Show FRANCE PERFORMS MIRACLES IND IN REBUILDING D- D Dc Despite espite pite Terrible Havoc Nation Is Practically j Normal I IBy By sy HENRY WOOD i United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS Nov 12 within Within two years ears after t the 1 signing of the armistice France has worked t two o veritable miracles mira mira- cles one cles-one one of ot readjustment and one of I reconstruction j As a result of this miracle of readjustment readjustment read read- read read-i although I Trance France was the one allied country countr that suffered most from the war and the one Country In which the increase in the cost of living Irving was as the greatest she is the only one of the big all allied d powers who today is entirely I free from any strikes or social unrest of an economic nature II BOLSHEVISM GONE I Furthermore she is the only one of ot the big allied powers who In the thc same period of time has been able to free herself fully and definitely from the menace of bolshevism The death knell of the latter was sounded a month ago when in national convention at Orleans the French Federation of Labor almost unanimously the leaders who up util uti eight months ago ordered i and supported political strikes amongst the French workingmen Instead of waiting as much of the rest of the world has done for economic economic economic mic life to reestablish itself on the prewar prewar pre pro war basis France saw at once that this would never ne happen and Immediately Immediately immediately Immedi immedi- readjusted Herself to the new economic economic ec- ec life imposed by the war INCREASE HEAVY The official statistics of the allied countries place the increase in hl the cost of living in m France as a result of the war wai at 00 per cent nt Yet despite this astounding g handicap handicap handicap handi handi- cap official figures of the of-the the French ministry ministry min ministry min min- of public instruction show how that salaries generally throughout France have now been mci increased eased from to 00 JOO per cent It is this quick readjustment of the whole economic basis of French life lite to the new standard of living created by bythe bythe bythe the war that has left France entirely free from industrial strikes for the past nine months and has wiped out I completely the menace of bolshevism REPAIRS DAMAGE All France is hard at work today on ona ona a a. fairly contented basis to repair repair th the I havoc and damages wi wrought ought by th the war warLike Like all an other allied nations in Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope one of ot the greatest d damages mages to France Prance was the increase in her importations importations lations and decrease in her exportations exportations I lions resulting in the frightful decrease in the value of French money in forI foreign foreign for for- eign countries I Yet Tet the most astound astounding ng progress is being made to remedy this b bj by increase in m French production an and consequently increased exportation and decreased I I importation I EXPORTS LOW During the first first seven months of or 1919 France exported only 4 77 C francs worth of merchandise and produce pro pro- duce For the first seven months of 1920 these exportations Rere increased 1 to francs a gain of over I Ir G r 7 0 JO francs 1 Frances France's total importation importations im importations im- im for 1919 were francs against only 8 francs of exportations For all of it is estimated that I her importations will only be 37 1 francs and her exportations 20 20 showing a steady progress I towards the reestablishment of equal I importations and exportations necessary j I sary sarv to overcome the present ruinous rate of French exchange I As regards commercial relations with the United States Frances France s importations importations for July from America I which totaled were reduced for forthe forthe forthe the month of August to showing how fast French industries are getting back on a basis where they I can supply the needs of France without without with with- out recourse to foreign countries KEEPS APACE France has kept equal pace pace in the reconstruction of her devastated re regions re- re gions Of the French citizens who were driven from their homes by the German invasion are now now- back on the job jab job I Of the kilometers meters of railway destroyed destroyed de de- strayed during the war kilometers kilometers j e-j Vera are bath back in operation Of the 5 acres of land rendered rendered ren ren- ren-I ren dered because of or the presence of unexploded shells and missiles mis- mis mis- mis missies I sills siles acres acrs have been cleaned I and put back into into- cultivation Of the 3 acres of ot ground that thai I were pounded into nothing b by shell fire firt and other war wax activities 2 have been restored to productivity II Of the factories that were de destroyed destroyed destroyed de- de by the war 35 0 are aie already I Iback back in operation and another ar are ander reconstruction Of the 00 people who were employed cm- cm in these destroyed factories before before be- be fore the war are back at work I em-I in them |