THE GERMAN PEACE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 114, 18 May 1918, Page 6

THE GERMAN PEACE.

At a. icstiv-al conference of the combir.ea 'iron -and steel industries of the • oennaji Empire, held in Berlin, and at-. - tended bv the leading representatives 01 the mining and smelting concerns in. ,»c.-.twiiaija, .Lorraine, and Silesia, ±>v. chairman of the various industries, addressed the gathering on -Ore and Iron in Germany's Future. ••in our struggle for existence, ore and iron are uor most indispensable war materials and therefore their production . constitutes the most important task of • our war economics and of the policy oi the State." Dr. Reichert went on to_sa^. - that the German iron industry-had + freed ■ itself completely from its British teach- - ers and in many respect* had surpassed the' British industry. . With respect to the working, up and- refine™nt de'ning of iron and steel, the .British £d been left far behind "Not only have we beaten the British technically but also economically. Even before the war we were able to show a production double that of England's -smelting .ovens. "Since the outbreak of war we have - know how to appreciate the fact .that in time of peace we were able to eon- " quer the- world's markets The iron: ».- " ooatrialistß of England, France, Itulv, and Russia combined have been unable ' in this war to produce more iron than Germany alone. At first we thought it - a danger that our greatest iron, regon lav so close to the frontier Had i-oi Sne been lost to us the '^ m ™ °£ Snd, we would not have been able to produce more than a quarter of the iron .- and steel produced m peace, *»»"«"? been able to supply our army and nav > - : K Reichert idded that m thete Flanders battles more iron was u«ed in I lew hours than in the entire Franco-

which employs 2.000,C00 m gi;W bread to 8,000,000 of the German population must be placed in . secure position, and have a foundation on which it can build a future. The extension of our frontier, necessary for se- ■- mrinir our industrial future, must not be spoken of as annexation : only narrow fitripsT of rontier are in question, and these may be won in the shape or root.frontiei • ' "Just as. German T-orranie vrns on, ' salvation in the present war, Lorraine will.- in o" 1 ' * -Clvincelfrom future destruction- Oin nc fJ lor has said that an endurms and - "ml oeace is im-= Sl ble a- ion- :* tb integrity of the German Emmre. - - secured and the life interests and < ■ iritv of our Fatherland confirmed. - do " not doubt thnt our hiehest arm> command will underetand thnt a. .Vo life interests of Germany is includpd the annexation of r. y ai ' p-onrh-t/*™! ll6 "Hets which include Jfciejr and t«n^wry."