The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-02-25
CORRESPONDENTS.
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LEIPZIG, Jan. 20, 1871,
AnHncLRn


women sitting in their rooms, on the !
pabies sleeping in their cradles. owe 1
make war only on The soldiers, not on I
he people" proclaimed King William,
when he entered France. | dare say
you think be has strange way of
keeping his word May be; but keep
his word he does A IIohenzollor al
ways does, II is in their nature, they
cannot break their word, not with the
Lest will. 1t is true. that often it has
looked uncommonly like it, but it only
looked SO. And whoever presumes to
doubt the inviOlability Of royal word .
is guilty of crimes Laesde majiStatiS
(crime against majesty)-Off to prison
with him! Now, too, the case is not
as it appears to the profane eye. APP
pearances are proverbially deceptive.
Words must not be taken literally, but
according to their meaning. If KING
William pledged himself not to make
war on the French people, he did 50
as must be evident to all well regulated
minds, on the supposition that the
French people would not make war
upon him. This supposi.iOn has proved
erroneous, the French people has no
toriously rushed headlong into the out
rageOus, suicidal folly of making war
upon the invader Of France. The sol
diers on whom King William made
war when he gave his word, are not
in arms any more ; the people on whom
he would not make war, il in arms
against him-the people has taken the
place of The soldiers-ergo, he must
make war uPon the people III place Of
the soldiers. There il no flaw in the
argument. and since the French people
is composed II 81, OOO. 900 millions OF
men, women and children, the king Of
Prussia. even il he was 10 lombard
one million out OF life, would still gen
crously spare thirty-seven millions, and
display humanity almost superhuman
= Appropos,I have always been speak
ing Of King o. Prussia The title il
50 familiar,an custom gets the second
nature. Emperor, ought to have
written. must teach my pen, III fu
ture, to follow better the rapid course
Of events. Emperor, Emperor, Empe-
ror! S., | hope, | shall keep it in
memory. How it happened? Well
the finest model bonn ardment becomes
tedious at last they wanted a little
: change at Versailles, a new crown was
ordered and a new purple robe; the
king put il Oh, looked very stately, the
couItiers salutcd him as Emperor, he
: acknowledged the salute, and 10 COM
| mem"rate the interesting performance
a manifesto was issued To apprize The
, public Ut what had happened. III this
manifesto the German people Is not
mentioned, which does honor u the
chief actors sincerity, and we are in
formed that tie IIOhenzollern Empire
... Hr ""a"'fnl throughout a. 'hr
SSH. .r t.r war .-fa,lor f-om .i.
.Hh. .-. .t Done. .tr- - va
bTatcd A-...f...v ~, p,.s-, uv
jrrman Empire, too, is peace The
German Emperor has said 81, and u
give an an4ury Of happy fulfnncn.
while he spoke, his mortars and can
mons hurled their IRON messengers Of
death on the devoted city, and preach
ed with their laundering mouths the
Civilization Of The nineteenth centasyu.
Hail to the Emperor Of Germany !
And now | must tell you the date. Let
me quickly look IN newspaper; there
u l. TIE I7M Of Jonnary, 1871. Mark
the day But hear you ask, why did
lie not wait till the war j. over WHY
does he present this bill before il is
due? Well, when the war il over. per
haps no stuff for an Empire is left and
who would discount the bill. then .,
| am afraid it will soon be forgotten
and time may come when il will 10
terest you to verify the only unmixedlv
comic episode of this tragic war.
To serious matters again. Although
the opinion still predominates in nv
country that Prussia will succeed in
bringing France on her knees and
VT, sting the Alsace and part of Lor
raIne from her, yet 1t is \ noteworthy
fact that ~ circles which rather incline
on the PruSsian side, the conviction
begins - spread, Count Bismark had
committed great blundcr in not con
GLIDING peace after the catastrophe or
tragic comedy of Sedan.
I Well, Bismarck did conclude 4
peace At Sedan. What the two men
of BlarrItz talked together On that dav
Of the luprs, We do not know, and
shall never know exactly for both have
the most powerful reasons to cover il
with an eternal veil but during the
last tour months things have come W
light partly through accident. partly
through the indiscre;ion-moreo r less
calculated-of the BonapartiStic
agents, which enable us to discern
clearly the outlines at the intrigue snun
there. Before proceeding to point them
out, we must REGAL 10 mind. that the
war, which began IN the middle of last
year, was an untoward a ent for Bon
aparte AS well rs for Bismarck. That
1T was So to the former IS irrefutably |
proved by the absolute want OF mill |
tary preparation on the part OF the
French Empire. That it was 50 u
Bismarck is irrefutably proved bv the
difficulties into which he has been |
thrown by the downfall Of the Empire:
difficulties which he could not but fore
see, and which he tnresaw, and which
are the necessary offspring of the Prus-