Now once more we have a Eh mas cursed by war, Again we see French soil trodden by the foot of the German invader. But what a contrast otherwise. The vietorious rush has been stayed, checked, rolled back. Paris is again the capital of France confident that there will be no re-appearance of her foe before her gates. With the aid of her allies France has given blow for blow and with added interest. It is Germany now that is perturbed. It is over her sky that ominous clouds are rolling. If France looked in v for a friend in 1870, Germany is almost equally destitute to-day-poor, unfortunate Turkey notwithstanding. Moreover she has enemies of a type which she cannot hope to overcome. In her previous war she was free to import and port almost as she pleased. Now, is in the predicament foreseen by Bernhardi, It is not oversea trade alone that is destroyed, Her land trade is almost equal ly stagnant.
The Day of Reckoning.
In 1870, as we have seen, she rightly possessed the moral support of a large portion of the world. Toulay she is a moral outcast, even her own Chancellor publicly admit ting her perfidy. If the Emperor Napoleon were guilty in his day of ing against Belgian inde.
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