Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
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tion of administrative measures It would bring the French republic into closer analogy with the government of the United States by giving the proposed Regions independence as to local regulations and economic problems such as the S6 departments have never had
 The man who has directed the ! movement Is one of the younger men in public life. Jean Hennessy, deputy for the department of Charente and a member of the well known Hennessy family of Southwestern France. He l introduced a bill tc that end in the chamber in 1919. It vas still unacted | upon when the mobilization was ardered, and NJ. Henncssy joined his regiment In the interval before the government returned from Bordeaux to 1 Paris he had earned the French mili- l taly medal ard the British Distin- gu;shed Service order. With the re- assembling of parliament. he came | back to push his project and sue | ceeded in passing compromise meas ure for the organization of economic consulting committees in each of the , l9 military regions of France A committee of the chamber has re- ported hat the results of the experi- ment are eXcellen1 they have fur 1 nished forceful argument in favor 1 of NJ Hennessys original proposition. l The task of the French citizens after the var will be a hard one, " said NJ. Hennessy to the Associated Press,' and the mustn't be hardicap- | pea bN superannuated system of goN ernmental administration that cen ! trdli9os the administrative machinery in the capital, despite the S6 depart | manfnl 1iNISianQ fsra hA homie life of lhe country. Heretofore, every thing has gone 10 Paris or by wa | Of Paris. All the big railway lines con verged upon the capital and left the provisional regions out of touch with each other and without adequate di- rect communications with foreigr counties
 "T'is ccntralization has prevented France from adapting herself to the economic transformation Of the epoch She failed to profit from her lncom- parable geographical position and ht left a great part of her enormous na tural riches unexploited; her economic installations were too slow in develop ing, her waterways were neither
 properly developed nor organZed in. dustrial organization was perfected 1T
 only isolated cases and not general,
 iZed; several hundred thousand hors power in natural waterfall was ne.
 glected. agriculture even did not pro
 duce the maximum: there was no co-
 operation between scientists and prac
 tical business men; our capital wa
 mostly applied to tLe developr ent O
 other codntrwies than our own.
 The onl~ cure for all that is thu
 cutting of the red tape that bndi
 those regions to the capital and pre-
 vents the free play of local ni'i iauvcs. eAtf
 The interests and occupations o
 different regions of France are quit'
 as varied as those nf the CnueC
 Stater; their customs are even nor, 1 varied: they srolld have the facilities
 for looking after their own interests
 legislating for themselves and by
 regropping politically into regions tha
 ale Eomogo neOus in their natural re
 sources, occupations and requirements
 left free to pursue their economic de
 vclopment unhirdercd by the loca
 considerations of other regions tha
 have not the same interests.
 of all the great belligerang coun tries France is the only one in whici
 Younger generations Will not he read
 70 repaIr the losses and replace tn,
 social work of those that are dead II will take us at least 2l years [,
 prsnE our adult population up to .ha
 of 1914. This deficit of population. | . We are not careful will weigh heayil, ! upon OUT destiny. all the more g,
 since the war will result in cn in
 creased activity in the entire world
 l. will not rnly transform the ,,olitica
 map of continents. but will have upol the development of countries which ar ! engaged In II, as upon neutral cOun . tries immense consequences 4 ney
 world win emerge from the great con vulson.
 The French must no longer reve