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Show paign. Such a.n invasion, it is feared, would prove disastrous to French commercial com-mercial interests and can lie prevented only by immediate steps to forestall indiscriminate in-discriminate importations, especially of such manufactures as Germany can sell cheaper than France can inako them. Hundreds of French wholesale and retail re-tail firms, wires tho correspondent, have received letters from German manufuct urers ami wholesale houses with whom they dealt beforo the war. These letters, couched in the most diplomatic dip-lomatic terms, reminded old customers that "the 'war was over" and that Germany Ger-many "wanted to resume trade relations rela-tions with France." The letters said that ''Germany was prepared to manufacture manu-facture and sell goods in France cheaper cheap-er than any other country could do. ' ' Deliveries De-liveries were promised as soon as the reaty with France was affirmed. GERMAN TRADERS SLY. News from I'ra n ee is that 1 1 ernia ny has begun her trade offensive in that country and that the French commercial and industrial interests 'view the lli-vat ened resumption of compel it ion with considerable nlnrm. According to the Paris correspondent of the New York Herald, it was openly announod in tho chamber nc. deputies recently lint many ( lermn n p-od ucl ?, al ready lia 1 cr r--a i heel Prance :n a fraudulent manner. Among these are motion picture appara'us, hardware, cutlery and bazaar good 4, Deputy f.Iau.isat, pays the Herald cable, ca-ble, charged rcrtala officers v. i 1 1 1 being responsible lor shipping these fJennan goods info Km nee. If.? dee hired that (iertnan cutlery could be .'add in the republic .10 per cent cheaper Mian it. was possible to sell French cullery. Hi-cycles Hi-cycles made in fJermany, for example, can be sold in France at .t-", whereas I he French - made wheel is sold a I f rota SO to .f P". 'ending the ratification of the peace treaty, the GeriuaiM a re pre pa 1 1 u g to resume relations wit.i Franc mi the old basis, Their commercial preparations prepara-tions are causing iiiu -Jj cipcern among French business men. 'Mn this eon neclion," says lh(i eorrespoii'len I , "the demand has been made hero that, some, mrt of a protective arrangement be de-vivd de-vivd to heep out fieiinan product..!. ' It is pointed out that France, under prcieji t ceo 11 oill ic, cond i 1 ions, i , unable to compete with Germany, and if ior-' mnny is allowed to ship her goo.h lo Franco as fthe de.Hirns to do, HimiHands of workers will be thrown out, of employment, em-ployment, in France. One imilauee cih-d is that, of cutlery. It, is as't-rle- (hat Oerinan manufact ureri are able to matte twelve knives at (he price of one French V i f e. m-niiiiii v V. f a et o riio are; report cd l be working full bbmt and indie,, I inc. a re that, the ma n u fa' 1 11 1 ers a re only awaiting ratification o Hie treaty bv France to launch a greul sidling nun |