Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1919-04-04 | Page 4 | Local News

France's stipulation that the German Ger-man territory lying west of the Rhine be ceded to her seems to have been turned down by the peace conference. If so, the decision is a wise o.r.e. It is not surprising that France, embittered foir fifty 'years by the cession of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany Ger-many after the war of 1871, should now seek a similar advantage. But the very fact that the Alsace-Lorraine qupSsMon has been a constant . menace to the peace of Europe shows' the futility of such a step. Rrce, rel'n'on. language and national na-tional customs form the natural boundaries of countries. Bismarck !':-""!' chro'd diplomat and tates- n ihat he was, said at .the time ot the cession of Alsace-Lorraine, "I do not like having so many Frenchmen in our house against their will." The splendor of the prize, however, overcame his better judgement. Europe will not repeat this mistake. mis-take. Placing any considerable amount of German territory under the government of France would be an error whose correction would 3 made some day in "blood and iron."