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Below is given the tart of the Allied reply to the German Note Jon, the economic effect of the Peace Treaty. It is an ancient | document now, in view of what has happened since, but it has. only just come to hand through the mails. Germany, it will be remembered, endeavoured to make the point that the candi tions imposed by the Allies were economically crushing and such that no people could bear. The attitude adopted indicated that Germany would refuse to sigu and the "bluff” put up by their original Note was, maintained until the very last, the Allies only agreeing to minor adjustraents with no departure from the principles laid down.

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How far the German conten- |tion- was from the truth is evidenced by Herr Erzberger's statement before the National Assembly on July 8 when he proposed to increase the Empira's income by 90 per cent, and in individual states and communes perhaps by 100 per cent. Inheri- tance taxes and a levy on pro- perty were among the suggested innovations for the purpose of doing this and, in view of their original complaint and these facts, the Germans decided to ratify the Peace Treaty by 208 votes to 115, the enamy strictures on the draft treaty seem to be as devoid of foundation as is claimed by the following Allied reply.

I-The Allied and Associated Powers have received and have given careful attention to the re- port of the Commission appointed by the German Government to examine the economic conditions of the Treaty of Peace. This report appears to them to contain a very inadequate presentation of the facts of the case, to be mark od da parts by great exaggeration and to ignore the fundamental considerations arising both out of the incidence and the results of

the war, which explain and jus- tify the terms that it is sought Ito imposes

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lost none of their productivity owing to the ravages of war. They have escaped the shocking fate which was dealt out by the German army to the correspond- idg territories in Belgium and France on the west and Poland, |_Russia, Rumania and Servis on the east. There appears to be no reason why their produce should not continue to find a market on German soil

Food Controller-1916- 117, was one of the chief witnesses before the Coal Inquiry recently. He gave evidence regarding the acquisition of dook "undertakings" of March 31, 1909, the basis off compensation, method of settle- ment, and its effect on dock debenture and stock holders.

The Chairman: Have you any views as to the capacity of Goverment Departments run- ning an industry--I have been in a Government Department: I was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade with “Mr. Lloyd George from 1904 to 1909, and it did not appear to me to have quite the attributes of a first-class commercial organis ation.

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The Chairman: What were the defects I do not want to asperse the civil servants, but: I., should say that the defects ware lack of training and experience of business handling and control Obviously men who have been trained to business, and com- menced their careers probably at 16 years of age, must have wider experience than men who are not in touch with business organisations.

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"V-Stress is laid upon the proposed restriction on the import of phosphates. It is however, forgotten that Germany has never Mr. Sidney Webb: Can you IL-The German Note opens produced, but has always import-discriminata between

the in- with the statement that the in-ed, the phosphates of which she dustrial resources of Germany stands in need, nor is there any were inadequate before the war thing in the Terms of Peace for the nourishment of a popula- which will prevent or hinder the tion of 67 millions and it argues importation of phosphates into as though this were the total for Germany in the future. Other which, with diminished resources, countries which do not produce she will still be called upon to phosphates are also compelled to provide. This is not the case. import them in common with The total population of Germany many other products from the will be reduced by about six outside, and the only difference million persons in the non- in the two situations will 'azine German territories which it is from the relative degree of wealth proposed to transfer. It is the

or impoverishment in the count- needs of this emaller aggregate ries concerned. that we are called upon to con- slder.

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Lord Devonport, in reply, spoke of the strikes of 1911 and 1912, and said there were two representatives of Labour on the Authority. "Honestly, I an VI-The German Note makes bound to say that the expecta special complaint of the deprivatione that Labour representation tion of coal and asserts that nearly on the Authority would prevent one-third of the production of the labour troubles have not been our able. It would be unwise to concerned, they have not suita existing coal mines will be lost, experience. If you confine your But it omits to notice that one-question as to whether we have attach too much weight to either at all. Their remaining

untouched TESOUCES, had less trouble or more, I say speculation. we have had more.

XL-Finally the German, mented by the volume Mr. Smillie: Have you any

Note rashly asserts that the trade, should be adeq single apartment houses for your peace conditions will."logically rec very and developme workmen in which to live bring about the destruction of REDUCTION OF ARM

X-The German rep several millions of persons in think not.

