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Show FRENCH PRAISE FOR OUR RED CROSS WORK Lauding the work accomplished by American philanthropy for wnr-strlckcn wnr-strlckcn France, Andre Tardleu, form cr high commissioner from that na tlon to tho United States, In a recent article widely commented on through out tho French press, says: "The American Red Cross has accomplished ac-complished n work which calls fot the heartfelt gratitude of every true Frenchman. In 1018 this greut relief organization spent In behalf of France nearly 87.000,000 francs, and In 1010 Its expenditures on charitable projocti In our country attained tho tremendous tremen-dous totnl of 171,000,000. It has recently re-cently turned over to the French relief organizations huge stocks of supplies sup-plies whoso valuo must be counted In tho 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 tho closest tics between themsclve and Franco younger generation through the charitable char-itable works they have financed, and nro now carrying out among our little war sufferers. " "inds of friendship between Fru ' uierlca Is cemented with tutu. Uon, retpect and graft tudo.' . . I |