Show HUN SPOLIATION OF ALSACE LORRAINE I CONTINUES I Priceless Antiques and Art Objects Ruthlessly Seized r p rI I By Henry Wood United Press Pres Correspondent WITH TIlE THE IR FRENCH FI ARMIES April Apri 20 Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's latest spoliation of Al- Al Al sace Lorraine consists cons of or the time cRr carrying in awn away from the latter hitter of or nil all ni the old nn- nn 1 and HI objects of or art rt on which the lie two provinces pi for centuries past have I been unusual unusually rich Tho The exodus of all these theo objects man many of priceless historic and ant artistic worth across the tho borders border of the two provinces pro and over o Into the big German cities would appear to constitute Germanys Germany's German 8 final effort to squeeze e ique out of or Alsace and Lorraine the l last t thing of value while sh she still etl has ha It within her power to do 10 so 50 During the seventeenth century Al Alsace ace and Lorraine Lorrine became vcr very much a center for tor various lines of or art and especially for tor forthe forth I th the making of or the thc various styles S of ot furniture furniture fur fur- which have havo since won for them them- fixed places pinceR In tho the history and dev development of artistic furnishings s. s Because Because Because Be Be- cause Alsace and I Lorraine was the center of or the various trades tra art crafts and manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers man man- that were were employed In the thc production of the historic styles les of or furniture fur fur- thousands of oC the best places pieces eg re remained re- re In the tho two provinces where thc they became heirlooms In tho the native families GERMANS TAKE ANTIQUES I Tt TI I. I iI t tb that t the the G Germans a are tr r now se searching h out ut and carrying off or to Berlin Munich and other German centers to the fact that the German authorities are now forcing the liquidation and sale of all al homes and other properties owned h by French citizens and often ofen of Alsatians gult guilty only onh of French s sympathies thousands thou thou- thou 1 sands of these old pieces of or furniture are being being- thrown on onto o the time market In a ner ncr that enables enablEs the tile German antiquarians antiqua antiqua- antiquarians rians to bu buy them at nominal figures figures- In other instances the tIme antiquarians search out families that have ha been Impoverished Impo h by J the war and Induce them thorn to part for fora fora a a little ready mone money with objects of the greatest g artistic value alue PAPERS PROTEST This exploitation of the two provinces b by German antiquity dealers appears to have reached such a proportion that even oven the he German press iress notably the CleIne Press of Frankfort have printed articles In practice The pointing out the iniquitous Ha Hagenauer also details tho the scandal scandal scan scan- I dal al In the thc following following- manner The lo er lovers of tho ho art objects and antiquities of Alsace are becoming be omin I alarmed over the fate of all nI the beautiful and amI precious art treasures that are now actual actually leaving leavins the country countr From all al antiquarians parts of the tho German empire are now arriving and gaining possession of hidden hl treasures from the thc very ver bottom the I of the two frontier provinces for purpose of reselling them at fabulous prices to their rese n clients at Berlin Munich and elsewhere The hour Is propitious for such purI pur pur- chases Numerous auction sales and foreclosures foreclosures foreclosures fore fore- closures offer favorable occasions for the I acquisition of objects of real style Many small middle class families of or the villages cotS and without too have need of mone money much Insistence will wi give up a bureau I of oC the thc Louis XVI style which has hns come comedown comedown comedown down to them bern from a grandmother and which Is is finished In strips of 01 brass en- en graced by b hand With Wih the money mone which they receive lve the they the can procure other articles art art- arti arti- des cles less Indispensable ces OLD ART CENTER the art In the lie seventeenth century in Alsace flourishing crafts were ver very craft The house furnishings which ono one en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered even In the smallest most faraway faraway far far- elegant and solid villages were sold awn away vla The styles which bear the names of or theof the kings of France and which In the vil villages s-Il- s vi- vi delicate workmanship work work- lages were of fine and manship acquired In the country districts a character entirely orl original inal rustic ruste It I Is these that the antiquarians are arc now whilst attending attend attend- attending 1 after As a consequence whist ing auction sales sale the they find time also to seek seck out thc the little Alsatian homes and find 1 little difficulty difficult b by paying the countr country country coun coun- tn m In acquiring acquiring- tr try people In actual currency clocks of which the tho majority majority majority ma ma- the th old family cocks with no lon longer er run and th their ma magnificent backs worn wor by n age c The demand for objects of or this sort ha has Increased Immensely during the year lar that has Just finished The real buyers buers of ot them are to be found round In n the large cities For the tho most part thc they are the new rich who have made their fortunes I from the war an and who from one da day to the other find themselves transported from the thc counter to the top of German I society and seek seck by h all al means to surround I themselves with objects of ancient art |