Show I 1 Is Going Home I 1 d ar HT U. 31 Jf 1 I t i- i iSOW SOW oW that the tho war Is b finished what s i desire I asked do you most u ol old ell French woman Ah h monsieur since this terrible l t Is passing tho the dearest wish of or ii j sj heart Is to return to tho the arron- arron I born said Bald she rd where here wasp was as a t to go home she sho continued tit it it h is true that my home homo is in ruins f fie re C old chateau where my mother w was s m and nd where hero I was born has hils been d on e beyond recognition Ri te e objects which would restore tho the west freest memories of m my life lite memories sweet and poignant the little dil td tho the disappointments the joys jors 1 eta have havo gone But Dut still it s ila o e. e It Is tho the old place where my tm ru grew to manhood my two dear j Ira m. m who vho have hava given their lives to fib ilia Is the spirit of or all nil Franco the spirit of or the the- French people who love Jove the loll soli It is s the spirit of ot tho the war war- worn mon man tho the lonely lonel mothers and the widows In black blad Homo homo home onCe more moro is tho the longing of ot all Yot Tot many havo have no homes to go to While all of or invaded ale Franco has hns been boen despoiled d some regions havo have suffered more th than n others Along the old battle battle battlo bat- bat tle lino IIno of ot 1915 1916 1916 1917 and again l of or 1918 everything has been wiped away Even en old ruins are gone Nothing Nothing Noth XothI I ing rises above the earth Alon Along the tho Somme Aisne and and in Flanders Flan ders deIs an and the tho desolation Is complete Tho The completely desolated area embraces a strip sixty miles wide through on- on once onca thickly populated centers cen cen- Whole cities havo have been swept away leaving slot not even tho foundation of or tho the buildings s. The loss of ot property in northern Franco France Is set at In Bel- Bel glum slum at 7 Tho The devastated Del I area In Franco Franc comprises square miles French military estimate un un- un- un official On tho the 1st of ot Oct ber there thore were ere still French civilians on French soil that was occupied by tho the Germans were Belgians in occupied Belgium Large Luse numbers of or French and Belgians have havo been de de- ported In addition moro more than 1000 I Fr people had been obliged to leavo leave regions despoiled by the Germans but which on m October 1 tho Germans had evacuated hero ruins still stilt exist the tho French people return as rapidly as I the they aro arc to do so They tit at once set act about repairing The Tho war requirements of ot the allies for Cor timber Umber have h. set Bet tho ho forests of or France Franco back bacle fifty years The Tho annual Import of ot lumber r will wilt exceed tho ho available avail able supply b by a a. year ear Theiron Tho The Iron and steel requirements of Franco France and Belgium will be bu enormous for tor a a. a year or two until the local Iron mines mincH como Into operation por Uon Somo Some of ot tho the principal ruined churches nn and cathedrals will not be repaired The They will remain in their present state for tor a n time at nt least as war memorials Placards have been sot set up by the tho French government c cautioning visitors against tho ho ro- ro moval of or relics I have havo talked with leading French rench architects about re rebuilding rebuilding re- re building the tho cathedrals It is felt tell that it will take tako years ears to restore those that are aro completely reduced or ery very badly ruined It will bo ho very difficult to reproduce th the the- exquisite minutia tho the carefully wrought mosaics tho the stained glass tho the images tho the paintIngs paint paint- ings Ines Tho The paintings of or Raphael Corot Millet Reubens consist consist consist con con- merely of or a few pigments and canvas Yet who can reproduce them For this reason though the dominant features of ot the tho destroyed edifices ma may maybe maybo be bo replaced tho the decorations that added to their ensemble will require many I years ma may Imagine how out out-of- harmony and oven even slightly Imperfect to order Images would seem in one one- of Frances France's great greot cathedrals Yet the art rt of ot Franco France is Js imperishable They will ultimately b bo be restored France for Cor France Franco Ion long I ago provided for tor the tho transition from a war to a peace basis Soldiers who have havo been employed on government work will return to their former lormor positions as rapidly as they thoy are demobilized Their positions have havo been boen held temporarily b by women Tho The of ot tho the great steel works that have havo been turning out artillery will soon eoon find themselves busier than ever everIn everIn everin in restoring the railroads and Iron and steel stocks France Franco emerges from tho the war with her industries organized on a n basis of or wonderful efficiency I Her Hor colonies too havo have been busy French capital will flow to the tho devastated devastated devas devas- I regions and enormous quantities of Supplies will bo be purchased from the United States As Franco has always alwa's produced almost all tho the food loo she sho has consumed roo food is plentiful and in must most towns costs but little moro more than Inthe in tho the United States Indeed sometimes It can bo be had for tor even cn less than in America As for tor the destroyed cities and towns the factories and mines their restoration Is anticipated at an earl early date But Dut temporary homes must first b bo be built for tor refugees refugee Not infrequently in infrequently In- In frequently the they solve soho this problem them themselves elves employment must bo be pro pro- vided Then will rapidly follow tollow permanent permanent per per- manent reconstruction and it Jl is bo- bo that tho miracle of ot the tho rebuilding rebuilding rebuild rebuild- ing of ot San Francisco will bo be outdone I II I pardons Kuhl was to have been shoat shot sho I I at al tho the state prison on December 20 |