Arizona republican., 1918-11-09
EARNEST APPEAL BY
 FRENCH GIVES NEED
 OF LABOR, MATERIAL
Asks Equivalent Of Ten Billions, In Credits, Raw
 Products, Men, Tools And
 Shipping, Also Equipment

NEW YORK, Nov S.-An appeal to America to assist France in her re- construction-with men, money, ma terials and ships-was made here to- night by Andre Tardieu. general com- missioner fer Franco American war affairs.
 Declaring that the war has reduced by one fifteenth the effective popula- ton of the republic; that 350,000 homes have been destroyed; that agriculture. commerce and industry in Che invaded regions virtually have been wiped out; that French shipping and foreign trade have been reduced almost to non-ex iStence-Mr. Tardieu said that ap- proximately 50.000,O0O,O 900 francs (s10,- 000. .00O,000) will be required to finance the process of restoration. While France, flor many months the main battle field of liberty and right" will draw upon her every resource and those of her colonies to mobilize this ] vast sum, the commissioner stated. she 1 confidently looks fer assistance from i the allies.
 French Needs Heavy l From America, Mir. Tardieu. con- 1 tinued. making public as he said, rep | resentations which he had presented to l the administration at Washington, France asks for a contribution of labor | by American troops now on her soil i; for credits to the extent of fifty per cent of her reconstruction purchases in this country: for raw materials, rail- road rolling stock and agricultural and industrial tools; and for diversion of part of the emergency fleet to the uses of French commerce. In explaining ! these needs to the American govern ment, the commissioner said, he was given a welcome by which I was deep- ly moved
 While France will exact restitution for German depredations, Mr. Tardieu asserted, speed in the reconstruction
 is imperative and America, on account Of her immense capaDility for produc-
 ton. ought to give us the first help"
 The French commissioners appeal to Americans was made in an address be-
 fore the Association of Foreign Press
 Correspondents. Introduced by Franl,
 Dilnot of London, president of the or
 ganization, MT. Tardieu attributed the
 allied victory to the work of our sol
 diers and civilian populations" and tc
 the loyal, wise and skillful policy by
 means of which President Wilson en-
 abled the allies and America, in an.
 sWer to the German request, to deter l tue lull OI OUT conditions
 of armistice"
 Lost 2,5ooooo Men
 France has lost 2,50O 900 men" h,
 continued. Some are dead: some ar, maimed; some have returned sick ant
 lncapacitated from German prisons Whether they will be lost altogether
 or whether their working capacity b. permanently reduced, they will no participate in this reconstruction.
 The industrial disaster is complete
 The districts occupied by the German and whose machinery has been meth ' odically destroyed or taken away b,
 the enemy were, industrially speaking the very heart of France. They wer : the very backbone of our production. Plants, machinery, mines-nothin IS left. Everything has been carrie : away or destroyed by the enemy. S , complete is the destruction that, in tn case of our great coal mines in tn north, two years of work will be needle , before a single ton of coal can be ex tracted, and ten years before the out
 put is brought back to the figures c 1913.
 Want American Labor "To you Americans let me say tha :, we want first immediate assistance i the matter of labor. We hope tha E during the preparation and the carry
 ing out of the transportation of you troops back to America your technics as well as other units. with their euuip
 ment, will be able to co operate in tha effort.
 we soon will have to carry out
 colossal work of transporta ton, in vic :, or the supplying of the regions evacr, n ated by the enemy, of the reorganizin U of railroads in northern and. easter < France and in Alsace- Lorraine. , We will have to clear the recon U quered ground of the ruins accumu a lated by the German hordes. Yor z army will help us in this work whi) f our people will restore her cities an | villages"