FRANCE.
HER LOST PROVINCES. , BE9HTOTBON A FIRST CONDITION. Received Sept. 7, 9 p-m. Paris, Sept. 0. It Ribot, tpeaking at a cemetery Mtere He many of the Marne heroes, laid that France was not fighting to lonquer territory, but wants back her «wn profrinees, taken by the abuse of (treagth. "We will not compromise on this demand. The restitution of Al«aceLorr&ine cannot be submitted to diplomatists for discussion. It is one of the flrst conditions for the establishment of the rights of nations. France does not ask punitive damages, but Germany ihoald be compelled to repair the evil Ante in Frasee." INCREASING THE MERCANTILE TONNAGE. Paris, Sept. 5. The Minister of the Mercantile Marine has planned to build during the Current year three times the annual preWax new tonnage.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1917, Page 5
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