ALSACE-LORRAINE.
' EXCLUSION OF PRO-FRENCH LITERATURE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrisht Berlin, May 18, The Alsace-Lorraine Government has applied to the Federal Council for powers to enable the Statthalter to suppress pro-French associations and exclude from the provinoe French newspapers and books.
fßy an enactment in June, 1871, the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine were feded by France under limits definitely fixed in .the Treaty of Peace of May 10, 1871, to be for ever united with the German Empire. ■ The Constitution of the German Empire was introduced in AlsaceLorraine on January 1, 1874. By a law of May 31, 1911. a Constitution was granted to Alsace-Lorraine, by which it received three votes in the Federal Council. The Emperor exercises sovereign powers in the country, and at the head of the Government is . a Governor (Statthalter). appointed and recalled by the Emperor.]
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1754, 20 May 1913, Page 7
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139ALSACE-LORRAINE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1754, 20 May 1913, Page 7
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