The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-09-06
.HE territorial division of north.
ern Italy known as Venetia Is
fertile region whose blossoming

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fertile region whose blossoming
plains are dotted with numer.
rus cities famous as centers Of great
historic interest and custodians Of art
and architectural treasures Of incalcu.
liable worth.
Venetia Is the rear boot strap OF
the italian peninsula. It juts far up
into Austro-H hungarian territory, at the
head Of the Adriatic sea, and Is bound
ed on the south by the Adriatic and
the territorial division of Italy known
as Emilia, OF which Bologna is the
principal city. The southwestern
boundary Is Lombardy. Of which Mi.
Ian Is the metropolis. II has IN area
about equal to that Of the state OF
Vermont, but Its population Is ten
times as great, says IA bulletin Of the
National Geographic society.
Among the noted cities whose liter.
ary shrines, historic buildings and won
derful art galleries are endangered by
the ~far-reaching iron fingers of war
are the great Mistress OF the Adriatlc,
Venice. once the seat Of the most pow,
crful republic In the world Verona,
treasured In the heart of the English
reading world ut the home of litera.
lures greatest lovers, Romeo and
juliet Padna, also a familiar name
to the Shakespearean student; Vlcen-
za, rich in Palladio palaces; Udine. the
military base for Italian operations
on the Isonzo during the drive
toward the Austrian port Of Trieste,
and that delight of artists. Chioggia,
the chief fishing port of Italy.
Delta Land OF Many Rivers.
Venetia Is largely delta land, having
been formed by the alluvial deposits
brought down from the Tyrolean Alps
by numerous rivers, including the two
largest w~atercourses OF the kingdom,
the Pc and the Adige. The lower
reaches Of these rivers flow through
extensive plains where levees are nee
essary to prevent frequent inunda.
lions. In this section the Pc has a
fall Of not more than a half-inch to
the mile. Naturally this silt soil Is
extremely fertile. producing large
crops Of wheat, maize, rice. tobacco
and chestnuts, together with mulberry
leaves for silkworms.
Many Of the towns Of Venetia are
manufacturing centers, the chief prod
ucts being glassware. wooden. silk and
cotton goods, paper and candles. Vene-
tian lace has become so widely known
as almost to have lost the geographic
significance Of Its name.
The territory derives Its name from
Venetl, the tribes which inhabited this
region during the early Roman days,
When the barbarians poured over the
Alps, and Atilla sacked Lombnrdy, the
people Of the interior fled to the Adri,
attic coast. taking refuge on the low
islands which cluster around the
mouths Of the numerous rivers. II Il
to this hegira that Venice owed the inl
tinl impetus for its rapid rise &c
power. beginning In the fifth century
Her fortunes finally waned with tn,
discovery Of the Cape Of Good Hop,
route to the Far East, in 1886, thi,
ocean lane TO the Orient striking Q
fatal blow at the island city's su
premncy as a trade center. A larg,
part Of the Mediterranean traffic wa,
quickly diverted to the Atlantic sea
board. establishing England's doml
nance as the worlds greatest com
merce-carrying nation.
In 1897 Napoleon gave Venice ant
II large part of the contiguous terrltor!
to Austria. The city and provlnc,
were Incorporated as n part of Unite'
Italy In 1866. after the defeat Of Aus
tria by the Prussinns on the field q
KOniggratz, In the "Seven Week
War"
Bassano an "infant" City.
Bassano. one OF the picturesqu
towns Of northern Italy, with abou
1900 people, IL situated on the turbu
lent Brenta river, 20 miles east u
the Tyrolean border and 30 miles mort
OF Padua.
For sentimental rather than STRAIT,
gle reasons, the Austrian forces woul
b" overjoyed II the fortunes Of wa
;hnuld cause Bass;.no To full into theI
'nds. for n was before this city tina
."l"On achieved his first signal su,