The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-07

ms .heir privileges and demoii8hins aii tiIe fort'ficahons Tho elt'zans re.
 bellod agam in 1468. @hefenpon -as lgreat Gharlo8 condemned the teHn
 to deatguction snd all the oaileinsa
 except tbc churches and monaalerie1
 were burned ahd many oi the ineebi- nnta alaughtered 10 1882 Lopis ot
 Bourbon was murdered by William
 dc la Morck. the "Wild Boar oi the
 Ardennes." who wished Co obtnin tho
 hitter for hio son. One aurrendereo
 only alter che conclusion ct Louie. lNfv. la eonsoquonce of which tho town
 Was taken by the French. For Ave
 days in l69l Marchal Bouflores bom-
 barded the town and eventually -lpan-
 doned it to tho Duke of Marlborough,
 who. on october 2S, i702. stormed tne
 citadel At the outbreak ol the reFo' lutlon of Che gFonch in llss tho biah.
 ops were expelled, but wore rcin9toe'
 cd by Austrian troops soon alterWafo.
 Llege was annexed to France in l3se and was comprised In the department
 Of Ourthe tin 1S1s, when 1t was inc
 ciuded in the new Kingdom Of the
 Netherlands. In 1880 the Liegeois
 were the most enthusiastic in aoYo.
 eating tho national independence of
 Belgium and aided greatly in its yery
 achievement
 Chent wlth its yrydags market
 where Jacob van Arteyelde andled
 the flames Of civil war and where
 the Duke Of 4lYa lighted the fires of
 the inquislHon. Is one of the most
 battle-scarred cities of the world. As
 early as the seventh century when iil Is first mentioned ae q town, it
 was the scene of important conflicts, which continued internationally un- til the twelfth century, when it bel came the capital of Flanders. By the
 end of the thirteenth century Ghent surpassed Paris In wealth and power. In the latter part of the fourteenth century Froissart estimated tho num- Der of fighting men that Ghent would bring into the field at S0,0O0. Under Jacob van >Arteyelde Ghent reYolted against the Count Of Flanders and with an Flanders. maintained its in- dependence from 1888 to 1345 Un-I der his son Philip the revolt was re- newed in 1882 It passed into theI possession of the dukes of Burgundy soon afterward and rose against them In vain in l45O.
 Toward the close of the fifteenth century Ghent for excelled every oth- CT town on earth in power. political constitution and culture With al population Of 100000 of its own it cons trolled a vast additional population in the Immediate vicinity which madoi it perhaps the largest city in Europe ] at that time. The constitution of tho city was very liberal. It was repub, lie In an but name But it's splendid buildings were completely demolished in the insurrection which broke out In f539 occassioned by an attempt tol force upon Flanders the playment Of 100000 ducats being the third part of a subsidy granted by the Mother. lands to Charles V. Ghent resisted lhis claim as Q violation Of the great cborted of the city of Mary. sister ofl the emperor and regent of the Meth. erlands. Charles v. punished this re- sistenee in 154O by depriying the city of all its privileges and immunides. The revenues and all the property | held by the corporation or the trades in common were confiscated. Most of the leading citizens were executed. The ancient form Of government was abolished A new system of laws and political administration was estao- | llshed the crown being vested with the right Co appoint the city magis- tfrates. And orders were given for erecting strong citadel lu order to bridle the revolutionary spirit of the inhabitants. A fine of l60,0OO ducats in addition to the 100000 was impos- ed upon the clcizens as well as an annual distribution of 5000 for the support of the garrison.
 A congress assembled in Ghent in 1876 to form confederacy for tho expulsion of the Spaniards from She Netherlands The massacre Of Ant. werp and the eloquence of the Prince of Orange produced a quickening ef- feet upon it's deliberations, which had proceeded with discretion while the citadel was being cannonadod. The latter fell on the same day, November S. 1878, which saw the conclusion of the treaty known as the "Pacincation of Ghent" In the following year it was razed to the ground.
 A stormy period followed the re- volt against the Spanish authority ] being varied by internocinc dissen- sions, and the city became a prey tol riot and anarchy
 A formal resolution was passed byi che government Of Ghent In the early spring of 15S4 to open negotiations with Spain, and within three months after the murder of William of Orange, whose policy had saved the city on many occasions. it fell into the hands of the Duke of Parma the Spanish Yiceroy September IL 15S4. The ci. .adel was rebuilt and about third of the population leftthe city In 1886 shent, with the other cities and pro slnces Of the Netherlands. was seY- cred from the Spanish crown ln fa- 'or Of Isabelle, daughter of Philip D.. who married Albert son of the emperor of Germany. Louis XIV, took he city in 1878. but soon aiterward { .estored 1t to Spain in the peace of