Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-25
'Vive la France, the Cry FromI
JubiIant ThrongS Marching
With TricoIor and Old Glory
Waving Side by Side
ELIMINATING KULTUR
WILL Be HARD TASK
German Officers Do Not Un-
derstand Why They Should
Be 0uSted and VoIuably
Protest at Change
BY Lincoln Eyre.
Copyright, 1918, by the Press publish
ing Co.

(The New York WORLDLY
Especial cable Dispatch to the World
and Albuquerque Journal4
Metz. Nov 23 (by Courier via Nam
cy)-German Lothringen has become
Lorraine again. This fortress city,
one of the most formidable bastions of
the empire, has been returned to
France amid frenzied rejoicing. The
Tricolor floats from every window
and the jubllant cry "Vive la France,
stilled for nearly half a century, is
rising from thousands of voices rs I
write this dispatch in the hotel that
housed the German general staff
few days ago,
In greeting the city's population,
General Mangin issued the following
proclamation "The regime of oppres-
sion and vexation ended with the Ger
man defeat. The republican army
brings liberty and justice. France
opens wide her arms to all her rebound
citizens
Greeted as Liberia or.
The Fro nch commander-ln n-chlef
rode into the city from the south at
1880 O'Clock. He was greeted as lib-
orator by the municipal authorities,
with red, white and blue fayors in
their buttonholes. Jubilant throngs
among them young girls dressed in
the traditional Lorraine costumes
lined the sidewalks. Save TOR Tile
gfotpS OF German ranroad and postal
employees and some other sour Prus--
slams, everybody wore the colors OF
the republic.
American flags, obviously Of nasty
home manufacture, were visible here
a1s "a
Scores of French battle-planes circled
and dipped above the housetops. Not
even the ex-kaiser himself could have
denied that the vast majority of the
townspeople were delighted TO tind
themselves once more citizens OF
France
The crowds fairly roared their well
come to the long columns of poilus
vending their way through the CITY
At many points the younger folks
broke in'o the horizon blue ranks and
hiked along arm in arm with the SOL
diere.
Although every sign and all the let
tering on the shop windows were, or
course. in German, one heard scarcely
n word in that tongue. How the peo-
ple have preserved their knowledge or
French Is a mystery to me. In par's
of AIsace I have visited, few OF the
Youngsters spoke French fluently but
here in Lorraine young and old seem
to he thoroughly yersed in the IAN
guage.
some hours before the arrival OF
Marshal Petain and his troops ] mo-
tored into the city and the great forts
that look so menacingly toward
France. There were liberal greetings
for our American uniforms. Amerl-
cans are very popular here, because II
is understood that our attacks at ~
Mihiel and north of Verdun had me
liberation of Metz as their ultimate
objective
There are many American OFFICERS
here most of them frankly sightseers.
Red Cross units arrived last n,ght 10
look after American wounded who
had been left in the hospitals by the
departing Germans. Y. NJ. c. a.
groups are also on hand, and with
them came entertainers, who in some
mysterious fashion manage dto get by
the sentries at the gates.
Food appears to be fairly plentifui,
though costly. We had as good a
luncheon as we would have had in a
French town of similar size, and al
about the same cost Such articles as
= butter and coffee are obtainable al
extravagant prices, one pound of but
ter costing about 81. Clothing is also
extremely dear, good oyercoat Delne
priced at more than 500.
Shoes with thick wooden soles ano
with uppers of imitation leather arc
displayed in the stores at about $3;St
pair. / saw none offthem worn. by
the townspeople. who were well shoe
in real leather
Change Presents Problem
1t is going to take some time FOR
1.-The territory Of Metz" to accustom
itself to the changes which are being
made in its administration in the
opinion of the old inhabitants of TINS
region By this name this part OF
reconquered Lorraine win be known
until it has been finally and fully re-
installed in the French REPUBLIC.
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