Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-10
F RANCE DEMANDS
FULL PREPARATION
FOR HUN DAMAGE
French Willing to Give Huns a
Lesson in Liquidating In
demnity if Needed, Says
Lieut.. Maurice Boyer,

Germany must be made to pay for
the damage done in France, according
to Lieut.. Maurice Boyer, who ad-
dressed a good sized audience at the
high school last night.
IF they do not know how to pay,
] am sure that We will be able to give
them some pointers" he added, allud-
ing to the rapidity with which the
French paid the indemnity eXacted Of
them by the Germans following the
close of the Franco Prussian war.
Lieutenant Boyer, pre-war secretary
of the Bank of France, who served
almost four years in the trenches now
a member of the French high commits
sion to the United States, reviewed the
devastation wrought by the Huns in
northern France, declared the repub-
lie was not imperialistic and did not
want the left bank of the Rhine, but
desired that this territory be made
into Independent states. He thought
France would demand the Saar val
ley, or at least the output of the coal
mines there to replace the mines de-
stroyed in northern France, and was
positive in his statements that the
French would demand that the indem-
mites exacted of Germany be paid in
cold cash. and that the Huns would
not be allowed to furnish France with
supplies to apply on the debt.
France will be rehabilitated, he
said because such a courageous ma
ton is bound to overcome all obstacles
which have been placed in its way.
The war losses in men were heavy, but
a new spirit has resulted from the war
with Germany. Plans are already un-
der war for restoring the regions
which were blighted by the invaders.
At the close of Lieutenant Boyer'sl
address, Capt. Clark NJ. Carr presented
him with an oil painting of Gen. Fer
dinand Foch. The lieutenant was Wis
IDLY affected, but managed to make
appropriate acknowledgment of the
gift, and relate an incident which oc
cured during the war as illustrating
the indomitable will and courage of
the French.
1t was during the first battle of the
Marine. The Germans, owing to super
iority in numbers, had slowly pushed |
the French back toward Paris. Gen
eral Foch at that time was subordin- |
ate to General Joffre who was in SUI
preme command. one day Foch wired
Joffre:
my right is crushed, my left is CIV
ing way; I shall attack with my cen
ter"
Foch attacked. The Germans were
pushed back in disorder. Paris was
saved.
Lieutenant Boyer left last night for
El Paso. /
In a rapid-fire address. lasting
thirty minutes, Lieut. Maurice Boyer
told the Kiwanis club at the clubs
weekly luncheon at noon yesterday, |
of Frances plans for reconstruction
and rehabilitation of industries |
crushed by the German invasion.
The people of the United States, he |
said, knew the French chiefly because |
of their military achievements. His |
mission, he explained. was to inform |
them of the French's industrial !
achievements. He described the part !
that French industries had in the |
winning of the war, saving that vast
of ammunition and equip
ment We're furnished by the factories
of the country to the Russian, Serbian,
Rumanian and American armies as
well as the French. These plants are |
now being turned to the uses of COM
merCe.
Lieut.. Chester A. Lee and Sergt.
Frank Roberts both recently return
ed from the eXpenditionary forces,
were guests of the club. Lieutenant |
Lee told of the work of the supply
service in Keeping the soldiers at the
front fed and equipped. Sergeant
was gassed in the Toul sector.