Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-29
AOS1lN'S HAWAIIAN WEEKLY
~ rrencn-uerman Alliance from a
French Standpoint.

,,' s''e!ched out toward It's, asking for
p."Le ana an alliance and this has been done with
81 I"oh apparent sincerity that it must not be Quick
y ue''eo Even though it is hardly possible that
bitter enemies, shall in one moment became re-
colced, the above is an unmstakable ;nd;ca, ion
!l'at th's feeling of animosty is gradually max
NY room for one of respect, if not friendship for
tach other 1t is certainly remarkable that book
mas been written by Ercnchman which again
ar" again alllldeS to the fact that France must
stay on friendly terms with the Triple Alliance
and with its strong and influential neighbor.
he author of this book (L'aliance Franco
alierlade ct SEES consequentes) Chapns de
ManDon, has lived a great many years in Ger
many and ne does not grow weary of impressing
upon his countrymen that from his own personal
experience he has found that the Germans are
worthy of the confidence and friendship. and
based upon strategic point of view Germany
was the only natural ally of France In the policy
of the English government he does not alone
see breakers ahead far as the colonial policy of
the other powers is concerned but on the horizon
he sees war cloud which will threaten the peace
OF Europe No words are too harsh to condemn
the greed of the English and their policy of ex-
tortion from their colonies They have the
worlds most powerful army at their beck and
call, the Cavalry of St. George English gum
eas)! Not alone with their army and navy but
with their gold do they conquer and annex co,n-
tries. Under the hypocritical mask of missionary
work. of Justice and Civilization, they grab and
conquer whenever and wherever they see an OPP
portunity to fill their Golfers They use every
means to arrive at this end peaceful assurances,
lies, intrigues and threats are the usual methods.
Therefore no nation can possibly dream of max
ing an alliance with the false Briton unless. in a
moment when the ally is in greatest need it must
be prepared to be betrayed by him.
France can have no expectations from the
neighbor across the channel such has been taught
us during the past centuries; it must act con-
jointly with the famous Cripple Alliance" in order
to be able to etfectually put stop to the aggran-
disement of Brother Jonathan.
France does not deny the difficulties which
must be overcome in order to bring about an al
lance with the German; the fatal days of 1879
and II still live in the memories of Our people
But there are so many instances of real Christian
humanity shown lis by the German army during
that war; by their surgeons who treated our sol
diers with the same care as their own-that we
cannot but feel that this last war. as huniliatins
as the result was for us, was carried on IN hui
name marer-and that a nation which III times
of war and occupation of the enemy country VIII
not make war on women and children and VII
not destroy and pillage-iS a nation that VIII
make strong and true ally.
With a surprising frankress Chapins de Maui
bon speaks of the Alsace-L Lorraine question. Ht
does not deny that this question might become
a dangerous factor in the PRONUNCIATION OF an al
lance but he does not doubt that this threatening
danger may be avoided and the question ainlcabl.
solved. AS Louis XIV took possession of Asac'
as conqueror so did Germany take possession
with the same right and France must at last con
descend to bear its loss philosophically and mus
forever eschew the hope that Germany will re
store Alsace of it's own free will.
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