New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-19
THE FUTURE OF ALSACE-LORRAlNE
Due Consideration the VIII @
Local Sentiment and
ance-LaS
Republic the Guarantee

institution solid as rock, and n.
spending agitation under the mask q, 49,.
ism became thing OF the past. n.
Of "Revanche!" fzzled out and The -,
triots took as their motto the fAmov,
tence Of the great Gambstta, to think :.
(Alsace-Lorraine) always, but never SAL
IT: "Pensez-y toujours, mails men ~.
jamais!"
That was, then, the status OF n.
Republic when the crime OF Saraiev,
committed, which threw half Of the wo,,
turmoil. No government in France. [, 4.
fair TO state, would have declared v,, 4
Germany merely 70 recover Alsaee-Lor,,.
and all statements coming from the c.,.
side to the effect that Frances ONLY Az
since 1870 was that famous revanehe an
trary e acts.
France Now for Remuneration
To-day the story is different Tn. ,n.
tial and unprejudiced mind must coneec, 4.
in this bloody contest France was no, 4,
acgressor. Her eastern army was twely, u
metres inside the border line when th,E,,
sent his ultimatum. And Il Is the E,,,.
who had been preparing FOR war sr,h.
France ever since he was Kaiser who VA, n
only and real aggressor. France was stt.e.I
without a shadow Of reason, her terrl,orv !
yaded, her northern towns DESTROYED \
day a unanimous France, burying all "a,
dissensions, ready for every sacrifice, i,,,
the giant monster with utmost eoaAd.,,
sure Of eventual victory. To-day th. a,
urally remembers her defeat Of 1870. 4.
smarts under the humiliation and she ear,
help but think Of Alsace-Lorrsine.
When her leaders, such as VlvIani, Erin
and Thomas, cry out, ave viii not LAY a.,
our arms until we have recovered Aav
Lorrainel" they express the sentimus 4
every Frenchman. But they also say n.
they must crush Prussia, so as 10 inH,
lasting peace. There is the Gordian krA
OF course, besides Alsace-Lorrains ar
are other contested territories which viii !
/ the object Of painful negotiations, b., Q
question, or rather the problem, Of Alus
Lorraine Is the most vital. And in order
solve that problem the assistance Of 4
United States Of America Is imperative r
great American republic has duty 10 >.
] form which no one else can perform. r
is not q jingoistic boast; It Is plain sii.
ment of facts, unbiased and unprejGdls,
An Independent Republic.
In Wow ~ the fact that a cession AZ 4.
ritory will not insure lasting peace, 4
population OF Alsace- Lorraine should be n
suited as to the establishment Of reputr
under the protection Of the United Sam
America. Independence and autonomy
Alsace-Lorraine, guaranteed by the uuA,
States. The great American seal would ~
vent such a treaty from becoming q ~
scrap Of paper.
Some may consider the suggestion q dtr
bald-headed diplomats may shrug their sks
ders; Monroe doctrinaires may scot 8; \
idea; others will find or raise different q
jections, but no one can deny that pa
would rule the world. America alone d
accomplish that. Whether successful or q.
her efforts in that direction would eonstti
the most glorious page Of her history 9
would earn for her the everlasting grst,s.
not only of Alsace- Lorraine but Of all don
trodden people.
JONAS LGPPMANN.
Formerly Of "Le Journal d'Alsse.'
New York, Dec, Is, 1915.