Germany," in addition to those ignores the immense refier Mr. Smillie: Have you any who have perished in the war, or will be caused to her peo two-roomed houses-No. who are alleged to have lost their the struggle for recovery by

the enforced reduction other mi lives in consequence of

fourth of the pre-war consumption of German coal was in the territories which it is now pro- posed to transfer.

Further, it fails to take into ac count the production of lignita, 80,000,000 tons of which were produced annually in Germany before the war, and none of which is derived from the transferred territories.

Mr. Smillie: You would not

III. Complaint is made in the German Note that Germany is [required tò surrender her mer- chant tonnage existing or in course of construction and that a prior claim is made upon her shipbuilding capacity for a limited number of years. No mention, however, is made of the fact that a considerable portion of the smaller tonnage of Germany is left to her unimpaired and it seems to have entirely escaped the notice of her spokesmen that the sacrifice of her larger shipping is the inevitable and necessary penalty imposed upon her for the ruthless campaign which, in defiance of all law and precedent, in the non-transferred districts she waged during the last tear, and that there is no reasoh was rapidly increasing before the years of the war upon theme to doubt that under proper of a country is essential in order management, there will be a co-to procure a reasonable saare of tinuing increase in the future.

its products. Such a proposs! finds no foundation in economie, law or in history.. (quas

cantile shipping of the world.

As a partial offsat against the 1234 million tons of shipp sunk it is proposed to kn four million tons of fernan ping. In other words, they ping which it is proposed to from Germany conftiti than one-third of that wh thus wantonly destroye universal shortage sol, shipping is the remalt not Terms of Peace, but of the action of Germany and no surprise can

LONDON DIRECTORY,reasonsbly be falsif she is called

:with_Provincial & Farriga, Sections,

scabies fzadens de pétafvandesti direct wich 'MAKUFACTURERS ́A' DIALÈRE

in Epañout and Infla Provincial Towns and Industrial Cenizon of the United Kingdom and

addresses and other details tire clamided under

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upon to bear hazabaze-and

a very moderate share of a loss for which her own criminal deeds have been responsible, - -, -tz- (IV-Great stress is laid upon the proposal that on the eastern side Germany shall be-

with falafed smartferdars of the Goods stilyof the regions specially devoted

and die Cole*) and Tordan Matkata sypkieskam

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arranged mader ibe Fonger rich may at and indiesting the appoundme.

to the production of what polstoes. This is true, fi

Tote fails, altogether to observ that there is nothing in the Pex

to prevent

Neither is any reference made to the fact that the output of coal

FI. But should not the coal situation be viewed from difibreng and wider. standpoint? I dunnot be forgotten that among the most wanton acts of devasta

fon pespetrated by the German frmies during the war was the ost complete, destruction by off the coal supplies France. "An entire obliterated with and a skvagary, vill take many years The result has been and prolonged shortage" of cold in Western Europe, era

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can be my reason, in equity why the cifect of tile shortage should be borne exclusively by the Allied twho wue is victims, or fy who deliberately If responsible for the not to the full

it good.

like to see a family living in one room, would you?-1 certainly should not like, to start on that basis.

blockade. Against the war losses armaments in future. H of Germany might very fairly be of thousands of her placed the far greater losses who have hitherto bee which her initiative and condugt either in training for grin of the war have inflicted upon the producing instruments of – Allied countries, and which have traction will henceforwarde left an ineffaceable mark upon available for peaceful

the manhood of Europe. On the and for increasing the other hand, the figures and the productiveness of the losses alleged to have been caused result should be more by the blockade are purely to the German peop hypothetical

XELL But the The German estimate of future of any such PALPABLE EXAGGERATION.

losses could be accepted only iflappear to be IX-The Allied and Associat, the premises upon which it is recognize ed Powers cannot accept the presumed to rest are accepted state of the speculative estimate presented to also: But they are entirely been mainly. them in the German Note of the fallacious. There is not the creating, and future conditions of German in- slightest reason to believes cannet escape dustry as a whole. This estimate that.

&population is destine share which appears to them to be character-ad to be permanently dis upon to bear fed and vitlated by palpable abled because it will be called calamity that exaggerations. No note is taken upon in future to trade across world has been- the fact that the economic its frontiers instead of producing the victorious Fo disaster' produced by the war is what it requires from within. A deserts, bus widespread and indeed universal country can both become and can to bear it. Every country is called upon to continue to be Buffer There is no reason why manufacturing Gizmany, which was responsible producing the for the war, should

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