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Show FRENCH PRAISE FOR OUR RED CROSS WORK Lauding the work accomplished by American philanthropy for war-stricken war-stricken France, Andre Tardieu, former form-er high commissioner from llwt nation na-tion to the United States, In a recem article widely commented on throughout through-out the French press, says: "The American Red Cross has accomplished ac-complished a work which calls for the heartfelt gratitude of every true Frenchman. In 1918 this great relief organization spent In behalf of France nearly 87.000,000 francs, and In 1919 Its expenditures on charitable projects in our country attained the tremendous tremen-dous total of 171,000.000. It has recently re-cently turned over to the French relief organizations huge stocks of supplies sup-plies whose value must be counted In the hundreds of thousands of francs. "Fifteen million American boys and girls, banded together In the Junior Red Cross of America, are back of a movement to establish the closest lies between themselves and France's younger generation through the, charitable char-itable works they have financed and are now carrying out among our little war sufferers. "The bonds of friendship hetweer France and America Is cemenfed wltt mutual admiration, rei'pect and grail tude." |