the Interior at Brussels
Cattle-67,661 oxen, 4,161 horses
|, 35,507 sheep, 1926 goats, 1891 poul-
try. The Minister of Agricultural es-
Inmates the value of this stock at
about $21 100000.
Fuel-Coke, POI ,721 tons; gas coal
1922 tons; domestic coal, 86,O82
tons; Ignite blocks, 1923 tons. To
tai, 475,654 tons. Total value, ST.
j. Dyestufrs- tons; value, $780,
: 600.
Chemicals Value, $4,000.
Oats and barley seed-Value, $780,
900.
e Works of art of the Van Dyck
D brothers (panels of the polyptych of
the "Mystic Lamb") and of Bouts
t ("Holy Supper" from Louvain), re-
e stored in compensation for works of
art tdesttroyed in Belgium. Not val
9 ued.
revenue for the Belgian treasury are
the coal, dyestuffs, and chemicals
: which have been sold to manufacture
r $7,700,000 has thus found its way
: into the public treasury
: What Germany has still to hand
: over is enumerated as follows:
:. First, all the Belgian Industrial ma
: terial that. can be identified is to be
returned.
| Next, 25 per cent. of the German
output of dyestuffs and chemicals up
till the end of 1924 has to be turned
over to all the Allies, and under the
Spa Convention Belgium is entitled
to proportional part of per cent.
in the German payments.
Regular deliveries of fuel, cattle,
and agricultural machinery, por-
ton of the fishing fleet, barges, etc,
are also to. be made by Germany to
Belgium.
To recuperatc the loss sustained
by the destruction of Belgian cattle,
machinery, and other necessary
equipment Of Belgian agriculture and
industry, Germany has still to de-
liver some $800,000,000 worth to
make up these losses; but it must be
borne in mind that any material Of
feed in this connection by Germany
may be refused by the Belgian Gov
eminent on the ground of unsuitable
ty or equivalence.
Belgium also enjoys priority