Ignaz Jastrow - Böcker

The first edition of this pamphlet was issued under the titel of "Sacrifice of property and th~ people's property" ("Ver- mogensopfer und Volksvermogen"), and the diseussion was confined to these two subjects ooly. After the publication of the first edition, the question of war indemnity came into the sphere of the treatise, and this caused the addition of a large 'appendix' and the corresponding change of the title. Charlottenburg-Berlin, February 1919. Nussbaum-Allee 24. The Authol'. Contents. (lag" 1 ntrod uctiOD: ObjectiQDs to the sacrifice of property, particularly on account of the calculation of revenue :) 1. Estimate of t.he German people's property before the war. Materials used up, and wear and tear. The arable soil . . * . *. 7 2. R~djU8tments on account of the war. Concerns put out of work. New readjustments after the war. Transfer of location 14 3. Losses to German political economy in men. Reaction upon the value of plants. The hUDger blockade and its effects upon the hody. The German name discredited. Moral conditions . 16 4. The meaning of 'people's property'. Difficulties of t1e,finition and valuation. True meaning of numerical estimates . 22 5.The plan for the sacrifice of property is no longer based upon the calculation of revenue; the plan itself, however, is to be maintained unaltered. The financial bill to be presented to the National Assembly. . 32 Appendix: The people's property and war indemnity 35 Introdnction. Objections to the sacrifice of property, particularly on account of the calculation of revenue.