Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-12
SOUTH TYRoLEsE ALPS
 OBJECTIVE or MANY POINTS Some of the LoveIiest Places In Eu-
 rope are. Rsinq Battle Scared.
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Especial to The Bulletin.)
 Washington, D. C.. Oct Ii.--Among the winding ribs Of the South Tyrolese Alps. upon whose borders Italians and Austrians are again engaged in their nge-old mountain warfare. are con- cealed some of the loveiiest places in Europe" according to a bulletin just issued by the National Geographic Society. South Tyrol. at present the most ghastly of the battle theatres was preeminently a paradise for mer- ry-Eekers. vacationistgy tour1sts on foot and in motor cars, mountain climbers and for seekers after health Its popularity had steadily grown. un- til It became a serious rtrsa for inter national patronage with the Riviera, and with Switzerland
 The soaring xigzag way of Stelvfo Pass and the~serpentfne Mendel road are two foremost examples of the many famed routes for automobile mountain climbing in South TyroL Some of the more beautiful thorough fares in Switzerland are not open to motoring tourists. and elsewhere in Europe's mountain country there are few such excellent mac7dam roads to be found as those constructed by Aus tria- On many stretches along these mountain avenues are long sections of solid masonry tunnels to guard against avalanches. In other places, the roads shelves blasted through the rock, creep up barren cliffs. and. beyond the out side rail of stone. the sheer mountain wall falls thousands of feet to the | valley below.
 "This mountain country breeds a sturdy people. The Tyrolese have been noted throughout all history foI | their fighting qualities From among | them AFfGfrfa hoe raNafrraA nf Aar great national heroes-Andreas Hofer | the George Washington of the Tyrol mountaineers- Hofer. however, wal betayed and killed before his country was freed from the invader.
 "Andreas Hofer. a man of powerful build. and gifted with a natural elo- quence. was a simpie-hearted peasant a Tyrolese innkeeper. Tot he beat with his undrilled levies, a veteran marshal of Napoleon's. Lefobvre. and that though his ts.ooo mountaineer' were opposed by 25, 5,00e allied Bavar- ians and French. The thrilling event, of Hofer's short military life followed Napoleon's transfer of Tyrol, loyal fo' centuries to the House of Habsburg to the King of Bavaria This was thl out anew in 1909. Hofer led the Tyrol csc to victory in three great battle against the Little Corporal and hi Allies And. while engaged irI freeini Tyrol and In ruling It for Austria. h drew ninety cents a day from tn treasury for his expensesi
 "The Castle of Tyrol. the origina home of the family whfch gave thi land their name, Is the cradle Of tn
 Habsburgs on the female side More
 over. a ruler of this castle, MarKare of TyroI, gave this broad land to tn |. Austrian rulers more than 500 year
 ago. in 1883. In the years which hay } passed since then. Tyrolese loyalty ha
 become proverbial.
 'Scnth Tyrol fs a wonderland O
 romance. legend and natural beauty !, 1t Is overspread with the softest c skies. and the air is now crisp wit cool breezes from the mountains an again suffused with a mellow Medi terranean sunshine. At the outbrea.
 of the war. South Tyrol was truly in ternational Americana. Frenchmer Englishmen. Germans, Austrians am
 Italians owned their villas and chat eaux here. or called some ancien
 Tyrolese castle shome'"-