The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08
,LSACE.LORRAINE'S REFORM.
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TORsHIP ~ THE RTU H>ItND


Insland Ready To Buiiy rran~~.
LONE. May .s-FreIherr Won He-tling
M. again begun negotiation. at Rome Tor
~. establishment ~ . faculty 81 Catholic
trs,logy at th' University 81 Stra-sburg.
'.~ weeks ago he vent to Berlin In -rarch
tamil Instructions. Hs has brought hack
r-u promises, has skiltully made tn" most
10, he kai--r's concilatihg attitude, and
laid stress above all on the abolition
., The dictatorship In Alsac"-lnrraine In
der o. show that the moment was favor
10 The Pop. Il iniehible. He has
r,ds his conditions. II IA for Prussia 10
..,.tt them. Nevertheless a general i'm
rar,ance - attached to the last measure
rcr-ou~d.
The abolition Of the dictatorship In alssce-
f.-rNiue comes under the category Of COM
,'a, events II l. n Consequence the on
w.--uf an ex osmosis. to use a m.Siical
.,r r.--,.n WHY has the crowned l.h"n-
SIN adopted this ,ardy measure Of justice.
.h- augur~ ara asking Acts OF this nature
-. usually Connected With concrete ques-
I'm. Ia. people Of Als~ace-Lorrains In
.rt'a & n" vanity that belongs TO every
-,,,, " ~ attribute the suppression neither
their goodness nor TO their conversion.
Pr lfaH~lt anu lUr fiNkiiiN ivy Nv ''''f
,,Ur- ur the Diplomatic and military chess
f.,rt They have preserved their love for
,H.ir province. they look on the Prussians
With the ewes they did In 1870.
NJ Een4 Bazin's Les Oberle' has nahled
~. IN read into the rather hidden soul Of the
,-,tL,n HIS chief quality 10 pro,esta-
ton. The PEASANT regrets France with its
nnguage its administration. it's riches.
~ ~ 49,. .aac and uary nfnSnRrntia
Under the Empire. The bourgeois Of to-
day looks on the Prussian a. an inferior,
,uar-c and brutal teing All he knows
about him Is the truthful epigram II Mira
,.,,u War il tho national industry Of
p~.-.ia.' In his eyes the frcnchman. not
W. standing his faults and his dlscord. Is
81. the privileged being. full Of grace,
urnani'v and taste. He Is fond Of repeat
ins Nlc,z-che's formula; Germany Ia a
=. pie & traditions. France is civilized
pu.la'- Sfsn und Cuiiuroik. The Alsatian
lows and admirr~ the Frenchman, he de-
sr,.a- and hates the PruSsisn. That IL the
deep feylug that il hidden IN his heart.
Wilhelm IL. therefore. Ia aLolshing the
sat. Of siege has not done ~ tecau~.
AIsa~ce-Iorraine adheres To- Prussia. Neither
il the measure one Of the wheels IN the
univ, rial machine. On tina Polish frontier
the KAISER Is emphasizing fe~rociouslv the
.v-'.m OF repression and extreme ermin
lz,ti,n. Why this Inconsistent policy;
whs, particular motive leads the HoDcn-
yollen to put into effect cruelty in the East
and a semblance OF ,ariv equity on the
approaches To the vosges' II Is not the
rules % administration. therefore, which
Justify the act Of PREPARATION, II must IL a
rn,ttxa larap1inv an fprpiCn nNnlrs
The abolition follows hastily Oh tho ne
ro,iatioas for the renewal Of a." Triple
Alliance and on the French elections VI.
D-lcasse has los, a battle on the Ii~r He
has sacrificed French money and the French
Mediterranean situation for a Possible
hreAk up 81 ths A~ustriAn-ltsltsr German
alliance. He has saved the Hou- 81 Savoy
rom the decadence into which IL was sink
,ns. he has restored a sort ~ equilibrium
L. Italian finances and has lEcrea S-d the
automatic and moral power Of Italy. lie
na- bought the rods With which tn" French
ara To D. beaten.
The Machavelian young kiug has prom
I'D everything. first, that the alliance
Would not To- renewed next. that D. W rld ls
renewed hut would - favorable =" France.
then, that IL would 10 removes In sUiut u
r,' 20 hotter. Today the usw-paU,r- Of
E.iur declare without a smile hat th"ton-
-rlr, will not modify the treaty ina~much
.- u C~untain- no clause unfaNorahie 20
inucc And they promise 10 keep up their
..wus'hv for her' Tie sister nations. ~"
uuuu. ~ - Latin races, the blood
fr..f .r..u'. all that has dlsspTearci Now
Wilhelm II ha- 81 C uraged this comedy ia
which the French Republic plav- the rdicu-
...- 'au
To- Dr"vfuS affair had spread through
't" v.r.i 'he legend 90 France hor.l"~s
-r.'.r.. The F~rsnco-I'alian farce in
,r.I-,.. nat f.Aling and he sensations Of
,r..ur' and ul'v Wilhelm H. net
"yTr..S- 'h9' - Inent. II is proof thai
Pr5--, lau,.fprih looks on the Nosgrs a.
% '.r.'y geographical factor. In the ewes
o'fia ka,-"r and the Empire France sink.
o. -" level u an inofen-Iv". ncgl'gibl"
power that - rapidly going down into
~a't-.rru'. wnircr'v aud weakness
In.' = 'Ac secret u the abolition And
u.4f 'I~ 90" Nth uame."s- terror - that
otter ''a elections The governing power In
Iur,-- W.I continue and extend the policy
,fNthdnNal and downfall PREPARATIONS
~" '-.ruE made secretly 10 hav" VICTOR
Unnamed visit Paris Hud Ia have IDu'"t
&. o. the Capitol at Rome. The antiCler-
t...I> aye swar" e the unea>in-ss that agi-
tate ''r nation VI Dounicr has returned
frpm. '." Far last IN order "a make their
diplomacy NOR" prominent. THIS very
incroa-- % action vii multiply the reasons
for drawing hack. under pret.Nt that il l.
a sign - vitality During the neat l.gis-
IRtI,- So sion the Government will exert
itself 90 transport antici"rrcalism into the
DOMAIN reserved Q" the foreign polio,
A. son - I-'ac" : mad" ia the Trans
wal England Vii force France IA choose
between Mar Rud lnanrty symptoms Of
the ar. already noticeable in PARE