ALSACE-LORRAINE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 January 1917, Page 2

ALSACE-LORRAINE.

QQITE apart from strong sentimental reasons, French people want to get thenlost provinces of Alsace-Lorraine back because of tlieir actual value. The provinces contain some of the greatest Rotash mines in .the world. These mines alone yield £4,pQ0,000 worth of potash every year. Naturally while the Germans have o\yned then} they have made many millions out qf then), supplying the world with pqt.as.li, and farm fertilizers from the roGk sqld which is mixed up with the potash becls "Another fact about Lorraine which will surprise most people is that it has half the world's supply of iron ore, as well as huge untapped coal deposits. For the coal alone France would like Lorraine, for she is short of coal, and has to import 10,000,----000 tons a year, Altogether, the return of Alsace-Lorraine will increase France's annual income by some £10,000,000, so there is a business side as we.ll as a |ientiyjen£al one to the recapture of the lost provinces. ~ " " °