Hoat-lân-se.
1915. 10, no. 367, pp. 3
Hoat-lân-se (chiū-sī Hoat-kok) in ê tsó͘ tuì pa̍t-uī lâi toà tī Hoat-kok tāi-khài tī Tsú-chêng gō͘ la̍k pah nî. Hit-sî iáu-bē ū khai-hoà, peh-sìⁿ chèng-tsoh khah chió, lóng sī phah-la̍h khah tsoē.
Tsú-chêng chi̍t pah nî Lô-má-kok ū phah-iâⁿ Hoat-kok. Tuì hit-tia̍p khí peh-sìⁿ chiū chiām-chiām tit-tio̍h khai-hoà. Lô-má-kok ū tī ta̍k só͘-chāi chhòng toā lō͘, khui o̍h-tn̂g, siat phoàⁿ-toàn ê koaⁿ lâi chiàu kong-gī pān peh-sìⁿ sio-kò ê sū, koh ū ēng tsoē-tsoē ê hong-hoat lâi hō͘ peh-sìⁿ oē chìn-pō͘. Tuì hit-tia̍p Hoat-kok ê peh-sìⁿ chiū ná khai-hoà, chèng-tī ná kian-kò͘.
Hoat-kok lâng tit-tio̍h tō-lí sī tī Tsú-āu khah bô chi̍t pah nî. Hit-tia̍p ū tsoè seng-lí lâng kap soan-kàu-su lâi thoân tō-lí siat-kàu tī kuí-nā ê hái-kháu toā siâⁿ. Khí-thâu hō͘ Lô-má ê koaⁿ toā khún-tio̍k, m̄-kú sìn-tô͘ iû-goân ná thoân. āu-lâi kàu Tsú-āu 300 goā nî Lô-má ū hōng Ki-tok-kàu tsoè kok-ka ê tsong-kàu. Tuì hit-tia̍p chiū bô koh-tsài chhin-chhiūⁿ án-ni ê khún-tio̍k.
Tē tsa̍p-la̍k sè-kí kái-chèng tsong-kàu ê sî ū chin tsoē ê Hoat-kok lâng thàn sin ê kàu, kap Lô-má-kàu pun-khui. āu-lâi ū hō͘ in koaiⁿ, ū-ê hō͘ in koáⁿ-chhut kok-goā, ū-ê hō͘ in thâi-sí, tì-kàu hō͘ kái-chèng tsong-kàu ê sū tī Hoat-kok tú-tio̍h toā tsó͘-tòng. Só͘-í kàu tī kin-á-ji̍t kái-chèng ê kàu (Protestants), chiū-sī lán ê Iâ-so͘-kàu, tī Hoat-kok sǹg sī chin chió, kè-kiōng ū khah bô chi̍t pah-bān lâng; kî-û lóng sī hōng Lô-má-kàu, hâng-ho̍k tī Lô-má ê kàu-ông.
Pah-goā nî chêng Hoat-kok ū toā kek-bēng. Tuì hit-tia̍p khí peh-sìⁿ khah ū koân, kok-lāi khah ū hoat-ta̍t, só͘-í hiān-sî Hoat-kok ê chèng-tī sī bîn-koân ê chèng-tī.
Tuì kuí-nā pah nî Hoat-kok kap Tek-kok siông-siông ū kè-kàu kok-kéng ê kài-hān. Tī Hoat-kok ê tang-pêng Tek-kok ê sai-pêng ū nn̄g séng khah tsá sio̍k tī Hoat-kok. Chit nn̄g séng ê miâ hō tsoè A-lat-sa-sù (Alsace) kap Lō͘-la-in (Lorraine). Sì-tsa̍p goā nî chêng Tek-kok ū chhē ki-hoē lâi kap Hoat-kok sio-thâi, soà chiàm hit nn̄g séng. Tuì hit-tia̍p khí Hoat-kok ê peh-sìⁿ chin m̄ kam-goān Tek-kok. Hit-tia̍p Hoat-kok ia̍h tio̍h pê Tek-kok jī-tsa̍p bān-bān gûn ê chiàn-cheng-huì. Tek-kok ū chiong chit phit chîⁿ siu-khǹg lâi pī-pān pa̍t ji̍t koh-tsài kap Hoat-kok sio-thâi ê sî ê lō͘-ēng. In-uī Tek-kok tī che sì-tsa̍p goā nî ê tiong-kan ta̍k nî teh pī-pān, beh koh kap Hoat-kok sio-thâi. I só͘ ǹg-bāng chiū-sī nā koh kap Hoat-kok sio-thâi chiū chit pái oē phah in khah siong-tiōng, tì-kàu hō͘ Hoat-kok lóng bô la̍t.
M̄-kú khoàⁿ hiān-sî chiàn-cheng ê sè-bīn chiū phah-sǹg Hoat-kok oē su sī bô hiah khoài. Téng-pái Hoat-kok kap Tek-kok sio-thâi kuí goe̍h-ji̍t kú nā-tiāⁿ, chiū Hoat-kok liâm-piⁿ su. Chit pái nn̄g kok í-keng ū sio-thâi nî-goā ê kú, iáu-kú Hoat-kok lóng bô su, Tek-kok hoán-tńg ná kú ná bô la̍t. Só͘-í Hoat-kok lâng só͘ ǹg-bāng chiū-sī chit pái oē khah-iâⁿ Tek-kok lâi thó in hit nn̄g séng tò-tńg-lâi, koh ǹg-bāng Tek-kok chit pái nā khah-su, chiū Hoat-kok lâng m̄-bián chia̍p-chia̍p kiaⁿ i oē koh siⁿ-khí chiàn-cheng ê sū.
