The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1871-06-18
arIsoELLANEoUs FOREIGN NEWS.
FRANCE.

NISc1LLANE0Us FOREIGN NEWS.
FRANCE.
=, Ag'icultaral College at Mettray-Amongst
Tho many sad results of the war in
France must be numbered the injury which
has has been inflicted on the great agricultural
eo,eny eora ~ ~ Mettray: Under the guidance & and
one OF tho most valuable institutions In
France, and indeed has been the model which
!he best reformatories in these countries have
lmitateo. NJ Demetz has come to England TO
seek Tor aid, as tho reformatory was all but
ruined by the exactions of the Prussians, and
we sincerely hope that he will receive sub
stantial help. From q sketch of NJ. Demetz
we learn that thirty years ago he was presi-
dent of one Of the criminal courts of Paris.
He became 80 impressed by the sadness OF
robates, and condemned on conviction of some
petty offence to associate with hardened cul-
pr!ts IN the common gaols, that he was re-
solved to find some means of saving q class so
much more sinned against than SHINING, and
70 devote his life to the attainment OF onat
object. After due consideration and careful
inquiry he and his friend the Vicomte de Cenr-
teilies made beginning by gathering togeeher
few of the delinquents entrusted to them by
The Government. They uyht them uprlgnt
conduct and steady industry and set apart
just named, who resided at Mettray, near
Tours. Henceforth the two friends devoted
themselves to the task they had set befoze
made religious training the foundation Of
their hopes, and adding thereto the discipline
of hardy labor and the sweet control of
kindly heart they aoon made their little troop troop
have anticipated. Tho institution developed
gradually bnt greatly, and the colony of once
nnruly youth's became q benefit to society ct
largo and Gas q most usesuf fire brigade3
special blessing to its own neighborhood..
The Treaty Betscecn FSamce asd Geymany-The
ratifcations Of the defnitive Tre"ty of Peace
between France and Germany were exchanged
CO. &1nG LNany1 1T - D-sn
Won Bismarck and NM. Jules Favre and
PouyerQuertier. The modification which has
been introduced into that part of it which has
rise to q somewhat animated discussion in the
Versailles Assembly. The question was,
whether the rennnciation of an additional dis
embourg, was not too high price to pay for
the retention of q larger rayon round the for
tress of Belfort. General Chanzy, and others,
were of opinion that the zone of seven or
eight kilometres round Belfort already provid-
ed was sufficient for the purposes of defence,
and regretted q compromise which looked very
like submission to further exigencies on the
part of a Statesman who had certainly jnsti-
fed his own dictum Force must take pre-
cedence of Right" NJ. Thiers' view was that
the Luxembourg frontier had only a political
that Dnchy, France would still be able to ap-
pear before q Congress as Border Power, as
she preserved four-tifths of her Luxembourg
frontier. Moreover, the roads by the Sambre
by Luxembourg was of no use to any body ex-
cept the possessor of the fortress. Belfort, on
the other hand, was of such Importance as q
pass through the Vosges frontier, that ahe
had asked himself whether it would not be
better to continue the war than to remain ex-
posed at this point" No doubt, in the remote
contingency of an attack by France on Ger
many, Belfort is the advanced post from which
it would be made. A contemporary has iu-
deed suggested that Prince Won Bismarck may
not be altogether ill-pleased to leave his South
q do tn do,
ger, in order that their dependence upon
North Germany may be more complete. But
M. Theirs assigned an equally plausible reason
for their consentiag to the exchange One of
the first preoCcupations of the German Chan
cellor is to conciliate the Alsatians. The most
obvious way of doing this is to promote their
mining district in the Ardennes will go far to
atone for any commercial injury inflicted on
them by separation from France. NJ. Theirs
could not resist bitter fling at his military
critics. When Talleyrand was congratulated
by an Ambassador on victory, the Emperor.
who was present, turned to the diplomatist and
said, 'Had not also something to do with iti"
" So too now" said NJ. Theirs, ''our generals
should acknowledge that they also have had
to do with the terms of the treaty.
London Tablet.
The Sacrilege in Notre Damc.-Bdt infinitely
worse than anything we have yet heard,
Church of N. Dame des Misunderstanding
even the description given by the Daily Tele-
grape OF MONDAY last. After the venerable
shrine of Our Lady had been violently stripped
of all the silver offerings, which were then
carted away, the whole church was given up
to a scene of debauchery and crime of an in
fernal horde of men and women. which it
would be wrong to attempt to describe, still
less to detail. After this number of Paris
Canine were made to kneel on the steps outside
the church, while they were told to shut their
eyes and open their mouths, and see what N
Dame would send them. man then appear
ed carrying ciborium filed with consecrated
PARTICLES, and having administered to the boys,
he cast the remaining contents of the cibo-
rum among the crowd to be profaned accord
ing to the Invention of each one. Meanwhile,
the scene in all the corners of the Square was
most heartrending; women gathered in groups,
kneeling, praying, and sobbing and weeping
over the proclamation. When the Hosts were
thrown into the crowd, they arose, and rushed
with tears and cries to save the consecrated
PARTICLES; they paid away all the money III
their pockets to rescue from the boys and peo-
pie each of the consecrated Hosts.
France and Ireland.-Mgr Dupanloup thus re-
fers to Irish sympathy for France, in touch
ing letter published in the Freeman's Journal: