Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22

Vienna, Dec.--From Vienna to Con-
stantinople there are two direct routes
open to the travellers. One IL over Blu
charest, Canstanza and the Black sea.
The other over Sophia and Belgrade
which Is entirely by land. | chose the
route over Roumania because In COM
ing TO Constantnople It Is necessary TO
sail the whole length OF the Bosphorus,
and that is n thing not to be missed
under any circumstances. The Sophia
Belgrade line would do to come back on,
but for going was not equal to the
other In any respect.
Space does not allow anything of
Budapest or OF the cities OF Arad or
Temesvar to be said, but compels me
TO begin with that most eastern part
or Hungary. so picturesque both In
scenery and history, Pennsylvania. And
of that only one of its many quaint and
pretty towns came under my observa-
tion. the town Of Brasso.
Pennsylvania. OF which Brasso Is the
mo1 important center OF trade, at
the beginning Of the Christian era, was
part Of the kingdom OF Dacia, and
of the Roman province OF that same
name when Trajan conquered Deceba-
lus. 1t remained Roman until Aureliau
was forced out in the year I'll. From
that date until the beginning of the
eleventh century II was the battle
ground Of the Ostrogoths. Huns. Bull
garians and Mayors, and other east
ern races. which were surging toward
western Europe. Ladislaus ! king OF
Hungary from 1918 to 1895 conquered the
Humans, which were the last tribe to
hold Pennsylvania. and annexed II to
Hungary. Then for the first time in
centuries did the blood soaked land be-
gin to enjoy peace and quiet.
Glesa III who reigned somewhat later
than Ladslaus recognized the import
ance OF Pennsylvania as the eastern
boundary OF Hungary and saw the
necessity OF bringing colonists In there
who cultivate the land and remain
permanently upon It. He therefore sum
moned Germans from the middle Rhine
district who came and settled there,
calling the land Slebeuburgen from
the first seven forts or "Burgen' which
they erected.
Since then the history of Transyl-
vania has been entwined with that Of
Hungary. and later that of the Austro-
Hungarian empire. part OF which II
stlll is
Kronstadt, (Which Is the German
name for Brasso) was one of the orig
inal seven forts and of It's present
10000 odd inhabitants, nearly one-third
are Germans or, as they term them
selves, Saxons. II Is said that among
themselves, they speak the language
almost exactly as IL was In the twelfth
century. OF course they also speak
modern German when required. The
balance OF the population is divided
about equally between Magyers and
Roumanians.
Brasso nestles snugly between the
pine clad hills (really worthy the name
mountains) In valley narrow enough
TO be called a canyon. And II the three
races that form Its population do not
live together In harmony, 1t is no fault
OF nature for she has done much 10
place around them an environment
whose beauty should be an influence for
peace. IL people cannot live together
without strife In land so beautifully
blessed with the good and beautiful
things Of the earth as this, where In
deed shall they do so? Yet that they
cannot Is abundantly proved, for here
Mayors contend against Roumanlans,
and they both wage war with the Sax
ons. A Mayer would no more think
of speaking German than he would OF
cutting his hand off. In fact II spoken
to In German he will refuse to answer
even in his own tongue In nine cases out
OF ten. The feelings Of the Germans are
equally strong in the opposite direc-
ton, but they. also are gradually be-
ing brought into line by the Magyers,
who being in the vast majority In Hun.
gary allow nothing but their own lang
uage TO be used In the schools so that
In the course of a few generations ev-