The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-26
My a little over a dec,

ago the Deautltul anu PIC
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 a wretched anarchist shot
her in Switzerland and presently the
kaiser acquired the delightful Villa
Achilleion as a southern residence.
Now 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 m%iraculously blue"
Though separated only by a strait
from Greece visitors usually come
across the Adriatic from Brindisi, en-
barking in the evening and seeing the
island mex 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 n 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 who convey passen
gers and luggage ashore.
The Island and the City.
Corfu (Kerkyra) is the capital of it,
namesake island. Very IRREGULAR.
shaped it covers 277 square miles ant
contains something like $4,000 inhab
itants, over $4,000 of this population
being in the city of Corfu and its sub
urbs. The safe and spacious harbo,
on the east side, next Greece, is livel,
Will oAslpplh5 AAASg SAPSAN ~
and a few years ago imported chief.
Russian grain and English manufaC
tures). There are ruined Notifications
of course, the Fortezza Vecchia to tn,
east OF the town and the Fortezza MUG
va to the northwest. Originally tn
town was inclosed by a wall, so tn
streets are very narrow and the ston
houses four and five stories in height
March, April and May are the idea
times in which to visit this interestin
island. October and the first half c
November are also very pleasant, Blu
the summer is very hot and the wiz
ter is noted for sudden changes c
temperature and heavy rains
In the Odyssey one comes upon Co,
fu under the rule of Alkinoos, the al
clients identifying 1t with the Phaei
clan island of Scheria.
The Corinthians in 1874 B. C. estal
lished a colony here and the infant S
fiourished as to menace mamma. l
665 B. C. they fought a battle, tn
| now grown-up offspring tcalled Co
| cyra) being victorious. A shrewd CO
ony, she did not share in the Persia
: wars because she was waiting
throw in her lot with the victors.
Indeed, it has been a cas- of wa
war, war, with Corfu. In 229 B.
D the Romans took possession, but @
J the partition of the Byzantine empil
by the Crusaders in 1905 A. D. it fe
! to the share of the Venetians, wi
I were replaced by the kings of Maple
from 1867 to 1880. The Venetian
took it again in the fourteenth ce
n fury, The Turks made two tries for
Q537 and 1870 and the French occ
pied it from 1907 to 1914, while fro
1915 to 1863 it formed with the 9TH
Ionian islands a H~eptanesos (seve
t island state) under England's prote
e ton. In 1858 Gladstone was sent