Evening star., 1917-10-21
ASdce-LOrraine Desp0iled
y That 1t May Be Germanized
PeOplps Prosecuted. Robbed. and Industries Grab.
bed---4,OOO Years in Prison Sentences
Imposed---Euen Clergy Are Curbed.

/ ing this. obliged the bishops of Methe
and strasspurg, both true Germans. to
order the priests to remove lnneoi.
ateIy from the churches all statues OF
Jean of Arc. The priests were also
forced to cease pronouncinE Latin IN
the French way. to cease wearing the
French clerical collar and furthermore
were enjoined strictly to refrain from
Despite these injunctions several
priests were summarily dismissed ano
many others were brought before the
special court-martial either for hav-
Ing preached in French or for having
declared in the pulpit that Germany
was responsible for the war.
The Protestant clergy also sunereo
One pastor was dismissed for having
preached Love thy neighoor Witn0u.
distinction as to nationality. Flhaus'
German government obtained dec1ara-
tinps Of loyalty from various Catnoiic
and Protestant organizations but only
German immigrants signed tnem-
Workers Sent to Germany.
Though no measure has been taken TO-
ward exciting the population as Whoie,
all villages anywhere near the front nave
been evacuated and the people sent into
the interior of Germany. moreover, Wheh
any industry has been ohiieeo 10 sna. cow Ss,n
for any reason at all the employees nave
been sent to factories in Germany All
the machinery in many OF the Ais4aian
factories has been requtsitioned firsl
their raw stuffs were taken, then lheir
copper and then their peNs anu ma
chimes.
all French property in Alsace. which nag
been seouestrated in 1914 should be soio
publicly for the benefit of the state This
property which belonged to Aisatlans
who emigrated to France proper IN leio
and to Alsatlan women marrrea 1.e 20 S,-n .uen
burger Post estimates the French
real property In these regions at Loo
900. 900 marks (s3o0 000, ,000). while the In
own Is, 900 hectares (37.o5o acres). Of for |
est land in Lorraine. coo houses IN METZ
SIS in Strassburg and fifty-eight In Ha-
genau, while their holdings In Muihausen
exceed 2o,000,00o marks (sa.0OO,Ooo) IN
value.
They are also largely represented In
the textile industries of Mulhausen, AIT
kirch Colmsr, Schlettstadt and In the
valleys of Gebweiler and Munster. They
own glass works metal works and
sausage factory, and they had many Sc
curities deposited in the Alsatian banks.
ALI Being Disposed Of.
All this is now being disposed of by
the German government. More than 26e
pieces of property are announced Tor sale
and the government has tablished epe-
cial Information bureaus concerning them
in Metz, Strassburg, Mannheim and Frei-
burg The great Wendell mines and
forges In Lorraine will also probably iqui- |
date soon A special German trust is
being formed to take over the Alsatian
textile factories
With the war still in progress the mo-
ment Is evidently not auspicious for food |
ing Alsace with German immigrants. but
these measures which have recited leave |
no doubt as to the governments inten- |
ton Alsace has given Germany moth |
ing but trouble. and the Germans now
mean to put an end to II. Such Is the |
present situation in the land called by |
Chancellor Michaelis the symbol Of
German unity" |