WTW" WtfW-1 ,. r "fltf OP? W. 'ISTWiMiT MI 5 6. ' X r jt. 1 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER--PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1919 jtttxts of Allied nnd German Notes Cft i , t - led IVom re On "irom tho rclntlvn dpirco o wealth ripovcrlshmcnt In the countries con- M ,.Snaan Mines Still Productive hM'Thn (ifrrnnn note makes special Itfiwoiplaint of the deprivation ot coal, iri'.iM aasctts that nearly onc-thtnl of the 'Awoductlon of the existing coal mines H&yrtH bo lost. Hut it omitfl to notice that rV-on-fourth of the pre-war consumption ilf'vt German coal was in the territories fc&tfkieh it now is proposed to transfer. iFufrtber, it fails to take into nrcount Jjx-t- .- .-, -e t i en iva nnn We, prouueuon 01 jiguue, ov,uw,vv pjH Ol wnicn were prouueen nunumi.v ttermanv before the Mir. and none of Sjjhloh is derived from the transferred ierruorj. AM'imur is uuj iihuuu- nmw. ito mo met luai hip ouuiui. uc raai J 4lic nontrnnsferrcd districts was rapidl Srtrrcnsinir lipfnre the war. anil that Ubcrc-js no reason to doubt that under proper management more win oc a con "Unuinc Increase in tho future. "Hut. fJinuhl not tho ronl ritual ion Si v. Z,I1', , ,! .i ..:.!.. hflk vieneei ire'lil uiucic:ui uimi iihi i;ir' ttanupotnt ' it cannot ue torKouen unit Ki. by tho German armies during the war was tho almost complete destruction u her ot the coal supplies of northern France. An entire industrj was oblit erated with a calculation and n sav agery which it will take man onr. to repair, The result has been n grave nnd prolonged shortage of roal in west ern Europe. There can bo no reason in equity why the effect of this shortage should bo borne exclusively by the allied nations, who were its victims or why Germany, who deliberated made her self responsible for the deficiencies, fttiould not. to the full limit of her ca pacity, muke it good. Foe's Fundamental Fall.it ''Stress is also laid upon the h.nd ships alleged to be inflicted upon tier many by the necessity of impoiting. in the future, iron 010 and 7ini . It is ;not understood whj German should be suppqsed to suffer from conditions to which other countries contentedly Mib hiit. It would appear to be u funda mental fallacy that the politiiul con trol of a country is essential in onlcr 16 procure n reasonable hliare ot its products. Much a proposal finds no foundation in economic law or in his tory. "The allied and associated powcis cannot nccept the speculative estiniutc presented to them in the German note on the futuic conditions of German in dustry as a whole. This ectiiniite ap pears to them to be characterized mid Vitiated by palpable exnggeratious. No notice is taken of the fact that the economic disaster produced b' the war is widespread, and. indeed, unitcrsnl. Every country is called urnn to suffer. There is no reason why Germany, which was responsible for the w ar. should not suffer also Similarly, as regards the population 1? IS I s it .& m. m. i If' i l.w across its frontiers instead of producing what It requires from within. A coun try can both become and can continue to be a great manufacturing country without producing the raw materials of its main Industries. Such Is the case, for Instance, with Great Itritain, which Imports at least one-half of her food supplies nnd the great preponderance of her raw materials from abroad. There Is no reason, whntcver, why Germany, under the new conditions, should not build up for herself a position both of stability and prosperity in the Ktiro- pean world. Her territories hno suf fered less than those of any other con tinental belligerent state during the war. Indeed, so fur as plllnge or devas tation is concerned, they haxe not suf feied at all. Their remaining and un touched resources, supplemented by the yoliime of Import trade, idiould be ade quate for rccocry and dcxclopinciit. "The (icrmnn reply iiKo Ignores ilie immense relief that will be caused to her people in the struggle for recocry by the enforced reduction of her mili tnry armaments in future. Hundreds of thousands of her inhabitants, who hc hitherto been engaged either in train ing for armies or in producing in struments of destruction, will, nenco forward, be ayailnble for peaceful mi ditious and for increasing the indus trial productiveness of the nation. No result should be moie satisfactor to the German people Cannot Kscape I iistatlird "But the first condition of am sin i re uperation would appear to be that Germany should recognize the facts of the present state of the world, which she has been mainh instrumental in creating, and lealue that she cannot escape unscathed. The share which she is being called upon to bear of tho enormous cnlnniiM that bus befullrn the world hns been apportioned b the y Ictnrious powers, not to her deserts, but soleh to her nbilit to bear it "All the nations of Kuiope are suf. fcring from losses aud are bearing nnd will continue to bear burdens which are almost moie than they can cam. Theso burdens nnd losses have been foiced upon them bv the aggression of Germane It is right that Germany which is responsible for the ortgtn ot these calamities, should make them good to the utmost of her capacity. Her hardship will arise not from the con ditions of peace, but from the nets of those who pnnoked and piolonged the war. Those who were