The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-05-06 00:00:00

IMPORTANT SPEECH OF PIUNCE BISMARCK.

Icr I o-tloy't sitting of the German P .rliarrent the foOl for
the incorporation of A'sace and Lorrain3 with G,o—nahy was,
alter a short debate, referred ton committee of 2i members.
Before the commencement of the fle`oate Palace B.erdarck
spoke as follow.
Ten months aro no one in Germ soy desirr d war, hut all
were Celerruleed if war was force I upon notooarry It taroneh,
and to ebtaln I.l.arauteo3 27, dust A recurrence of attscvs by
France. France, pornessiii4 Alsace, coutinually threaieued
Germany. On th 3 6.h of August, 14E6, toe Freak AV,ls3a-
dor haneed me an ve,,iavltlem dernanOlng toe noisier, of
al ayence to Fraoce, nod telling us, to the alternative to ex
poet an immollate declaration of err It was only the illness
of the Emperor Napoleon which then preverred the out-
break of war Dtwlng the late war Neutral Powers made
mediatory proposals, lath, drst lost aloe vie were asked to
content oureel yea with the costs of the a/.r and the nem.: of
a fortress. This did Lot satisfy us it was necessary that
the bulwark from which Fratce could tally forth for attack
should be further pushed back. Another proposal w..s to
roeutr.nl'zo Alsace and Lorraine. But that neutral State
would have possested neither the power nor the will to pre-
serve its neutrality in CVOS of war. We were obliged to honor.
wrote Alsace with the territory of Germany In order to lasure
the peace of Europe. It iv true the averrion of the populae
Mon of Alsace and Lorraine is an obstacle to such a measure.
5211, the population is thoroughly German, forming a sort
of aristocracy in Franco by virtue of its noble ru.d Teutonic
qualities.. We shall strive to win back to no this population
by means of Tenonnic patience and love We shall especially
grant communal liberties. The Federal C' ouncil will carefully
examine all amendments proposed by the Reichstag. Lai
no work together with mutual confidence."

WILL NOTHING MAKE THE TRECCH szniors?
‘' Evidently the desire of honour and glory le not extinct
in France. A Freuchman undecorated Is at this moment a
curiosity ; but, after all the crouea of the Legion of Honour
that have been distributed for scr,ices rendered in the late
war, there are at this moment 64.000 applications for that die-
tinction awaiting the decision of M. Thfirs. It appears to
us here that this civil conli,ct is regarded in a mere serious
light by foreigners than by the Feench themeelves. To-day
I heerd an eminent Irene', statesman say, • I am afraid it
must be owned that nothing will make our people notion/I.
They were not merlons during the great war with Prussia,
and they are not serious now. How different would be the
hearing of the English people Under such national calamities!
Ills no wonder he should so express himself, when I saw an
announcement that the actors of the Palate Equal are coming
down to give three representations a week at Versailles ! At
tide moment In the Avenue de St Coed there are penny
shows and halfpenny shooting galleries being erected opposite
a line of military tents, and next week we shall h eve clowns
entertaining a laughing multitude while the ambulancer are
passing with dead and mangled Frenchmen. The vain.
glorious Vgerrer of the people is curiously manifested by the
comments one bean as the bombardment proceeds. •A h,
how the French can fight!' Paris is not taken yet.' • Why
did not the Generale let them go out and beat the Prussians
• I sey parte encore—Wort .ce pas ! " Cart eine/neer, Madame.
It, inmerges mat de e brigande, ma* remote tow lee Fran cans,
iioaeflf tra Grams atpai—tr ,braves.'"—Currespowien‘ of
The 7 imes.