New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-25
THU WAR.


Uanent By TIVE Ultra Loadors-As.
sauIts Upon the King and Gevcrn.
.ese Speech Of King William-Text
Of Blsnarek's Dispatch CONCERNING
Laxembarg, Rtc.
special dispatch to the st. Louis Republican
UxBAfD IN THB GERMAN PARLIAMENT.
New YORK. December 2l.-By to-day's
rail from Berlin full report ia received of
IL scenes and speeches in the North Ger
IAN Parliament when the new war loan
- introduced. Two of the opposition
spenbers, Bebel and Liebknecht, opposed
1ho loan. Their speeches created immense
excitement and general tumult. Az these
nembers have since been arrested by order
q Bismsrck, the speeches then nsds be-
Ame highly important, especially - they
chow for tho first time the anti-war feeling
ncw % prominent among tho German
Democrscy. Bebel and Licbknecht pre-
paoed IN enondment to the proposition Of
H. present war loan, 10 this effect:
s. WHDRnAs, The war declared On the nine
1sonth Of July by Louis BOnsparte, then
Dmperor Of the French, ceased in point Of
Nnct By the surrender Of Louis Bonspar 10
and the fall of the empire.
Whereas, According to the King Of Prus-
sia's own declaration in his speech from tho
chrome on the nineteenth Of July, and in his
exclamation to the French people, Of Au-
gust IL, the war, on the part Of Germany,
Vas only war Of sclfdefense. and not .
war against the French nation;
Whereas, The war, which, despite these
declarations, has been carried ON since Sep
tember 4, il not war against tho Emperor
snd his army, who have disappeared, but .
var against the French nation; not . de-
fensive war, but an aggressive war Of con,
quest; not o war for the independence of
Germany, but for the subjugatiOn Of the
noble French nation, destined. according to
the royal speech of July IS, to share with
the German nation the blessings Of Christian
civilization, and to enter into the more
wholesome emulation in tho arts Of peace
than the bloody strife Of arms;
This house resolves to refuse the loan
demanded to continue the war, and requests
TIE federal chancellor to waive the question
q the annexation of French territory, and
speedily to conclude peace with she French
republic.
In the debate which followed Bebel, a
operative Turner said: Although shall OK
press eoAtiments contrary to those of the
previous speaker, claim to be ~ good .
German potriOt as he and the great majority
in this assembly. Four months ago chsrsc-
terised in this place the then impending war
~ dynastic war brought about by the in
Gigues of Bismarck. l stated that q war
between France and Germany would be I'M
D0esiblo If those nations were the rulers of
their own destinies, which was not the case
en either side. In his speech from the
throne July II, the King of Prussia en-
phatically stated that the ruler of France
kas misguided and irritated the French
people, and that he only made war against
Napoleon and his armies. [Uproar and loud
thrOWn. In FIVE short weeks its armies were
shattered, and the Emperor himself made
. prisoner. The war went on, and the last
speech from the throne blames the present
government for its contumacy. There il
No legal authority in France with whom to
conclude peace is the plea. 1t has been as.
serted that the present government has not
been formally recognized by the people
If that means that the government of ma
tional defense does not represent the opin
ion of the French p6sple, all can say, gen
tiemen, il that you are laboring under de-
fusion. Laughter.] Never would the
French people have done what has beer
accomplished since September 4, except OF
their own free will to back the government.
Uproar and CONTRADICTIONS Gentle
men, we are two against two hundred and
twenty, liaten to what We have to say. re
peat, what the French have accomplished
since Septembcr4 could not have been &C
. 'somplished ut the dictation OF any disliked
/. Government. It would have been utterly
Impossible under mOnarchical govern
ucnt: Tho plea in the royal speech tina,
there is not recognized authority in France
: With whom to conclude peace, is false
, hood, The chancellor of the federation
: would have been too ready to treat
I She French government could o. w0ue
have accepted his terms: the oess'oI
q Alsabe and Lorraine. Tho royal meassg!
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