The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-25
rhr small German states.

III" small German states.
The news tina, SaXr-Wcimar ana SAKE
Nrinugen have entered into nrgotla-
lions about rcctilyiug their boundaries
an the Thunnglan forest has aroused
hopes IN some Germans that the other
mInut" prInCipalilIcs IN that region will
initiate their example and put an end
Ia wha' j. becoming "A serious annoyance.
To the foot wand"rer. through those
pleasant woods and hllls. with their inns
and places for Tnfr"shmen' stationed
AT intervals that dIscourag" ton arduous
cNcrtlun. the passing at half "a dozen
times "A day from one sovereign state
into another ~ rather amusing. and the
par'icolored boundary posts serve as
sIgnboard- To the natives whom those
posts warn that they shall report 10 the
pole" OF paw excise duty or secure per-
mits they are veNatIous thirty wears
ago they meant a change nf currency as
well The irritation has grown greater
since the rhurngian towns have turned
"a manufactures and have grown in size
and population.
Tn" "a" which the two SaIcs are
dealing with = typical. They hav.
common sovereignty over the town 81
Krarirhfcid on the lin River. they IN
tend 80 turn IA" town over - une or
the other stat" and to make compcnSa-
ton by ~" concession ~ a satisfactory
number - bits o. scattered territory.
oi winch each has an abundance. The
partjTrpn ari tov''Ir,iug NJ IN" land ~
'h'-~' IiurIuEldu states u like that II
broken up private estate" Most Of the
divisions. IN fact. aru-" from splitting
uD m" stat" into smaller prinCIpalitI"S
~ ~ - provide for Younger sons
There are only four duCal SaA"s now.
NaN"-N"imar-t i~"naoh. SaN.-I uhurg-
.Gnthn. Save N"IurnC"n and SAKE Nlten-
lJlrg bur m IA" past thor" wHr" many
more. They ar" all IN ~" 1hurn4Ian
country. ami 80 ar" other survivors q
h'r'" states once more INFINITELY divided.
Schwarzhurg- Rud"'>'adt and Schwarz-
burg Soni"--hauSen Rcu---Grrlz and
Rnu-S-Sch'"2 b.-ldcS hlt- that belong
- Prussia and =" m" kingdom ~ Sax
"nv. On ~" general map central Ger
many T. now rather tangled On large
-"al. map showing all the subdivisions
the tanglr Is increased hundredfold.
II = all r.lIc 81 tho old Holy Roman
Empr" of''h" German nation. and till
the Napoleonic Ca'aclysm ThnringiA
was hv no means tho most confused
portion ~ GERMANY Tho independent
States aroS" from ~" practice 81 wrest-
ing privileges from the emperor for the
time beng within the State that was his
patrimoHy and asserting that nothing
stood between them and the emperor,
Reichsunmttelbar. they called them.
selves, and when dynasty died out
they Welded only formal allegiance 10
tho new one The SaNon empcrors were
strong and left few small States in north
ern Germany, the Bavarlan emperors
also lett southeast Germany compare
lively free If them. but the fall Of the
HOHFNST.rrFNS left a chaos along 'hc
Rhine and IN southwest Germany that
lasted tall the end Of the empire. Church,
mobiles and cities secured their Inde-
p.udence. 80 that even German special
l-t- are unable 10 draw an accurate map
Of their country before IN" French rrvo-
luton
N.rOrroN rendered great service
:" Germany hv sweeping them all away,
and the congress that met AZ Vienna
'u undo h- work did not venture ~
restore Them heir sovereignty endei,
though ~" mobiles retained their rank
.,r -,-.pal purposes a. the lIs' 81 media
'.I"i princes va IN" NlmanaCh dc Gotha
shows Prussia after tho war Of 1860
inflated \HPOLEoN ia simplifying the
map ui north GERMANY. aud only few
-urvIvals ar" left chiefly tho little
Ihurngian States
som" Germans probably all PT1ssians, |
would liz" - have them obliterated;
swallowed up by M" great Pris-ian
kingdom Ia" little States have had |
their Ms" m IN" past however. and oven
under 10" bow German Umpire. IN
-h"lt"rlnc persons and opinions that
were not tolerated IN Prussia MANY
patriotic Germans. though they make |
fun of them m SON" WAYS. hook on them |
"A protection against an imminent |
peril, M" PrI-sianiling 81 tho whole /
Fath"rlnnd
First Night Audience.
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