The New York herald., 1871-11-02
What Germany May Tender
vg9se All to England.
BRITISH OPINION OF the CONSEQUENCES


assiou Of Pondicherry, India, or the French
territory in Cochin-C China, to Germany. a... 81,
People believe that the .Prussian Premier
would prefer to have Pondicherry first as il
\ thought that he would Offer to barter it to
Great Britain in return for the island Of He'll
goland, in the North Sea- Il s,sy-s rSrl
= II is also regarded as certain that the
Germans win endeavor to found q permanent
ssttlsment for their emigrant people in the
ar East .ssr ss. es q so1 gass
RsuAleherry-Tts SItuasiea and pepulatien.
Tns following account OF Pondicnerry, It's popu-
laticn and resources is taken from the most
authentic geographical sources:--Pondicherry ID
atown Of Hindosran and the principal French SET
usment on the Asiatc Continent, on the Coroman-
del coast sItuated eightythree miles south south
west OF Madras, latitude II 81 morrill, longitude
"a east; population. $50 In 1861, OF whom about
ulne hundred arc Europeans. Standing on nat
gAndy PLAIN near the shore, It has very impos-
lng appearance from the sea, and it is In real.
itya handsome regularly laid out town.
mo streets II the European quarter are Qr
anifosm breadth, built with remarkable regu-
lerity, ana intersecng each other At rfgft angles
fhs houses, which are Of good height, have nat
teRfaced roofs and not intermxed with native huts.
Nearly in the centre IA spacious square, LAID out In
walks, shaded By rows OF trees. with the govern
meus house on the north Ade and open on the east
70 ~ ses. The black native town. to the west or
the former, and separated from 1t by canal crossed
Agssgeeai bridges b latd out with nearly the same
reguiarity as the European town. though the houses
Are very nerl0E Pondicherry was formerly strongly
loFttned but the only p0lt tion OF its works tnat
remains h an old brick tower. on which the nag
u holsted. The chief buildings ara the government
house. the church built BY the Jesulrs and . good
market place. It has q college for Europeans, q
school for the Indians, botanic garden and gov
eminent pawn bank. The French possessions in
India, comprising Pondicherry. Chandernagore,
Yanaon In OrIssa, with the territory attached to
pAch, have . total population OF about one
hundred and sixy-six thousand, OF whom
1000 are whitea The territory attached
70 Pondacherry y 10 considerably larger
than the rest and has 106ls hectares under culture
producing e4ss,e4o klogrammes rice 6,7s4.oOO
klogrammes other grains. 100000 cocoanuts
with some bctel ana litte indigo tobacco and oot
sou. The trade, By far the greater part OF which
centres IN Pondicherry, Is chiefly with the rest Of
the Coromandel coast, Samatra, the Isle de Bour-
ne french settlements In India resides at Pondi-
cherry whore also Ia the chief court for these colo
nass and . tribunal Of primary jurisdiction. This
town was purchased By the French from the Bea-
sore sovereign IN 1872. It was successfully taken
BY the British In 17e1 IT'S, 1898 and 1so3 but was
analy restored TO France at the Treaty OF Paris, In
ts1A fa tt
Er glish Oplnion Of the Project.
The British people have been always opposed to
tne plan OF barter, exchange or surrender Of any
portion OF the national TERRITORY.
When bne project relative to Pondicherry-Heli-
gcland bargain with Prussia was first placed before
ne nation IN 1S70--cauuousiY and carefully az It
was mennoned-the country expressed itself very
neely, and. ror the most part adversely. The
position OF the aristocracy was defined In the fol-
iewing words:-sTo give up Hehgoland woud
cause . great deal more affliction to the
Hehgolanders than It would to the people Of
Great Britain. the consent OF the former
however, can be obtained by legitimate means to the
transfer there can be no objection to Germany being
permitted TO add this to the other resources OF the
Fatheriand. To yield HelIgoand, though 1t were
even bare rock, upon compulslon is, however, an
other matter altogether, No nation can attempt to
take II by force, unless she Is also abe to match
England BY sea; and ct present we continue to be-
Meve that Heig0land Ii toleraby SAFE Not the less
however, ought the English people to take to heart
the insolent menaces which some Germans have
permitted themselves to level ut US under the unac-
CustOmed excitement Of victory.n
enussIA's NAVAL POWER IN THE NEW POSITION
Durlng the month or February, 1871, q British
writer OF observation and experience discussed the
subject Of Prusslas naval and probable Interior
designs relative to Pondcherry and Heligoand, as
we'll a. the question Of Englanls danger subsequent
20 surrender OF Heligoland 70 Germany, IN the fol.
lowing words:-.'Engiand Is courteousy noticed by
Count Bernstor TO be prepared to receive an inv1-
tati0n, from the Emperor Of Germany to surren-
der the island Of Hellg0land. Some bathing
women and pilots on the rock speak German, and
wherever the German tongue even In patois Is
spoken, there Is the German Fatheriand. This
strange mass OF rock and clay rising like a mist
from tho North Sea commands the entrance OF the
Elbe aud Scheldt. There Is splendid roadstead on
the eastern side OF the rock, where the French
iron-clads lay moored for many days during their
ruthless mission to the North Sea and the
Bnluc. Bismarck Is so certain OF obtaining the
rrenoh iron cads as part OF the price OF
peace that he demands from England the
island under which they sheltered last year.
the demand J0r the Cessi0n OF Pondiche11'v Uds
made, 1t seems merely that the Indian city might
BE- onered to England in exchange for Hcligoland.
n - possible, however, that Engshmen, OF the two,
would prefer that the Germans should DC iocated 10
Pondicherry rather than at Heligoland. Pondi-
Cherry Is very far away, the climate Is NOT alto
eesner healthy, and the Indian government Is
strong. Hellgoland moo guards Dut In the hands
o. rne Prusslans toou,d menace our oca coasts. II
would not be altogether pleasant thas twenty irst
go russian hon-clads should lie at anchor
Wltnin one days steam OF English harborsn
n--a WHAT rhussiA WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH.
Ine London 0osetsr, writing It the same mo-
Ment said:-we have information, .rrom Berlin
source" TO the enect that the Germans do desire