Show AGAIN BY 1 6 g ts JS PREDICTION fl fla Mor More Than 80 Per Cent of a w War ar Torn Area Already i Normal Its I Restored to i Condition Report s. s sly By Uy CHARLES nB V. V P. P P. P Stuff Staff Correspondent f. f WASHINGTON Dec 10 By U. U P P. i in the French districts dea devastated World war will be completely re rehabilitated re- re habilitated b by the close of 1925 1 A. A Welden o of the European I division department of commerce ics eldon points out that over sO 50 sOper per cr i cent ent of ot tho war torn area of or Franco ra cG had been restored restore to i its s for- for finer condition by autumn of this oar ar The w wOrk rl of rehabilitation not carried on with the fiend fiend- six h precision of wartime devastation la 1 a gone forward steadily and with unbelievable progress 1 to th the sections where the Oie S o s battles b bf the war were fought rubbed their eyes in amaze- amaze feni eat nt this summer when they comar compared corna com corn pared ar a d the he landscape and outlook It Ir the desolateness of ot the same grons gions in 1920 the year ear af after afler er the when all an France was Inand in inand and restoration hAd not beE be- be E Approximately SO per cent of the SIS destroyed destroY d during the war aye ave been rebuilt Weldon WeIdon said saM finely per cent of cent of the damaged have been reconstructed t 80 er em cent n of the trenches e sJ used by bythe the oops of both armies have been led In and SS 88 per cent of the aged ed factories have been put in While to a great extent the re retiring re- re J tiring of damages done done in these gions glons was executed with govern- govern tint ent aid nevertheless much is due p the energy industry of te te In individuals and owners J OF OP POPULATION Jho ho ha prewar population of the mens rens rens re- re ns under consideration numbered I while at the close of ot the thear thear ar on November 11 ii 1918 this numer numer num- num er ci had been reduced to On January fary 1 1924 1921 the population amOunted to or only 46 6 Jess less than at the opening of ot the theIn tar Mar In out of ot 3 55 Uie I e local administration has been mb reorganized and the number of 11 lic Ic schools and in these tse t se districts exceeds those of ot prewar pre- pre 0 w-ar w dr r years ears years 11 P e Credit National a corporan corpora- corpora n formed to repair th the damages by the he war Weldon said had hadI I aid claims up to francs he e 0 money was provided by ponds bonds by the corporation with in- in rest redemption and premium arges guaran guaranteed teed b by the French State liabilities up to M 5 billion francs have been ed and 3 35 5 billions are contested Is expected that expected that an additional 16 HUon francs will be awarded aging the total damages up to 82 SI billion francs This v vis s approximately 28 billions due duei duet t i sufferers after a d deduction dl oc or oce e e 54 billions already alread paid 4 D RESTORED Tremendous progress has has has' been ad addin ln the reconstruction n Of r land and mining Weldon 0 d. d At the close of ot the war 50 hectares of land Wad Had been devas- devas te ted 1 of which crop lands comprised hectares and pasture lands b hectares one orre hectare equals 71 U l acres With the opening of e he war more than hectares ere re under cultivation at the benning benning be- be nning of the spring season 1700 j p were already under plow The grand total of livestock in ine inS e S farming districts under consid- consid including cattle horses ep ep p goats goats and pigs which num- num dover doter at the beginning beginning- o 0 the war wart had at the conclusion o of h ho armistice been reduced to less lessan lessan lessan an an This number umber by Janu- Janu y 1 1924 had been brought up to toI toire I ore ire than Furthermore Fl by the tIre first of the theeart car eart almost farm buildings d been entirely rebuilt or com com- tely r repaired while nearly ad d been made roads serviceable for tem tem- use Coal find nd Iron mines reported durE dur- dur g E the war var to have been p damaged were apparently not in inch ch cli bad shape interesting figures as to indus- indus al at reconstruction are to be found in p. connection with the coal mines mines' fi f the Nord Nord- and Pas de dear de- de ar ments Weldon said The LUmber of pits in these departments t the beginning of the war was ebo 00 O. O all of which h were damaged dur- dur gr g the invasion On On January 1 1 24 U. U there were 14 of these ag again ln operation with workers ji n number number- p pg j nearly or more than thant t L the he be prewar days The output of ot se iese mines in January Januar this year mounted to tons or 76 j per er cent of ot the average output in 1913 as against a monthly I Average of only 1535 tons in 1919 IRON IIII MINE E WORKING G. G I if IThe The number of iron mines in ex- ex ince ence In 1914 1911 was thirty four and 1 Jl 11 were damaged during the war 1 ow row all but butone one have been restored proved mining plants have been constructed and great improvements aye ao been made mad ln in apparatus that Wo uld increase the output I M Marked larke 1 progress th they expert sald has taken place in the reha- reha on of ot industrial establish- establish k ments In the devastated are areas and the conditions continue to improve The industrial capacity of ot France will be greatly strengthened on the completion of reconstruction work during during- this or next year Particularly Particularly Particularly Par Par- In the textile industry great improvement is shown in the enlargement nt of factories and the installation of or new machinery Weldon sees the greatest problem l 1 facing those engaged In rehabilitation tion and restorations restoration's as the housing question Many temporary relief I buildings buildings' must give wa way soon to more permanent structures str so that Its real solution has been postponed However he points out investment ln in n permanent real estate Improvements improvements improvements improve Improve- I ments will come as a matter of course with economic res restoration m |