White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-28
SHIPS FIRST IN
FRANCES NEEDS
Must Have Aid in Restoring Mer'
chant Marine.
VAST LOSSES SUMMED UP
Edward de Billy, Deputy High Cen
missioner Of the French Republic &c
the Unitej States, Gives Statement
81 courtrys Need-2soo.ooo Ct
Her Ycun9 Men Killed CT Manned,
1900 Factories Ruined.

With 10000 81 her yo1nees.
\ sblesr. and most spirited r1en killed o.
manned. and upward Of half her indus
ny and shipping destroyed b. ths
var. Frances appeal 70 her allies dur
iug the period Of rehabilitation vii b
| for help in rebuilding the factories and
farms which the Germans wrecked and
for assistance in constructing o. p1r'
I chasing ships. said Edward de Billy
I deputy high commissioner q ths
french republic.
Admitting his countrys gain b ths
feoufict. in the revitzlizing Of the
French spirit Of self-confdenee. sub
| dusf By the defeat Of 1871. and in re
raining Alssce and Lorraine. with rheir
agricultural districts. Mr.. de Billy said
the wsrs losses were far greater. He
denied that France was -bled white
| hut said the handicap imposed as q
\ result Of her sacrifices in resisting the
invader could not Be overcome except
with outside aid
Resorring 10 figures. he declared
that 5000 factories In the French dis
ltricrs occupied By the Germans were
DESTROYED or stripped Of their ma
rh,uerv: that almost 12sn.1sso head
az cattle we're seized: that thousands
lOr miles Of farm land. devastated BY
shells was made unfit for cultivation
That the net loss In ship tonnage,
through stnkinxs and enforced curtail-
rert in production was $4,000 tons,
and thsr the money cost Of the con-
rict. in appropriations and public debt
AGGREGATED 15s0poo0o,ooo francs, or
S31.0ooOo00oo.
sOur army had 70 stand" he said.
~the first rush Of the invasion. while
| the other armies were being prepared.
And. however wonderful was the eff
fort Of the British. some months later.
and afterward that Of the American
army, the front held by the French
had never been less than two-thirds OF
the total line from the North Sea TO
| the Swiss border. Thus III losses were
greater than those Of any other army.
A part Of our country has been In.
vaded, It's population treated as slaves,
their houses looted, their factories de-
stroyed: while on the fighting line the
soil of France has been plowed so deep
by shells that no agriculture Is posi-.
BILE. Some sentimental people have
been iamenting over France as bled
white. Nonsensei France Is no bled
white. She has men flled with re
newed and splendid energy. But here
she stands. facing the problem OF re-
gaining her place In the economic
MARKETS Of the world. with . part OF
her Industrial and agricultural power
destroyed. and with her men killed
and maImed to a number that exceeds
imagination. May / give you some hg'
ures on these subjects?
f,4ooyooo Men Killed.
Besides 10000 Of q young mel
who we're killed or died Of wounds or
illness In this war. we have a great
number whose physical ability has beer
seriously impaired. Add TO these the
number Of our prisoners who came
back in such a terrible physical con-
dition as TO render them unfit for any
sustained effort. and we come TO a TO
tai cost, for the work 10 be started
In France. of about 100000 men. who
were mostly among the youngest
abIest. and strongest, as well as the
most spirited of our people, terri
bic loss for a country Of less than
100000 inhabitants.
~Our agriculture has perhaps suf
fered more heavily II possible thar
any other branch Of our economic &C
fivity. The number OF cattle. which
in England increased BY 4 per cent
has In France decreased by II pei
cent. The production Of milk has de
creased by GO per cent. The number
Of sheep has decreased in France b,
3s per cent. The number Of pigs ha'
decreased by 40 per cent. The sol
Of France Is also in an impoverished
condition. having been. for four years
mostly TILED By very young and elder
IL men, below or above the age 81
military service. and by women. Who's
physical strength was not equal to th'
splendid spirit they have shown In TILL
war"
He then referred to the heavy losse.
through the destruction of mills ant
factories.
The part Of France occupied by thu
Germans," he said. produced four
ifths Of our woolens and included 81
per cent Of our weaving industry. Dur
ing the four years Of their occupation
the Germans villfully and method
cary destroyed all that was In theil
power to destroy. They not onl.
requisitioned as at Roubaix and Tour
Going. where they commandeeres
stocks Of wool worth 0 .000.0O'
francs. Requisition is one of tn
rights Of war. and Of that we canno
complain. But what Is against al
right. and against all international Law
and agreement. is the destruction an.
stealing of property; and this Is wha
the Germans did.
-As TO u cotton industry In tn
north. the German invasion has cos
us 100000 spindles and 1920 looms
and in the east, 125.000 spindles an,
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