Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
Places That Figure
in Daily War News

LUXEMBURG, Grand Duchy of. a
territory, connected with the Dutch
crown, Is bounded on the north and
east by Rhenish Prussia, south by
France and the west by Belgium Its
greatest length, north to south, is So
miles. Its greatest breadth is 34l
miles. The area is 99S square miles.
1t forms part of the plateau of the
Ardennes and its drainage belongs
almost entirely to the basin of the
Moselle. Grain and other crops are
raised, cattle and horses are exported |
iron ore is mined and smelted. The
inhabitants are mostly of German
origin, but French Is the language of
the educated classes and of business.
The people are for the most part |
Roman Catholic. The King of Hol-
land is Grand Duke of Luxembourg, |
winch is governed according to its |
own constitution. In the Treaty of
London, 1867, 1t was declared to be |
neutral territory Its population Is |
246.45 Luxemberg in early times
was much more extensive than at
grand duchy in 1914 and given to the |
King of Holland. In 1890 part of it |
became Belgium province (area, |
l,fO6 square miles,, the remainder |
continuing with the Dutch, formed |
the present grand duchy In 1890 the |
Netherlands was severed. 1t was in !
cluded in the German Zollverein Lux |
emburg, the capital of the grand |
duchy, III miles southeast of Brus- |
sels is bounded on two sides by a |
ravine about 200 feet deep, and is ap-
proached by long and lofty viaduct !
IL was formerly one of the strongest |
tortresses in Europe but it's defenses |
were dismantled in accordance with |
the Treaty of London in 1867. The |
town is well built and contains town
houses, old and new, the government
house, House of Deputies, town IL |
brary, the old Abbey Cathedral, etc.
Its population is about $4,000 The
present ruler of Luxembourg is Grand
Duchess Marie.
1t was because of the Germans vio-
lation of the neutrality of Luxembourg
and Belgium that England declared
war on Germany.
AIX-LA- A-CHAPELLE. city of
Rhenish Prussia, 3S miles west by
south of Cologne, pleasantly situated
in fine vale. watered by the Wurm.
formerly surrounded by ramparts and
now converted into pleasant prone
nades. 1t is we'll built, and though
an ancient town, has now quite
modern appearance. The most i'm
portant building is the cathedral, the
oldest portion of which, often called
Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as
the palace chapel, about 796. 1t |
is In the Byzantine style, and consists
OF an octagon, surrounded by a six
teen-sded gallery and surmounted 10y
a cupola, in the middle being the
tomb of Charlemagne. AiX-le-Cha-
pelle, with the adjoining Burtscheid.
which may be considered a suburb, is |
a place of great commerce and man
ufacturing industries. the chief pro-
ductions of which are woolens. yarns |
and clothes, needles, machinery, |
cards (for the woolen manufacturer) |
railway and other carriages, cigars, |
chemicals, silk goods, hosiery, glass, |
soap, etc. A considerable portion of |
1ts importance and prosperity arises
from the influx of visitors to its !
springs and baths there being a mum !
ber of warm sulphur springs here, and |
several chalybeate springs, with am |
pie accommodations for strangers
AiN-la-Chapelle was known to the
Romans as Aquisgranum. 1t was the
favorite residence of Charles the
Great, who made it the capital of all |
who died here in S14. During the
Middle Ages it was a free imperial |
city and very hourishing. Thirty |
seven German emperors and eleven
empresses have been crowned in it, |
and the imperial insignia were pre-
SSiNSu mere uIllll tJ0j Wnen tneV |
were carried to Vienna. The popula- |
ton is 156,044. The Congress of AK |
la-Chapelle was q congress held in |
1918, by which the, army of the allies |
in France was withdrawn after France |
had paid the contribution imposed at |
the peace of 1915, and independence |
restored to France. A treaty of peace |
con included at this city, May 2, 1868, |
as result of the Triple Alliance, put !
an end to the war carried on against |
Spain by Louis XIV in 1867. The
second peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, Oc-
tober IS, 174S, terminated the Aus
trian War of Secession.
AiX-la- -Chapelle figures prominently
in the news dispatches of the present
day because of the great number of !
German troops concentrated in the |
vicinity. It will be from Aix-la- Cha |
pelle that many of the troops will /
move into Belgium in an effort to
cross the French frontier. News dis |
patches also said that Emperor VIII |
liam had gone to Aix-la -Chapelle to |
head his troops, but later reports de- |
MED this.