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CONCRETE COTTAGES IN. DEVASTED AREAS, * FRENCH PEASANTS FLOCK BACK

TO THEIR LAND, TA

The Sas and New York Herald coster- poodent writes Front Rheims:- "

THE RISE OF HUGO STINNES

GERMANY'S GREATEST FORCE.

The Berlin correspondent of the Daily fail writes:-

All Germany is asking to-day what Hugo Binnen in alming at? This aminzing per desonality, little knows in England as yet, is incomparably the most powerful force gifted with unbounded ambition, and inox- in Germany to-day. Still under 5fty, haustible energy, hard, lucid. Titanio in conception, utterly fearless in execution, Hugo Stines. Germany's richest man and leading industrial figure, is uounterpart and direct descendant of the cold, shrewd, business men, such as Bailin, who, with the

One cannot go far through the vastated area of Frater, without being struck by the cheerful spirit of the people who are so busy remaking their homes. Their confidence in the future is amazing Here they are surrounded by the most depressing conditions, yet each returning refugee tackle the task of clearing, sway the rains of his former home and putting

a temporary "roof over his head until be-Kaiser as their flamboyant figurehend, can rebuild a mere lasting one. Never gyrating to their pulling of the wires; murmur of complaint weapon him. He made Germany a big commercial factor in might say with a shrug of the shoulder, the world. "C'est la guerre," an expression he used so often during the war to expine sötie thing enised by the conflict, but that is all

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Oficial figures show that 1 million people returned to their former homes in the ruined area by March 1st. lat. This in a surprisingly large percentage. The repatriates are largely old men and child- Fren. The comparatively few-young men among them is, of course, added testimony of France's terrible losses in the war."

SLOW WORK IN LARGE CITIES.

In 1913 Huge Stinnes, although well into his millions, was but their disciple. To-day he stands along,

Last week he quietly bought up the dilgemeine Zeitung, the German Govern- printing firm which owns the Deutsche neat organ, and thus whippeditaway from, Government un He proceeded to guge General von Ludendorf as his mili- tary expert..

A little while ago he acquired a South trosette, a German paper, the Munich Augsburg-

a steadygoing reactionary organ. He has a paper in Dortmund, in the Ruhr area where he is the inflexibly dominating personality. He has just bought the big Buxenstein printing business by, quietly putting into twenty million marks (onally, a million pounds). That mea trols at this moment ali Government print- control of a dozen other papers. He con-

Americans who are beginning to stream: into Rheins. Verumn, Shimons, St. Quentin and other of the larger cition destroyed, in the warfinal restoration sles. It is neeing in Germany. sarily so. Lack of materials and princis! tive methods aris the cause, But there is no mistaking the spirit of the people.

ments.

It is pretty difficult to understand the magnitude of the task in Northern France until you have visited cities like Rheims or St. Quentin. In Rheims, for instance, only sixteen out of sixteen thousand houses escaped shell damage during the hambard

In St. Quentin every one of the twelve thousand houses was damaged.

In these two cities, na in most other places the houses are of brick. About two thousand bave been built in St. Quen- tin since the armisties: in Rheims three thousand have been restored, not wholly rebuilt It will cost about 300 million dollars to rebuild the cities of Rheims and St-Quentin, about half in each case...

In its efforts to help the people get homes #gain the French government has adopted a plan to found concrete houses of standard, type. Most of them are little more than huts, but they are new and sanitary and are made very comfortable, Whole villages of them are being put up. In many instances they are built open spaces away from the ruined houses. large number of the new homes are of a wore pretentions one of one and a half story bungalow type.

WOMEN AS HOUSE BUILDERS.

In the village of La Ferer which was completely destroyed, there are many of the concrete one-story homes. The are put up very quickly. "returning refugees being engaged for the work. Hundreds of women are helping to build them in La Fere. The work is comparatively simple. There are no cellars to dig and after the framework of wood is put up the concrete is poured in from the top.. Alp the inter-. vening walls of the rooms are also of con crate, as is the door of the whole house. The roof is red tile. Ten people finish"

this type of house in two weeks.

One of the problems to be faced beforri

a town-could-be rebuilt was that of elear

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Note that this widespread and rapidly increasing newspaper hold on Germany is reactionary-nos Republiran. Significant in view of imminent and critical events-

new President, the German Republic Spa. the Reichstag elections, the choice in the balance.

INDUSTRIAL FORCE, Hugo Stinnes's newspaper and politient Enorm Industrial force lies behind

ambitions. He controls no fewer chan fifteen groups of coal miary extending into France He has inmense ore and metal interests in Germany and Luxemburg; he runs a store of large inland shopping con. erros; he owns at least six big wholesale goal distribution enterprises. dwarfed Krupp.

