The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-24
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there were wars with them. Aus
tria's name did not make it's en-
trance into Polish history until COM
paratively late, but then Austria was
as an enemy.
During the reign of Boleslaw, the
king murdered with his own hand
st. Stanislaw, who had interdicted
all the Polish churches. Boleshaw
went to a chapel where the saint was
holding mass, and when his follow
ers were restrained by miracle
from the murder. Boleslaw himself
put him to death with his sword. He
was forced to flee into Hungary, and
for 200 years the popes refused the
title of kingdom for Poland, as a re-
suit of the murder.
In the reign of Casimir III,
called the Great, the martial pros
lperity of the kingdom increased
notably The principal towns, Dant-
zic and Cracow, to increase their
commercial Importance, Joined the
Hanseatic League, and the towns on
the Vistula grew in wealth and num-
Der. AT this time, the name of War
saw begins to appear, though it was
not made the capital of the kingdom
until about 1912.
Shortly after 1889 the Poles, un-
der King WyladsIaw, were seriously
beaten by the Turks at Varha, Bull
gari, and the kingdom was in straits,
even though Bohemia and Hungary
had been added to the dominion by
election shortly after Wyladslaw's
accession.
/ Sigismund II. (1548 to 1922
: lost the Palatinate of Polstock tic
Ivan the Terrible and Liconia to the
swedes. In his reign the Diet Of
Lublin closely bound Poland and
Lithuania. The throne had now be-
gradually encroached on the power OF
the king by the adoption of the pacts
conyenta After Sigismund H. there
: was an interregnum, and the throne
: was publicly offered for election by
the mobiles. The candidates were the
Archduke of Austria, Swedish
prince; Ivan the Terrible of Russia
and Henry of Valois, brother of tht
French king.
The French duke was elected, ant
signed the pacta conventa, which h,
' had no intention of carrying out
e He was one of the worst character
e his line had produced, and sharing
in the guilt of the massacre of st
i Bartholomew, came there unpopular
/ He had little love for his task, whicl
: was only to endure for five months
When he had private advices whicl
I told him that he was to succeed hi
!, brother to the throne of France. h
\ prepared a great reception, at whic
4 he was more than gracious to hi
5 Polish subjects than he had eve
q been before.
y When he retired for the night, h
d left the palace by a remote exit, an
Y rushed for France as fast as horse
G would carry him. He was pursue
t by Polish officials, and after he ha
e entered German lands, he parleye
! with them. He said in vague wa
n that when he restored France t
n tranquility he would return, prom
l. Use he had no intention of keeping.
After this the lot of Polish King
IS became even more difficult, prime
t, palIy owing TO the power of tn
II mobiles, and the small armies of re
# tanners each of them maintained
e thus preventing national unity.
n The greatest Polish generals, an
L one of the irst soldiers of the ag,
\ Sobieski, was made king in 167-
IS under the title of John LII. Durin
o his reign there was new invasio