New-York tribune., 1870-10-11
WAR MISCELLANY.
PUBLIC OPINION IN GERMANY.

PUBLIC OPINION IN GERMANY.
OPPOSITION TO THE ANNEXATION OF LORRAINE
The Coloone Gazette contains an article on
the conditions Of peace which at the present juncture
possesses considerable significance. 1t commences nuS
"we cannot altogether renounce the hope thd tter
win learn to appreciate the blessings o pnrsed our
conviction that in France only noisy m,ons that
on war and conquest st. There ape % desire nothing
better than peace and quiet ana the Dtrbute to
ncrsos 'e seP oye Of war Let ns only beware OF
wounding French national feeling too deeply anu niyss
srman NATIONAL territory but claimed also French
Even the Ost Deutsehe Zeitn9 OF tne y, ,S ort
ress Of Metz and should renounee any Ger 70
French Lorraine peace can theresy ne S French Ior
rsiners severed France from up @ be Sde ho
Of reunion with t. The political pSrane viii facilitate
our converting the Germsnspeaking Lorrainers ihto
good Germans The formidable OT onY ~ in The hands
OF the Germans be constant menace W ~. tea M Il %
been hitherto menace to Germany. ~ tne
from the possession Of the French town. WIN 1nd s
petey devastated neighborhood Ine "tpU t a. nor
merely a tremendous obstacle to the maieIal ucNo.yP
ment Of those towns but makes @ watatg 5c 3
rid Of The terrible fate Of srasbourg Is suneieh, tes
mony this point In se tSe deoyed s fopacaons Of
Strasbourg after the separation OF AlsaGe nom
prove the first step arnstiee ana 10 peace snou
we not cheerfuy leave the French the arrondissement
Of Metz, lying IN French-speakins territory 'oEe'ner
with the open tOwnF"
FREE TRADE VIEW
After remarking that If Dr. Jacoby has really Deeh
arrested publicly opposing the annexation OF Asace
and Lorraine doubtful how far there is liberty OF
expressing an opinion the conditions of peace, The
gazette says 1t prefers TO believe that there are
other and unknown grounds for that step The article
then proceeds:
ave content ourselves with remarking that The North
German GdzeHe is under great mistake IN saying that
Jacoby and his associates only isolated dssentens
in pronouncing against the conquest OF Asace and Lor
raine. We know perfectly well that the Demo,
territory, because the inhabitants till now have
had decidedly French sympathies by no means means
know that in mercantile and trading circles many ms,
giyngs exist with regard to the measure HOW WIZ II
tecye tariffs and now supplies more than haf France
By its spinning and weaving factories de- Inc present
market will be cut of from It, ana n those monster esth
lshments suddenly 10 collapse nothing remains
but to throw themselves on the German MARKET
powerful competition This consideration Is for us IN
deed subordinate matter. There. are moreover many
very Conservative people VINO 0gect 10 an cOnqee,s,
and do not think the application OF the natlonany
principle adapted u this case, because the raca cou
uOn-the WISH or the pOpnatOn iiI ~
and because the ruling OF Alsace ana Lorraine VIII po
which they naturally DelPpg, WIZ @ hQI aaicAS Sernio,
take il, and Prussia might be driven lnlO governing
these If necessary by state Of siege: Ihere are Ike
of their knowledge OF Asace and its people, are opposed
tions against the acquisition that highly respectaDe
paper, The HambWg CoITesP0ndca
after an exhaustive inquiry I'm series OF articles comes
TO the conclusion that the reasons against II are at TINS
time overwhelming We have, it Is true, after serlons
reflection, overcome all these misgiyings, and pro-
nonced for the acqusidon but we must all the more
firmly insist for the welfare Of the world but espe-
ciaIIV OF Germany, on the frontier not being
carried throughout beyond the limits OF Ian
guage. We have repeatedly Tor more than twenty
wears shown the entire iuadmissbity OF the claim 10
strategcay better frontier and we are the less justified
i'm gcn a claim, and have the less need for strategic
frontier as we are ayOwedy NJ present the strongest
military power in Europe. Tho doctrine that Metz
in French hands Is an outlet for attack, but i'll
our hands a security for peace, seems TO US
other nation has an equal night with ourselves TO
put forward claims TO better strategic frontier and we
should thus give the signal for incessant Every
alteration political boundaries was formerly termed
conquest The most assert Is that the incor
poratOn kindred territory is not to be regarded
conquest. Every annexation OF nationally foreign terri
tory surely be deemed conquest and 10 be decidedly
rejected for conquest OF Metz would GER
tainy be very strange We must conquer Metz, for We
Germans are nation wholly incapable Of making con-
quests"