responsible for the war cannot escape its just con sequent c German Nolo on Kconomic Kflect The note fiom Count yon Ilrockdorff Kantzau regarding economic effects rends as follow s "Mr. President In conformity with my communication of the !)th instant, I hno the honor to present to your IXcellency the report of the economic commission charged with the study of the effect of the conditions of peace on the situation of the German popula tion "In the eouise of the last two gen- ..r ..,, c l!ftmcini' line Kiinimn tpunu. . . lilt 11 U I lilin VII'I 1I1U1I.1 IIUS U'lUtlll UUU3- r a fntnro tin rMmiipp ran bo Dlacpu . , . i .. . I j v ui. .., "- lormt-u irom nn agricultural muip to on tho data which arr contained m tlio imluMriat statr As long ns she was xcrmuu uuit:. vu iur wv. ..,., ... nn iCn(-u turul stato uormnuy couia JP sought to prove that emigration from C" " UCUUUUJ III i" ""!' --...- xwintries will receive the intending mi- Ksj migrants. On the other hand, it is fc , . . 1 il.. l..n ., Ill lo '1 u.KOUgni to snow cum. uivi' " -i'tt i f clormniiG returmnc to their KOSaitoe land to live under the conditions which bine already been described ns fft Intolerable. It would be unwise to nt K ineh too much wei-dit to cither specula tion. "Finally, the German note rashly as nerts that the peace conditions will 'logically bring nbout the destruction ("loss" in original) of secral millions of persons in Germany,' in nddition to those who have perished in the war, or who arc alleged to have lot their Jives in consequence of the blockade. Against the war lasses ot uermany might very fairly be placed the far prmter losses which her initiative and conduct of the war hne inflicted upon ( tho Allied countries. uu uhu i..j left an ineffaceable mark upon the man hood of Europe. On the othei hand cl. ilff.ires nnd the losses alleged to have .' been caused by the blockade aie purelv slivnothctical The German estimate of '" . .... .- ..! 1 (I future losses couiu uc unci" ". " i lh nremiscs upon whieli it is presumed "?5 UoTCst are accepted also. No Bars Across Futuie .if f'But they are entirely luuacious. &v.Thcre is not the slightest reason to be- EtK lleye that a population is destined to v be. permanently disabled because it will If be called upon, m tuture, to iraae feed -10.000.000 mhnbitants. In her quality as au industrial state she could insure the nourishment of a population of C.7.000,000. In 1!i:t the importation of foodstuffs amounted m round figures tn I!!. 000.000 tons. Before the war n total of 15,000,000 of persons provided for their existence in Herman? oy lor elgn trade and by navigation, either In a direct or an Indirect manner, by the use of foreign raw material. Industries Will Be Kedured " 'According to the conditions of the treaty of penrc, Germany will surrender her merchant tonnage and ships in course of construction suitable for over seas trade. German shipbuilding yards will build for five years, in the first in stance, tonnage destlued for the allied and associated governments. Germany will, moreover, renounce her colonies, nil her overseas possessions, all her In te"lests nnd securities in the allied nnd 1 associated countries and in their colo- uics, dominions and protectorates, will, as an instnlmeut of the payment of 'part of the leparation, be subject to liquidation, and ninv be exposed to niiv othir economic war measure which the allied and associated powers think tit I to lnnlutuin m to take during the ycais of peace. I " 'Bv the putting into force of the I territorial clauses of the treaty of peace. Germany would lo-e to the east the most important regions for the pioduc tion of com nnd potatoes, which would I be equivalent to the loss of 1 per cent of the total crop of those nrticles of I food Moreover, the intensity of our agricultural production would diminish .considerably . On the one baud, the im portation of certain raw- material indis pensable for the production of manure, I such as phosphates, vcould be hindered: on the other band, this industry would I suffer like nil other industries from lack I of c oal. 1 "Mineral Losses Heavy , " 'The tienty of peace piovidcs for tlie los of almost u third of the production of our coal miues. Apart from this de- Icrease we lire forced for ten years to deliver enormous consignments of coa i to various Allied countiies. I " 'Moreover, in conformity with the treatv, Germain will concede to her neighbors ncailv thice quiiiters ot her 'mineiul production and more than three-fifth of her me product " "After this diminution of hei pro ducts, after the economic depression causeil bv the loss of her colonies, of her merchant fleet, and of her posses sions abroad, Germany would not be in u state '" mipoit fiom abioad u Mifli e lent quiiutity of uivv niutciial. An enormous part of German indtistty would then tiiie inevitably lie condemned to elestiuction At the same time the niccssitv of importing foodstuffs would incie.ise eonsuleiabh, while the pos sibilitv ot satisfying that elemand would diminish in the same proportion s.iys Millions Would Perish At the end of a very shoit time. Germany would, therefore, not be in a position to give bund ami work to her numerous millions of inhabitants, who would be reduced to earning their live lihooil bv navigation anil bv tiadc. Those peiseins would have to emigiate, but that