The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25
French People Bitter
Toward Great Britain,
Tulsa Tourist Reveals

That there Is little or no recon
struction work being done iu
France now and that all France ig
deeply grateful 10 this country for
It's part In the great world war were
the deepest Impressions made upon
Major W, l.. Crittcndcn during his
recent visit to Europe, Prince tui
peasant. maEnntc ana proletarint,
the French lose no opportunity tu
show their uufeigurd gratitude to
and una ffcctgd admiration " Amer
leans, Crittcnden, who ~ with the
Exchange Trust company ana has
Just returned home AFTER spending
six wcckn abroad. said
They Realty Appreciate.
"it was my pleasure" said the
LogionairCs who are now visit
major 10 he with the American
ing tho scenes Of battle. Tor part
of the time. They made Il splendid
impression and from the moment ~
their arrival until their departure
they were not permitted TO lose
sight OF the fact that they wcr"
the guests Of the people ~ France
i'm all that the word implies 80
spontaneous and wildly enthusiastic
were the receptions not the Official
receptions alone but those bestowed
by the people Of OH classes that
there was not "a member OF tho
party who dtd not at tlmcR expert
euoo difficulty In aupprosNug the
emotions Being with the Legion
nairos had n wonderful oppor-
tunlty FOR studying the people and
conditions moro intcnsivcly than
ever before. They tried TO make us
understand, and they did mako US
a A.. . 4. -
when all France was exhausted by
the Unprecedented struggle. when
the country had been drained al
most 20 the point OF exhaustion os
It's resources and when the people
themselves were suffering from u
kind OF fatigue that only those who
have passed through such an oxpcr-
fence will understand--that tn =
were absolutely unable TO show us
how much they appreciated the ala
VIC brought them.
ION all sides--nnd we talked with
all classes of pcoplo--wc were told
that the Americans saved France,
that In the spring of 1918 although
they had driven the Germans barN
from Paris and although Great
Britain was straining to the utmo5t
they could not drive the Bochc
from IltNtH Hpll ! NY HdS wat ~
Il were not for the United states
the helmets OF the German soldic"a
would have been seen in the streets
OF Paris today and the emblem OF
the German empire would be secn
flying from the public buildings.
Flowers from the Rulns,
FOR instance; In my tour OF the
batiofields 1 visited Chateau ThierrN
and at ths bridge head across th'
Ainrue / saw several hundred Amer
lean flags flying. l was informed
that lnasmuch AK this was tho sccn'
OF the first American victory IN
people contributed 10 u fund ~
order that the Stars and stripe
might forever float above tn
waters of this hallowed river. or
this tour | drove out to tnn littl
village OF Vaux, made famous b
the American marines and of tn
goo homes that had once been tina
village. only parts of three wor
left. In the ruins live three oil
women whose male relatives had al
been Killed i'm the war. They hat
their pigs and chickens and flowers
one OF them had the most bcautifu
hollyhocks, astcrs and poppie
growing right out OF the ruins.
had the driver stop and ask for {
few of them, He also told her tina
had been an American soldier
tried to pay her Tor the flowers
krhwiug how terribly poor thcs,
people must be but she pushed th'
money away and said American
soldier? Good! Good Then she eX
planned that tho American soldier
had saved her home.
I'VE hear great deal here a
home about the reconstruction
work in France | visited most o
the battlefields and n great part q
tho devastated regions and II ther
is my reconstruction work goin