ALSACE AND LORRAINE.
TREATMENT LIKE ARMENIA' WHOLESALE IMPRISONMENTS A. and N.Z. LONDON, Oct. 12. Correspondents report that the prisons of Alsace and Lorraine are crowded, mostly with persons suspected of entertaining sentiments, hostile to Germany. The mills, factories and indu-tries have been stripped of their equipment, which has been sent to Germany. This is notably the case at Mulhouse, Much of the population has been sent to various parts of Germany, and is as badly dispersed a3 the Armenians in Turkey. Forty thousand have escaped to avoid service in the German Army. THE FRENCH POLICY. LIBERATION ESSENTIAL. PARIS, Oct. 13. The emphatic declaration of Dr. von Kuhlmann, Minister for Foreign Affairs, regarding Alsace is the chief topic of comment in the newspapers, which urge redoubling of the efforts to secure victor}'. It is clear that the allies will have to defeat the Central Powers or abandon the hope of liberating Alsace and Lorraine. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16670, 15 October 1917, Page 5
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153ALSACE AND LORRAINE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16670, 15 October 1917, Page 5
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