Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-02

To Alzqce EId Lorraine, partlcu-
Iarlv sIral oOurg, Ihlonvlle1 .--
Metz --sf-ll lliJJo
I5ta--..-..........,....- 95o l00. 900
other estimates that have appeared
in the papers are even higher. On
the {7Lh of August the Berlin Post, a
ioUrn8I occasionally intrusted with
ministerial communications, ad-
vsuced the opinion that the income of
every German was, on an average re-
duced sd. q day by the war. As the
Germans number 4O,OOO,O 900, the total
loss would thus be six and tWO-thirds
million thaIerS per day. / refrain
from multiplying this sum by the
number OF days that have elapsed
since the beginning Of the war, but
the uanar in question and It's GOtem-
pOraries adopt a more purely arithme-
gc4l course Iu summing up their re-
lau0ns to the French.
To return TO Or. Hirth's estimates
about the lowest 1 have seeu-they
were made up in the beginning Of
September on the suppOsitiOn that the
war would last only six months, and
result in no more than 100, 600 prison
ers. Things having fallen out so differ
emily, YOU may imagine what accord
ing 10 the same standard, the bill
amounts to now.
Reckoning the beginning OF the
war from the 18th Of July, when the
nrs orders 0rmObiliZatiOn were given
EEl, if peace be concluded before
-. expiration Of the armistice, have
Last, sD0ut eight months 1t has led
= -. embodiment OF BOG, 900 Ger
mans a I the capture of 100000
Franeb in exee5s Of the above e5ti-
mate. GarD van slstLsIiclans decline
To overlook t1, sc Rggrs,Natlng clfcuiil-
stances and fro u all We iearni LnelF
nominations seem TO have made an
in1DTe5sfou at headquarters. Nor
0ugbt it TO be forgo. ten that the otil-
cal. .organs OF Berlin have, 10 the laAlt
three months. repea Fedly eaullOheu
France against cOnth eulng the Waf'
lest the conditions OF p ssce snOolu pc
weighed according to tl'e duration OF
hOstiliuies.
TEE NEW GERMAN EALPIHE.
When Pepiu and Charlemsgne
founded the Holy Roman empire,
and ther claim was recognized py the
P9pe, in compensation for the e3puI-
sion OF the LOmbards, the CITY OF AK
Ia-Chappelle was the seat OF their pow
er rand authority. The territorial eX-
tentof the empire was magnlncent'
1t included all of Germany, rom the
AIDs TO the North Sea, aDd from the
Rhine 70 Hungary. Charlemagne was
crowned Emperor in 500. With the
extinction Of his dynasty, a century
later. the various dignltarles which
had composed the Imperial Council
or Diet. made the Imperial crown OF
Germany elective, subject, in some
measure, to the approval Of thelPOpe.
Then followed a long line Of Empe-
rors. more or less illustriOus, extend
fug down to the year l50O-Or 1000
years from Charlemagne's coronation.
During that long period the "Empe-
rOru was the great man OF Europe,
.overshqdOwiug all other forms Of roy
altv. and. as matter Of course, pretty
nearly always involved in war with
one or more of his s1bOrdlnat
Though the EmperOrs fOE the first
century were French, or, more prop
erlv. Franks, the other nauOnalltle5
soon changed the succession. Henry
of sax01y, and his son Otho, CON
.5usred the Danes, Naygars, and Scla-
Sic races. Succeeding Emperors ad-
ded more territory and were involved
sn frequent controversies with the
POpes. who assumed the Office Of UNI
BiTs, and whose decisions were re
4uently dehed by the EmperOrs, Lead
ing to disastrous wars. Various wars
Of succession took place, in which the
EmperOrs had TO take sides, and were
.sfta1 srpeazafuIlV dpfied q
The last person bearing the title by
election was Francis III. Of Austria.
who really had but little authority
1utside his own ancestral dOminiOns.
Germany was dismembered by NapO-
icon, and Francis formally resigned
fEe old imperial crown, and styled
diU3selT thereafter Emperor Of Aus
e. The Confederation OF the Rhine
IT.. aeHeelorth the national German
was O. rity. After the fall Of hapO-
ic authO- 70, the attempt to revive
leon, in 10 q was abandoned, and q
the old empn, ~tstion was formed,
German CODfe0e Ntes, The old en-
IN = obrscing 1I,, forty Sta terss h1ndred.
- fncl1ded some +, Ssgefio1 vVes
aTbe met of the ConfeG~ Sr58 le5Is-
-aaognizad 80 as the executive q 81 "a
ietiy-a ogept of ali the States, zoe
Icln-1oma4ded Il-1 respect and obeole- y
- . eborf time. In 1880 the reFo-
S1t{on which called Louis Philippe 70
- 49, tbrone of France was followed by
1lon1IsT IIT demands in some Of the Ger
nm Sfstes for written constitutions,
end ia 1913, these demands were en-
forcad bv successful insurrecuon55'
Pesctionarv measures, however, Iol-
IoVed. and absolute power Was
,sfrengthened, particularly in Prussia
80 Gustria. A National Assembly
va convened, which offered the ina