New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-16
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ALSACE AND LORRAINE.
VIEWS OF PRINCE BISMARCK on THEIR AN
NEXATION.

NEXATION.
On the 2d of May the Imperial Diet of Ger
many authorized the President of the House to reply to
the address OF the Germans Of NewYork and then pro-
ceeded to consider the bill for incorporating the prov
inees OF Alsace and Lorraine in the German Empire.
While this bill was under consideration Prince Bismarck
made The following speech;
Respec ting the fundamental principle involved in the
BILL there appears TO be no difference OF opinion IL
can only he question TO the form In which the incOr
pOraon can be brought about On this point YOU have
TO come TO determination, and you will tnd the allied
diyerging opinions As to the principle, repeat, there
is difference OF opinion; there was nothing OF the
kind a year ago, and has appeared since
that time. Let review the last ten months:
Germany was united in the love Of peace; there
peace with France. There some slckly minds,
enemies OF their own country, who desired its defeat
but taey were OF no account They are not worthy oI
the German name. do not count them among the Ger,
mans. lApplauseJ Germany unanimously desired
peace, bnt u was just as unanimous IN the ueternson
protect the German Fatherand with arms and II, ar
Ter manly conduct OF the war; God should give us
peace, they were determined toObtan guarantee which
should make renewal OF the Freuch attack more diff
cult and facilitate our power of resistance. believe
that for 800 years There scarcely generation In the
German Fatherand which not obliged 10 draw the
sword against France And every time that The Ger
mans were inc cOnquerors was said mat the Opportu
nifty was neglected OF obtaining better boundaries That
was because the victory with the help of allies.
row hat tue victory mas been won after we nave indie
pendeny fought everybody SAID In all earnestnes he
future.
France obtained geographical. military boundary
especially as opposed to South Germany cannot he more
strkngly characterized than by the remark of the King
OF Wurtemberg at the time Of the Eastern War, where
the western powers urged Germany TO war 10y which
German interests neither endangered nor involved
The King referred TO the south of Germany (Which was
inundated with Frenchmen In order to exert an Influence
upon the Kng) and said long as Stras9ourg was not
in German hands. he could not come To decision. Now
affairs otherwise formed. In that projecting corner
near Weissenburg which almost as ehectuay SEPARATED
the Main the inhabitants, notwithstanding? the menaces
"A
Of the North. That France was often SUBJECTED
bason Is shown by the last decade After the 9Th Au-
gust, 1866 saw the French EnbassadOr enter at my
place with an Ultimatum i'm his hand to give up Mayence
10 await immediate declaration OF war; Hear j
will have war" This was reported to Paris there peo
ple reflected little and then it was said the insruc-
tons that the French Minister had received were
teri Further temptations, respecting LuAeInDuiG, Tor
example, are well known.
The question now arises, what guarantees shall we
have against the recurrence of such demands. Iley
must he territorial guarantees. Ihe guarantees OF IOt-
eign Powers cannot hep us. To my regret have been
obliged to have the remarkable experience that such guar
antecs often have experienced modifying declarations
[Lougherl viii not say attempt was made for no
body went far as TO exercise pressure. but peculiar
method adopted Of advising to be satisfied with
the payment OF the expenses OF the war ana inc demo-
tOn OF the tOrTcSses was not satisfied with TINS.
always regarded it impractical aud not harnoizng
| should he demolished. Thereby a feeling OF indepen,
dence suffers, and am convinced that cession would
not be severely felt as the probltOn 10 erect c
ture upon ones proper territory know that the
demolition of Huningen, for example, has occasloned
more effect as means OF agitation than would nave Deeh
produced by loss of territory: This measure has
| no value for me. That would not have removed
| the advanced bastiCns further from Stuttgart
and Munich and that necessary As FAR as Metz IL
concerned the Typographical conhguraOn OF inc pace
Is OF that kind hat LOT PURPOSES Oh SuJns,, az
little do there and II the artstcal WORKS mere s0ud
be disturbed they could be rapidly reconSr1eted Ihs
| plan Of demolition was not satisfactory. III was pro
posed to make neutral territory Of Alsace ana bOr-
chain of neutral from the North Sea to the Swiss
Alps. There possibility that we would attack
would not prevent France from sending a feet with
troops be landed upon our coast and as our Meet
not Of equal birth with OF the French they would
in that way be enabled to attack us We would not be
protected at sea, aud would only 3e projected on ia1d
respect the treaties of neutrality and to defend the he
traty OF their land with in their hands, as we nave
seen in the of the Bel gians With Alsace tls re-
gard for the treaties not Ia be assumed IN thdt
place are strong French clements whose interests and
symDathes belong to France, and which, in case OF
war with France would undoubtedly make theHselVcs
heard to the advantage of France. Thus the neutrality
We viii give Asace and Lorraine the power of self
administration, and, with German institutions. they viii
arrive AZ the boundaries OF that ideal toward which they
coud never strive under French Government OF one
thing / sure-that German patience and German
bCncvoence will succeed in winning over the people III
short time, perhaps in shorter time than many
imagine. Many elements WILL IN all probability, SUI
remain there which find Naturalization for the
destruction of bonds that have hitherto existed TIE
end which strive 20 attain viii not he reached very
rapidly, but We must not despair ON that account We
shall Still live to see it. .. =, -,
not bind us for the future shall lay down no course OF
action for all time have no frm opinion now Tue case
will years from now, The circumstances are
abnormal and must be and likewise Their regulation
must be abnormal as the case was never before SHOWN
In history. In the meantime must accept the clrcun
stances they are, and not as u appears 10 many de-
sirabe they should be. You will surely have the Will IN
this way with German patience ana German love IOr
cOuntrymeI, TO reach that end upon "hch VIC
nave determined. Loud applause
The bill referred TO special commission OF Is
members.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEVIS