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ASSURANCES GIVEN TO GERMANY BY PRESIDENT WILSON THESE COLONIES
 
WERE OF NO VITAL IMPORTANCE TO FRANCE AND ENGLAND BUT THEY
 
CONSTITUTE A VITAL NECESSITY TO GERMANY FOR THESE REASONS THE
 
COLONIES MUST BE RETURNED TO GERMANY X REGARDING THE COMPARATIVE
 
DENSITY OF POPULATION IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES THE
 
CHANCELLOR SAID THAT GERMANY MUST NECESSARILY PRODUCE TEN TIMES
 
AS MUCH PER SQUARE KILOMETER OF GROUND AS THE UNITED STATES
 
BECAUSE THERE ARE TEN TIMES AS MANY INHABITANTS PER SQUARE 
 
KILOMETER IN GERMANY AS IN THE UNITED STATES FURTHERMORE GERMANY
 
CANNOT BUY HER NECESSARY IMPORTS IN HER OWN CURRENCY IN ORDER TO
 
RECEIVE HER ESSENTIAL IMPORTS GERMANY MUST EXPORT FOR EXAMPLE
 
FOR EVERY POUND OF COFFEE IMPORTED THERE MUST BE A CORRESPONDING
 
QUANTITY OF GOODS EXPORTED A COUNTRY WHICH IS FORCED TO LIVE
 
UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS MUST NECESSARILY FEEL THAT THE DICTATORSHIP
 
WHICH COUNTRIES LIKE ENGLAND AND FRANCE EXERCISE OVER THE SEVEN