All Friedrich's Lands, with the exception only of some Old-Saxon territory, had, by force and colonization, been painfully gained from the Sclave.

At no time since the migrations of the Middle Ages, had this struggle for possession of the wide Plains to the east of Oder ceased.

When arms were at rest, politicians carried on the struggle." PERSECUTION OF GERMAN PROTESTANTS IN POLAND.

"In the very 'Century of Enlightenment' the persecution of the Germans became fanatical in those Countries: one Protestant Church after the other got confiscated; pulled down; if built of wood, set on fire: its Church once burnt, the Village had lost the privilege of having one.

Ministers and schoolmasters were driven away, cruelly maltreated.