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Germany doziros 30 b. II alone n hes
dificulfy With funoe. An oflciAl
declAration zones from Berlin IN efeei
e follows -
"GermAuy Is victorious. but she has
suffered greatly she oAnnoi Afford .
pari With the pine Of victory - dearly
bought Nor Is this q quarrel IN Inch
night and wrong being equally divided
between the beligertuts. o. u ~ ire
quently the ease. = third party has
moral right 10 step in and 10 endeAvoT
10 settle the matter by an equitable
oomprumise. Germany has been IN
vaded for the mere sake Of gratifying The
the inor,iinate appetite Of reckless and
eonceited populace. So natural appear
ed 30 the Preach their supposed night 10
commit homicide IN neighbor s
country that they did not even care
10 wait for a plausible pretext, but IN
vented a frivilous cause Of war such IS
the 18th century had not seen before.
Again however, much We have been pro
yoked, all we ask for is what Is required
10 protect us from a repetition OF the
same affront. II we were carried away
by passion we might avail ourselves OF
the present opportunity to cripple and
dismember France but we VIII 90
nothing Of the kind. and are satisfied
with securing comparative immunity
from future attacks. Europe has done
nothing 10 prevent France from under
taking this wicked campaign. Nay she
has not even declared against II IN
solemn form, which might have done
something towards lettering the oiien-
ders. Having evinced such complete m
difference in the introductory phases oil
the war. il is not likely We shall permit
her 10 constitute an Areophhgus 10 screen
the guilty from punishment for this,
and no other, would be the object OF
mediation in the present state OF affairs.
Europe shuddered, but left us IN the
lurch when the TurcO crossed our from
ties the Turco is down, and we mean 70
bring his employers TO book. The mil
itary strength displayed by France IN
this prolonged campaign is another rea-
son why we must insist on recovering
our ancient and secure frontier. A large,
populous and martial country, France
has hitherto enjoyed the advantage Of
being unassailable, except along small
strip of her eastern borders. Her south
arn frontier is protected by the Pyrenees,
her western and northern coasts are
washed by the sea, and the southeast
is covered by the neutral kingdom Of
Belgium and the adjoining principalitie'
of Luxembourg. The east, which is alonC
10 attack, has the strongest natural de
fences a country can wish to possess
The Rhine, the Voges, and Mosele are
so many tactical lines of the highest
importance. To render them still more
formidable, whole wall of fortresses Is
erected at their back, and when all thes'
obstacles are overcome, Paris, the larges
fortress in the world, and which with {
little more foresight might have beer
provisioned for year instead OF four OF
five months, defies every conner. TAX
ing all this together, we arrive at the
conclusion that to vanquish France on he
own soil will, under the most favorable
circumstances, always require grea
effort, even ON the part of United Ger
many. But no attack Of so rich anC
ambitious force rs the FreDch can b'
effectually warded off unless the war II
transferred to their own soil. To de
fend our frontiers without following the
French into their own country would b.
merely to give them time to collect |
fresh army and renew the attack. Sucl
being the case, we cannot but abide b!
our demand of q safe frontier. Tha
the territory we ask for is ancient Ger
man soil, and was taking from us at
period when our internal divisions pre-
vented resistance, cannot but confirm
our resolve to settle accounts with on
unruly neighbor. Alsace and Lorrain
recovered, we shall be in position t.
repulse future invasions without tn
fearful expenditure of blood and treasur
to which we have been subjected in tn
present instance"