FOCH'S HIDDEN HAND.
.uul;iu<: i;ksj;i;vk .uvsTKiiy. AiaiV RTIiUXUEII NOW THAN KVKH. One of the "Tcnlest mysteries of the war is that surrou'ndiiii; Fueli and his 11 i-iiiy of manoeuvre o:' mobile reserve. Sonic people arc sure it \s ,e.dine; to turn tl]« tide id Hie ripht moment. Olbers ivl';im> lo believe tint (here is any 1110liili' reserve. They clann"that France it bled white, and loitering M. Andre TanlieU. tin: 'French High Commissioner in the United Stales, "blf'l'lobriiary Gth, said lhat. not incliidiifjf'',native troops from the colonics and" workmen in the factories, the t'reneli'"soldiers mobiifs-'vl on JaniJay Ist. I!) I s/W^fe'4,725.000.';; ; . In tlio Speeor referred To, wliich'Wj delivered before the New York Alliai'fc' Frnncaise, Mr'Tardieu 'said:— ..'"':"'"
■ "What we,' suffered, you 'jsfSjV: Nearly : square i'Kijoivibtrea bf'tijir. country, the richest arid' the Wrodueti've, are iji ; ,the Jiaijils 'of.the seti»y; Our 'jioj)ti)ati6n';' diminished 'by....tli'|J jnvasioir of our' mounfe only Ho Il^OOtttoti' inhabitant's; A tittle over' 1,000,000 have been . 'kfHcd in ■ fettle, nearly l;O0O".66o 'ivav'o "seen .maimed and .definitely invalided out'Of the War. Would you care to know 1 the present strength of the French army? Listen:
"Officers and soldiers mobolised'"on January Ist; WIS, not including' the native troops from the colonies and' .the workmen in the factories, amount to 4,725,000 men, of whom nearly 3,000,000 are in the army zone. "Some more figures, if you please. What about our jjuua? We have in the line 10.i1i.) of every calibre, and every ■ lino 1 0,000 of every calibre, and every out by our factories. To. get those guns, to produce lliosa shells, we created an industry which did not exist before the war, and -which has enabled us. not only to arm ourselves, but also to arm our Allies.
"Without speaking of what we manufacture for you, and that is several hundred <runs ii month, Ave have during the last three years given to our Allies in Europe. 1,359,600 rifles, 15,000 automatic rifles, 1(1,000 machine-guns, 800,000,000 cartridges, 2500 guns, and 4750 aeroplanes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1918, Page 2
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327FOCH'S HIDDEN HAND. Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1918, Page 2
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