Devastated Area

The Commercial Councillor of the British Embassy in Paris, J. R. Cahill, reports on reconstruction work in the devastated area:

"The industrial reconstruction of the devastated area is fast approaching completion; the destroyed or damaged coal mines in these areas are increasing their output, being aided by the improved technical equipment introduced; in the great textile industries of these areas the damaged works, provided with the most modern machinery and accessories, have been occupied to the full extent of the labor at their disposal. Agricultural reconstruction has not lagged behind."