Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-09

representations which he had pre-.
sented 10 the administration AT
aShlhSton, France asks for a con.
tNnutlOn OF labor by American troous
now on her soil, for credits 10 the ok.
tent or per cent OF her reconstruct
! 'oh purchases in this country for
raw materials railroad rolling stock
ana agricultural and industrial tools
ana Tor diversion Of part OF the
| emergency fleet 20 the Uses Of French
commerce. In explaining these needs
~ lhc American government the
! romuiSSionr said ne WAS given ,
lon for German dcprcdations. Mr.
IdIdlcu asserted. speed In the recon.
StructiOn Is imperative and "Americ,
on account OF her immense capablI.
!y Tor production. ought to give US
the first help"
Ihe French commissioners appeal
'to Americans was made in an ad-
dress before the Association Of For.
elgn Press Correspondents. Indro.
duced by Frank Dilnot Of London.
president OF the organization. Mr..
Iardieu attributed the allied victory
10 'he work OF our soldiers and civ
man popuIauon' and 10 the loyal,
moved"
While France Will extrac, restitu.
France has lost 900 900 men
Some are dead, some are uhaImed
some have returned sick and inca
pacitated from German prisons
whether they be lost altogether or
whether their working capacity be
permanently reduced. they will not
participate in this reconstruction.
Ihe 18th part OF our people is
missing at the very time we need
all our material and moral forces in
order TO build up our life again.
me younger, stronger part OF
our nation. the flower Of France
has died on the blttlefields. Our
country has been bcrcft OF its most
precious resources.
wise and skillful policy BY means of
which President Wilson enabled the
allies and America, in answer TO the
German request, TO determine in fun
liberty our conditions Of armistice >"
lie continued.
Loses $500. 900 Men.
our war expenses l2O, 900, 900, d
700. francs, are weighing heavily or.
our shoulders.
The Industrial disaster is COM
plete. The districts occupied BY the
Germans and whose ministry has
been methodically destroyed or
taken away by the enemy, were. in.
dustrially speaking, the very heart Of
France. They were the very back
bone OF our production.
Destruction Heavy.
Plants. machinery, mines-no'h-|
Ing Is left Everything has been
carried away or destroyed hy the
enemy. So complete Is the dcstruc-
tion that, in the case OF our great
coal mines in the north, two years Of
work will be needed before a single,
ton OF coal can be extracted and
10 years before the output Is brought
back TO the figures OF 1918.
France will be equal to the ef-
fort But rcsolute as she is to do
by herself everything she herself can
do, France also deems il fair that
after having been for so many
months the main battlefield Of lib
erty and right she should now be
helped in her effort, and she prides
herself in trusting fully the spirit OF
solidarity OF those OF her allies who.
have not been invaded.
To you Americans, let me say.
that we want first immediate as
slstance In the matter OF labor. We
hope that during the preparation
and the carrying out Of the trans
portation Of your troops back to
America, your technical as we'll as
other units with their equipment will
be able to cooperate in that effort"
Speaking ito America" Mr.. Tar
dieu said:
For more than 100 years our
liberties and yours have developed
fraternally and today we, united, Of
fer TO the world the startling lesson
OF victory and democracy.
To-day have told you where we
are standing; l have told you Of our
will to live again; I have told youl
Of our needs and OF our wounds. and
have told you OF what we intend to
do and what we will do. and | need
not wait for your answer. know II.
because l know you"