, 1874-08-08
Free I Trade ]: discovered to Be tho
Bes: !" Protective Taril."
The Government: We System Of Rail.
ways and Telegraphs.
How tho People We're Eafsod
from Patpcrisnl to Indies
pcndcnco.
The City Of ssels.;;>Raging Of a Flu
rions Real Estate Fever.
AntNerp:-:What1 It Is, What 1t lIas Dccn,.
AMI What It Might Hare Been.

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sptcia. Correspondents Of The Chieaqo TyiDun. :
,,.. DRusttIs, July 10, 1874.
Looking at map OF Erropo belgium appears
to bo small lrinuC1o Of territory Clipped from
the north end Of Frauco, ind naturally belonging
to it, ~ In fact it did for n,auy coutnries.-at
1caat portion Of 1t. During tho lyo centuries
Of tho Roman occupation Of Trat,co (uaul It was
then ca1lctl), tho. Province OF Belgium was i'll
corporatod with Gaul. After tho expulsion OF tho
Romans from Gau1, the 13nrgundiahs aelzod East
cru France, including belgium. Their Kingdom
1as.cd century, b,,. ,yns ultimately merged iu
TIE Ea1r1nE or THE rllAsEs,
who subjugated. in tho latter part Of tho hxt1
aud first part Of tho seventh centuries, tho whole
Of Gaul and bestowed on 1t tho na,no of Francia,
which 1t Inns retained ever since. THO Franks
were mob u single uation. but confederation OF
cugnato Toutonio tribes who livol OF, tho
oast s;de Of tin Rhine and along
49, ,..,,. o,.,a 1rs,,ns ,a' III a,,o,7t o,o,,,,,t
sao panss =. 'ho atouHo anl .Ao eensH't' oeculs
lhg tho tof1ltory NOW calica Eastern Aoilahu anu
Nestphalia and tho Ardcnncs Mountains. They
wore known to tho lsonans hi Julius Cscsar's
tina ds Noryii. Menabii,: Salt. otc. nud fought
.n,,o.,1 at,1oo ioFor, s,,oa,,r,1,,n. =,
so'eiai oeSpefato oa..,cS uu4o1o suecu,i'pans u
tho Mistross Of tho World" french historians
itr the period Of LorB N.Y. tried hard 10 cstab-
1iah tie fiction that the Franks woro Gaus, aait
49,, ,>orh,r;hrs ~ thc y;xt1, cs1tuvv ,,f ,,ato
nlau oat pAit""o ~ LUZ ea't' eotu11, 1tiu 'nauo
Clovis tho 1ounaef OF tho hoSal dynasty oil
"France,' to bo Of daulish blood aad origin.
but subsequent and moro candid examination
49,. IT,. .,,a =. ~ 'u"s. ''4~
lying 1aot 'na1 'uo HiApAa "efo
NOTHING HUT TEu7oSs,
aud that they conquered nll of. proud Gaul, md
l - t ;sa ",r;a;,s ~ ,ra1, aa ;r,araa;ns ~ ~
4's''' i.s..' -. 49,. -, w s,' w. -ass
or HISTORY, thal, III 'o1y nearly tho
Batno period wAon tho Germans OF
Wcsepha1la, undor tho name OF franks,
,rerc nyorrunn;ne, Ca,,1 and ostab1isline Them.
.o1,,o4 -. Y;;,ra ;,,or.
oe1'uh 'nefoln ~ rs lu'us' otnsr uiaieaea
OF the san1e 1amil9 or IeutohH' Known as
"Apglcs and SnSons," from tho country next
uortf, Of Webtphnlia, now called Ifauoyor and
HolBfein, ycrc invading. coual1cring. uui colo
u;Sin.z lho "pon,,n prop;nco nf snnt,, nr;toin
o4,nh 'uo 1'o''''1 - no"'n oit'1."'
sna ttnnoslhe on u 'helr o"n name Of I'm.
Eland" 1t was. therefore, tho Germans OF
giving name and dynasty to tho ono, and
i,nr,o 80 ;. ,rot1 80 :, i;.rn.f,, n tf,a liz,
"'4saaho ~' W.. ~ - aAa' " 'tso o.aei:
belgium continued 10 belong to Franco and
her independent fet1dal mobiles until the yoar'
1864, when King John erected tho Province Of
;,,n, intn nn'oaE, ana rts t,o,,, ~
gum lu!o puAeaon'' anu ooslo"ca Gu 5aem upon
hss Youngest snt! fayosIte son ph'1ip' after
wards cnlloa "tho Bold" IIe gayo us 4
rcaeon for this foolish act, tlet tho grant
was made iu rccompcuso Of tho princoa
na,r,an ond ,avo,lon ~ osons,, ~ IT, fa.,,op' ao
o4 "h' ''"N ., ,:ss.SA sAu."s ."' 4"'ne1a
ING at tlo alsast1oua Dattle OF toittere, whcro
tho Eveuch army was routed by the British Vii
dor tho Prince ofWa!os, and tho King and his
a,,n1 h,t f,or,.a,a as ~ ~
Ebs'anas on' a4'oi"atuH r"nsoh'ea aha lloera1cu'
;Fon THE NETT TWO CENTURIES
Belgium belonged to tho Dukes OF Burgundy.
,rhon il fiji into tho hands Of tin snnn;orfu
a. am'n rIaa ,nd dr;n ] ta T.. ,no rai oI,1aa VI t
nhaef onaflea IA "; anu, autinG 'no reign Of hls
Of Belgium mado common oauso with Holland for