Show j J I l Reconstructed France I i h HOSE w who o love the French people for their many charming characteristics cs as a race or who entertain a h high gh regard for forny fl any ny people who keep digging al along ng right lines s will be glad to f V t J learn an that the process process' of reconstruction has progressed to a far Jar fari i c Af greater extent nt than generally supposed would be possible c considering considering consider consider- t i ing g the ch chaotic otic conditions s which prevailed in in Fr France nce at the closet close t of the war According A cording to authentic advices in the departments of of the r Devastated d devastated I regions the territory this year being devoted to agric agriculture agri- agri c c culture reached almost the prewar figures while of the 3 63 industrial industrial indus- indus trial establishments destroyed during the war 2412 already have work and the work of reb rb rebuilding the remaining establish establish- establishments 5 I ments i Is proceeding rapidly France of course still is in a bad but far from h h p less C financial condition but that thai the French people have no not undergone change hange in respect ct to their noted thriftiness is shown by the fact fac I. I th that w while ile the greater portion of about francs viere were f withdrawn by depositors of savings accounts cco nt t to aid tI th government in time of war the savings accounts now total otal within j 1 francs of the prewar figure and the number p 91 of savings sav- sav av- av ings accounts has i in increased by more ore th than over the en number J at it t the outbreak of the war var I fi Any nation that displays displays' the pl pluck ck a and d' d persey perseverance ra s1 shown own If by y France is entitled to the better future that seems to tob be assured t for that country r I. I 1 t |