Arizona republican., 1921-05-27

been another cause for discontent- The French admit that the salaries paid to teachers are not as high as those paid by the Germans.
 In one institution the French are making great efforts to keep up the good name and reputation made by the Cermans-that is the University of Stra asbours. It is their ambition to keep this university a focal point for foreign students. instead of the famous universities left to Germany. With this in view the authorities have done everything possible to con- tinue the GeIman methods of work, their specialized courses of study and the research facilities-all this of course with French faculty to replace the Germans who have been expelled. Many of the professors who have gone to Strasboug from other universities are of the most famous in their departments. Popular Indifference
 The natives of Alsace-Lorraine are distinctive people, and are not apt | to be GalliciZed any more than they were Germanized. The isolated farm CT who tills his land on the medi- eval strip system, his primitive blow always drawn by oxen, has little in terest in politics so long as he can l pursue HIS Way
 Immediately after the armistice, | began the deportations of which much has been heard The French government gave the military au- thorities at that time the power to deport any person of German birth who was considered to be dangerous to the success of French rule. Thous- ands of Germans were given only AS hours or even less in which to dis pose of their business, collect their families and goods and leave. Gov | ernment figures show the total num- | Der deported to be about S3,000 and | the claim is made that fair notice and compensation were given in all | cases.
 Both the figures and the latter as- sertion are denied by popular opin- ion, which places the number of deportations as high as 150, ,000. Nor have the deportations ceased alto gether-more thorough investigation can be made now under the admin stration of the Commissariat general
 and about 25 or 80 cases a month are
 deported This will of course cease
 in a few more months.
 The deportation figures. though large, do not account for the decrea St
 in population which is most notice
 able in the larger cities. As com pared with 1910 the losses in the fou,
 biggest cities are as follows: Stras-
 boGrg, : per cent; Mulhouse. 61z pel
 cent; Metz, 21 per-c and Colmar
 3is per cent. To explain this de-
 crease, which is felt in all towns and
 villages, are war losses estimated al
 45.000 killed: deported, S3,000; the
 present size of French garrison, 35.-
 0o0. as compared with former Ger.
 man garrison of 75,000; and the in
 evitable emigration due to industria
 depression and general lack of pros
 perity.
 An insight into the condition O
 some of the important industries O
 this region shows that uD to now tn, French management has fallen fal short of producing anything like thu
 result achieved under the German re
 gime. AlSace- Lorraine is very ricl
 in mineral resources. In a Europ'
 crying for coal the output of thes provinces has dropped from 3.795, 26 metric tons in 1913 to 2.400. 900 il
 1920. and that of iron from 21 .000, ,00 to S,o00,00C. Of course all German
 management and technical skill Wa
 dispensed with. at the end of the war
 French officials say that it has beer impossible for them to do better ii
 these industries on account of tn, amount of repair and reconstruction needed in the mines. the shorter work
 ing day ard labor troubles.
 If the French have fallen down il this branch they have a more success | full record to point to in the potasl } industry The production from tn
 potash deposits of Alsace in 1920 wa l four times the output, in 1912. , must be remembered in this connec } tion that these deposits are of re , cent discovery and were first eX ' plotted in 1910.
 , Reconstruction in Alsace- Lorrain , is now practically at a standstill l Compared with other districts fl
 Northern France the devastation her , is not extensive, but the need of re , building for both domestic and in
 dustrial use is keenly felt in sucl
 towns as lay in the path of the war
 The French government was energet ? ic ard prompt in commencing recon ? struction operations in its regaine' . territory, counting of course. on tn . indemnity from Germany to pay fo g the completion of their program. Blu ! as the reparatious recede into tn I uncertain future the government ha ? had la stop all reconstruction wor | in Alsacc-Lorraine
 . Germany has 100000 disabled sol
 diers