Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-09 | Page 1 | Feeling Runs High in Alsace

oo FEELING RUNS HIGH IN ALSACE Husbands and Wives Separate Because of Pro-German and Pro-French Sympathies. Basel. Switzerland. Jan. 9, via Paris. Par-is. 1 ."." p. m German martial law as described by Alsatians m Basel, is "weighing heavily" upon their coun trymen at nome. They declare that the speaking of French is classified as an offense under un-der the orders issued by the commanding com-manding generals of the Mth, 15th, 18th and 2 1st Germany corps who cite the imperial laws of 1 S7S and 1S82 to support their contention. The testimony tes-timony of the children and servant B is takpn before court martial as proof of guilt of talking French. Personal feplin between pro-French pro-French and pro-German Alsatians is running high visiting Alsatians declare. de-clare. The local courts have granted divorces recently to husbands and wives unnhle to live harmoniously because be-cause of their opposing national sympathies sym-pathies I