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French aided the British to repel the
March. The order was: Stand firm.
the Yanks are coming" Nobody in
France lost faith in the ultimate fate
of their country, in spite OF the
threatening advance of the Germans.
Cross 10 entirely organized and man
Likewise ON the 9th of May, Paris
was saved through the desperate re-
sistance of the French, aided by the
heroic troops of Haig and Pershing;
every fighter knew that more and
more American divisions were land
ing and that victory would belong to
the army which could hold out the
last fifteen minutes. After the fail
ure of the drive OF the Germans on
the 18th of July, French and Ameri-
cans began the victorious rush for
ward which was to result in the VIC
tory of the Allies and the armistice
of the 18th OF November.
Besides all this, France kept 2O0,-
O00 men in SaleDica, after having
given her cooperation to the British
at Gallipoli; the French navy had al
ready effected the evacuation OF the
Serbian army without loss from AL
bania to Corfu, and defended the
transport service for tro0ps and their
supplies to SaloAica. against the hos
tile submarines. 1t Is too soon to
state Just what bearing our Last at
tack north Of Salonica had upon the
termination of the war, but we may
already say that it was one Of the
main causes Of final victory.
Some figures will show the military
effort Of France; 100000 men have
been called to the service sinee
| August. 1914. Approximately 1,700.-
600 had been killed; 100000 dis
abled or missing. In spite OF these
losses France was not exhausted, for
she was able to keep up an army Of
| 113 divisions on the Western front.
There are still 100000 men In the
advanced zone Of the French front.
Behind the firing line, during this
endless war, factories were required
to manufacture shells. guns. machine
guns, equipment, supplies. and %
forth. In August, 1914, France had
lost: frst, the region Of Dpiey; sec
ond, the coal mines and the iron
|
"Out of 1877 blast furnaces" said q
prominent German metAllurgtst
"only 80 may produce pig-iron In
France" In spite Of these circum-
stances, in spite of the lack or coal,
France was able to manufacture
every war material. In October
1918, French works turned out SO,-
GEO rs millimeter shells per day. In
stead of 10, 000 In August. 1914; 49,.
600 1856 millimeters instead of 200;
so guns per day were produced In
the French plants: $50 light baby
tanks" per month and 1000 aviation
engines.
The Industrial effort could not
have been sustained without cor
responding financial effort. Notwith-
standing the loss Of the regions OF
the North, which paid 26 per cent OF
the total amount of French taxes, the
citizens of France in 1918 paid to
the State so dollars per inhabitant
or $1,S51,37e,146, while they yearly
paid before the war $766,779,8 16.
The total war taxes have given to
the state since August, 1914, 4,464,-
| AAV,AoA.
The three war loans (1915, 1915,
1910 realized $5,SS2,S55,7S0. The
amount Of the fourth loan of NOvem-
Der, 1913, is not yet known. Through
l short term Treasury bills $4,S7S,-
333,027 was raised. Foreign coun-
tries loaned to France $4,711,7
$50 England: $2,3e3,289,358: the
United States: $2,181,121,835). The
Banks Of France and Algeria ad-
vanced $3,562,385,321
| Thus was raised totally $23.5S9,-
611,190, which met all the expenses
of France. Of which the total amounts
to $23.48e,238,552.
In that war which withdrew from
the national life ell the best men. the