, 1870-07-18
THE FRENCH HHEs1sB ppovIrcrs

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The war between France aud prussia, no
matter what the pretext, will be prosecuted
hv each party for the extension If the na-
tiouai boundary. Franco w1nts cettain
German provinces On the Rhine, aud Prus-
STA wishes, 10 use an American term, to
"te-annex' the German Rhenish provinces
now held by France. We have already
given description of the German prov
inres which the French Emperor coyets.
TLose which P1ussla, speaking the voice Of
al tier1uanr. proposes TO recover fst,.n
France. are the old provinces Of Alsacc aud
Lnrsuluc.
Alsare lies between the Rhine on the
cast. aud the V.sgcs Mountains on the
west, and is now divided into two States,
1iaut-Khin and lsas- -lfhin. Upper and
Lover Iliue-) The two extend
1n,ih to Khenish Bavaria, and
suGth to Switzerland4 and CONTAIN :;,:,cO
s'l';;4s- niles They make one of the rich
t~t and 1nest productive parts of FRANCE.
They have vast mines, and are o great man
nfAvszrlng centre They contain, among
":lrr cities. Strasboure. Collnar, and Mul-
laH~eu. At the time of the Rou1an con-
quest the population WIS Celtic, but the
Ale,uunni crossed the Rhine and German
l--.' III A1--~-. L. cpntsuued part Of the
German Empire un.l The peace Of West
Ehalia- when pa1t Of il was ceded to France
subsequently,, Louis XIV. seized St.ss-
t'urg i'll l''sl. and, by the peace Of lC97,
liz cession Of the whole to France was con-
drtaed. The people, however, during tho
interfering 1tn years, have preserved their
e'ern1nn uationalitr, and still speak the
GrHuan to'ig1ie. All their newspapers are
printed III German as well as in French.
The ancien. province Of Lorraine was an
extensive district. Its history dates from
tle middle of the ninth century, and once
III. .uded the territory between tho Rhine,
S~'hcidt- Neuse, and Saone Rivers The
rrE,uu puw known Us Rlenish Prussia YVES
separated from Lorraine in the tenth GEN.
.ary, and tue remainder ,Fas divided and
ktis'~n as Upper and Lower Lorraine,
L''wef Lorraine eventually became an Aus
trial! possession, and uow forms at least
one half Of Belgium and two provinces Of
Holland Upper Lorraine continued under
the government Of it's own Dulo until
l'.", when it was given TO the e1-King
S'aniAlau.. Of Poland. On his death in
i1t''- II vas united to Fauce under the
title Of the province OF Lorraine, Since
then tie name OF Lorraine has been e1tiu-
gtlshrd, aud the province has seen divided
ilto departments known Us 31eusc, ,1osellc,
Me1uthe, aud Eosges- The people are of
German origin, and German ts,,li,ious,
They speak both French ami German, ex-
c"lss in particular places, where the German
:l."ct j, sr'kcn.
Ttr>e provinces incls1le the cities of
Metz, Nancy. and Epiual. Metz is m an
c;.nt and fortified city, Oh the a1oselie, Mt
lis cn:tiEeuee with the Scille. The forti-
Gratntns are very extensive. Il has two
,ai}''aTy schs'ls. one for artillery and tho
other for engineering, and schools for the
ls.tctict- u these arts. It has also q pow
der mill. extensive barracks, and one Of
the finest hos,.:::.sals III Europe. The busi-
nc>s et Ike city is manufacturing, especi-
oily os laee and brushes. The city has a
population of aG,'NA,. Macy IS anothe7
very old town. It is seat of learning.
Manufactures are extensive, the principal
cf which is the embroidery Of cambsic and
1nt.Alin goods. Charles the Bold was
killed nj the siege OF Nancy in l41s.-
Il:e kilograms tzc1n the seat Of war indi-
rate that the French army will eoncen.
;::e 1t Mrtz. which is in the Department
f 31oselle. The pn1ssian advance Cross
fp.o tho gonna r,r,, rfT To,t1,nc1