Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-03-26

This winter there are still games played in
Monaco, but the greatest athletes are with the
colors. This winter there still plays In the
theaters, but the actors are fighting and the
actresses are nurses. Visitors still come but
they are few. Some American tourists are there
hoping for the to end and afraid to go home
or stay away. With conditions as they are Mo-
naco declared for war. The people flew to arms
in the hopes Germany would be beaten, so the
business at Monte Carlo could thrive again
Now that Monaco, the smallest principally in
the world has declared war Germany, San
Marine is shaking its fist at the kaiser San
Marine is dot of 38 square miles in eastern
Italy It's quarrel with Germany is the result OF
the kaiser's protest that the San Marine wire
less station was intercepting his messages
San Marine, literally is mountain and three
little villages. It's total population is 1000.
jefferson City or Moberly would make a more
populous nation 1t has no railroad the visitor
having to ride four hours in diligence from
Rimini, an Adriatic resort city.
The founding of San Marino is somewhat OF
myth The local tradition is that Marnus,
Dalmatian stonecutter, fathered the nation in the
fourth century He was working on gateway
at Rimini The nearest rock quarry was Mount
Titanus AS a reward for faithful work Marinus
was given the mountain, where he established
refuge for Christians. Since that time San Ma
rino has maintained its independence.
In the seventh or eighth century its monastery
was turned into fort. Many invaders marched
by without attacking the republic. For one rea-
son. it was difficult to, attack, and for another. it
had no wealth to attract the conqueror.
Once a pope attempted to collect taxes in the
state San Marine appealed to judge IN Rlmln1,
who held that it was an Independent nation and
therefore no taxes could be collected. Italy has
never tried to incorporate the republic in It's realm
True today Italy maintains the San Marinan
gendarmerie and medical staff but the republic
turns in enough revenue to the Kingdoms treas
ury to recompenSe it.
San Marine is proud of its claim as the oldest
republic All around its 33 miles of frontier one
can see monuments marked Italy. on one side
and THE Republic of San Marino' on the other.
But while it claims to be republic it is an oil
garchy in fact The government is grand coun-
ell of so elected for life in equal numbers from
the landed proprietors and the bourgeois The
council elects its members when vacancies
occur An inner council of II chosen from the so
forms kind of senate. It has two presidents
or captains regent, they call them They are
elected every six months at grand public gath
ering The main reason for the frequency OF
those elections is that they are the principal
amusement the citizens have.
There is only one level spot in San Marino
That is plaza in front of the national palace.
1t is used as a parade ground for San Marlnos
citizen army of $50 men and SO officers. San Ma
rno's army is not professional one. It's sol
diers all make their living at some other occupa-
ton Thus the commanding oficer OF the army
is also librarian of the national library and
professor in Belluzi college
The people generally work in the quarries and
do some hillside farming. As the expense OF
maintaining the government is small taxes prac-
tically amount to nothing. San Marine has z
Diplomatic force of II consuls. Three are IN
italy, one in England, one In france ana the
others in neighboring countries. Their only pay
10 fees San Marine once thought it would send
! consul TO the United States. Not that it needed
one here, but it was happy thought that the
Oldest republic should be represented IN the
largest republic The captains regent OF that
date investigated the matter. They saw way to