Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-17
The Struggle Between the Empire Of
the East and the Empire Of the West.
Venice, Its Secret Three and Its Long
Reign of Terror.

sacked Dy the D6EDAElAnS ana eYentu-
ally became not the capital Of u vast
empire, but the city OF the popes, eoyer
which the pontifs reigned as kings.
The temporal power Of the popes last
ed till 1870, while the capital Of Italy.
was first Turin and then Milan. Final-
" the city was taken without real.
fght by the soldiers Of the king Of
Italy.
The empire Of the east had Its capi-
tai at Constantinople. For centuries it
was the greatest power In the world.
But 1t became honeycombed with vice
and enervated with pride and luxury;
also 1t grew old and weak. Then In
1922 the Turks made q tigerish spring
on Constantinople and took it BY storm.
The last Of the Greek emperors died
sword In hand, and his descendants
are living in England today III very
humble situations.
Egypt, once SO powerful and SO fa-
nous under the pharaohs, was con-
Quered by Rome and was afterward
sWamped by the Moslems. The cres-
cent was supreme in the land OF the
Nile, and the aforetime naughty Egyp-
tans were slaves for q thousand years.
The great moguls used to reign in
India. In the days of Queen Elizabeth
the m0gul-o emperor Of Delhi, as he
was sometimes called was 80 power
full that he thought 1t a vast conde-
scension on his part to receive an en-
bassy from the maiden queen. But
as time went ON the great rajahs, or
tributary kings, rebelled against the
moguls. India was rent asunder by the
wars between rival rajahs. This gave
the Europeans chance.
France at first held the upper hand
and nearly conquered the land, but
then England drove France back ana
seized the empire OF the great moguls
for herself. The heir Of the moguls, by;
the way, still enjoys q pension given
BY the British government as a com
pensation for the throne lost by his an.
cestorS. s85sAs ..ss "a
Poland used to occupy q big place on
the map OF Europe. AT one time 1t
was much larger and stronger than
Russia. The car OF Russia and the
of Austria were only Too glad
to be on good terms with the king Of
Poland, and there was no king OF
Prussia In those days. & :sS.s
Noble adventures from all parts OF
the world focked to the Polish apitaI
at Warsaw, eager to serve In the Pol
ish armies The Duke of Monmouth,
son Of King Charles II. Of England,
thought Of doing this
But Poland persisted through her
own faults and foilies. The mass OF
the common people were slaves In all
but name. They were not allowed to-
move from one part of the country to
another without leave. they could not
own q foot OF land, and they could
never be sure that they might not be
sold by the great noble they served to
q new master; hence the mobiles and
the people never stood together In
times Of danger or disaster. 5sSs
Poland was a big country, but 1t was
divided against itself, and Russia,
Prussia and Austria combined were
more powerful. They all three Joined
hands, and each took a large share OF
Poland Ii 1772. That was the sfirst
partition Of Poland The Poles sub
mitted tamely. for they were stili di-
yided. 4
IN 1898 the trio Of robbers made 4
second swoop Only the ghost ef Po-
land was left. Another year saw the
end Of the tragedy. The last rem
nants Of Poland were swallowed up by
Russia, Prussia and Austria.
The fate Of the republic Of Venice Is
one Of the most dramatic Id all history.
For hundreds OF years the City Of the
Lag0ons was one Of the.most powerful
states In the world. It's doges ranked
as the equals Of the proudest kings.
It's alliance was coveted by the great.
est powers. It's government was one
OF sheer terrorism. The doge was
hardly more than a splendid Agure-
mead. All real power rested In the
hands Of the dreaded council Of ten
and the secret three. The latter were
a trio OF living mysteries end were
Known Dy name 70 practically no one
In Venice ri Ri ss
Sometimes man was one Of the
secret three and his own wife and chill.
dren never dreamed IT Their most
dreaded servants were masked mutes.
n a Venetian, no matter how high his
rank was Denounced By the council
Of ten or the secret three, he knew he
was no better than a dead man. SO
the government Of Venice was terror
10 its own people and the outside
world. Then Napoleon came upon the
scene, and "the Hon OF st. Mark licked
the dust Pearson's Weekly.
~ have generally found that the
man who is good at an excuse Is good
for nothing else, said Franklin to d
servant who was always late. but al
ways ready with IN excuse.