Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-29
ALSAcE-LORRAINE
Tbe Grounds Upon Which yrsnae
DsnAnds the Resuxn Of
These Provinces,
~ stsphaue IAasannA
Editor in Chief Paris 1eeHn.

~ stsphane LAasasnAL
Editer in Chief Paris Neetin.
Since the dsrman socialists tsy 70
render the question Of Alsaos-LQrrAine
obscure and confussd. u IL obviously
the duty Of svery Frenehman ~ rssh-
When France demands Aleace-Lor.
raine. she does not do 50 because the
will have five departments mort In
her geographical e~osAsuratoa: hut
because these territories were taken
from France by force. ~ yeAvs ago.
because the population Of these terri
the time as to whether they wanted
their new rulers but protested solsnan-
ly In 1871 and kept up that protest
against Prussian domination Tor is
The protest Of A..eee-Lesta.ns
ination 10 : tact which esnaet 80
when the deputies Of Alsaos. LerreiRc
heard that their provinces would 30
given up to Germany, thay asssnas
blsd and in an historical document
which wa sisnsd by 81 q thsm-
:Aiasss ana Lorraine e.nass se
alienatsd. They havs bssn associated
with Francs DURING moro than tive
centuries In the good a. In the bad
fortune. And, today, before the whole
world they proclaim that they want to
europe can neither allow nor
ratify the annexation Of Alsace and
Lorraine. Europe cannot alleW 4
people to BE- ssised like . dock Of
shssp. Europe cannot remain daa&
to h protest Of q whole population.
0NA >.~A~.> - AHAA a.. tAA .A~A
children and Of Dur descendants, that
we are considering any treaty which
gives US up to q foreign power - q
treaty which is null and void ana We
will sternally r~svsndicate the Die.
French"
And three years later, IN January
1s7l, when tor the Arst time Alsace
and Lorraine had to elect deputies.
they reiterated the name protest.
They eleetsd Is new deputies; y
were protestants. some were Cath.
s;is. : one Of Of them sS :, T a.. II. s sSImou Of
ly signed a declaration which was read
at the tribune Of the German
reichstas. The. declaration vas the
"in the name Of all the people Of
Alsace-Lorraine. We protest against
country ID victim. ciussns
having q soul ana an Intelligence are
not mere goods that may be sold or
: with which you may trade.
: 1.-THE contract which annexed Ne to
Germany is null and void. A con-
. tract is only valid when the y con
: tractants had an entire frssdom. to
9 sign 1t. France was not free whom
: she signed such q contract, There.
. fore our electors want us to say that
. we consider ourselves 40 not bound
by such a treaty and they want us to
= anirm once more ~ right Of dispos-
p Ing Of ourselves"
(. Two sentences Of the double pro-
: testation. delivered BY, the people OF
9 Alsacs.Lorrains In 1871 and 1874, de-
: serve . particular notice.
Z Europe cannot allow . people 70
! !. be seized like q aock Of sheep" write
g the deputies Of 1871. People are
cd the deputies Of 1874. Now, one
= may and. nearly word TOR word, the
same thought sxprsssed in the mos
cage Of President Wilson TO the sens
\ ats. when he wrots: me right exists
= sovereignty to sovereignty q Il they
: No. that right does not exist and
1t 10 because that right has been out
%ragsously violated In 1874 that france
wants Alsacs-Lorrains to come back
I has been wrongsd that today right
must be reinstatsd.
Some people speak Of q referendum.
Why q referendum? Was there any
, referendum in 1917 And how could
there be 2 referendum? How could
you include in this referendum the
hundreds Of thousands Of Alsattans
who have fed from German DOMINO
ton? How could you exclude from
this referendum the hundreds Of
Thousands Of Germans who have i'm
migrated to Alsacs7 .
The referendum has been rendered
Il ISL it. h It h S..n be; s:nu :s.s'i Il ,.i Il
the year before the war-by the
lGermans themselves, when Herr Won
Jagow. In the reiehsta, made the
following extraordinary declaration:
I'm Alsaca and Lorraine. the Germans
n. =. BEHAVE sa,, =: It ur they were In I'm On.
sndum can you get than such . one?
The referendum has also besn rem.
j, dersd by the Alsatians who fight 10
officers in both armies. Whereas. on
the French side, are 40 generals, the
most popular in Francs-men like
Ulcers and over 5000 omcers, on the
|opposite side, in the German army,
we ind only six Alsatian officers, one
general and i've others who are hy-
birds. that 10. half-Alsatian. half
German.
In presence Of all these 4acxs-and
\ many others!-France more strongly
than evs demands that Alsace and
Lorraine return to the breast Of their
mother country.
Some pacihsts used to speak Of the
) return to the statu quo Ante belluIm.
France u regards herself, agrees
with them. Let US return to statu quo
ante bsllum-ante bellum 1870.
a TIT! What have you got there3'
said an ofkictous policeman to q sim.
q pie looking youth with Q bag on his
back.
4 II Wilma tell w." was the reply.
After much wrangliug, which con.
hrmed the officers susptoions. the
youth said "'TAties."
We'll, you'll have TO coms with
me" remarked the officer. The youth
e once dropped the bag and said:
Then you'll have to carry the 'tsti0s.""
Ant that the officer had to do.
Great amusement wa caused on
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