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Zurich Herald, 1915-07-16, Page 10'HE TINY REPUBLIC FIRST BRITISH OLDEST STATE IS AT WAR WITH GERMANY. San lelarino Was Founded 1600 Years Ago by a Dalmatian, Monk. San. Marino, the smallest republic in the world and the oldest state in Europe, has voted to go into the. war. This tiny republic did not have to Make a formal declaration: as the mightier combatants in the struggle did, for with San Marino and Austria the relations were Somewhat similar to those between Montenegro and. Turkey; there never was peace, and M it was only necessary for SanMarino to say that a state a war already ex- isted. San Marino thus threw into the balance some thirty-eight square miles of Apennine rocks and valleys, 950 soldiers and as many officers as she has square miles, and defied the Austrians to do their worst. Altitude and position had much to do with getting San Marino into the war. The highest point of the re- publie is Monte Titano, which rises a sheer cliff to more than 2,600 feet above the valley and, being a some- what isolated spur to the east of the :Apennines is easily discernible from far out on the Adriatic and from the highlands of the Austrian border miles to the north. At the time of San Marino's military glory several hundred years ago the cliffs and the strong wall that climbed along their edge to Titano's summit .were a de- fence against crossbows, javelins, and catapults. " In .these days of modern warfare this strength proves more or Iess a weakness. In the first place if San Marino re- mained neutral the Austrian airmen might venture across the sea, drop down upon these heights for rest and repairs and then dart off to attack some interior Italian city or even Venice, more than 100 miles up the coast. On the other hand if she went into the war these same venturesome airmen might drop bombs that would tear up most of her ancient walls and destroy her capital city. Finally she decided that .:since she was part of Italy and bound to that country by the closest relations she would risk the . bombs rather than be come the base for the manoeuvres of her old enemy. Founded by Monk. St. Marinus laid the foundation of the little nation some 1,600 years ago.' According to tradition the founder of the State was a Dalmatian stone cutter named Marinus, who after 'working for years at Rimini embraced Christianity and withdrew to Monte Titano to escape persecution under Diocletian. His 'fame as an austere anchorite reached the ears of the. noble lady to whom it belonged and she presented the mount to him and in addition a tract of land, thinking that Marinus, as was usual in those days, would found a monastry. He did this and more, for he found- ed a republic. Dying he gave Titano to his disciples, recommending them never to abandon it and `to organize a civil society and live always in per feet communion and peace based upon principles of virtue." San Marino lies about twelve miles from the Adriatic • coast and about the same distance from Rini. It in seven miles long and five wide. The Government of the republic is really in the hands of a Great Coun- cil of Sixty, twenty nobles, twenty landowners and tw'en'ty peasants. The executive power is vested in two eapitani reggenti, who are selected twice a year. The judiciary is pecu- liar in that the judges are not chosen from among the people of San Marino but from a foreign country. The last two judges, who : have held office for two terms of three years each, were members of the Italian bar. San Mariano has ministers plenipo- tentiary and consuls, the same as any 1 other European country: ] There was a time several years ago When the sale of patents of nobility formed no mean part of the revenue. Dukes, counts, and barons of San Marino became so numerous in Italy that the Government forbade the sale e , of such titles. As an illustration of the ease with which a person with a long purse could acquire a title •a story is told of a .wealthy plebian German who wagered 25,000 with an ennobled compatriot that within four s. weeks he could secure a higher title i3 than that of his friend. The German pi went to San Marino, paid $12,500 for a ducal title and came back within the stipulated time, making a profit of $12,000 besides his title. Yy 1e ni a 01 Bees suck over 200,000 flowers for every ounce of honey. A good luncheon dish is made of is leftover ham and chicken, put through 1e; the chopper. Put in a baking dish with layers of boiled macaroni, with the top layer of bread crumbs. �.LrJ'Jlj$ C ;�, 1 L.Itli'1"ir`L't:3` y JIYtC , xn•w;w,.,.: NAVTWAS RUIYlAN. ESTABLISHED BY CAESAR AFTERI. HE HAD INVADED ENGLAND. Henry VIII. Called Father of the Navy of More Modern Times. The first British navy was a Ro- man one, if the Hibernanism may be permitted, and it was due to the hosts whom great Cmsar led to conquest. For the protection of their colony (Ernest Protheroe tells us, in a new book just published), the Romans es- tablished a fleet known as the°Classis Britannica, manned by Roman sol- diers, but with the oars of the galleys worked by Britons who were pressed into service. In 288. A.D., Carausius, with the aid of some pirates, got pos- session of the fleet and defied the Ro- man authority, calling himself Eni- peror of Britain. He was succeeded by Aliectus, who was overthrown and slain by the Emperor Constantine. The revolted soldiers, who had been assisting Allectus, fled to