Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1912 — How the Alsatian Was Saved. [ARTICLE]

How the Alsatian Was Saved.

The kaiser’s thunderings against Al-sace-Lorraine recall a story illustrating the state of feeling between the French and Germans in Alsace. An Alsatian fell into the Rhine. He was -unable to swim, but he managed to lay hold on a log and screamed out in his native French help. A German policeman the bank regarded him with a cold eye, but took no further notice. The drowning man, strangling his native pride, repeated his cry in German, but still the policeman stood coldly watching him. Then an Inspiration came to the man in the water. “Vive la France!" he cried. And the policeman Immediately plunged into the river and arrested him. A