, 1870-12-27


lic,'ude tie mekIe OF removing tue coEa-
p!ainlr. nr Just though they were. OF the ois-
/, position, md Of giving aatt=faction to public
;! opinion. Any ttep by Prussia, AttcstloE 10
the e5ee OF the world that beE aEgsaoa!s:f:;
a., uent WIS not made in spirit ct hostility
; as1irst France, an act cementlng the eo3A
relations betwoen The two countries would
/ have been in the Empo1ers eyes 4 tno.t h2o opy
: event. and would hxve assured pcace through
= cut long future. Tho annexation q Lux
embourE to Franco seemed 70 hiE, pre-
. q. ely ono OF those acts capable OF bring.
+; ing about real reconciliation cesefon Of
+; . country which naked for nothing better thtn
! to be French, would have siienced Tor eEet
! Ill recrirlniticn. We believe this opinion
+, an the moro wt.l-fourted As We dnd II tevel.
: oped bT = publiciet, In 3 1e.t.r addressed to
: German eavapt, and concluded In toe*e
wosdt. Oue Of your cou..t1yrnen. Tno uis
plAss more ras zion than like to see in naia
2, sen;s md to s .hs epess n
, gratitude for the real, thoush negative p1is;;
; The latter hid taken in her foundation; teo
On bTa principle Of pride. which, Will De iol.
lowed in the future by sad corse1nen .es, t.s
! Cabinet Of Berlin did not 20 , anu na;7ssssnt. ~
! wheu it is question Of aa'ion A.
ready tbiIty or forty millions stroue'
rc cot Of much imooHtarce; the M.
Guisilon nt Savoy and Nee have oeen ny.
Troublesome than useful to IsAnee. " Ea,n, su
, 1eEEess noNETet. tuht ~" .r,In1.ions
ment did not yeld tho rsor of IL Ffe.eneaons oos
in the Luxembourg a6Aif. LuxemooufE' ouee
eeded 10 Ftapce, France would not hsfe oeen
! greater nor Ge1nany smaller; but tnis tns!k
! nthcant confession would have EaH-ea 70 ~
isty tie superficial option "nieh ~ s1s ~:
would h$7e permitted tie French Govssnmen
to mask Its retreat.
fHE 0RgA1 NS1sTER
! who exercises an intucnee ano PtelSss ,eso
anee IN the Affairs ct Germany Aou nv
when he ie left to h,uaself, lc2ks aue7s.S,, ~,
prehendtd d III tbs sasAntsges this combinaao
!, might ofer to create good relations pss~es Ner
= Franco aud Geruarr, and be woola ~
. CONSENTED to II had circumstances loofpIo .
( EFT, perhaps, OF his Will, not tnsetseat;, st;,f,
: oveltu.n bis projects; me hoe hsn5 hefo.
u the inaedbiN,y of unfcrseen incidents. a a.,
: By fA:alitS Which ii is cot possible my =,
!. bitterly dep!ore, the luxembourg quest ~. "
!: which might have serted IL : bo1d o. an;n ",
- between Ffanee and Germany: .t;ns ass'l1sr nat
? an11se suspicion ard e. eat'neo.eas een.eam ne
q cau.e Ct irritation. ~ well ~ the new e. e.
= ment Of conflict. Fron :his i.-tsnt AZ
u charged. The lever wss, to s1s, s,;,l, ~
10 tered in the Emperor's hArds: Wnetnmh sn..s,h.
te ooped to bling the Two conntneo Gso = III,
haa bsas shs eepeae7ts 1sev h:a s1ss1ea 9
be fruits ef sur copdeeeension toHs7a 1T, IT
to tA- Yon have helped her 70 ael N.Y. !,
T. dze herselt to absorb for her own rncp prom yen
n ns1or part Of Germany, 1oa VIE In f;r,i,
r;s = ;aas5 ;pasSassa Il
IL in sentiment sua Interest. yoa meet A .t "!
no nothing but hostility md i'l,E1l.,, 1ne s.a,
lar ! pefor nndsrrsnt This check with pfolo'
sAll disappointment. he felt that the Poncs
ae- had followed toward Germany naa Rust
ted position seemed nltogethel in tbs Fight.
by Th,els VA ir;nmpbant, and It be9ame q
shs aihcult TO prove to bin that hs. > mister
A udices had been uniuss or ut.oundsd