The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-12
THE CREAM OF THE WAf NEWS
The Conditions OF Peace.

THE CREAM OF THE VAR NEWS.
The Conditions OF Peace.
Though the German Governments have not
yet officially declared on what conditions they
will be ready to conclude peace, 1t Is well .un-
derstood that the two principal conditions will
be a pecunlary indemnihcatlon and the. ces-
sion Of part or the whole of the1German terri
tory ofFrance On the former of these condi-
tions, one OF the first jurists of Germany, Prof.
7on Holtzendort, of the University Of Berlin,
expresses the following opinion In one of the
daily papers Of Berlin:
We must start from the consideration that
the most ample imdemniacation would never
be able to repair all the damage which. has
heen caused us By the war. The lives oil our
brothers which have been annihilated are
treasures that will never be recovered, and 1t
would be altogether impossible to restore to
all individuals what they may have lost IN con-
sequence of want of work and the disturbance
OF business.
But because it Is impossible to liquidate the
indirect damages, It is all the more necessary
to fix In advance a part of the war indemnif-
cation which must be insisted upon. Our
claims against the French nation will be COM
posed OF the following principal items:
!. Payment OF all the German war loans as lar
as they have been Issued. IL VIII not oe ne
cessary on our part TO show. that the sums
have been really expended. Such parts Of the
loans as NAV not yet have been expended must
likewise be repaid In consideration Of the gene
raj damages which during the war will para
I'VE the tax power Of the State, and which
must be felt for a long time to come In the
property of the nation. is also mater OF
course that the war material which has been
used up or damaged must be replaced from
the refunded war loans. ~
@: Ipdemniication for the families OF the
killed soldiers, as we'll as those who, In conse-
uuence OF the war, have become inValids. 10
this end, France. must pay capital, from
which widows and orphans, and invalid sol,
d!ers and their families, receive an annual
rente.
8. Naturalization for the German ships cap
turcd by the French feet, and Tor the damage
which he's thereby beer inflicted upon Ger
man commerce.
4. Indemnlfcation for the violation o1 tne
international law on the part OF France, IN
particular for firing upon unfortihed towns, as
Saarbriicken and Kehl, and Tor the expulsion
of German citizens from France.
s. PAYMENT of penalty for the atrocities
committed during the war by French citizens
against German residents for instance, Ill
treatment and plundering OF German subjects,
and assassination Of wounded German SOL
diers.
caused by the war;
AS to the second condition Of peace, the re-
annexation OF the German territory OF France
TO Germany, it may be regarded as nghly
significant that the government OF Elsass,
created bya decree OF the King OF Prussia,
and placed under the administration OF COUNT
Bismarck -Bohlen, Is nor coterminous with the
former province OF Asace, embracing the Two
Departments of Upper Rhine and Lower Rhine
but that It embraces nearly the whole OF the
compact German territory OF france, tnat is
| to say, the two Departments Oh upper Rnlne
and Lower Rhine, and The German districts o
Lorraine, which have been constituted oy the
German administration Into the new Depart
meut OF Moselle, embracing the i've arr0n.
easements of Metz. Saargemund, Dledenhof-
en-, Sa!zburS and Saarburg. Together, this
! new government embraces q population oil
l.S4t.54C inhabitants, Of whom at least 1900.
| 003 sneak German. The administration of the
new government has been thoroughly re0r-
raUized after the model of the civil admins
ttrallon of the German States. The new pub
| lie officers have partly been taken from Prus'
sia and partly from the South German States
| All transit duties from and to the German
States have been removed; the tobacco mOn0p.
DIV has been abolished; the salt trade given
| free. and, in general, the whole government
treated as If 1t were one OF the States oil the
Customs Union. At Hagenau an official paper
| has been established, giving the DEGREES OF the
Governor In both the German and the French
| languages.
It is naturally inferred from this administra-
tive arrangement that the new Government oil
Elsass contains that part OF French territory
| which the German States, at the time when
the arrangement was made, Intended 10 re-
claim for Germany. Subsequent, events may.
of course, have modified this Intention. Should
| the whole new Government OF Elsass be really
annexed to Germany, the ToWns Oh Aetz, De-
denhofen, (Thionville,) Saarhurg, Pfalsburg,
Salzburg, (Chuteau-salins,) would, among
others. be reunited with Germany; while
Nancy, Luneville and Pont-a-Mousson would
remain French.
Tobacco In the War.
The London Lancet says of tobacco as an
army ration: IL there Ds one fact that has
been more frequently stated than another, it is
that the soldiers engaged IN this war-well or
| wounded-seek the s0lace OF tobacco. The in
habtauts Of every nation manifest similar in.
stnc... and Que Of the strongest is this desire
| TO seek out some substance the use OF which
may stimulate or sootho the nervous system.
| There 1s no priyation which The babltual al
| thougk not excessive smoker feels 80 much as
| ihe ,osa of tobacco; and soldiers OF all nations,
csnccally tho French and German nations,
smoke It. It was O standing Injunction OF the
first Napoleon That bis troops snould have
tobacco, and they found it OF the greatest ad-
vantage in the retreat from Moscow. We have
been accustomed to look upon the German as
fond Of hard Intellectual toll for It's own s:ke;
and men of abs .raction aud Imagination, if we
NAV Judge from the prerale zee OF the practice
of snoEinc among them, unquestIonab!y ap.
near 70 and an aid in tobacco. But the man
hood of Germany has risen like giant re-
freshed to undergo any physical exertion and
hardship that may be required, aud this war
bias taxed the physical energies OF the strong
est. The soldier, wearie | with long m riches
and uncertaiu rest, obtaining his food how
and when be can. with bis nervous system
alw,ys in q STATE Of teusicu from the dangers
and excitement he encounters, iuds that bis
rio ,rs or pipe ena lie him 70 sustain hunger
or fatigue with comparative, equatinity. Ex.
nlain Il as We may. this is phy-Ioloaical1. true;
aud m sdieal officers who Wonl not be sorry to
see the issue oil a .ssprlt ration" disco ltluueI.
ore connelled to allow that the moderate u.o
Of tooacco by soldiers in tue field has several
sdvoUtaaes. For the wounded it is probable
that tobacco has slight anodyne aid narcn'ic
nronert,es that en- IbIe the sufferer to Sustain
main botter dnriag the day, and TO obtain
sleep during the nisht.
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