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" ' 0 000 League of Nations Coal steel 1l1dustryGerman industryGerman industry 1l1dustry industryGerman ( German tern terni terntory ternitory tory m ill in 1914) 1914 1914)Austria ) - - AustrIa 1938 32 32369 369 6760000 6 760 000 Independent Foodstuffs fodder fodderumber foddertimber foddertimber I umber timber coal iron Sudetenland 1938 II 11 500 3 500 000 Czecho Slovakia SlovakiaBohemiaMoravia Iron radium tlm tim tlmber timben tunher ber ben china chma clay claycoal claycoal claycoal coal factories factones factoriesBohemia factoriesFoodstuffs Bohemia 1939 19 325 6 804 876 Czecho-Slovakia Czecho Slovakia Czecho-Slovakla Slovakla - - - Foodstuffs iron tlm tam tlmMoravia tamMoravia timber BohemiaMoravia Moravia ber factories factones hopssilver hops hopssilver hopssalver silver salver goldMemel gold goldBaltic Memel 1939 1 099 152000 152 000 Lithuania Lithuama LithuaniaGerman Baltic Baltu : sh ppmgGerman ppingGentian ppmg pping ppmgTerritory ( German Gentian tern terra terntory terraCory terntory tory Cory in m 1914)Total 1914) 1914 ) Total 65 B5 6503118036876 6503118036876PRE 031 18 036 876 876PRE PRE PRX : WAR GERMINT GIRl\HNY GIRl HNY GERMANY : \ S OVERSEAS EIUPIRX EMPIRE EMPIRETable EMPIRETable : ( Table m III ) Square S9uare u epOPulal r ; Exported t to p Present e I PresentLocitlon ; PresentTerritory Territory TerritoryCameroons Loetlon Lociton , ( M ea es Populat onr on Germany : Ru c e eCameroons cWest Cameroons ( West Africa Afnca 191 191130 130 2650 2 650 591 Palm Oil 011 rubber Great GreatBntvory BrIt Brat BrItvory Bratvory vory cocoa am FranceCaroline France FrancePacific CameroonsCarolinePelew Carolme Caroline CarolinePelew Pacific 806 06 52264 52 264 Copra phosphate Japin Jap1n Japan Jap1nPelew JapanPelew Pelew and andMarianne andMarianne andMarianne Marianne IsGerman Is IsGermanEast German GermanEast Afnea Africa 383 180 7 651 106 Rubber copra England EnglandLast EnglandEast Englandivory Last East Africa lvory ivory coffee BelgIUm BelgIUmsisal Belgiumsisal Belgiumsisal sisal insect wax PortugalGerman Portugal PortugalGerman German Gcrman New New Guinea Gwnea 97 660 660Guinea 753000 753 000 Coffee copra coprarubber Australia AustraliaGumea AustraliaGuinea Guinea Gumea ( Bis Bls Bismarch rubber sandal sandalmarclt sandalmarch sandalwood march marclt { ? Arch ArchSolomon wood tortoIseSolomon tortoiseSolomon tortoise Solomon Is ) _ shellGerman shell German Gcrman Pacific 1000Samoa 1000SamoaGerman 1 000 34 34579 579 Copra cocoa New NewSamoa NewZealand NewZealandKlaochow Samoa mro Zealand ZealandGerman German S W Africa Afnca 322 450Africa 450 96 479 Guano copper copperUnion Umon Union of ot otAfnca ofAfrica ofore Afnca Africa | ore animal anunal prod prodSo So Africa Africaucts ucts diamondshiaochow diamonds _ _ _ Klaochow hlaochow hiaochow China 200 168 900 Shantjng Shant.mg Shantmg . . pongee Japanmcludmg Japanincluding Japan Japansilk ( mcludmg including silk peanut and ( Conquest ) ) includingTs Ts ngtao ngtao)99 ngtao99 ) bean oil strawi straw strawbraid i 99 year lease leaseMarshallIslands braidMarshall braid _ Marshall Pacific 150 It ? 15179 15 179 Phosphate JapanIsiands JapanIslands Japan JapanNauru MarshallIslands Isiands Islands (24)Nauru (24) 24 ( ) Nauru Pacific | 8 2 2200 200 Copra Great Greatphosphates Greatphosphates Greatphosphates phosphates BritainTogoland Britain BritainTogoland Togoland West Africa ArrlCd 33700 33 700 1 03 03348 ? 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