London, where they were attacked and killed in the streets by the Roman forces. But after occupying Britain for more than three centuries and a half the Romans evacuated the country in 410 A.D.., in order to assist in de- fending the very heart of Rome, which was being assailed by hordes of bar- barians from Central Europe. During the ' latter part of their occupation they had practically abglished the Classis Britannica; and upon the de- parture of the legions Britain was again without a fleet. Alfred the Great was the creator of the first really British navy. In 875 Alfred defeated seven Danish ships off Swanage, capturing one and putting the others to flight; in 894 he destroyed a Danish fleet off Appel- dore and gained another great victory near the Isle of Wight three years later. The weakness of Ethelred II., who gave bribes to the Danes instead of a fight, opened the way to disastrous raids, and it was not until after the death of Canute and the restoration of the English line of Kings, that the semblance of a fleet was again estab- lished. King Harold's Fleet. To King Harold, succeeding Edward in 1066, fell the task of averting, if possible, the impending invasion of vessels should lower °their- topsails; in: Normans. salutation of the English flag in the But Duke William delayed setting Channel; out. English Seamanship NEW YORK HOME OF .WOUNDED FINANCIER. The palatial . residence at fat Madison avenue, New York City of J. P. Morgan, who was shot toi-day at hie Alen Cove summer home. port and London and Bristol were do- fighting their crews nobly atoned for ing an increasing trade with the Con- their' lack of sail. They captured no tinent. less than 240 of the hostile ships and Richard I., "Coeur de Lion," sixth sank a great number. of the Norman Kings, gave the navy Meantime the Freneh had _ been a great impetus, and in the third cru- building new warships armed with sade undertook ""a record ti ip to the cannon, and Edward III. had been Meditterranean with troops for the dead , only a few days , when De Holy Land. Vienne, a noted French admiral, ap- It was in the 'tiine of John that the peered off our southern coast to give naval rivalry between the English us a taste of the quality of the new and the French first commenced. French fleet. De Vienne's drastic In 1213 Philip Augustus of France, operations resulted in the sacking of attacked the Earl of, Flanders, win; and Folkestone, and the destruc- was an old ally of John's. An Eng- tion of Portsmouth, Plymouth, and lish fleet of 500 ships, unnder. the Earl Dartmouth, and then he sailed back of Salisbury, was despatched against to France with his ships 'filled with Philip, whose fleet was attacked in booty. , the harbor of Demme. Asa great French ships in 1380 even sailed up portion of the French crews was the Thames and burnt 'Gravesend. ashore at the time, the English' easily For the time being England had not captured 300 sail and destroyed 100 only ceased to be "Mistress of the others. The remaining French ver- Seas," she was no longer mistress of sels were then so closely blockaded her own waters, and the weakness and that their crews burnt them to pre .unpreparedness of Richard II, to vent them from being captured. withstand these foreign ravages led After this signal naval . victory to rebellion in some parts of England. King John. took to himself' the title It had required a calamity to prove 'Governor of the Seas,' and he cowed to the English that it . was suicidal it to be proclaimed that all foreign policy, to 'allow the navy to "decline in strength, or to fail to seize upon new aids -to -warfare. Forthwith measures. were. taken to bring the fleet up to date. ' Father of Navy. Henry VIII. earned the title "Fa-' ther of the English Navy,". for from the commencement of his reign in 1509 he followed e a definite naval policy, which consisted in steadily, building ships until he possessed the largest navy in the world. "The most glorious °period in the history of our wooden walls," writes Mr. Protheroe, "was that between 1702 and 1805, a stressful century of almost continual war with powerful enemies, that put out ships and men to most searching tests, from which both emerged triumphantly." And in those days— "'Hearts of Oak,' indeed, were our wooden walls, for to build even a 74 - gun ship, the third rate, of which our navy contained so many, from 1500 to. 2,000 oak trees were needed. `The French ships, as a rule, were bigger and faster than our- wn; they possessed larger batteries, and their lowest tier of guns was ,;higher, in order to fight them in rough weather; whereas in most English ° ships the lower deck ports could not be opened in a rough sea without danger of swamping the ship. Fortunately for us, the. French did not pay equal at- tention to the effectiveness of their guns, or many of our battles with them would have ended far different In this brief review most attention has been paid to the earlier and less familiar history of Britain's navy. In his book, Mr. Protheroe brings his story down to the latest thing in sub- marines. 