The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-04
SWISS TERRITORY ANNEXED TO FRANCE
prom tho Paris co1ls,i.uiionnol, Oct. ISL

tFron, tho Paris C0Ilsusuuonnol, Oct loJ
The auesof hi point is to recognise as forming part Of
the French territory the valley situated between the Dolls
and the Mont dcs Tuies Of super6ces of square
leagues and occupying the westtn side OF the Jnra
pert Of the space which separates the French village Des
Hoisses from the ynud village of St Cergues u is
more ta ty years shat the Valley des Dappes has been
neither regularly French Swiss This situation has
given RISE and that very recently to Incident
which might be attended with dagrceablo consequences
it to be renewed The police Of the tw0 countries
were not able to lay hold of maefactor who having
taken refuge in the centre of the valley invoked by turn
the quality Of French and Swiss citizen to suit his
pose The French lately determined that the
iieoatiors which have been pending since 1918 should
be brought 10 close II the Congress Of Vienna de-
cared in 1915 tt the Valley des Dappc, formerly the
property of the Canton df yaud should m restored 70
It, the plenipotentarics of AUSTRIA Grca Britain Prus
sa and Russia recognised three months after he JUS
tice H the wish expressed by France relative TO She
nument of tt tsclaation and the applications made
to Switzerland in 1916 showed very clearly that the Val
ley dies Dappes ought to be really comprised in the terri
tory of France. The only question that remained was
the indemnity to be paid to Switzerland and is that
point which NJ. de Salignac Fenelon is now on the
Of arranging. The dcfnve possession OF this valley
has certain importance for France This little piece OF
country in cuts the road which, leading
from Des Rosses to tex by La Fauce puts one OF the
extremes of our territory III communication with
Franche -Comte For Switzerland the contrary there
are no straegcal considerations OF any consequence
The French government has not, therefore, hesitated
but has preferred pecnnary indemnity to cersidn OF
territory, there OF
indemnity offered is 350O00 francs, and the rough
draugh of the convention, drawn up by the French
pcnpotentiay read to the federal council OF Bcrne
aud adopted at the sitting Of the 18th This adoption
does not however, necessarily involve the immediate ex
ecuton of the convention The Canton of Vaud, being
the former proprietor of the valley has to give the final
sanction the officers OF France 1t Ia thought that
certain degree Of opposition will be manifested in the
grand council of Lausanne that the federal council will
be accused of having too readily consented to the sale Of
portion Of the territory of the Confederation and that
Swiss patriotism will show itself wounded by what it will
call '.the exchange Of inacnabe right for sum of
money.
ABDUCTION OF THE JEWISH CHILD MORTARA. n
An important letter this subject, written by the
Abbe Deacouuc, professor of the Sorbonne appears
in the Dbats Of the 18TH This priest Of the Catholic
church boldly treats the opinion urged by " some canon
lists and thcolognns that children bapsed without the
knowledge OF their parents may be taken away from
them " eccentric doctrine of the casuists Of the
middle uges for which the clergy not responsible.
He tells the Unices that is false to say that such
custom has been in oil time observed by the Catholic
church. He cites opinions of canonists showing Clearly
that It unlawful to baptise the children of infdes ia
spite of their parents for the that either they
would be taken away their parents and their natural
right would be violated, - they would remain with
their parents the peril of the faith and grace in ba
tism' The Abbe commits himself to this decided opn
ion that the rights Of nature inviolable, that rc
gon cannot infringe upon them, and that the colleges OF
catechumcns ought only to he used for those children of
Jews and inides whose parents consent to have them
brought up in the Christian fnh. This remarkable
opinion Is dramatically opposite to what is mnn
the opinion of the Able Delacouture is not isolated
one among the French clergy, and that great many
ccclesastcs have shared the surprise and sorrow Of the
public