ALLIANCE

a city of Ohio, in Stark co., on the Mahoning river, about 56 miles to the southeast of Cleveland. The railroads serving it are the Alliance and Northern and the Pennsylvania. It is a manufacturing city with foundries producing drop forgings, steam hammers, boilers and farm implements, and also | has white lead plants and terra cotta potteries. Its region is agricultural. Among its scholastic institutions is the Mount Union College (Meth. Epis.). Pop. 1920, 21,603. de L’, a combination of societies, organized in 1902, in the United States and Canada for the gh so of promoting the study of the French language, literature, arts and history. Its work is directed by twenty directors, which compose a council meeting five times yearly to supervise the affairs of the Federation. In the United States and Canada there were, in 1923, over 50 groups or circles which sent delegates ane annual conventions held in various cities, tablished in Palestine and normal schools for teachers are maintained in Paris. The Alliance publishes monthly bulletins and semi-annual reports, together with reports on special studies on subjects relating to its work.