_Theft of Raw Materials._—Throughout the length and breadth of the occupied territories, the Germans, at the dictates of expediency, have seized raw materials: coal and iron ore, copper, petroleum, and so forth. Metals—bronze, zinc, lead, copper, tin—have been taken from private citizens, as well as textile fabrics—wool, cotton cloth, and the like. When one learns that from the cities of the North of France alone the Germans stole 550 million francs’ worth of wool, it is easy to see that this single source of plunder has been worth a number of billions to them. _Theft of Finished Products._—Everywhere in the occupied territories, so far as means of transportation permit, motors, steam-hammers, machinery, rolling-mills, lathes, presses, drills, electrical engines, looms, and so forth, have been taken to pieces by mechanics and transported into Germany. The total value of this stolen material in Belgium and the North of France alone—the richest industrial districts in the world—is almost incalculable. _Theft of Personal Property._—The official French report previously quoted states: ‘In the shops, officers and soldiers made free with whatever pleased their fancy. Every day the people witnessed the theft of property which was indispensable to them. At Ham, General von Fleck carried off all the furniture of M. Bernot’s house, where he had been quartered.’ The property thus stolen is sent to Germany, as is proved by this advertisement in the _Kölnische Zeitung_: ‘Furniture moved from the theatre of military operations to all destinations.’ From this source, war-booty to the value of several billions has already been divided among an army of Germans. _Seizure of Works of Art._—The Germans have stolen countless works of art, ‘in order’—so runs a recent official note of their government—‘that they may be preserved as a record of art and civilization.’—‘It would be impossible,’ declares _Le Temps_, ‘to find a more cynical admission of the thefts committed by the German authorities in our museums and public buildings.’ If one remembers that this methodical pillage has gone merrily on among private individuals, drawing on the unlimited stores of works of art which have been accumulated throughout the centuries in Poland, and particularly in Belgium and France, it must certainly be apparent that the value of these stolen art treasures is immense. _War Imposts._—Our official report establishes that ‘Requisitions have everywhere been continuous. Towns that have had to meet the expenses of troops quartered within their jurisdiction have been overwhelmed by huge levies.’