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Show FRENCH FAVOR TRADE BOARD INAIUSTRALIA SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 21. (Cor-respondenco (Cor-respondenco of tho Associated IJrcss.) When the French mission headed by General Paul Pau, which is now touring tour-ing Austrnlin, returns home it ivlll urgo the government to appoint trade commissioners to improve the com-cial com-cial relations between France and Australia. Aus-tralia. Dr. Siegfried and JNI, Motto, members of tho mission, have been very actively engaged in Sydney and Melbourne in conferring with commercial commer-cial interests, and governmental departments de-partments with this end in view. Addressing Ad-dressing the Commercial Travelers' association in Sydney early in October M. Motle said that the Germans had robbed northern France of 100,000,-000 100,000,-000 worth of wool and woolen goods, machinery, leather, copper and other things and he added: "It will take us some time to reorganize and we -want support in order to enable us to re- build trade before Germany can find her place again." ' Subsequently at a dinner given to the mission by the commonwealth government gov-ernment in parliament house, Melbourne, Mel-bourne, the acting prime minister, William Wil-liam A. Watt, said: "For four years I prior to tho war Australia Imported from France a yearly average of $10,-000,000 $10,-000,000 worth of goods: while we say it with shamo during the same period our yearly average with Germany was $32,000,000. Now we have learned that it is better to do business with civilized civi-lized and friendly people. If Australia can by the efforts of tho government and parliament put France in the position po-sition that Germany formerly was in the government and parliament will do so with pleasure. We recognize that Franco deserves special consideration amongst all the allies." Lille, Roubalx and Tourcoing, before the war were the chief French manufacturing manu-facturing centers. Gorman invasion nnd occupation ruined them, plunder and destruction being the enemy's policy. pol-icy. The French government however, has been for some time preparing for tho rcoccupation of the wool districts, and it is expected that now the factories factor-ies Avill be seedlly rebuilt and the large consignments of American machinery imported will be installed. |