Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-25

Il va ~ LhE Aaob% ptStutE cHuS SolhCi
| Of Europe. says Thomas O'Hagan
In the Detroit Free Press. 1t has,
too, beauty all it's own. Its chief
city. Innsbruck, which was known by
the name Of Innspons In the days OF
Caesar, has most charming situa.
ton. The snow-capped Bavarian Alps
stand as sentinels at it's very gates
This gives it royal setting. They are
Gods watch towers-~royal watch tow
ers on the earth
To many travellers Austria makes
greater appeal than Germany. III the
FIRST place. there is more variety and
Individuality in it's people. Then the
proud Hapsburg line reaches SO far
back and lights up the pages of his.
tory with SO much splendor and vi
ciEsitude Of fortune, that you turn
from the new realms Of the earth to
the history-dowered castles of Aus.
tria which was great when Guelph and
Ghibelline contended cn the streets OF
fair Florence.
There is probably not prouder
people in Europe than the Austrians.
But, OF course, In the Austrian empire
are many races-~many tongues, The
Hungarian, the Bohemian. the Croa-
tian, the nalmatian, the Pole, the Ga
iician, the Tyrolean---all these differ
cue from the other. In the Tyrolean
the feuton and the Latin meet, and 1t
Ia an excellent blending. When you
take. for instance. the Teuton of the
north of Germany. his character and
temperament are too hard and cold
and material to attract. Indeed, you
cannot find i'm the Tcuton Of the north
that warmth and radiation which
mark the men and women OF the Tyro-
lean valley. The climate. too, In the
Tyrol seems to be a blending of Italy
and Norway without the extreme ten.
denotes Of either, The strength of the
north and the tenderness o. the south
meet at Innsbruck and anite In
pleasing harmony,
Known to Ancien.s rs Rhaetia.
The Tyrol as an ancient realm
reaches very far In history. Together
with portion OF eastern Switzerland
the Tyrol was known to Greek and
Roman writer's as Rhaetia. Horace
sings Of THE Alpine Rhaetia long
unmatched in fight" The Romans.
who were most practical people, built
a road through the Tyrol as thor
oughfare between Italy and Germany.
Perhaps the most dramatic episode
Ny. pf, M. tn, A..
is that which centers around the name
of Andreas Hofer This chapter of
Tyrolean history Is known as the Pa
triotic war of 1909 Andreas Hofer IL
to the Tyrolese what William Tell is
to the Swiss and Bruce and Wallace to
every Scotchman,
TX IL the time of the great Napoleon,
when his eonquering sword CLEANS in
triumph on every battlefield In Europe,
In 1905 the Aus,rians were defeated
at ulm and n French army under Mar.
shall Ney occupied Innsbruck. Then
came the battle of Austerlitz, which
shattered the power OF Austria and the
treaty OF Presshurg, by which Tyrol
and Novarlherg were given up to Ia.
saria. In 1906 the Bavarians took for
NAL possession Of this new territory.
The Tyrol people rose against their
new masters, and the figure that |
stands out in bold relief in this ma.
tional rising is Andreas Hotter, an inn.
keeper of Sandyland. in the Passer
valley. He forthwith went to Vienna,
interviewed the A~chGtks John. and
returned to his home In, vested with
full power as commander In chief of
the national forces, Thh was in the
beginning OF April 1909. and so we'll
did Hofer lead his countrymen who
flocked to his standard that before the
end of April the Tyrol was again
free--except the fortress of Kufstein,
still occupied by the Ravartans.
But at this moment Austria gave
the command of the troops to Chas- |
teller, who. in a few days, lost all that |
Hofer and his peasant amy had won. |
On July s. 1909. Austria, ,anquished |
Mt Wagram. was forced to sign the |
of znaim, and In this con
vention the Tyrol was ignor ID,
Andreas Hofer. however. refused to |
abide by this convention. and. hidden |
away in an impeaetrable gorge. he /
sent from valley to valley his call to /
arms. A price was placed on the |
head OF the rebel. and as is always