In industrial matters, there was recently
founded in Berlin a German syndicate which proposes to buy up the
actions.
For the textile industry in particular, it is a question of a
veritable trust against which is arrayed "a syndicate of Alsatian
manufacturers who have felt the need of defending themselves."
The entire scope of recent German policies with regard to
Alsace-Lorraine shows that this land which von Hertling said was
"allied to Germanism by more and more intimate bonds" has been, as a
matter of fact, to treat it like a foreign land, kept by force under
imperial domination and submitted, like the occupied portions of
France and Belgium, to a veritable reign of terror.
APPENDIX VI
HOW GERMANS UNDERSTAND FUTURE PEACE
If an account is desired of the manner in which the Germans understand
a future peace, this letter suffices. It was addressed to the
_Berliner Lokalanzeiger_ by Herr Walter Rathenau. He was in charge of
the direction of all industrial establishments in Germany:
We commenced war a year too soon. When we shall have
obtained a German peace, reorganization on a broader and
more solid basis than ever before must commence immediately.
The establishments which produce raw materials must not only
continue their work, but they must also redouble their
energies and thus form the foundation of Germany's
economical preparation for the next war.
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