The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-01-28

maz.issmuy snfsly sben .aasarted that .
here are very few families in Germany /
which have not Loot either one Of their I
be the header some {
lear relstions And no end il yet to
% persoived! And those that have
been spared till now must be in con-
,tant dread Of being afflicted in their
urn.
Compared with this misery the disas-
;rens influences Of the war OIL trade and
blockade alone is esti-
mated to cause a loss Of one million
lhalers n day-are hardly remarked.
And what Is TO be the reward Of the
nation? What 10 to be put in the
scale TO counterbalance the weight of
40 many lives lost, of 20 much happi-
ness destroyed :? An Imperial crown
We are to have an Emperor. William
T. Of Prussia, who twenty-five years
ago sent to military executions the de-
tenders of the constitution framed BY
the German Parliament and settling
the Emperor's crown on the Kings OF
Prussia-this selfsame William has,
out Of the hands of small German prin-
ces, accepted that Imperial Grown
which he and his kin spurned when i'll
was offered by the people, and he i to
be called in future " Emperor of Ger
many and King of Prussia" an in
crease in title which Of course must be
accompanied by q corresponding in.
crease Of salary, ito avoid mistakes
i write it in letters-four millions OF
thalers O year being, perhaps, tOlerably
good payment for king, but far too
little for an emperor, who must not be
outdone in splendor By his two older
colleagues in rank, the Emperors Of
Russia and Austria.
Excepting this titulsr advancement
of King William, no concession is made
to the fools who were clamoring for
German Empire, for the so-called new
Empire is nothing but the old North
German Confederation, to which, by
three different treaties, the four South
German StaSes-Hesse, Baden, Wur.
tsmburg aud Bayaria-are to be added
for forms sake. 1 say for forms sake,
because rsal union is not established
not even in military things. The
King OF Bavaria for instance, retains
the absolute command over his army,
which,, by the by. is 100000 men
strong. Prussia would never have
condescended TO this solution of the
German question, which not only does
not increase the power Of Prussia but
actually diminishes it by breaking the
unity OF the North German Confedera
ton, if she had not been taught BY the
bitter logic of facts. The Southwest
ern princes who had helped her in con
quering Bonaparte, and without whom
she could not have conquered him
were not to be reduced to vassalags
(" mediatized like the King of Sax
Hny, who in 1866 was fighting on the
side of Austria and had to submit L
the conditions Of the victors
The Reichstag was not at all salts
/ fed with the treaties. However, no
being allowed to annul them. it gave
it's assent amongst deafening Peals o
laughter, which Mortified the serious
politicians, and are a fresh proof tha
we Germans are bad actors. Bona
parties Corps Legislatiff would hav,
played their comedy far better, at al
events with more solemnity. A weel
after the Reichstag closed, Babel AM
Liebkwscht were asserted under the &C
cusation of having committed pre-
paratory acts Of high treason. Thi
; fac: speaks for itself, and beyond th
fact, cannot communicate any hin,
to-day. You know we were prepare
for it, and we are not shaking. w
shall do our duty to the last. Moulin,
T can be more silly than to talk of Franc
. being tyrrsnized by Gambetta and th
Republicans. Where is their powe
TO tyrannize withp When they too
the direction Of public affairs. Their
was really no government fhachiner,
in existence, and the army had ceaseC
to exist. How Gould they have don
violence to the nation The fact il
in themselves they had, and they hav
still, no power At all but that Of pri
vate individuals and if the nations
defence under their guidance is being
carried on with an energy drawing
forth the admiration even of the enc
my. This only proves that the repub
lican government has been founded il
full accordance with the wishes OF tb
: whole French nation, A people Q
nearly 40 millions rising against il
own viii at the command of half
dozen men, who had neither a police
man nor a soldier at their disposal
the idea is 50 absurd that newspape
writer's prOpsgatiDg their nonsens
must have very low opinion OF tn
intellectual capacities of their readers
I or at least consider them docile pupil
of that catholic churchtather, who in
vented the famous: Creda quia sbsur
dunn. / believe because it is absurd
(Of course believing what is not alb
surd, is too simple, though untOrtu
, nately, not too common to be meritorl
Gus in the eyes Of such a saint
Gamb eta and his colleagues are, il
the truest sense of the word. the 0rgGl
of the French people all through tn
people, all s0ih the people, and-noth-
ing against the people. While tn
French continue the war we must con
clude that they are resolved upon tn
war. If they were not resolved upOl
the war, they would not continue il.
FRO BIZ CONTINUED.