Show WALLOON ISLE relinquished BY PRUSSIA jn patching together the picture puzzle of european nations to fit more nearly racial and historical units the peace conference commission on 01 belgian claims approved demand for Mal medy almedy Af almedy long formed one ot of those alien racial clusters that seem to cling like barnacles barnacled barn acles to manyo many a european boundary line in the case of Al almedy and the region about that town toan a group or walloons balloons Wal loons was left in It henish prussia when the historic benedictine abbey ot of stavelot malmede was cut in two in 1815 Af almedy fell to prussia while six miles io to the west across the prewar pre war belgian border Is stave lot the latter town was the seat of the abbey which was nas independent until the huneville Lu neville peace of 1801 the abbey tell fell to france until its partition 14 years later the abbey was founded in the seventh century and later its abbots ranked as princes they ruled many small villages along the Am bleve on which stavelot Stav Sta clot is situated and along the barche which flown hows through malmede Mal medy charles martel grandfather of charlemagne lema ne who ruled the lie F ranks franks while he let their kings reign on won a decisive victory over Neu at stave lot 1200 years ago Mali malmede nedy lies in a pretty valley of 0 the afore intentioned river 20 miles so south uth of alx aix la chapelle the town had less than population before the war dyeing papermaking paper making and tanning were its industries the term walloon is used to besl designate those belgians who speak either french or a french dialect the wal loons of belgium desired Malm edys restoration for ling lingual gual rl as well as for sentimental reasons in liege and namur namor a movement tor for the revival of 0 wal loon as a literary language e f for or it had been so used until about the fifteenth century was NA well ell under way alien adlien the war began in the midst of german speaking neighbors malmede and its en ell irons rons breser preserved e the ae 0 old walloon a oon dialect whereas among many belgian walloons balloons Wal loons it lies has been supplanted by pure french |