The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-08
CERMANSl0ATHED
'|BY ALsAeE VICTIMS
Canon Of Metz Tells Of Forty
three Years 81 Unialtering
Protest Against Them
~ Th. A.,oci,t,a Fr.s,.l

" N""~~~-~~- "a AZ
PARIS, April 22-.'I lived through
forty.three years Of unfaltering and nm
Interrupted protest against German
domination in Lorraine, and ! can tell
you that Lorraine does not want to be
German said Canon Collin, Of Metz,
TO the Associated Press. :
Canon Collin was one of the most
notable residents Of the annexed pro-
vince Of Lorraine; his name was third
on the German imperial list Of suspects
TO be shot when war broke out. The
French counter.espionage informed
him OF the fact and. he escaped into
;Luxembonrg before the war begnn.s
ftThey did me too much honor in
lplaeing me. so high on the list," The
canon added, for my sentiments were
no more anti-German than those Of the
whole people Of Lorraine.
1.-THE policy Of the population Of
both provinces for forty-three years
may be summed up in the word PRO
test in three degrees; frst, official pro
| test against German occupation and In
favor of remaining French; second
protest against the, interference Of Ger
mans, in our local affairs; third, demand
for the autonomy of .Alsace and Lor
raine. Although there were different
degrees and different stages, there wal
never any cessation or dimunition o.
our resistance. ra.
" After fifteen years of this officia
protestation began the regime Of dicta
4 torship and passports, with the objee
lof annihilating that resistance, but i
was continued, through the press and q
4 the polls mt every election. Protest sur
\ viyed the dictatorship, after which j
continued in the, form Of what nigh
be called 'particularism, OF the idea o
Lorraine for the natives Of Lorraine. I
Il, 1.-THE, Germans had so little conf
ldence in the population that they. i'm
lposed their own officials upon us. Ger
nlan.born people locked into Lorrain
and Alsace until they numbered nearl
\ 100000 in both provinces. II was the
we demanded that the Germans get no
and leave the place to the natives o
Alsace and Lorraine,
"our first hope, in spite of all, wa
10 return to FRANCE, though at time
I've, had the painful sentiment tina
1. France was forgetting us, We organ
.lized the Souvenir, Francais' throughou
Lorraine and it did wonders to iTeviv
French sentiment and reawaken Frenc
Ipatriotism in Lorraine, The German
broke. up the Souvenir Franeais, the
1--WE organized the Souvenir Lorraine,
4 which Yves the same thing under me-
l SoK tRRas III the population Of LoI
iraine knows not "a word of German
II About 100, 900 know both French an
i German impeIfec uy, while on the Gel
man frontier q German patois is spokAI
n: The Alsatians have been well Gale
THE Gascons Of the North, because q
their ready wit. The people of Lorraiu
far3 colder and more reserved
more patient and persistent. NM
1.-THE Alsatians as soon as they r
covered from the first stupor of the &c
man invasion poked fun at the INN
I grants. The people Of Lorraine DIRE
I themselyes up in naughty disdain, The
!, opposed the force of inertia---passiy
resistance to the aggressions of the il
tvader and the German in Lorraine ht
lneyer ceased to be regarded as an il
tvader.
81 There were more carpet baggers j
Lorraine than In Alsace. While ever
facility, was given to them to enriC
Themselves at the expense Of the coul
Try, the NATIVES we're officially treate
las citizens of the second class. IN.
I'VE were considered good enough
Jbe street, cleaners and railroad hand
occasionally native rose to the di
; tinction of railroad conductor but thu
. Ma. ~.