He has

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The versatility of this man's interests astonishing. For reasons of his own he has recently bought a huge ceflitlose con -corn,—an-hotel, textile fangry and a

motor-car business in Berlin!

His papers are to be self-supporting. He has bought paper and pulp factories and forest areas. Existing interests will suply him with metal. though, I think with apprehension and Everywhere, dismay he is hailed in Germany as the Newspaper King,

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This man will have to be reckoned with by Europe. At 20 he was held capable of partnership in the family arm of Matthias Stinges. He broke away" went on his own," and, well before the war, had swi with devastating energy into high finance. He is the business genius of Germany at awonient when business genius is what Germany most surely needs. It is said of him that "no price for a sound thing and no salary to a good man are too high for Hugo Stinnes.

What does he want?

KOREAN ON TRIAL.

FOR PLANNING BOMB OUTRAGE.

The trial of a Korean named Je So-kan,

ing away the debris. In the larger plaers who is charged with having attempted a German prisoners were still being utilized bomb outrage on the occasion of the wed to help in this work as late as the end of ding of Prince Yi Kon of Kores and March. Whole regiments of them could

Masaky, daughter of Prince

be seen under guard at work in places ceas, was opened in the Tokyo Chiho

which less than two years before they had been attacking. The prisoners live in long barracks away from their work, to which they walk each morning, a distance some-.. times of three or four miles.. They carry | their noonday meal with them,

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Saibansha on July 6th. Procurator Iwa- mura conducted the prosecution, while four. layers appeared for the defence.

Procurator Iwamura asked the Court to conduct the trial bebind closed doors as the proceedings aight prove injurious to the public peace and order. Counsel for the defence argued in favour, of an open trial, contending that a secret trial might give rise to suspicion and unpleasant

rumoura.

"After the preliminary business the Court- room was cleared of the visitors and the proceedings were conducted behind closed doors. Many Korean students were among the spectators, -

Among the temporary homes one in large numbers throughout the ruined area are Nissen hats, named after their inventor. Capt. Peter J. Nissen, who was in the Canadan forces here during the war. These are semi-circular corrugated iron. affairs which are raised on walls of either concrete or brick. Thee provide a living roum and two bedrooms. The floor is of concrete These Nissen huts were used by the British troons during the war and whole villages of them can still be seen ati. the large abandoned British concentration

TANKS BECOME TRACTOR FLOWS. carapa in Belgium and Northern France. The French thrift has caused the pea Thousands of these hats have been transats to adapt to peace time sefulness ported to open spaces on the outskirts of many of the engines of war left stranded rained villages, where the people divide on the battlefields Chief among these their time between improving them and has been the tanks which have become tilling the wil The peasants seem to have tractor ploughs. Near Laca one of the these the one great desire to get back to their tank-tractors has ploughed a field of twenty land which they love so much. In many neres which twelve months before was n instances one will come upon one of these fighting fold churned up by shalls and villages of tin roofs in the centre of a great mine expoisions and lined with trenches. feld fast being not under cultivation by the The tank-tractor, is operated by o women folks. Their men folks are busy and does the work very. in the village. The work in field and village continues until it is dark.

well.

Even the mile posts are being repaired

in France, The thousands of Americans REIMBURSEMENT FOR BUILDERS, who will visit Chateau Thierry this year. The French-government has promised to and next and for many years to come will reimburse pensanta who rebuild their own see them. The road from Paris to homes. Many repatriates are absolutely Chateauu-Thierry Meaux and maller. Benniless whon they

return. They appeal villages on the way has been the first to to the government for funds, but the re-receive attention from the authorities cords are in such a chaotic state that quickThis may be just an accident, but it is not action seems impossible.

The peasant ofttimes borrows from a much thought to the sentimental value of forgotten that the French have given more fortunate neighbour until the go- Chatean Thierry to the American visitors. ernment can get around to him. Thou- Incidentally, the government has taken sands have done this. The striking thing a hand in the tourist problem and has about it all is the industry of the people turned back to hotel, keepers all the places and their anixety to vrt back to work and that were requisitioned for war" "purposen, not wait for the slow moving State not only in Paris but in all cities where machinery which is overwhelmed with a the visitor will require accommodation. tremendate tank, a housing problem which Uf six hundred large and twenty-five hun makes similar problems in other countries, dred wall-hotels in Paris, it is com sink into insignificance.

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One of the striking things in the recon-modation to one hundred thousand visitors, struction of France is to be found along A large percentage of visitors to Paris had the roads, where thou-nuds-ofner trees rooms, in apartments, so the total number have been set out in lare of those felled of strangers for whom rooms can be pro- by the armies during the war

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