The Crittenden press., 1922-02-17

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No country injured hy ihe World
var so about more earnestly 10
achme reconstruction than Belgium.
the one which suffered most cruelty
and Dramatically from the cunhlct
Though ths damage done 90 the cuun.
tp through prppsriy destroyed on.
lag ana financial esasions hr tho
Germans reached tho tremendous sum
n - billions ~ fruncs according io
the estimate ~ ths BELGIUM romlie
csniral lndusiriei the peflf win
rharacterisilc industry and fhrfi. tu0k
ap the heavy task ~ resusriiaflng their
country's industrial NE as soou as the
armlsfirs bad been signed o. the
beginning u 1897 the' bad made suoh
Er,af Strides fhat Nifh the exreril0n
of ths sissl and e'ass Industries pro-
ducfiou ateused three glartcrs or
more u prr.uur praiufiiou the coal
output had even reached pf DR. cent
and the Refined suEaf euirui in pef
cent
Bui ths postwar reaCiiou which
aruct lhe United States and other
c0antriss Ia il,u Affected neiginm
too and since the spring " thar wear
Belgium has had lis share " fepres
don closed and pari.fine factories
II
whish affected many paris oi tho
noriheru hemisphere has heen feii IN
neiglum With fhs result ihaG hars
ests are less and fr.d prIces higher
whsrs the prIcf ludr1 oi Twins costs
49, ieo in 1914 O. vas az Boz ocio.
ler. 1917 ani bad reached fflif io
lsl in Aurua. 1907 nui ihe adverse
s-cuuofnlr forrss On orsraiI0n since
eary ln ie.u have causei suffering
even In ruunffirs uni Involved In thr
worid war. and o. understand that
belgium ln spite uf rrescui trials b.
in fr uaf fn ulfefup fhr H'hef
wartorn cauuires in tho return IN
nauual. Dc is anii nressari fo r0ns.d.
~ condlilous ln CO. little t.ug'Inm be-
fore ttr var broke In upou o.
i,s Pspuiation is osnss
The nslgium % ioday has nn area
lsss Than oue fourth as rreat ns M.s
sissippI. and vei % has four times
ths population - that state Twenty
two and ham rountries lise Rel
rum would he required 90. make a
state IKE Tens and f Texas yer,
as denssly populated as Belgium u
would have as many rfuple us ~
unltcd States and Germany to-cihe'
uou posse.s Or tho entire ln.iDi
states had ss many people g. tl'
SQUARE mile us Belgium that Be- con
tlnenfai United Sfates exclusive o'
Alasth -We aould have mur people
hers thau ihrrp arr in fhr entire world
today You could cuucenirair nll th'
nsuplr uf tho seven seas aud ~ All
ths continents herr and siIn have room
fof enough more to rrpopuiair ih'
continent ~ Eunaie e. b. uov stands
Il must follow from this ihai mci
vaa population. ntiug Within sucl
uarrou confines TffHUn souls with
in an ara of ti111 square miles
must be o frugal people accusiome'
to ssifdsn.sl skilled lu ihe ari %
sronomlcai living and masters of th'
srisnre ~ intensive industry yei eiu
sl this density af population. viz
al co. sKariinHs ~ ioTfei ecanpml
ttsy arr peopie eto bad so of'lerr.
tbsIr fe.ailans with 0ur smother an.
eiii their government thui mrI.nes
and ranirnimeni se0msi iH iurI Nltl
them o. with hui fee other reop.c'
aud thls m spite of divorce i.sren
and diverse Tongues
I've ois,ine, Peoples
Within belgium smal territory
smailsr 10 ares than Massachuscit
and Connection ihrr, arr neafl
three mllliou riemIngs who ,auno
talk With their usmpairioi MalInun'
snd about as man, Walloous WIN car
not hold runyerse with their country
men FiemluEs IN ihrir habits II m'r
aud their meihuiis ai gaining d i've
llhood lhe tuo pe'fries diner as niiel
a. ths English and the Irrnch. au
ln their speech ihoy arr as d.ncren
a. the Oermaus aud the scandpnv
ans. and ,si there Is tic that ha
bound them toEeiher for Ecnerailon'
with never a fratucldul var m hel
mo,ien history That tie IL the bon
q religion. fof ihei 400 subscribe I
The doctrines uf the Chur,h uf Rom
uiih hssriinsss Thai makes chem ga
Al lhs hesi lntel o. gHirs uf 'hr hol
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Their tunruss sfe licm.sh un