Evening star., 1919-04-23
Savagery in France.

"Now that I have been through that
country have not the eloquence to give
you the impression it made on my soul
as 1 rode along the road between the
fields were dotted with little pine crosses
an on them q phrase. Soldier of
France with no Identification mark but
"A Soldier of France who had given his
life. 1t was heartrending to see a
cart with horse and family, a mother
driving along the road. and few little
articles Of furniture Of the cheapest
kind, going back to their war-torn
town; to 60 through village that had
| once been peaceful and quiet. that had
done no harm to any one and to look out
and see the facade Of a little two-story
building torn away and up on shelf
representing all that remained Of the
second floor q baby's cradle or chair
or table, all that was left by these
savages.
II am not going into this any fur
ther, but I am going to make one
suggestion to you in closing. I have
read a good deal Of CT criticism in the
United States over the action Of
France in declining to import Ameri-
ducts. They cannot do it now. 1t would
ruin their exchanges. The cost OF liv-
ing would go up so high that they
could not stand it. The only hope.
the only solution for the condition OF
France, lies in long time credit by
American manufacturers.
But you say How can that be
done? That involves millions Qf
money, which our manufacturers can
not stand The answer is this: They
can give short time bills of exchange
for 1t. renewable. and they can be re-
newed for two or three years. and II
the pressure upon the banks grows
to be too great then the federal re-
serve bank can rediscount these bills
of exchange and you can carry 1t.
| And that I believe to be the hope OF
France"
Election Of Directors.
The members Of the Associated
| Press reelected five directors whose
! three-year terms had expired. They
were Elbert H. Baker. Cleveland
Plain Dealer: Clark Howell, Atlanta
! Constitution; Charles Hopkins Clark,
! Hartford Courant; Charles A. Rook.
| Clatchy, Sacramento Bee.
! The members also elected F. P. Mac
Lehman, Topeka State Journal. to I'LL
| the vacancy caused by the restEna-
l ton Of Oswald Garrison Willard, New
York Evening Post, the term expiring
Messrs Baker. Howell and Clark
| were nominated by the nominating
committee. Messrs. Rook, McC1atchy
| and MacLennan received their nom
nations from the floor.
| Advisory boards and committees
| were elected as follows:
| Eastern division - Advisory board.
| Alexander P. Moore, Pittsburgh. Pa,
| Leader. chairman; Jerome D. Barnum.
Syracuse, N. Y. Post-Standard. secre-
tary: directors, Richard Hooker,
| Springfield, Mass, Republican,; Arthur
| j. Staples, Lewiston. Me-, Journal:
Joseph Bancroft, Wilmington, Del,
| Every Evening; nominating committee,
E. H. Butler. Buffalo, N. Y, News;
| William ]. Pape, Waterbury. Conn.,,
| Republican. secretary; auditing COM
! N. j., Press Guardian.
Ralph H. Booth. Saginaw. Mich. News
Courier, chairman: Eugene Lorton,
Tulsa, Okla. World, secretary: direc-
| tors, P. E. Burton, Joplin. Mo-, News
Herald; Robert r. Wolfe, Columbus,
! Ohio. State Journal; p. S. McGlynn,
(; Moline. Ill, Dispatch: nominating
| committee, Victor Rosewater. Omaha,
Neb., Evening Bee. chairman; H. w.
| Brown, Cincinnati. Ohio, Commercial
! Tribune; auditing committee, c. 4.
Marquis. Bloomington, ILL.,, Panta-
| graph.
Southern division-Advisory board. H.
iC Adler, Chattanooga, Tenn. Times,
chairman; J. N. Heiskell, Little Rock.
| Ark, Gazette. secretary: directors, j.
b.. Horne, jr Rocky Mount, N. c., Tele-
gram; John s. Cohen. Atlanta, Ca,