liermany's industrial Junkers —the war-mongers of,, the armaments trade, like Krupps and their confreres—have come into the open on the question ol annexations. They are now publicly clamoring for the permanent conquest of the Briey ore basin in French Lorraine, at present in Gorman military occupation, declaring that the German steel and iron trade's future will 'be in jeopardy unless the basin remains in German hands. Emphasis is laid on this point in the hoipe that the working classes may be induced to support an "annexation peace" in their own interests. The case for demanding the annexation of French Lorraine waa aired at . shareholders' meeting of the Haspei Steel and Iron Works, an important Rhenish concern. The chairman declared , roundly that, far from tolerating the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France, Germany's peace terms must provide'foi the acquisition of the Brley ore basin Germany's iron-ore requirements mfult this absolutely necessary. At present Germany herself had an "ore reserve" of only some 3000 million tons, and wat therefore for the most part depended upon imported ore. In the past German industry had taken huge supplies from French Lorraine, a fact which WM mainly responsible for the rapid develop ment of the Briev region. France, ol the other hand, was not dependent bi Briey. Including her colonies, she w« "the richest ore country in Europe,' having at her disposal 10,000 milliot tons, of which colonial ore accounted foi only 400 million tons. The Briey ttnc Lonswy basins contained only about 8004 million tons, bo that oven after losing French Lorraine France would still possess 7000 million tons of ore, includinf 5000 million in Xiormandy of a qu&Hti vastly superior to the ore in either G,cr man or French Lariaiae,
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1918, Page 4
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