, 1870-09-13
THE :-fRAHC0-aERMAH WAR.
Guarantees Required by Germany.
The Character OF French Repuh.
licaniSm.
Resembiances, Between Ger
many and the United
States.
German Views of American Sympathy
for the French Republic.

The Guarnaaecs Required OF Ger
many.
7" The Elitor of TIE Chiraoo Trib.nt:
III your paper Of the 7thtnat ind several
articles tho tendency OF which is to show
that France, having dec!ared herself repnb-
lie Q,eing deprived Of her late leader by the
fortuneA Of war;. Germany ought to feel sat-
iefied, and withdraw her victorious armies
from French soil, contented to have repub-
lie ~ ncighbor, instead Of xn empire.
cannot but express my surprise, and feel
eony, indeed, At your forgetting 80 entircl,
the reasons why and how this var originated,
having always been 4 tine and fervent aa-
herert to tho Just German cause.
l. The war Was commenced by Fzau:c.
without any reasons whatever, Gernany not
having given the slightest proroc.tion. NJ
poleon and tho French nation we're stimulated
by tho wish to kill the growing German unity.
and get possession Of tho left back OF tue
Rl.ino. When declaring this var, Napoleon act
ed by no means without the consent Of tho
French nation, AZ We have not heard Of stir
gle protest sgaihst tho attempted batbarous
invasion OF Il peaceful land, except the one
from n. Theirs, which almost caused his be-
ing lynched by the Partisan mob and even he
tld uot protest On account of the injustice
and the want Of justification Of this war, but
solely because he believed France not yet suf-
fciently prepared for the contest.
., The King OF Prussia did not declare that
lie was only making war against the Emperor
OF France, but slated that he was making war
against sollicrs, but not citizens.
3. The whole war, hitherto 30 glorious for
the German army would be entirely useless,
would bo looked ut Is mere bloody farce.
and al tho precious hcart-blood Of tho bloom
! Ct German youth would have bee1.
shed in vain,-if now Germany should
ss xe S1eR ese ss'tss ssy e. iess
ii E;aking Franco unable to do auy further
nsecllief) that tho eano robbc1-1ike attempt,
aud tho bringing down Of all the horrors ot
| war upon people tha. has always wished to
1.Se IN peace with its ne'ghbors, and csreci-
ally toward France, has never gwen the least
ricn OF any ill'feelinG, could and woull not DO
Tho wish to obtain tho left bank Of the
Rhine is independent Of any fo1,n Of govern
nlel1t the frcncl. people may establish. they
having e1ha1sted already all forms existirg
az yet. chcrithing With either Of thom the
thievisll nj. for foreign land.
Ills ceeirc. only stimulated aud maintained
- the ,ncapabillty Of managing thelt homogov-
etnment, and tho mcdnlan-like idea to be the
! ituEH1 GApeeH 10 {eELlt1{G AnG fule inc busi-
Lessvf all European States, Germany espec:-
ally. has to te crushed, or else the whole war
has been in vain, and the world will witness q
repetition Of all its horrors rs soon as France
thinks herself sgatn powerful enough to cope
With the Germau armies.
All that Germany wishes is an everlasting
peace; Int TING aim. to gain which she did moi
shrink from any sacrifice required, can only
he reached and occurred by making 1t i'm
possible for France to do any harm aud
ths1cfoTs the var las to he vigorously prose
cli1eI mill this is accomplished. no matte,
whether france declares herself republic ol
klnSaon,.
Tic subscriber il friend Of the 1epublca,
fern Of government, and embraces the car1st
# libcHy mcst sincerely, but cannot LelI
entertaining grave dout'ts, whether pco',ll
:l,a: allowed ,tfelf for twenty yecta to be td,
foats.ool Of tho most absolute dsspotisn., cal
te made republican over night by ssmpl
declaration nf some members Of the Lcsis1a
iI1e. caused hy utter lelplesaucss. nln 0
oEi,.ion that it is not sufficient to proclaim
relrl'fic. but that it also requires Il reopl
highly e!ovs:ed thronslou. all claAses,- -
peeIlc that cannot betound in Fralcc, where
during the last twent; years Of absolute teisE
class Of men las grown up not poBscs.in
the least knowledge OF how public at its tlav
to he managed. and that needs sulduing by
strong hand and military power 10 he preveu
ell from estsb1isLing a reign OF horror, lii
1t99. 4 GERMAN.