4. Sorry For Her. Meanwhile, their period of annual A curious battle royal at sea service being at an end, food aboard marked the reign of Edward I.: being scarce, and the men being re- There was a direct challenge and quired ashore to work in the harvest, acceptance to settle all differences by the English ^ ships returned to their a pitched battle in midchannel on various ports. Three weeks later April 14, 1295. There was no limit Duke William crossed over with about, to the number of vessels on each side 900 ships and 15,000 men, and effect- and consequently the rivals enlisted ed an easy landing at Pevensey, near their friends or those who merely de - Hastings. sired a fight for the love of it. A num- Henry II. had larger fighting ships ber of Irish.and Dutchvessels joined specially constructed for the service the hardy Cinque Ports men, while of the Crown, in addition to the usual some Genoese came to the aid of the forced levies. During this regia it French. was enacted that no vessel should be Although the English ships were sold to leave England. Portsmouth outnumbered by about two to one, was rising into importance as a naval by. their seamanship and desperate EXTRA GRANULATED SUG R with the fruit you order for preserving. Tell hire, too, that you want it in the Packages originated for Sugar -- 2 or 5 lb. Sealed Cartons or 10, 20, 50 or !�- 100 lb. Cloth Bags. Then you will be sure to get the GENUINE l EDPATH— Canada's favorite sugar for three generations—the sugar to whose preserving purity you can safely trust good fruit. CANADA SUGAR. ARMING C0.„, LIMITED, MONTREAL. 135 It is not only on the field of battle that the .British soldier shows his bra- very. A civilian who was seeing off a young soldier friend bound for the front was introduced by him to his wife, a rather severe -looking woman old enough to be his mother, The civilian had difficulty in concealing his surprise, and when occasion of- fered he whispered to the young man --y"I didn't know you. were married." "Well, ym`see," said the soldier, hesi- tatingly, "she was my landlady, and her man was killed at the front a few months ago, an' she wis goy hard pit to it, ye see, ani 1 wis kind o' sorry; for her. Arid as I've 4iaebooy depen- -dent on me I just merrit her so's she wid get my allowance." 'When a young man • • Sir Hiram, Maxim contemplated' becoming a prize-fighter; FLAGEIN BRITISH CHURCHES. A pilgrimage to' the principal churches of Great ., Britain reveals some interesting military mementoes in the shape of flags of famous regi- ments, many of them dating back to the battles of Wellington's day. :.In St. Paul's Catherdal may be seen flags which, could they speak, might tell many a gallant story of the feats of the "Die-Hards," the officers and men. of the Middlesex Regiment, in the battles of Seringapatam, Ciudad : Ro- drigo, Badajoz, Alma, Inkerrnann, and Sebastopol. In St, Paul's, too, are the colors which the Coldstream Guards carried at Inkermann, the me- morial bearing emorial'bearing the beautiful inscrip- tion, "Brothers in Arms, Partners in Glory, and in Death they were buried in one grave." St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, has a great array of regimental flaks, particularly those of the Dublin Fuse iliers, while in the renowned cathe- dral of St. Giles, at Edinburgh, are to be seen flab's of most of the chief Scottish regiments, many of the torn and tattered :emblems dating back to many years ago when they were pre- served as heirlooms by famous Scot- tish :families. There is a country church known READ LABEL as Littleton' Church, in Middlesex, which - is profusely decorated with military flags, many ' of which were placed there half a century ago by General Wood, of the Grenadiers, who had been in the Peninsular War with Wellington, and who in later life lured at Littleton' Park. General oed,.eolleeted :and preserved many famous regimental hags, and it was the Prince Consort himself' who re- sented the General with many of the old colors as a recognition of his gal- lantry and fine work with the Grena- diers. Surrey is proud of its bullet -pierced flags which hang in the Queen's Chapel of Holy Trinity Church at Guildford, reminiscent of the deeds of the famous Surrey Regiment. Sev- eral beautiful flags belonging to the Lancashire ' regiments adorn the chapel known .as the King's Own in the parish church of St. Mary, Lan- caster, while in the nave of St. Nich- olas.Church, Newcastle, hang the ban- ners of the "Fighting Fifth" =as everybody in the Old Country calls the gallant Northuriiberland Fusiliers -that were carried in front ' of the Fifth in the marches to Delhi and< Lucknow. • Sunset Coast. The first• Japanese wedding in Hazelbon, B.C., took place recent- ly. Seven inches of snow fell in Ross - land, B.C., during the first week in . May. A Hindu charged with forgery at Greenwood, B.C., was given three years in the pen: In the past 14 years the Green- wood; 13.0., customs. office has taken in over amillion dollars. It is ;stated that. the Penticton, B. C,, disbriet will produce 5,500 tons of fruit this year. In 1914 1,800 tons were raised. • R. A. Brown, of Greenwood, B. C., is confident that diamonds will some day be found in the crater of ". his volcanic mine. The fruitgrowers' union at Nel- son, B.C., wills take ,a commission of 12;/ per trent. for selling fruit this ysar. During our wars with Napoleon out Navy captured or destroyed 683 French ships. WI-ININ DOUBT Serve Ice Cream CITY DAIRY Service makes this possible. We have developed a method of , shipping ' Ice Cream put up in attractive boxes -- Enough in' a box to serve five or six persons. We ship thousands of these boxes to discriminating shop keepers everywhere. You get it in the original package, just as it is put up in our sanitary- Dairy. - -. every town,