El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-24
FRENCH RESENT
5PARING ENEMY
Feutons VIII Have Seized
Markets Before France
Can Be Restored.

Paris. France. April 24-CCorre-
spondence Of The Associated Press.)-
Il am afraid the peace conference is
going 10 let the Germans off too cas-
uy," said professor Louis Dubois.
deputy for the department Of the
Seine, TO the associated Press today.
Professor Dubois has made a special
study Of the economic situation in
northern France. produced by the de-
s-rucrlTe ingenuity Of the Germans.
He has submitted TO the chamber Of
deputies q detailed report al his find
ings.
Are the Germans to be spared2" he
asked With their Industries unim-
paired they viii have seized the mar
hets long before we are ready TO COM
pete with them II only president VIII
son would come and see with his own
eyes what utter ruin and destruction
lhey have brought upon our unhappy
land
~One has to see the destruction with
ones own eyes" he went on Much
has been cleaned up already with
-eflllsn ingenuity me Germans made
specially of destroying the essential
things. They even had a machine
specially devised TO destroy railway
points. Cen GassOuiu. who commands
the northern section, told me that IL
-a4 Aa-aAN AHH % ear aHANAN AAAE LAAA-
way system is In proper working or
der again
Transportation Vital.
-TrGnsp ortatiOn is iuterl0Cked with
all the big difficulties we have TO cope
with. There is the question OF raw
materials and the question of labor
lf, by Generalization, we get labor we
must transport the men 10 places
where they are needed Then we must
house and feed them There is neither /
iool nor housing accommodation. To
provide IT, we again need transporta-
lion.
we are asked why we cannot make I
FULLER use Of the canals. but these !
annals served as lines Of defence for !
he enemy. Their banks are battered, /
hey are full Of debris and need dredg-
-ng- Many Of the locks are destroyed. |
The pits Of the coal mining disurics I
are flooded in places One or two /
nay be worked partly, in six or eight
months, but il viii be five or six Z
years before the mines are in proper I
working condition again. Where srel
we TO find the miuers2 The country 4
around is. RACED and devastated 10 a &
degree Of which people have not the I
iaintest idea There is not a house ]
left standing in Lens. How are we I
TO lodge and feed a mining population .
and how are we TO regain our ureWar
output Of 10.00Q,000 tons Of coal a I
year. which even then did nos cover
our home needs2'
The German Conscience.
Asked if France was recovering any
of the textile. metal manufacturing or
sugar refining machinery stolen by
the Germans. he replied that il was
difficult TO transport it and most of
the French plants were not get ready
TO receive it, Il know cases Of Ger
mans approaching the original own
ers Of machinery and offering TO sell
them back their own property they
had stolen from them he said
Then there is the agricultural
question" he continued. 1.-THE arabic
soil in these parts IS only ten inches
aeep- Beneath it is a subsOil Of bar
rem chalk The good soil that grows
wheat-Where is it, The farmers
win have to begin right from the be-
again as the squatters did in
America that is. they viii have TO