| Show Germany Larger Than in 1914 Covets War Pre-War World Empire With Germanys Germany's colonial demands expected to be pressed against European democracies momentarily a comparison ot of modern Germany with the war pre-war empire or ot Kaiser Wilhelm becomes newsworthy In fn Europe proper points out the National Geographic society the Third Reich's empire now exceeds that or of the Kaiser thanks to acquisition of or square miles of ot territory containing people In the short period from rom 1925 1935 to 1939 But Dul Germanys Germany's overseas empire Is la nil nil having been mandated at Versailles to Britain France Japan Belgium DeliriuM Portugal Australia New Zealand and the Union of ot South Africa Valuable for their natural resources the colonies colonies It if returned to Hitler would hiller-would would make Germany Germany Ger Ger- many a dominant world power The following charts outline the Reich's rains gains and losses throughout through through- out the past 25 years year ears GERMANYS GERMANY'S VARYING SIZE SILHOUETTED IN STATISTICS Table I Date Area in Square Miles Population Germany war pre Europe German Empire 1914 including possessions Germany Versailles post Germany April 28 1939 war Post-war gains in Europe Net gain over war pre-war status a Including a natural population Increase of ot STONES STONES TO THE TilE ENLARGED GERMANY GER OF 01 1939 Table II III 11 Territory D Date le Sq Mile Mil Pop Po Former Rule Rul Am Is 1935 League of Nations Coal steel Industry German terri tory In 1914 Austria 1938 Independent Foodstuffs fodder timber mat eol iron n 1938 Slovakia Czecho-Slovakia Iron radium tim ben ber china day clay coal factories Bohemia Bohemia- 1939 Slovakia Czecho-Slovakia Foodstuffs iron lim- lim I Moravia ben ber factories hops hop sliver silver gold Memel 1939 1099 Lithuania Baltic shipping German terri tern tory in 1914 Total WAIt PREWAR GERMANYS GERMANY'S OVERSEAS EMPIRE l Table III Square Exported to Present Prent Territory Location Mlles Miles Population Germany West Africa Palm Oil rubber Great Brit ivory cocoa France am-France Caroline Pacific 52 Copra phosphate Japan and Marianne Is German Africa Rubber copra England East Africa Ivory coffee Belgium Belgium- sisal insect wax Portugal German New New Guinea Coffee copra Australia Guinea nis- nis rubber sandal markk marck Arch wood tortoise tortoise- Solomon Is shell German Pacific 1000 Copra cocoa New Samoa m Zealand German S. S W Africa Guano copper Union of of Africa ore animal prod prod- So Africa diamonds China Shantung pongee Japan Including silk peanut and Conquest bean oil straw year 99 lease Jease braid Marshall Pacific Phosphate Japan Islands 24 Nauru Paci Pacific c 8 2200 Copra Great phosphates Britain West Africa Cocoa palm oi G a cotton rubber Brit in Total Tuta 1 1 |
