The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-08-06 00:00:00

" WITH GOD, FOR KING AND FATHERLAND."

I mot K lug Widiant on the Stairs of my hotel, corning
from [lto apartments of the Greed Duke of Alecklenburs-
Strelitt and, as I stood aside with doe obeis met, it occurred
to one that I sholld like to Mar his Majesty cross. °sandlot'
on the aunj:ct of the divine right of kings. 1 anti not dis-
posed t, quarrel with htin on behalf of th. se S vereigfie he
hat iturn•te. I don't thit It him 'a robber,' which I believe
was the epithet applied to him in lend by. menibt r of the
Kentish royal Panty. I rerun d hint as a gallant old man,
mtnent'y the right num in the right place, whose mind en
the subject of the rdations of kings ant people is made up
of a jamb's of paternal aunt y ideas, who holds Inimso f
high ab lye anyilrng like the vulgar principle of electi,mn
the plan of France, or Spain, or G•eeoe. The motto which
meets my eye here at evei y street corner is With God, for
King and Fatherland;' !Mt the King it ' writ large,' while
God and the Fatherland seem to take subordinate places. I
.aw his klidesty am.in ; he is alwdys In his war paint, and
there it, few men of his years who conld walk so erect in the
blazing Bambino under the oppression of • gilded Prussian
helmet."—Cornamondent of Edw.

NO EXCUSE FOR SHIRKING.

"Not a German soldkr with Whom I have conversed has
breathed a sy liable about conquest or plunder, but has
simply averted, when his count* is in p tit it Is his duty to
lay down lisWe to save it When I have remarked that the
war was to be deplored, I have invariably been answered
that it was necessary though lamentable. Not a trace of
lb-Notate, to take part in It is perceptible. No one seems
dmin us to flint an excuse for BLit king the respomibility which
ilevolv, son him. These 5.1 Hers, bell remarked, are for tile
most part married nien. Those w:.O are sin4le look forward to
becom!rg in due time husbands and fathers. In what is called
gallantry they are no match for their French opponents
~either Cat, tLey cup° with them in thoroughgoing im-
morality. (h.-re is something poetical is, the love of the
most common pare German. As a rule, the love of a French-
man has no Chinn LI a similar character. What such a man
44 the German solder I have sketched will do In the belle-
II- Li, ',quires little foresight to predict Animated by a
noble spirit, he will struggle hard to gain the upper hand, or
at least to hold his own, ills slowness and stolidity will stand
him in go-id stead when In impetuous onslaught is made. What
he wants in rapidity of movement he gains to precision when
obeying orders. Between him and his °dicers the best pos-
sible understanding raids. I hey hold a rank superior to his,
and they are mimbers of a superior clase,) et they are brought
Into such close c nitact with Min that both learn to know each
other. The duty discharged by a sergeant in an English com-
pany of a tillers is or the greater part performed by the cap-
fah, In a German one. This personal conimunlcatlon serve.
to emitter the line of demarcation lees distinctly marked,
valle, the increased respect which all Germane entertain fir
their superiors, prevents that over familiarity which is often
the parent of contempt."—Daily New' Correspondent,

THEY WILL FIGHT TO THE BITTER END.
" As to the general spirit of the country [Germany) you
have probably had abundant Information. Vi herever
have been, without exception, I have found that tile same
Idec Las taken the deepest possession of the people—namely,
that this war is a war m ice upon them w.thout a cause
and that, cost wh it it may, it is their duty to make it im-
possiole for the F. elicit ti c .mmlt such an act again. 'We
must now niake peace certain for our children awl children's
children,' is the expression which lief ms to have come up
spontaneously every where. The more victorious the Freon
are at the first the stricter will be the measure which Ger-
many will mete out to them at the list. The possibility of a
different ultimate insult hardy finds admittance into one's
thoughts in the presence of such an overwhelming national
movement as thic''—German Correspondent of the Daily

THE NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT LOOKS ON I
" Whistle, prompter, and yo ace...hitter., elide the
wings in their grooves, and let the ' unit and fly' do their
work Venice di-appears, and on a sultry July night I nit
sipping the after-dinner demi.tasse on the terrace in the
courtyard of the IlLiel de PEurope at Mete. lam modest,
and make myself as small as I can, for very grand company
indeed are near me. Several tables have been clu•tered to-
gether in the centre of the terrace; and thereat, at their
coffee and Ileums, sit a group of general officers and
their aides-de-camp hissing in bullion and embroidery
and stars and ribands. Ladies In the gayest of
eunimer toilettes have joined the circle ; but the
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fair are tolerant, and the puffing of cigar. and
cigarettes is unrestricted. Who Is that grand old gentle-
man whiteheaded and covered with orders, who, as
two ladies rise to bid him farewell, takes hold of their
hands alternately, and kisses them, patriarchally, on tile
forehead 1 That Is M itahal Bag-sine. I knew him well
enough in Mexico, after Puebla fell. And, yes, there is
another face I recognise It is four years older, stouter,
greyer There are broader rinands and more brilliant stars
and crosses on the breast That is tel unit, a Marshal of
France, now enj..ling his mocha and his ilaVlintlit at Metz
as gaily as he did lour years ago at Valli.. But,
he is not going to surrender anything now. He
means to take everything he Call got. Bi the
skies change, but we chaiige not with them; arid there are
gilded lungs and pine deal rungs to the treadmill And
this valorous Murcia' 01 France, hung with liberals like a
dyer's pile, is but raking his turn at the ' stepper ; ' while I,
an immensity of grades below him, am footing It as of yore,
and only wishing that I could get the place nearest the svall,
and grind something more tangible than the idle wind ; for
this is a had time for newspaper correspondents, awl the te-
trads and Baxabies are carrying matters as regards as with
a cruelly high hand. I have the hidhest respect for the lion:
but I wish he would condescend to remember that the jackal
has to get his living."—Daily Telegraph Correspondent at
Metz.