Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-03-03

turesque Elizabeth, empress |
of Austria, built upon that
lovely island, Corfu, the Villa Achil !
leion. And here just to the west of
northern Greece, that restless royal
soul was wont to "steal awhile away"
from the irksome royal etiquette of
the Austrian court and invite her
SOUL" Then wretched anarchist shot
her in Switzerland and presently the
kaiser acquired the delightful Villa
Achilleion as southern residence.
Nbw that the allies, who have occu-
pied Corfu, have decided to there re-
habilitate the Servian army the charm
ing little island is again in the public
eye. writes F. Maude Smith.
If you love color, go to Corfu.
Corfu, like all Greece, is simply
bathed in light.
Under certain conditions the noun
tains are lilac, deepening to rose and
crimson, the fields violet, with salmon
pink, purple, ochre and cinnamon, all
melting into each other. Over all is
"a sky miraculously blue"
Though separated only by 8 strait
from Greece visitors usually come
across the Adriatic from Brindisi, en-
barking in the evening and seeing the
island next morning. Others come
down from Fiume and Trieste. One
may simply stop as long as the ship
Is discharging and taking on cargo,
galloping over a part of the ground,
or one may "stay over" which is, Of
course, the better plan.
In fact, most of us, after once get
ting ashore at these lovely eastern
places vow never to leave, thanks
to the confusing noise and insolence
of the boatmen Vino convey passen-
gers and luggage ashore.
The Island and the City.
Corfu (Kerkyra) is the capital Of its
namesake island. Very irregularly
shaped it covers 277 square mil and
/ contains something like 115,000 inhab-
itants, over $4,000 of this population
being in the city of Corfu and it's sub
urbs. The safe and spacious harbor
on the east side, next Greece, is lively
with shipping (they export olive oil
and few years ago imported chiefly
Russian grain and English manufac-
tures). There are ruined fortifications
of course, the Fortezza Vecchia to the
east of the town and the Fortezza Nuo-
va to the northwest. Originally the
town was inclosed by a wall, SO the
streets are very narrow and the stone
houses four and five stories in height
March, April and May are the ideal
times in which to visit this, interesting
island. October and the first half o.
November are also very pleasant, but
the summer is very hot and the win
ter is noted for sudden changes o
temperature and heavy rains.
In the Odyssey one comes upon Cor
fu under the rule of Alkinoos, the an
clients identifying it with the Phaea
clan island of Scheria.
The Corinthians in 734 B. c. estat
Iished a colony here and the infant s.
flourished as to menace mamma. Il
665 B. G. they fought a battle, tn
now grown-up offspring (called Coz
cyra) being victorious. A shrewd co
ony, she did notsshare in the Persia
wars because she was waiting t
throw in her lot with the victors-
Indeed, it has been case of wal
war, war, with Corfu In 229 B. {
the Romans took possession, but o
the partition of the Byzantine empir
by the Crusaders in 1905 A. D. it fe
to the share of the Venetians, VIII
were replaced by the kings of Maple
from 1857 to $780, The Venetian
took it again in the fourteenth Gel
tury. The Turks made two tries for
(1537 and f716) and the French Occl
pied it from 1907 to 1914, while frol
1915 to 1863 it formed with the otht
tonian islands q Heptanesos (sevel
island state) under England's prote
lion. In 1858 Gladstone was sent r
extraordinary commissioner to consi
er the grievances of the people.
1853 the English yielded to the
sires of the islanders and consente
TO their incorporation in the kingdo
of Greece.
Its Beautiful Gardens.
Having been released from the Do
ana (custom house, the visitor mt
stroll eastward to the royal pala'
built by the English) and to the Spi
lata (esplanadel that is from the ne
.ortifications to the old ones. Contin
ing south we come upon the stra,
marina, where the sea and the moo