FRANCE RECOVERING

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1923, Page 4

FRANCE RECOVERING

AIORK A XI) REITER ! 'At Tt EM j DA IDS. June 7. | An official report > | the British 'i)••- j pnrlnient ol Overseas Tri In revealing I that t lie France ol to-day i-, like : hi- j Frame of IS 7I . 111; 1 1- i: 1- ■ a luagobi. i eifort. by If r-! or!.. m re. ,ni> lie ] ravin e.s ef war. ha- just ken hailed. j The report la lb.- work el the ('elll- J lllel'a i.; I ('cunselhtr o! Lie Ri i: !dl Ea - j ha-sy in i’aris. Mr a. !!. ( ddll. aid i|>i.i list a king and exhaustive. The general * ’inclusions ei i lie r.-].o: i are: | Era mi e is st rung. I ter industrial populat ion is fidlv j ciuo'n-.o d. and her oulpnl in u.osl lielils I of p" ilui. i imi is (i mI y limited 'i.v 'hint- i age oi man-power. Tiie indust rial fun-! ntet ion ol l’i-' j del .’O-1.: led areas i . j':: .; a;.;.mas bil:g j coa i j ti" t ion. j The r.‘iiorl slate- L .e. t lie destroyed or da ii'.ged eotd mine- are inrTens-pq; tin ir e-itpui v. iiti ii: ,ir.- -iI teelini-’iii equ :pn;< in. Ti:e - : ea; w .!!■ u :ml.- a- j to.i works arc- !<-■•>t going lo the Ini! ext";;* (-•' the lal-our at Lair <t• s;1 1 . Tiie g agrieidtnral urea, o: heat and b"'.‘f root, the ( hief even.- : f X'orthera I rinice. will :i a; prut;turn:e to railways."'!!!:,! r.-ads hic.e beep. a',:J are. being improved. AYa! er-pow er. the ivi.'f'; is; being s' sterna: irtliiv tun ed 111 :■•■louili. I Xeu res tore.’, in ores. a!, pota -a. and i oil have been developed. Th -re lue- j been ad vac i ■ in imlviri.d , fanWMb'U ! in a marked fashion in the chemical, oh ■•tri.-al. metalbir::!: a!, euenieering. nluniiaiuin. and oilier indusir: s. di--ceriiib!i i liroujffi l-’r,'ii'-'i indu--tiy as a whole. Eren'h foreign trad'- in weight lue. alreadv siirp.tssetl pl’e-wrr m-uro-. RE'ITRX 'I'D THE IM.DCGH. i Fine results have been obtaioed by j hard work in the devastated region-. s ()i ft. IfJt’i.OAl (leva-ted acres. «.1 !. have been cleared of projectile-. I renth

~erl\ and Parted “ire ; f 9.920 factories lif.vo been rebuilt out of 22.100. Of nearly 1.9!1,0;>0 acres of devastated agricultural land, more than 1,235,000 have been put under the plough. Municipal life has been restored in 3,238 communes out of 3.521 occupied by the Germans; 7.008 schools have been rebuilt out of 7.298 which existed in 1911. The main railway system has been repaired, nearly all tbe waterways have been made navigable, and of the 30,150 miles of devasted loads 19.743 have been restored to traffic and S 071 have been improved. GKXRR.U. THAIIIS. Speaking of general trade, the report states : The extremely unfavourable trade balance of 1010-1921!. when French imports excelled exports by 2-1.<)(N).(100.-i;;i:i francs, bn"- been almost completely adjusted. In Paris am! its suburb-;, in the Lyons area, near Marseilles, am! at Bordeaux, llourges. Tours. St. Xaaaiic. Xevers. Caen, llavr. 1 , Uoneii. l.e Creusot, and in numerous small centres, there are visible factories erected in ibis era, and in many eases workshops oi a scale and with an equipment unknown before the war in similar French undertakings.