is n material impossibility, all the more so because many countries, and the most important ones, will op pose any German immigration. More over, hundreds of miliums CM of Ger mans expelled from the territories of the powers now at war with Gcrniunv, from the colonies and territories which Germany must surrender, will return to their native land " 'The putting into execution of the conditions of peace would, therefore, logically bring nbout the loss of several millions of persons in Germany. This catastrophe would not be long In com ing nbout, seeing Hint the health of the population hns been broken down elitring the war by the blockudn nnd dining the nrmlstlcc by the aggravation of the blockade of famine. No help, however Important, or over however a long period it might be distributed, would prevent these deaths en mnsse. Peace vvcuilel Impose on Germany num berless human sacrifices that this war of four years nnd n hnlf did not demand of her pride (1,750,000 killed, nearly one million dead, victims ot the block ade). " "A c do not knovvi nnd indeed, we doubt, whether the delegates of the allied and associated powers realize the inevitable consequences which will take place In Germany . An Industrial state, very1 thickly populated, closely bound up with the economic System of the world, and reduced to the obligation to import enormous quantities of raw ma terial and foodstuffs', suddenly fiuds her self pushed back in the phnc,of her development which would correspond to her economic conditions nnd the num bers of her population ns they were half 1 a century ago. Those who will sign this treaty will sign thn death sentence of many millions or derninn men, women ntnl children.' "I thought it my duty, before enter ing upon a discussion of other details of the treaty, to bring to the knowledge of the allied unit associated delegations this summary expose of the problem of the German population. "I have at the disposal of your ex cellency statistical proofs of the above statements. "I hnve the honor, etc., (Signed) "BUOCKDOltFF-ItANTZAU." Germany Must Bear Share of Suffering Conllmitel l'rom rnte One berger, wljo is in charge of the Aus trian finui.cinl Interests at St. Ger main, demanded the assistance of an other expert, and it is reported that he asked that Dr. Itudolf Slcghiirt, foimcr governor ot tho Austrian Credit Poiiclcr, be sent The government, however, pic fcrrcd to scud Hcrr Schumpctcr. Considers Irish Hequcst Secretary of State Lansing has again taken in hand the request of representa tives here of Irish societies In the United States that a safe conduct be secured for the three Irish leaders to visit Paris. President Wilson's of fice yesterday notified the Americans the matter had been referred to Secre tary Lansing. Dispatches from Geneva say the Turkish and Bulgarian delegates to the Peace Congress hnve nrrived in Hwft. erlnnd. They brought with them many documents, nnd both delegations plan to make protests. The Turks, it is re potted, will protest against the parti tion of Turkey, especially concerning Constantinople. Tho Bulgarians will put In n claim for the return of the Do brudja nnd the port of Constanza. The delegations expect to reach hero by the end of May, The allied reply to the German uotc regarding tho league of nations, which was delivered yesterday, says In general, that the council considers that "the proposals for the covennnt nrc much more practical than those ot the Gcr man Government nnd better calculated to secure the objects of the league." Regarding the suggestion of n sepa rate mediation office, this Is not con sidered feasible, bIhcc such n body would I not nave the iciUlsite authority to maintain tho peace of the world. Hautzau Expected Back Sunday Count von Brockdorff-ltnntzou nnd his colleagues on the German delegation, who left Paris yesterday for Spa, nrc expected to return Sunday. There Is no Indication that their ubsence is in terfering with the progress of negotia tions, the rcmnlnlng delegates proceed ing with their xvork ns usual. Newspapers here regard the departure of the Germans ns n means of utilizing tho Uelny in tho negotiations granted by the conference ou Wednesday. It is believed that the delegation will confer with representatives of the" Berlin Gov ernment preparatory to making n seri ous derision. The 1'cho de Paris believes that tho German leaders have taken n stand against signing the treaty, but that pub lic opinion in Germany is against them and they will retreat nnd reach n posl" tion which will make nn agreement wl(h the Allies more possible. All the. news-, papers consider that the departuro ot tho chief of the German mission docs not Indicate n break between the Allies nul the Germans. M I OltfMONDJ" 1 Union Suits Khaki or Blue rinn qualltv khaki, dust proof collar and 1- adjustment: J side, aJ hip and 2 top nocket a with addi tional wrench rock. pen uiipu ny Rtnomo hlllMfl Mnd mechanics. Sold elsewhere at $1 aj3j to Our price $9-22 When onJerlnr by man bim rnesi mcas ure Only one to a THE NATIONAL 3533 MARKET ST. 1115 CHESTNUT ST. (OPPOSITE KEITH'S) iLLLLLLLLLb vviLLLLLHi Announce Tomorrow A Sale o f Millinery $7.50 Values line ub oUi i'roiuisc and Own Pure While Perfect Diamonds and Watches The inot remarkable tallies ou etrr laid & h C ejrf mum. 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