Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
ACADEMY STUDENTS HISS AND CHEER

Slater hall was filled to its capacity on Thursday noon when tie whole stu dent body of the Academy assembled
 to listen to 3 lecture given by ". "; Ellsworth of Hartford; on the history of Germany. it's hesinHiag and growth, The lecture was illustfntea with in -teresting slides showing tbe maps of Germany from medieval times up to
 now; there were interesting pictures of Berlin as it is today. and several amusing cartoons by Rosgnal4eF. on whose head the kaiser has placed Q price. PietuEeS of Admiral Dewey, President Wilson and Ksr7nit Reose- vet. who. as a representative young Anlericaa, has given his life for the cause, brought forth great applause from the scholars, who, as patriotical- ly. missed tlaa kaiser
 Mir Ellsworth, wile showed a wide an intiglate knowledge of his subject is writer and manlper of the cen- turs Publishing company
 He spoke iT. part as follows: A broad ard fertile country for @ hundred years, the Franks and Saxons had occupied the territory of Germany, when suddenly the Huns. With Attila st their head, appeaFed and took pos- session carrying all before their saT- age assaults ai1d committing eg1slties, which their descendants today are
 more than eInuiating- gradually. the
 empire broke up and great changes ensled. There was no Prussia in the year 800. In the 7th and 5Ik centuries, Arabs crossed over and conquered this country.
 A few years later, great Charle- 1 magne. having Fe-establishe6 the Fape Of Rome, was proclaimed emperor; After his death Germany was divided among his three grandslIs, and 350 years later, cilriously enough, France and Germany, who are no.4 the bit- terest of enemies were united under 1 one emperor. Tn the siege Of 1906, 1 battles were fought ovo" the same 1 territory, where great victories are
 nov being won by our allies ia this preseht war.
 Pgussia. makes its first appearance ! in the year. 110e, which was also the
 year ef tlle first Crusaders.
 Tn 12G0, Pr9ssia was practically ruled over by a body of men, calling 1 themselves the TeHt0uie Knights. Their mower continued to grow for l several centuries.
 Then came the hundred year war, !! when from 1e3e to 1858, Joan of Arc did her. inspiring part, leading the French srmq to victory and cfowning Charles VII King of France in the wonderful old cathedral at Rheims the most beautiful gothic structure 1 in the world which. now liee in ruins. FFein being eRly a smali duehy, in i66a with fine ann exaticr of l3ran6en- l burg. Prussia began growing rapidly,
 An army of sere06 soldiers represented the martial force at that time.
 Frederick the Great WIS made king in i74Q, reigning for $ years and then, PT-Issianisr11 took a long step for yard, Frederick tha Great was ideliz- cd by his nael1, and ruled with auto
 sFatie power, ever many crowned heads
 At the close of the ISth century Prussia included Sllicia among it's properties and Poland, which next te
 Prussia was the largest country in 1 Europe was then divided FTP between Russia, Prussia and Austria and has heen practically wiped of the map 1 ever since. though her people have IReveF given up their own language Or the hope of being free some day. l Napeleon, the greatest military genius of the world, then comes on the scene. Rising from an obscure govern ment clerk to a position in the srtil- lerE at the front in France, he be came literally master Of Europe and the whole world for twenty years, Nc leader ever inspired men 10 such con | fdenee as Napoleon. At the height et
 his power tfe boundaries of France
 ext ended as far as Hamburg and Ma
 Eles. All the kings and rulers were
 his relatives, placed in positions oi
 authority by him.
 He changed the map of the world
 l several times, and ruled for q perioS
 ! Ta y,s,4 ed Central Europe constantly adding tC
 French tergiteFy,
 Tn 1859, Napoleon Third once nors made war on Austria, and 1t was after the battle of SoIfcFino. when A0,eGi men were siaughtefed Inat the ideS of the Red Gross was born.
 1884 marked an important epoch il German Industrial life, as the law )'of trade without duty was then pass. ed.
 . William, tst came te the throne Q Prussia in5y 1881, >and proceeded to turI , the country into. a military training , camp.
 Bianark vas then chancellor. 4 man Of iron determination, wfs l achieved all! his .ehjacts,. taking. eTe. 7 Denmark and making war on Aus , tria. He realized th2t another va; must come tC weld togethNT the Ger } man states. Followed the Franco . Prussian war; when. France. holdin! : lout for five months, was finally fore | ed to her knees. paving an enormou sI indemnity and losing Alsaea-LorFaine
 After this war, Prussia contained 40 , 000 900 peapl,. Emigration had neEe r been encouraged by Germany; the, ' had no need of colonies; the whol 3 world was the market for their goods Germany was jealous, nevertheless ] tef all the splendid English colonies ! and complained about being shut oi 7 ffrozn the freedom of the seas D. = Great Rritain, In 1900 Germany de | cided such supremacy in ,thetr Eng g fish cousins should not be allowed an g F years later. over the subject 0 g Morocco, another war was very near