Paris, Dec. 12.
M. Klotz, formerly Minister of Finance, contributes to the "Revue Economique Internationale" an article, in which he gives substantial reasons for expecting a striking economic revival shortly.
M. Klotz points out that, as the direct. consequence of the return to her of Alsace-Lorraine, France will scon occupy the second place among the iron and steel producing countries of the world, coming immed-lately after the United States, and far ahead of other European countries.
For the same reason, the capacity of the French textile industry has increased by 40 per cent., and France is already nearly self-supporting as regards chemicals, notly fertilizers. moreover, the time-limit for as
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