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Show REHABILITATING SOISSONS j Dining t lit' first year of peace rca- j suitably rapid proore-. is reported in ! th..1 rchabilitar ion of Soissous and near- ! by pia.es. Soissuns. it nil! be recalled, wa? one of the mo-it hardiy contested strongholds of the world war, and the damage inflicted there was well-nigh complete. An Associated Pre-i . oi re-pun-do lit. who, with special facilities Ci-teiidcd Ci-teiidcd by the French i-overnmeiit, is making a tour through the devastated i r.ion of northern Fran'-r, reports that the resumption is obserab!e in the rovha! of the old industrVs ami the establishment of new ones. I'ar-ticularly I'ar-ticularly he notes rhe return of larg! rlo.-ks and herds of domestic animals, and predicts a speedy restoration of conditions relnth.' to meat nu-l d.tiiv supplies sufficient for the needs of the section. Industrially, the Soissuns district is also recovering. The activity is noticeable notice-able at t.'iit'fies, just outside SoisM.ns, win-re tiie Wauxsot Champagne Itot-tling Itot-tling Work?, '.'iiiployintf iuu men. has erected the steel f r.-.niew orl: .if the first tl,r"e units of its great plant. Within e'ghl months tiie production of chain-pagiio chain-pagiio bottles v. ill be resumed. 1 The loss by this company at ( ut't'ies lis optimal.:-' at from 'Ji.ni-fi,,),:i) i0 -J I , ii"0.n,iii r'i'.-ines. About ri.biiu.O.iil chain-'iagne chain-'iagne bottles, one tenth of the supply 1 of France, were made there. ! NothillL" v,:, f.ft ;,t. c,f'iPS except I a purtiun of the glas works. (Inly a bit ! I"f masonry here and flier' remain. ul. I The walh of the plant were pierced anil i trenches weie i, lasted through thej foundations and huge inciting pots. j It tas scarce to be expected that, the ! j French would be able lo restore their! CiMin'i'y with the a 111 a zi H g swiftness j which has ehai.'ieter, ,.' the r" ha bi I i t a -Itiou of American citi"i isited ,v r;i. I tnMroplu. . Notable example:-, of rebuilding re-building in AmericH urn; furnished bv s-ali Francisco, after the fire; llalv.'s jton, attcr the flood, and Chicago and Illusion, after their great con fin gra 1 ions, j Tin: i. 'sources of France as a nation ;t'.erc depleted ,y tllC Will', .'1 S Well 111 ; those of cities. Capital t,is lacking jand no doubt th" energy of the French was sapped to the point of com plot o I exhaii'ition. That condition nni liol Ipr.-ont when misfortune overlook our i there was ii In. -uu an nbnn- j'lauc, of money to be had and Amor-, i'an engineers and '.iorkii.cn to dei,t.;l lll.eir .iiie'iialei nkill to th.; I n H U nf re I const rue! ion. J '" view of tlie heavy blows which ! Fiance suffered and, with wonderful j-pirit. .iislnincl. l,e progress made! ( there since the ending of hostilities I eoiiiniiiiids Ihc ad m i in 1 1 on of the whole: j world. |