Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-25
CHANGING NATIONALITY

making great efforts to keep NJ trr
good name and reputation made ny
the GCrmlus-th7t Is In tho TnNCrsII#
Of StrasbourE. n is their ambition tn
Keep this university a focal point f0-
foreign students. instead Of tho famou.
universities left TO Germany. WEr
this In view tho authorities have done
everything possihl" to continue tho
German methods or work their special
lzed co.rses ~ s-uSy and the research
tacilties-all this Of course with
French faculty TO replace the German.
who have been expelled. Many or Tho
professors who have gone 10 Strla.
bourE from other univsrsitics arc or
inc most famous In their department.
Popular Indifference,
The natives OF Alsscc-Iorraino are a
distinctive people. and are not apt To
be Gellcized any more than they ar
Germanized. The Isolated farmer who
tiils his land on the medieval str,n
system, his primitive pIow alw1ys
drawn hy oxen, has little Interest t7
politics so long as he can pursue his
way undlsturbed.
Immediately after tho a-ruIs,frc b.
gan the dsportaiions of which mur.
mas he"n heard The French govern
mcnt SINc mo military authnritiy, at
ihhl time tho power 10 drport any per
son OF German birth who WAS consld-
cred To b" dangerous TO tho success ar
French rule Thousands or German
Wer" given only q rrura or even lea
IN which to dispose Of their huAlnrss
collect their families ard goods aud
leave. Government figures shoy. tho
lotAl number OF deportsd 10 be ah1rsr
5000 and the claim Is made that fl.r
notice ana compensation werc given loo
Both the figures and the latter asss--
Won are denied by popular opinion.
Whlcn places tho number OF dop6ri.l
mons as hiEh as 10000 Nor have fhN
deportauons ceased altoEcther- moro
lnoroNGh inNcstigation can be made
n9N under the administration of fra
GommissariAt general. and Aboiif i,
or 5g cases a month are dcportcd TFIs
months
The deportation figures. thourr
tarEe' do not account for tho degrs4.r
In population which is most rotIrsshra
In tho larger cities A rcyr-,rr1
with 1910 the losses In tho Four Hf--
seat cities are As folove. strashnurs
Ter cent Mulhnusr So nor conf.
Meta ~ per cent and Colrrsr ~ NOR
cent. To explain this decrease Nhigu
is felt in an towns and ,.lIIar,s ,-.
war losses estimated nj q ga t'u1t.
dsportrd, 5000. tho present sIya ~
French garrison. s. no 1g rorng,,rrf
with former German garrison of Is bbT.
ana the inevitable emigration lr-f. q.
industrl'l depression and general lack
An insight into tho cnrdi,,o,, 81, ,,.-,.
Of tho Important industries OF ana
region shows thls up to now fh.
p r'nch marHgnmtnf has fallen f4r
snort OF producing anything M. frr
results achieved under the German -5.
iill,. .,illc. Nlsace Lorraine is very rich n
,n.i'erai resources. In Europe cry.rs
,pF coal tho output of these prnvru.,g
has dropped from s.5ss ~. mst-i.. ions
m lFl. TO ? 10000 in 1920. and thai rf!
ron from y ,cOo,O0 to ( on n00 ~
curse an German rnanaremcnt ami
.gchnic1l skin was depcnsed win nj
.np OF the war Frcnrh oTIrIafH
say that II has been iuipossIbis tu-
them to do better Iv, thee I-5,,.r-....
m account Of tho amount Of rsr4I-
md recons'ructiou needed i'm tho r,,.rr.
troubles.
n inc French have fallen down IN
~ nranch they have more success.
'u record to point tn In tho Potash
INDUSTRY. The prodrc ion from frr
potash deposits of Alsare In to-n Ma.
'oNr Times tie output in tai' n must
n' remembered In this connection th1t
.nese deposits are Of recent discover
',a were hrst nVpl'itrB In 1910
reconstruction In Aisaro- Lorraine f4
TOW practically At n gfsudstllr com
,'red with other districts ir Nrrthrrn
france tho devastation here ig NOT sN.
ens'Ne. but The need nf fobuildlnr for
loth domestic and industrial rsc Ia
'''n'N tel' IN such towns as iav in fNH
'alh NJ war The French rovrrpmerf
was enerErtir and prompt In rom
nencinE reronsiruction operations Iu
tS reE1tned territory. counting. ~
curse, ON tho indemnity from Ger.
many to naN for the completion Of their
'rograrn. But as the rcparAtinrs -ra
edo into tho uncertain future the gov.
'rnmont has had tN sfrr all recon
'trucion work in Alsare torreine.