Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1919 — FRENCH ARMY’S LOSS TWENTY-SIX PER CENT. [ARTICLE]

FRENCH ARMY’S LOSS TWENTY-SIX PER CENT.

Paris, Sept. 2.—Capt. Andre Tardiieu, speaking for the government in the chamber this afternoon on ratification of the German peace treaty, said the French war losses were 26 per cent of the m6n mo bilized. . Fifty-seven per cent of all men with the colors under 31 years were killed. “The peace obtained by the French delegation guarantees solidarity and justice, in accordance with the principles for which our soldiers died,” Cajt. Tardieu said. He added that the Anglo-Franeo-Ameriean treaty would safeguard France from future aggression. Mrs. Sarah Miller, who had been visiting relatives at Mt. Ayr, returned today to her home in Lafayette.