The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10

others, again emphasizing the working
Premier Lloyd George.
The announcement of the new coun.
ell Is regarded as evidence that the
great German bluff OF renewed fright
fitness has failed. 1t shows that in
the belief OF those responsible the
working out OF the armlstlce terms In
the most advantageous manner for an
early peace will be facilitated by ex.
pert handling, while such incidents as
the resignation OF Gen. Won Winterfcldt
from the German Armlstlce Commits
sion are likely to be avoided. 1t Is
not desired to give the Germans the
slightest excuse for crying out before
the world that they are being abused
and that the terms of the armistice
IRE being stretched unfavorably.
Reason for French Alarm.
The action OF the Supreme Council
in weakening the power of The Allies
High Command at this time Is regarded
as especially significant. The French
have professed great alarm over the
growing aggrcssiveness OF Germany
md seemed to fear that the newly
born German volunteer army was de-
signed for the resumption OF hostill-
ties.
For several days many Paris news
papers have been clamoring for
stricter repressive measures against
the Germans to "stiffcn the armlstice."
The newspaper Intransigednt mp
peared yesterday about the time that
the decision was reached with long
exposition Of Marshal Fochs views on
the armjstlce cut out almost com
rletey by the censor, nothing being
left but the introduction, with many
lines of astcrisks.
Had the five great Powers yielded
to the temptation to lose their heads
they would have ordered the military
to take more stringent control of the
armistice relations and to threaten
the Germans with their bayonets.
thereby encouraging the discomfort in
Germany and aiding Chancellor
Ebert's scheme of posing as the leader
OF q downtrodden people.
Frances Bill Twelve Billions.
France has drawn up her bill for
damages and will present 1t when
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Peace Conference. No figures have
been made public. but THE SuS is
able to give an idea Of the material
damage Germany caused France by
invading her soil.
In presenting her statement France
appears anxious to avoid an unquali-
fed use of the word indemnity, pre-
ferring to express her demand in
terms Of reparation.
The approximate total OF the French
bill will total around the 1000, 900. :
900 mark. with complete figures for
the destruction OF private property not
yet at hand. The figures presented
speak volumes for the heroism of
the French nation. The figures show
also, there was a diabolical German
French industry, the centre of which
lay in the heart OF the fighting area.
Louis NJ. Klotz, Minister OF Finance
who prepared the figures. promises Il
give some German headquarters docu
ments which show that the German
military chiefs were working hand II
hand with the German industrialists tC
destroy the economic existence o.
Frances northern provinces.
100000 Acres Made Unht.
One OF the items of the bill show!
that 100000 acres of French soil have
been made unfit for cultivation, anC
will have to be turned into forests
There are more than a hundred ant
fifty million cubic feet OF trenches tina
will have TO be filed and an equal vol
ume of shell holes.
With regard to coal mines there 1
no special money valuation, but Their
II the simple statement that with tn
exception OF those in the Lens distric
two years will be required to put then
in working order to yield a single TOT
OF coal. and ten years before they vii
he back to pre-war yield. Bridges an
viaducts and ferries to the number O
twelve hundred were destroyed an
more than 600 kilometers OF rallwa
were torn up. Fifteen hundred mile
of telegraph and telephone wires wer
demolished and $50 vessels sunk.
Twenty food warehouses were wipe,
out and 10000 tons of metal stolen
A vast amount of engineering an
sewage work was destroyed and year
will be required for its repair.
May Demand Raw Material.
These are only the major items O
the bill, which. in its completeness
gives a vivid picture OF the martyr
dom suffered by France. and of tn
ruins upon which Germany will b
obliged to rebuild.
The feeling on all sides is perhap
hest expressed by the formula lai
down by Bernard NJ. Baruch. OF tn
American commission This Is tina
Germany must pay unto the last cen
she is able to pay. This fornul;
given an elastic Interpretation. ma
be made to read not only Germany
last cent, but also her last bit {
raw material which she can furnish
including oil, wood and iron.
The work OF the commission cor
tinues. It's work being necessarily tn
most difficult OF any group.
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