The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-23
WAR GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
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vi.
The fulhiinent Of the peace % Lane
vile Involved the dissolution Of the holy
Roman empire The fabric Of states,
secular and reiigfous rsansrchtes and re-
puhlics, embracing both Germany and
Italy. the political counterpart ~ the
church. under the headShip Of the en-
feror OF the Romans. the secular coun-
terrart o. the pope. after having wealth
Erred the Protestant revoiug0n and sur
stvea the thirty years war. Was now 20
meet It's doom al the hands 81 the new
Charlesnagne and 10 pass on It's inherit
sace Al hls behest 10 Ire empire ~ the
French Its end really came. although
Hornsnely Il lasted few years N ffe
with the decree OF the Diet IN 1873 parcel
ing the ecclesiastical estates and free
cities among a few Of the leading princes
The dixtrfbutiou OF the spoil was prActi-
c@ily dictated hy Napoleon and he real
work Of this reorganization o. Germany
was done In Parts under hts eye. The
princes fairly scrambled for Tire spoti,
and through their agsnss ionhied ds@per-
afeiy for rsiieyrand's favor. sparins
neither money nor self-rssr~ct
Having things in his own hands Ma
psieon planned 30 weaken Austria a,na TO
establish several other states IN Germany
sfrcne enough TO prevent the recovery or
! NtrNDE
pense with his protection. Austrts's Essu
was therefore small and her real loss
immense. for the ecclesiastical states.
which all disappeared but one. and the
imperial cities ~ which only six had
been spared had long been her faithful
eisents Russia gained IN size and con-
psctness. exthanrnr isT,ooe subj cts west
~ the Rhine for BsAce IN wsstphssa
and ThurfnKia. Baden. Hesse Darn
stndt. wurstemeerw and Bavaria all
made large gains. RAvsria IN particular
was increased by q population OF saeH
and rendered more contract.
This Wholesale absorption az petty
sovereign'ies ana the essahsishment N
their stead Of few states OF moderate
sine was an immense step 10 the unffscs-
ton Of the German people. II clcenAd
the ground hut rcmesh hing more was
needed before 3 new Germany could arise
from that foundation Unity ~ hear,
ard action must needs precede political
unity. ana for thss too. Germany was In
debted TO Napoleon. II was the scourwr
Of tho conaueror that awoke the Ger
man national feeling and created a crm-
mon patriotism after conqu< had str ek-
en- on the bonds OF petty despostsm The
new life that came 10 Germany through
the reforms of Napoiron and his client
princes ma0e the humiliation Of suh1ec-
ton 70 France oil the more KEEN
Napcseca looksd upon himself a. the
suecess0v ~ ChaFtemagne. and a. Charlie
rnaxne has b<en crowned emperor % the
Romans and thereby assumed the poiit-
iral headship Of Europe 70 Tax Napoleon
the assumption OF the same nus 49, w
logical step when he had attained %
similar position. Durins tina netadis Aees
/ and practically Until the entry cf Russia
1 INTO western EuFopean politics the posi-
| tim and title Of enpcrpr were unlQu&.
There was but one emperor. ~ fherA wss
( but one pope. They were In pohsics snn
4 r<sistsn the heads OF Chrtsf~ndom. Cunss-
I oueu,ly the assumption Of tho title or en-
| nerer by Napoleon and the reality 81 his
sway over Western Europe exposed the
I hau~e OF Hspsburw 90 q rev and strange
r9rfi Having been cmperors fer centn.
4 rsea. must they nov sink 20 the iev~i 81
mere kingsf Must Francis IL. emperor
I ~ me 1ssmans always august become
/ merely q king 81 Hungary and bohemia
.s.t ,rtald the arst place IN the precede81e
~ Europe For one behind France. spain
\ England II was unfhinksbls HaFaiy
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