The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-11
FRANCE $ METHOD CONDUCTING THE
 WAR IS CRITICIZED
Deputy Durafour Charges Minister of War Has Muddled Things-Mil-
 lerand Answers

Paris. June 1O.-(6:s0 D. m1-The con duct of the war came under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies today on a bill proposed by NJ Dalbiez respecting the proper assignment of men at the front or in the services supplying the army.
 Deputy Durafour affirmed that France possessed manufactories. corpse of en- gineers and workmen of the first quality, adding:
 No adversary could resist if we knew how to use these utilities
 What happened in France was that the workmen were taken out of the fac tories by the mobilization and sent to the front and their places inadequately supplied by women and those who could not be moblizedls This was because the government was absorbed in the problem of strength at the front
 Albert Fabre exclaimed: This is ter rible accusation against the minister of war;
 NJ Durafour replied that he did not wish to impair the agreement and unity which existed among Frenchmen, and that if he denounced what was wrong it was for the purpose of trying to have it repaired
 .'When the government saw their mis- take he said, and undertook to remedy it, their methods were arbitrary and the error was made of allowing untrained men to come back from. the front among expert workmen'
 Alludes to Intrigues
 M. Durafour alluded to intrigues to ob- tain exemption and cited some examples. Thus the story grew that workmen gen. orally in the factories were simply those who were evading service at the front. He went into the relations to the coun- nitions. asserting they were as essential to national defense as the men in the trenches, taking a similar line of argu- ment to that adopted by David Lloyd- George in the agitation in England. The minister of war Alexandre AIil- lerand, answering attacks previously made on his department, said:
 There is no dissension to that portion of the bill which has for it's object the distribution and utilization of men for
 
 the articles of the bill have more pre- else and limited end in view, namely, to render to the nation all resources in able bodied men.
 Two questions must be considered what measures already have been taken to this end prior to the date of the pro- posed bill, and what will the bill add to these measures"
 Trying Circumstances
 The minister cited the measures taken and said he was glad to speak in be. half of those men who had been re- lieved of active duty at the front anu had been placed in the factories. s s.f .. The minister recalled the trying cir cumstances at the opening of the wal when he was forced to call on all in dustrial workers for the hurried man ufacture of munitions and war material and he described how he had to uss every possible means to find the neces safs- trained wnrkmen.
 M. Millerand said he was aware tha1 this system had been abused and work. CTS whether especially skilled or not had to be employed to turn out suffi cient material. He had taken measure. to correct the abuse, in giving employer. the power to dismiss any man not dons his share and send him back to the fir ing line.
 The number of men taken into ths
 
 nOunced. was 650 635.
 Concluding M. Milierand said.
 David LloydGeorge, in magnificen speech. paid homage to the work O the French in munitions. But we mus intensity our labors. Let us withhold all measures which seem imprudent. Le us accept and understand all criticisms realize that my work is imperfect an, below my ideal
 ,.Does none of you possess a sense O national pride? As it is in national prid' that you will find the solution of tn, national problem. In this connection wish to illustrate what the Germans thinl of us as shown in their press. To then the French are a versatile but undiscp fined nation. The Germans deceive them selves when they propagate such fals ideas and incorporate them in an ex pression of public opinion They are los and yet they say that France canno hold out-'