FRANCE.
GERMANY'S PURPOSE. TO DESTROY FRANCE'S ECONOMIC LIFE. Received Feb. 11, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Feb. 10. M. Clemenceau, to an Americcan interviewer, said that while the war was won it was more accurate to say there was a lull in the storm. Although Germany bad been beaten, Russia still remained from which Germany could draw strength. There was a certain danger in re-opening the military debate, except for the Allies' assurance that whenever France, or other nations, was attacked, the whole world would rush to vindicate liberty. Germany's purpose throughout the war had been to destroy France's economic life. This, and not frightfulness, accounted for the devastation wrought in the Northern Department. Germany was still able to use her factories, while onethird of France's were useless. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1919, Page 5
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131FRANCE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1919, Page 5
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