Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-15
By stephane Lauzanne.

(Editor-in- Chief of Le Matin, mem
 Der of the French High Commis-
 sion.)
 If at this hour. when the dreadful nightmare is passing away, mutilatei France could make another appeal to America, her sister and friend. she would say to her: Don't be too gen. erous."
 Every one will admit that through out her long and Iroublous history France has always been the land of chivalry, generosity and humanity. Even in this atrocious war, when it came to hand-to-hand fighting in the trenches, she still felt pity.
 shall never forget, on the battle field of the Marne, at the village of Etrepilly, plundered, sacked and burned down by the Huns, those zouaves who were sitting beside some German wounded on a small square. In their own glasses they poured out a little cordial for their prisoners; they gave them their last cigarettes. One of them had been taken, as if he were his brother, the head of a wounded German in his left hand to support it. With his right hand, very carefully. he was giving him drink. l pointed the scene out to a German major and said to him:
 See, That is war-at least it's war as we understand it."
 At Rheims, while the cathedral was cn fire-the work of German shells har selves into the flames to save Ger man wounded. That also was war as we understand it. And today, after four years of a horrible struggle, We can face the entire world and say that if there is blood on our hands there is none on our conscience. And yet we call out to America: Don't be too generous"
 Two imFerious and memorable duties are before us: France must have reparation; France must have guarantees.
 France must have reparation, for seven of her departments-equal in area and wealth to the state of New York-have been laid waste burned down and razed Three hundred and fifty thousand houses have been brok- en into, pulled down and shattered into bits, and it has been computed that merely to rebuild them it would require an army of 100000 men work ing for about 20 years. Who is to furnish that army? France? No, but the destrOyers and incendiaries Of course they will protest. and implore, and complain that it is sentencing German youth to hard labor. They will try to soften the hearts of neutral countries. In the name of common fairness, should they be listened to?
 Those 350,000 houses contained some 50O,000 beds, which were either stolen or destroyed, and 100000 | Frenchmen at present have no roof over their heads, not even a pallet on which to sleep. So we shall have | to go to the thieves and plunderers | and take the 500,0O0 beds and bedding | we need. More cries, more com ! plsints, more lamentations. The l women of Germany will say it is in human, that war is being continued l after war is over; they will cable to the women of America. (And even l as l write these lines the news comes | that they have done SOL In the name of common fairness, should they be to?
 The mines of northern France have | teen scientifically and cleverly tam pered with, filled with water, or de- 1 stroyed. Not a ton of coal can be | extracted from Lens for another two | years. Meanwhile who will supply l France with the coal she so badly | needs? England? No, why should it | be England? It will be Germany who | should have left those mines alone. | And of course Germany will protest | that she is being deprived of her fuel, and that after having been starved | she is being frozen. She will appeal | to the world and to humanity. In the |