Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-04-16

IN many respects the Austrian Ty
rol Is the most picturesque corner
of Europe, says Thomas O'Hagar
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 a most charming situa
ton. The snow-capped Bavarian Alps
stand as sentinels at its 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. In the
first place. there is more variety and
individuality in its people. Then the
proud Hapsburg line reaches so far
back and lights up the pages of his
tory with so much splendor and vi
cissitude Of fortune, that you turn
from the new realms of the earth to
the history-dowered castles of Aus
trfa which was great when Guelph and
Ghibelline contended on the streets of
fair Florence.
There Is probably not a 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 Dalmatian, the Pole, the Ga
lician, the Tyrolean-all these differ
one from the other. In the Tyrolean
the To,,fou opd th< Z At, -1.x q.
IL 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 ind in the Teuton 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 of the south
meet at Innsbruck and unite in a
pleasing harmony.
Known to Aneients az Rhaetia.
The Tyrol as an ancient realm
reaches very far in history. Together
with Q portion of eastern Switzerland
the Tyrol was known to Greek and
Roman writer's as Rhaetia. Horace
sings Of The Alpine Rhaet:a long
unmatched In fight" The Romans.
who were q most practical people. built
. road through the Tyrol as a thor.
oughfare between Italy and Germany.
Perhaps the most dramatic episode
or chapter in the history of the Tyrol
10 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 is
to the Tyrolese what William Tell is
to the Swiss and Bruce and Wallace to
every Scotchman.
It Is the time of the great Napoleon.
when his conquering sword CLEANS in
triumph on every battlefield in Europe.
In 1905 the Austrians were defeated
at Ulm and French army under Mar
shall Ney occupied Innsbruck. Then
came the battle of Austerlitz, which
shattered the power OF Austria and the |
treaty Of Pressburg. by which Tyrol
and vovarlberg were given up to Ba.
varia. 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 Hofer, an inn.
keeper Of Sandyland, in the Passer
valley. He forthwith went to Vienna,
the Archduke John, and
returned to his home invested with
full power as commander in chief OF
the national forces. This was in the
beginning Of April. 1909. and SO well
did Hofer lead his countrymen who
Hooked to his standard that before the
end OF April the Tyrol was again
free-except the fortress Of Kufstein,
still occupied by the Bavarians.