The problem of Alsace-Lorraine is in a very real sense an American problem. We entered this war to help crush the Teutonic scheme of world domination and to free the democratic nations of the earth from the menace of militaristic autocracy. Any issue which involves these fundamental causes of American intervention in the great struggle must command the careful attention of every thoughtful American citizen. Alsace and Lorraine provide just such an issue. In 1871 these provinces were forcibly tor

The problem of Alsace-Lorraine began with the Treaty of Frankfort made between the German Empire and the French Republic, May 10, 1871. Beaten by the German armies, France, at the mouth of the cannon, was forced, notwithstanding the solemn protests of the inhabitants, to give up part of her territory. The Alsace-Lorraine problem has a three-fold character. It concerns Germany, France, and the World. France not having stipulated in the Treaty of Frankfort any clause as to the treatment of the peo