THE FRENCH LOAN.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1916, Page 2

THE FRENCH LOAN.

APPEAL BY GENERAL TOFFRE. General JofTre, Commander-in-Chief of the French force?, on November 25 issued the following general order to the army: On November 2o France issues a great loan to provide Hinds for expenditure on the national defence. All the appeals she has made since the beginning of the war have had ready response. ' This because everyone knows the riches of France; because everyone has confidence in her destinies, and a favorable termination of the struggle. All those who subscribe fulfil the duty of a good Frenchman. They also find their advantage in it. Whoever pays in 87.2"i francs will receive an obligation bearing it francs interest annually, an investment in French bonds at ."> 73-100 per cent.

You have doubtless heard your parents recall the terrible hours of IS7O. After that war there was a loan for the liberation of territory. This time, thanks to your efforts, it will be, as the Minister of Finance has said, '"the loan of victory." Think about all that. Write, about it to your relatives and the friends that yon' left behind at your birthplace. Tell them that to subscribe to the loan is to serve France; tha', it is to light for her with you; that it is to give you the most effective aid possible at the present time, and that it is to assure your fmure and that of your children.—J. Joffre