The New York herald., 1871-02-12
PROPHETIC FORESNADOWINCS.
General MOIke'S Speech Two Years Ago
Before the German Reichstag.
HIS EYE On AlSACe AND LORRAINE.
National Ideas a Vision and a
Humbug.
Diplomacy at Versailles Very Good, but the Ger
man People Must Have a Voice.


man People Must Have a Voice.
BERLIN, Jan. 16, 1871.
| Though have been able to announce To you that
| another despatch OF Count Bismarck Is being pre-
| pared which Will drastically prove that heretofore
| the enemy have never seriously entertained wish
for peace have yet not been able procure the
| said despatch at the Foreign Office The regular
mall time between Paris and here Is but twenty six
| hours, while now even the official communications
| with headquarters at Versailles require generally
/ six days III going and as many in coming. As the
beginning of the end the bombardment OF Paris
causes great satisfaction and the hope is univer-
sally cherished that will capitulate before the
piratlon of the present month. The public interest
In the official teegrams posted throughout the city
| on pacards OF scarlet cOl0r-durIng the
| war this color is prohibited for all other
| placards-has again become more lively,
| while the natural consequence OF their
| frequency-numbermg already 166-had been
general indifference to their contents. The patch
announcing the Sedan victory was No. 80, and at
that time everybody supposed that. at the highest,
with despatch No 90 the war would be ended. No
wonder, then, that the PEOPLE became impatient,
and that bitter remarks tell from many lips when
these dispatches reached No. 100 Stil, II we look
back to wnat happened after the Attn Of September
and after the proclamation OF a national In lieu Of
dynastic war, ii would seem as If everything had 10
occur Just as it did. Could the Germans determine
otherwise than 10 complete the work fully? Nation
against nation II the French shrink from no sacr
fees, II they put their shoulders to the wheel and
employ their utmost strength is 1t not quite natural
for their opponents to do the same and out
do them2
A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW.
IN a in tha
German Reichstag against reducing the military
budget said the ideal OF those who wanted to cnr-
tan the funds could not be realized until German
realm In the heart OF Europe should become suili-
cently powerful to dictate peace IL is hardly pro-
bable that at that time the thought OF Alsace and
Lorraine had entered Count Molike's mind. He was
undoubtedly thinking OF the completion OF tho
work OF 1885, and hintng at the Incorporation Of the
South German States the necessary guarantees for
/ the future peace OF Europe. Count Bismarck and
indeed, all the national parties spoke i9 similar
strain, and the greatest reproach cast upon the
North German Confederation was that OF having
severed Germany by the boundary OF the Maine.
As conflicting with the Treaty OF Prague the blunt
speech Of old MOtke excited even the sensitiveness
OF France and Austria so that Bismarck saw nt to
declare that these were only the ntteranceS OF n
general, and that no diplomatic significance was to
two years ago, an address to the King was under
discussion which the nationals were in favor of,
while II was strongly opposed by the conservatives
and parIcniarlsts, Deputy Van Blanckenburg, the
leader OF the old fogies. cried out: You nationals
can never have enough You have just gotten the
North German Bnnd and now you would have the
whole OF Germany and finally demand Strasbourg,
Lament, the nationals crying mo no p "Order,:
and preventing the speaker from proceeding, until
President snson, the chairman, lnterfcred. saying
with peculiar dgnity-"I nope that among the per-
sons whose national prOcllvites extend far as
Alsace and Lorla the gentleman did not allude TO
any member OF this body" WhereupOn Deputy
Won Blanckenburg replled:-"By no means. have
expressly stated that consider such national ideas
a vision and humbug; hence could not have meant
any person on this 1oor.r
the above obviously shows that at that time no
one thought OF anneXations on The other side the
Rhine.
DOOM AT HAND.
VINO viii content, however, now, after this war
has proceeded as II did. has caused such immense
and painful saciliices with victory constantly
smiling upon the German arms that they should
retire without trying To obtain the spolls and
ing slice OF territory which, II must be admitted
would greatly tend to protect them against
any future aggresslons OF the same Powerf 1t
is mean excuse of theirs that the French,
in spite OF continued'defea., have never for mo-
ncnt descended IRON their haughliness and ina
ginary superiority; have never consented 10 argue
conditions OF peace, but nave ever been Justify cry
ing out War to The knife; not an incn OF our terri
tory nor stone Of oar forresseS ~
1t must seem entirely out or place to waste any
more ink in speculations ut 4 moment wien the
crisis. Lamentations over the immnenG fail OF
Paris will do no good to those who walk It's streets
from the exploding missiles. For humanltys sake
one could almost wish that, in order To terminate
the next few days masters Of the city.
ANTI-LIBERAL SENTIMENT.
oar we "s ounaen Ssn Jealousy s ol tIe p2Zsuo n
democratic organ founded by Or. Johann Jacoby.
I'VE, too, have been excluded FROM the barracks;
we, TOO are considered as poisoning the minds Of
the defenders OF the country The talented editor,
DR.. Weiss, gives severe hit to the Minister OF War
by grouping together the official figures published
by the postal department. showing thereby that OF
every one thousand men IN the field only four read
pGaa pi as ns s om e
Sy a nse With q ue pae
at the support which was sent TO the soldiers from
their friends at home 1t amounts in money, alto.
gether to three millions, while the sums renitted
by the soldiers to their families IN Germany amount
TO nine millions, which shows shows, clearly enough the
cumstance never admitted oy the sclf-satshed, SER
vile official press.
satisfaction, that DR.. Johann Jacoby mas declared
his willingness to 2 become candidate for the next
kelChstag. anu calls upon the democratic party TO
unite tLelr strength for his election.
BAVARIA STILL UNDECIDED.
The voumlnous reports fiOm the Munich Cham
those VINO cali themselves the patriotic party, who
want to maintain intact the crown Of wittelsbach,
VINO proclaim against the heavy military etat, and,
in word, are not willing TO be Prussanized. Our
dlplomatlss, they say, have deliberaed great deal
at Versailles respecting treaties and the empire but
as for concessions TO the people, their rights and
nberties these are to bc found nowhere. II Prussia
afrms that It will not employ any pressure against
Bavaria, why should we be in hurry to accept
these treatesp To these arguments the nationals
reply that King Ludwig himself has reached out the
hand TO unite the German realm-though It
is an open secret that he did only TO gain the
start OF the King OF Saxony-that Bavaria would be
completely isolaIed and become the laughingstock
of Europe. AS there are probably twenty and odd
deputies vet 10 air themselves IN the Chamber, the
final vote may be postponed n number OF days
longer. The elections for the Prst German Para-
ment are expected to take place the latter part OF
February and whetser or not Bavaria VIII have
decided TO participate In theln the existence oil the
German realm Is manifested by the signature To
she German realpAN