

v; 



nn.i oih-r inw were valued at 105.- 



frai 





- 

 .,, 



racial pride of the Flemings, followed by their in- 



htk-ml ft*.. 



nu-r. n.tur.iu aj*jsjtsd UM aWraHoi a| n.*-r 



... 





u- 



ry. The wav * prepared by a Ion*; 

 agitation Mm^wtlfil by 



motto the cr - In \ Uuuidrren Vlaamsrh** and 



lart;rly 

 l lit. 



pjattO th.- ,n 



. . I . 



- knovls 

 ha* all the rights 



i i . i 

 



r. .-,: 



kastrs. > 



I 



*',..;.. !!i 



! ;;, ::: 



1 i .,-... Uiijniatfr t} " !'"'..>. hi. 



ij to the front 'than 



speech th* radle. 



They would follow the example of the burg 



letter 



in Frm.-h. It waa<iuetiti ith th. n. 

 justice and of indmdual liberty, t- r it i* the im- 

 memorial right of every comumuiit to have it* law* 

 * ilianosssd in its own language and of 

 be heard in the tribunal* of his 



ringlHM t hero were 7.S49 rm- 



^N. -f t;.-.M: i"t.v ...!. r-.i ,,t tii,- ports oi r,, i 



red. 3.H67. of 9^0 ( 0l toiuk arriv, .1 f r ..>n 

 M 



881 tons, vv 



in |rtv ma- 



-15 r>m|ri>'l .' 

 -tommera, of H6.296 ton*. 

 nmnnlratloBft. The railrtw< 

 ha.1 a l..(al Irtish t thi-N-KM.; 



lea were managed br the 



ad 795 milet by com pan tea. There 



were 78.W7.1W ptjeanffers tnmsported in 18M on 



' ry without recourse to a 



bers that they controlled the Fie* 

 thought that they could 

 il language, on 



heart*, and which they supported by 

 drawn from the most varied mice*, in 



' 

 tbe-guieeof 



i-h race, the abstract principles of justice, and UM 



that they 



the movement, for all were care- 

 ful to a*jart that the difference of language by no 



p.- SJH . .I:- 1 /-/, i .i : :* ' ... : 



that Finning* mid Walloons were all cxiualh 

 gian patriot*. Thr Walloons protesUd that UM 

 i a grave danger for Dikjim 







;ngs of the state lines wer 



*50 franc*, and the expenses 00,48481) franca. The 

 total .-.-t of the Government railroad* wa* 1 



irst railroad began running, nil theoloseof 

 .Vn.187.080 franc*. ,,,,.| ,| 



1800 carried 100.09 1 ..TO 



^1 ,-tl 



n.-,|.nj.Tv Th, rsoaipti vtn I*\7UJBM Cm i; 



exiM-M,,.,. III.:.S,;..H^I traa i 



!H05 had a total length of 



''sssges sent in 1805 wa^ : . receipU, 



4.no-j.r,ua fran.-H; rtj-Mi*, -. i.^;:.':i bm * 



I In' M- :-h Qujaitlsn. The princiipal qnst> 



-ught I I 'nrl lament in the seasion 



it of tlu- official rehabilitation of 



tea Coremans and 



introduced a bill making Flemish equal- 



n.-h the official language of Ilelginm. 



ival of th tongue and the 



rvawakenjng of historical memories and local or 



bill would 



by completely isolating the FV 



KakaMStomd ptaoing UM \\ . 



elsewhere, by rram.ti 



nlAmociation petitioned Pi 



i the ground that the actual laws gave 

 entire satisfaction to the Flemish, while UM Core- 

 mans law would oblige Deputies to Tote articles 



that thry did not understand and wa* only the 



. ... , k . - , , . 



nstituted a dan- 



revealing a tend 



he opposition of the Wai- 



'.-}-:..- 



in their resolution to sseure what they considered a 

 - .- "-... 



h that of the Walloon* of UM south. 

 They carried the measure through the ClMmbsr of 

 Deputies bv a large majoritv without any long db- 



.--.' N. .:-:: 



. ,. i; , . |; Is .- - 



ly roted agaim4 it. There seemed little question 



integrity, especially 

 had declared that. hld the 



Bans* MMBd ,'.:>.> . 



on it* return to theChambar rather than admit the 

 wast alteration ilatmnv Hut before UM 



*+ taken in t hr Vnate the question began to 

 be considered in quarters remote from the heat of 

 political strife and the IB 



