. Review of reviews and world's work. who speak (ierman, were will-ing to secede from France. After thirty yearsGermany yet feels unable to revoke the excej)-tional rc/hiK which she has imposed on the twoFrench provinces. Would it be so if theseprovinces had welcomed the coming of the (Jer-mans ? Now, it is very childish on the part of theFrench to l)elieve that the German Emperor cangive up Alsace and Lorraine if he chooses. Thishe cannot do ; but it is no less childish on thepart of the Germans to believe that the Frenchmay give up their claims and accept as historicala claim which, in their
. Review of reviews and world's work. who speak (ierman, were will-ing to secede from France. After thirty yearsGermany yet feels unable to revoke the excej)-tional rc/hiK which she has imposed on the twoFrench provinces. Would it be so if theseprovinces had welcomed the coming of the (Jer-mans ? Now, it is very childish on the part of theFrench to l)elieve that the German Emperor cangive up Alsace and Lorraine if he chooses. Thishe cannot do ; but it is no less childish on thepart of the Germans to believe that the Frenchmay give up their claims and accept as historicala claim which, in their opinion, is nothing morethan h droit du plus fort. Mind that there is noreason why war should break out again. Peace-ful is Germany and jjeaceful is France. Butalthough they bow to each other very politelywhen they meet, it is impossible for them to be-come intimate friends so long as the questionthat divides them has not been settled. i^^^^^^^^^^^^^•,^-^^: GEN. HENRY W. LAWTON: A SKETCH OF HIS LONG SERVICE. BY GEN. O. O. GEN. nENUY W. LAWTON. HENRY ^y. LAWTON was born in Ohio,the native State of Grant, Sherman. Sher-idan, McFherson, and a host of other was but eighteen years of age, workingon a farm near the Indiana border, when theCivil War began. The Ninth Indiana was raisedin the vicinity of Fort \Vayne A company (E)of that regiment was organized upon the veryfirst call for volunteers in the neighl)orlioodwhere young Lawton was at work. He enlistedat once (April 18, 1861) and was chosen firstsergeant of the company. This was a threemonths regiment, but was speedily called toWest Airginia for considerable active work dur-ing its short tern^. Lawton was mustered out with his regimenton July 29, 1861. Twenty-two days after thatthe governor, recognizing -his genius for leader- ship, gave him a first lieutenants commission inthe Thirtieth Indiana, just then being a little over a month—on October 11, 1861—we find this regiment crossing the
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