August 21, 1919.

[300] Cf. _The Chicago Tribune_ (Paris edition), August 23, 1919

[301] Report of Dr. Jacques Bertillon. Cf. _L'Information_, January 20,
1919.

[302] Cf. _Le Matin_, August 13, 1919.

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3: Excess of births over deaths (yearly average).--Cf.
_L'Information,_ January 20, 1919:

Germany Great Britain Italy France
1861-70 408,333 365,499 183,196 93,515
1871-80 511,034 431,436 191,538 64,063
1881-90 551,308 442,112 307,082 66,982
1891-1900 730,265 430,000 339,409 23,961
1901-10 866,338 484,822 369,959 46,524

[304] Professor L. Marchand. Cf. _La Democratie Nouvelle_, April 26,
1919.

[305] Dr. Walter Rathenau, in a book entitled _The Death of France_. I
have not been able to procure a copy of this book. The extracts given
above are taken from a statement published by M. Brudenne in the _Matin_
of February 16, 1919.

[306] _Germania_, August 11, 1919. Cf. _Le Temps_, September 9, 1919.

[307] M. Andre Tardieu in a speech delivered on August 17, 1919. Cf.
Paris newspapers of following two days, and in particular _New York
Herald_, August 19th.

[308] Cf. speech delivered by M. Andre Tardieu on August 17, 1919.

[309] On this subject of reparations the _Journal de Geneve_ published
several interesting articles at various times, as, for example, on May
15, 1919.

[310] Speech of M. Klotz in the Chamber on September 5, 1919. Cf.
_L'Echo de Paris_, September 6, 1919.

[311] D'Estournelles de Constant. _Bulletin des Droits de l'Homme_, May
15, 1919.

[312] _The Chicago Tribune_ (Paris edition), August 24, 1919.

[313] Issued on November 9, 1918.

[314] See _The Chicago Tribune_ (Paris edition), August 30, 1919.

[315] An American Senator uncharitably conjectured that she received
this honorable distinction in order to contribute an additional vote to
the British.

[316] Cf. interview with a Persian official, published in the Paris
edition of _The Chicago Tribune_, August 19, 1919.

[317] "Unfortunately, Mr. Lloyd George, who has stripped the Foreign
Office of real power, has frequently given assurances of this nature,
and his acts have always contradicted them. As a proof, his last
interview with M. Clemenceau will serve." Cf. _L'Echo de Paris_, August
15, 1919, article by Pertinax.

[318] _Le Journal des Debats_, August 15, 1919.

[319] In Washington on August 16, 1919.

[320] _The Chicago Tribune_ (Paris edition), Aug