The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04
Military Festivities on the
Mimic Battle Grounds.
SCHLoSS FUERSTENSTEIN.
Silesia--Its Bygone Glories
and Vicissitudes.
TIE SCENE OF FREDERICK'S VICTORIES.


Carlyle thus describes silesia, from whose capital we
date this epistle about the preminaries to the
mannuvres "SchesIen, what call Silesa is
counted TO be 900 square miles, nearly the
third Of England proper Schlesen is fine, fertile
useful and beautiful country-a very pretty eipsis
irregular oval the summit of the European Con-
tnent-ke the palm of left hand we'll stretched out
with the Riesengebirge for thumb said a certain Herr
to me, stretching out his in that fashion toward
the northwest Palm, we'll stretched out measuring
$50 miles, and the crossway 100 There are still
beavers in Schlesien; tho Katzbach River has
gold grains in it, kind of Pactous not now
worth working; and in tho scraggy, lonesome
pine woods grimy individuals with kindled mounds Of
pine branches and smoke carefully kept down by sods
sweating out substance which they inform you is
TO be tarn Carlyle then treats some history The
first people We hear of the Quadi who left few
ash urns and whose signifies wicked The Polish
equivalent is Ze (Blsching says Zles hence Zezien.
Schlesien meaning Badland, Quadland, what might
call Damagtia country where you get INTO trouble
He divides
sILEsIAN
into three epochs:-First "Christanityn A. d. 996;
second, "Gets gradually cut loose from Poland A. d.
1l3s-1l59" the "Pas Dukes'' and their countries by
silent emigration becoming German; A. d. 1927 gets
completely cut loose from Poland becoming a
part of the Kingdom of Bohemia Third epoch,
'Adopts the Reformation, A d. 1414-1517;p
A. D. 1887, the ACKNOWLEDGING; Duke of
Liegnitz and Of other extensive heritages making
deed of brotherhood with Kur- Brandenburg deed for
hidden, and, so far might be- rubbed out and ami
Inflated by the then King of Bohemia, subsequently
Kaiser Ferdinand l., Karl v. IS brother Duke of LEG
ntz had to give up his. parchments, and become
in that matter. Kur-Brandenburg refused to do so;
Kept his parchmeDts to if they would not to
something A. D. 1924 schesien went warmly into
the King project-frs fire OF the Thirty Years
War; had TO smart sharply for it. Duke of Jaegern-
dorf lost his duchy, Austria holding it in defiance
Of the laws of the Reich Religious oppression lay
heavy Protestant Silesa A. D. 1e48, Treaty
of Westphalia mended much OF this had said treaty
been kept A. D. 1907, Treaty of Atranstadt,
between Kaiser Joseph l. and Karl XII.
of Sweden. Karl chasing August, the physically
strong, towards Savoy, entreated by Siesan depu-
taton for the love of Christ and His Evange to "pro-
tect US poor Professionals and get the Treaty of West
phala observed behalf and fair play shown ~
which Karl did, Kaiser Joseph, with such weight of
French war lying on him. being much struck with the
tone OF that dangerous Swede. The Pope rebuked
Kaiser Joseph for such compliance in tho Silesian
matter 'sHoy Father answered this Kaiser mot OF
distinguished orthodoxy in the house, 81 glad
he did not ask to become Lutheran; know not how
'13th December 174o" and is the final and GROWING
epoch of silesan history For the rest, Carlye's
Life Of Frederick the Great and the conquest of
sIcsia and its incorporation with the king dom of
Prussia
FREDERICK THE s1LEsrA
have quoted much history here because the CON-
Ing will take place this very historical
ground and nearly every place touched by the roops
will have historical with the battles of
The great Frederick Historical memories too not less
interestingly connected with the OF German libora
on at the of the century. Breslau has
cries enough Of Frederick On the Sd OF January
I741 he entered the city with his little we'll organized
brave army of 80 900 troops and aferward took
possession of the whole of Silesia without a sword
stroke for Maria Theresa had too many foes contend
with Just then permit her look after the Bran
denburger and his Potsdam guards out on parade.
On Saturday says Carlyle last night Of the year. 1740
His Majesty lodged at schloss called Pilsnitz five
miles to west of Breslau; and vanward regiments,
good few quartered in the western and southern sub
nrbs Of Breslau itself-suburbs decidedly glad to
Them and escape confagration. The town gates
Dramatically Shut plenty OF emotion bottled in the
100 900 hearts within The sentries the wall pre-
sented arms; nay, it is affirmed some could not help
sxclaiming "WiLkommen, Ihr heben Herren" Next
DAY Frederick entered the city, schwerin riding with
him, along Schweidnitz street, the very through
which william passed Yesterday On the nth of June.
t742, the treaty OF peace was signed at Bresau by
which Frederick received Upper and Lower s,esia and
Inc county Of Glatz-atogeher 400 900 inhabitants;
which treaty only ratified after the second slesian
war at Dresden on Christmas Day, 1745 In 1867 the
city
OCCUPIED AUsTRIASs
but recaptured by Frederick after the battle of
Leuthen In 1873 after Napoleon's disaster in Russia
Frederick William Ill removed his capital from Berlin
hen occupied by French garrison) to Breslau, and
here took place that celebrated uprising of the Prussan
youth and the Kings famous proclamation, ITO My
People, on the 18th of March, 1919 Here at the
time the Prussan Landwehr was organized and the
order Of the Iron Cross called into existence. From
Breslau, therefore, sprang originally tho enthusiasm
which finally resulted in the expulsion Of Napoleon
from Germany and the attainment OF freedom for Ger
many from the French oppression.
KAISER wILHELMs RECEPTION.
These merely scraps from Breslau's history but
we need TO remember them in order TO understand the
great enthusiasm which the people exhibited yesterday
In welcoming their King and Kaiser. have seen tho
Kaiser received in many German cities, and saw him
snter Frankfort Immediately after the war; saw him at
The Inauguration OF the Victory Monument at Berlin
and must say the reception he got at Bresau YES
lerday exceeded them all in warmth OF welcome and in
The JOY Of the people. The streets and houses
decorated in most exuberant and lavish manner, and
The illumination was universal. The city itself must
have spent many thousands Of thalers in the festa
preparations in transparoncies, temporary symbolca
figures, and evergreens and wreaths and flags. Such
dense crowds they were too that lined the streets lead
ing from the railroad depot to tho Schioss,
and such cheering from strong Threats that
The Emperor himself must have been startled. The
oeople delighted to the Kaiser; anybody could
that and IL the first time they had had chance
TO see him since tho The newspapers overlooked
with pleasant loyalty and thankfuiness One journal
ays-Since the time Of Frederick the Great our prov
nee has always had the greatest shown TO II by
he Hohenzollerns they have sryen to aid in the
development Of its industries and its agricultural Tho
Sicsidn Zeitungperhaps the best edited provincial
ourna in Germa-y-says:-"I is not the vain love OF
military show that hrlngs tho rnnnarch tho two