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1,885,051 tons in February 1921, 1,419,654 tonsin March, 1,510,332 tons in April, 1,549,768 tonsin May, 1,453,761 tons in June, and 1,399,132tons in July. And the Reparation Commission, notreally wanting the coal, tacitly acquiesced in thesequantities. During the first half of 1921 there was,in fact, a remarkable reversal of the situation sixmonths earlier. In spite of the British Coal Strike,France and Belgium , having replenished their stocksand suffering from a depression in the iron and steeltrades, were in risk of being glutted with coal. IfGermany had complied with the full demands of theReparation Commission the recipients would nothave known what to do with the deliveries. Evenas it was, some of the coal received was sold toexporters, and the coal miners of France and Belgium were in danger of short employment.

The statistics of the aggregate German output of pitcoal are now as follows, exclusive of Alsace-Lorraine,the Saar, and the Palatinate , in million tons :

1913.

1917.

1918.

1919.

1920.

1921 (Bratnine months).

Germany exclusive ofUpper Silesia

Germany inclusive ofUpper Silesia

Per cent of 1913 out-put

130-19173-62100

111-66154-4188-9

109-54148-1985-4

92-76117-6967-8

99-66131-3575-7

76- 06100-60

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The production of rough lignite (I will not riskcontroversy by attempting to convert this into its