Show 6 tr 11 r R Repairing e e W War ar R Ravages I I 0 j DEFERENCE R previously has been made to the V expense which wl-tich the French government has the disasters of war far in in incurred iric in remedying J trie e regions invaded and occupied by the German I of f the greater portion army my an and comprising of cities and and hundreds eleven departments S t t towns While the st statement that the work al already al al- f ready rady dy done has cost the French government about 1 francs or approximately fP at the present rate of exchange is of impressive some details showing howing the progress the the the plans pl plans ns of restoration n not only show what has 1 but bu the enormous enormous' extent of 6 been n accomplished the t destruction visited up upon n Fran France Frane e by the inv in- in in v aders ders S The total surface area ra ravage ravaged age l by the Teu- Teu tonic iS armies w was s acres Of this im immense im- im of which was literally liberally torn t to n mense area much pieces by exploding shells and th the ci digging of cle cleared red of have been trenches acres 00 acres acres totally totally cleared of I helIs shells and shells trenches and wire More than acres of tillable landS land I w was s destroyed and nd of this amount S a acres res had been rendered again tillable up to last I fall Of dwellings more than were totally destroyed pra practically ruined or badly dam dam- aged ged These have been replaced to the extent of A 6 permanent and temporary structures i i Out of oxen in the region the Ger Ger- left only sheep and goats f from oma a total of 95 of horses and mules only nJ of out of a total of remained tid d of of swine the the invaders left only The oxen have been replaced to the theS 2 S extent tent of 00 she sheep p and go goats ts S and mules mule and of swine swine i I Iti 1 l It is i. i is little it le w wonder that the Fr French s shudder udd r ti t the t ery r thought h o off of another nother invasion from th the 5 l e source I. I nJ |