Show THEY WILL TEACH GERMAN The French being naturally a logical people are cleverer in their handling of Alsace than were ere the Germans When the latter pos pea possessed possessed ceased Alsace they the did everything in their power to make it a Ger Ger- German German man province They colonized Germans in the territory They made German obligatory obligator The new n w masters of ot Alsace are making no such mistake In the public schools French will be bo the main language taught as a matter of course This will ill be done be be- because because cause it is the language ot of o the na nation nation tion to which Alsace has been an an- flexed It will be done also be be- because because cause causo in after life lite it will enable the children to move more into any part pant of ot France or its colonies and speak fluently the current tongue On the tho other hand from now on German will be taught begin begin- beginning beginning beginning ning In the second year jear ear of school Also if the parents arents desire it the children will be taught their cate cate- catechism catechism chism chiam In German The French school sch ol authorities have wisely rec recognized recognized the fact tact that a Germanic dialect has remained the spoken s language of o most of o tho the people ot of o Alsace and Is generally gener lly the lang lang- language language ot of o the church for tor the great creeds Being logicians the French aro are going to taco face facts They are not going to try to force orce the natives to speak only one language as did tho the Germans They are going to tomake tomako tomake make mako the coming generations bum bilin bilingual gual ual which is all to tho the good for fora a frontier people eople who ho do business busness both with France orance proper and with Germany |