The Winslow mail., 1915-04-03

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 war to end and afraid to go home
stay away. With conditions they are Mo-
declared for war. The people flew to arms
in the hopes Germany would be beaten, the
business at Monte Carlo could thrive again
Now that Monaco, the smallest principality in
the world, has declared Germany, San
Marino is shaking it's fist at the kaiser. San
Marino Is dot of SO square miles in eastern
Italy. It's quarrel with Germany is the result of
the kaiser's protest that the San Marno wire
less station intercepting his messages
San Marno, literally is mountain and three
little villages. It's total population is 110O0.
Jefferson City Moberly would make more
populous nation 1t has railroad, the visitor
having to ride four hours in diligence from
Rimini, Adriatic resort city
The founding of San Marno is somewhat of
myth The local tradition is that Marinus,
Dalmatian stonecutter, fathered the nation in the
fourth century. He working on a 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 it's independence
In the seventh eighth century it's monastery
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 Marino appealed to judge in Rimini,
who held that it independent nation and
therefore no taxes could be collected. Italy has
never tried incorporate the republic in it's realm
True today Italy maintains the San Marinan
gendarmere and medical staff, but the republic
turns in enough revenue to the kingdoms treas
ury to recompense it.
San Marino is proud of it's claim as the Oldest
republic All around its 33 miles of frontier one
can see monuments marked Italy on side
and THE Republic Of San Marino' the other
But while it claims to be a republic, it is an oil
garchy in fact. The government is grand coun
Gil of 60 elected for life in equal numbers from
the landed propretors and the bourgeois. The
council elects its own members when vacancies
occur An inner council of ~ chosen from the so
forms kind of senate. 1t has two presidents
captains regent as they call them. They are
elected every six months at grand public gath
erng The main for the frequency of
those elections is that they the principal
amusement the citizens have.
There is only one level spot in San Marino
That is a plaza in front of the national palace
It is used as a parade ground for San Marino's
citizen army of $50 men and 3S officers. San Ma
rinos army is not a professional one. It's SOL
diers all make their living at some other occupa-
ton. Thus the commanding officer 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 Marino has
diDlomatic force of II consuls. Three are in
Italy, one in England, one in France and the
others in neighborng countries. Their only pay
is fees San Marino once thought it would send
a 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 way to