New-York tribune., 1870-09-24
THE CONDITIONS OF PEACE.

Though the German Governments have not
yet officially declared on what conditions they will be
ready conclude peace IT ia well understood that the
two principal conditions will be pecuniary indemnf-
cation and the cesson OF part or the whole Of the Ger
territory Of France On the former OF these e0ndi-
tiOns one the first ursts Of Germany Prof Won Holt
zendOrf of the University OF Berlin, expresses the
following opinion of the daily papers OF Berlin
"We must start from the consideration that ue most
ample ndemnfcHtOn would never be able 10 repair all
the damage which has been caused TO us by the war
The lives OF brothers, which have been annhilste,
that will never be recovered and 1t would
be altogether impossible to restore 10 all individuals what
they may have lost in consequence OF want d work and
But because il is inIOsshle to haudatc the indirect
damages is all the more necessary 70 x in advance
of decentralization which must be insisted
upon. Our claims against the French nation VIII De
composed OF the following principal items: .
a. Payment Of all the German War Loans as far as they
havo been issued 1t VIII moi DO necessary ON cur part
10 show that the have been really expended Such
parts of the loans may yet have been expended must
likewise be repaid in consideration OF the general damages
which during the Will parayze the Tax power OF the
property Of the nation 1t Is also matter OF course
that the war material which has been used damaged
must bo replaced from the refunded war loans.
2 IndemnifcatiOn for the families OF the KILLED sol
ders well those who In consequence OF the war have
become inyalds To this end France must pay capital
from which widows and orphans and invalid soldiers and
Indemnifeation FOR the German ships captured by
the French feet and for the damage which has thereby
O." IndcInnifcation for the violation Of the Interna
tOnal Law on the part of France in particular Tor nng
upon unfortifed towns as saarOrucken and keh, and
for the expulsion OF German citizens from France
Payment OF penalty Tor The atrocities committed
during the by French citizens against German resi-
dents for instance treatnent aud punderng OF Ger
subjects, aud assassination OF wounded German
soldiers.
80 Refundng of the communal expenses caused by the
war"
As 20 the second condition Of Peace the remuneration
OF the German territory OF France 10 Germany, 1t may
De regarded as highly significant that the Government OF
Elsas- created by decree OF the King OF Prussia and
placed under the administration Of Count Bismarck
BOhlen, not cOtermnOus with the former Province OF
Alsace embracing the two Departments or upper RnBe
and Lower Rhine but that 1t embraces nearly the whole
fhac Dt la
say the two Departments OF Upper Rhine and Lower
Rhine and the German districts V Lorraine which have
been constituted by the German administration INTO the
Department Of MOselle, embracing the hYe arrOn-
dsscmcnt OF Metz, saargcmdnd DedenhOfen, SalzDurg
and S1arhurg Together this new Government embraces
population Of l64,54G Inhabitants, Of whom at least
Government has been thoroughly reOrganiZed after the
model of the civil administration OF the German states
The new pubic officers have partly been taken from
Prussia aud partly from the South German states. All
transit duties from and to the German States have been
removed the tobacco monopoly has been abolished tho
salt trade gwen Tee and IA general the whole Govern
meut treated 10 were of the States of the Gus
toms Union. At Hagenau an official paper has been
tabshed giving the deCrees Of the Governor both the
German and the French languages.
II is naturally inferred tOm this administrative ar
rangement that the ney Government of Esass con
tains that part Of French territory which the
German States, at the time when the arrang ge-
,nent was made, intended to reclaim for Ger
many Subsequent events may Of course have meded
mi. Intention. should the whole new Government Of
F.ass he really anne xed TO Germany the towns OF Metz,
Diedenbofen (ThiOnyille), saarburg Pfalsburg Saz-
burg g0hateau-Salnsl would among others, be reunited
with (;crmany while Nancy, LuneVeI anu POnta Nous
would remain French.