The Pangerman plan of 1911 (see map, p. 12) included:
1º. The formation of a great German Confederation which was to put under the absolute supremacy of the present German Empire (540,858 square kilometres and 68 million inhabitants) foreign territories situated around Germany, which form a superficies of 1,182,113 square kilometres and hold 94 million inhabitants.
The figures given (pp. 52, 56 and 61) suffice to prove that the German seizure of these territories extended at the beginning of 1916:
| Square Kilometres. | |
|---|---|
| To the West | 90,478 |
| To the East | 260,000 |
| To the South (Austria-Hungary) | 676,616 |
| Total | 1,027,094 |
Germany has therefore, so far as concerns the territories to be absorbed into the Germanic Confederation, achieved her programme in the proportion of 86%, or about nine-tenths.
2º. The absolute subordination to Germany of all the Balkan States, whose superficies is 499,275 square kilometres, holding 22 million inhabitants. We have seen above (p. 61), that the German seizure actually extends over 215,585 square kilometres. The German programme, therefore, as regards the Balkans, has been achieved in the proportion of 43%.
3º. The more or less veiled seizure by Germany of the Ottoman Empire, being 1,792,900 square kilometres, holding 20 million inhabitants. Now, early in 1916 the exclusive German influence was felt over the whole of Turkey. As regards her the German plan had therefore been achieved in the proportion of 100%.
Let us now group the figures which will enable us to show in what proportion the whole Pangerman plan of 1911 has been actually achieved by Germany:
| Provisions of the 1911 plan. Square Kilometres. | Actual achievements. Square Kilometres. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Territories to be absorbed in the great Germanic Confederation | 1,182,113 | 1,027,094 |
| 2. Balkans | 499,275 | 215,585 |
| 3. Turkey | 1,792,900 | 1,792,900 |
| Total | 3,474,288 | 3,035,579 |