The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-02

IldlHcu part Ol NGSIS1H IIulopS. l. was then conquered and recon quered by various tribes until 91O, when the Croatian Kingdom was formed. Before this time the Croats were organized on a partly military basis. They were people whose chief pursuits were agriculture, war, and hunting.
 Under the Croatian King, the Croats became a maritime power and even for time, eXacted tribute lasted nearly two centuries, is con sidered the golden age of Croatia.
 Craotia came under Hungarian supremacy in 1091, and remained Hungarian until 1926 when it was captured by the Turks. Under Hun garian rule, much power was left to the Croatian nobles, a turbulent and fanatical class, ever ready for civil war, rebellion or campaign against the Bosnian heretics.
 The Turkish occupation left little permanent impression upon Croatia. The Turks made no attempt at col onization and the continuous wars in which the Turks were engaged left no time for the introduction into Croatia of their customs.
 At the peace of Carlowitz, in 1897 most of Croatia was ceded to Aus
 tria, and the remainder was surren dered in 1718 by the treaty of Passa- rowitz. The Austrian influence pre- dominated throughout Croatia dur ing most of the 18th century. In
 1909 Austria was forced to surren-
 Ter large part of the country to Napoleon. It remained a part of France until 1913 when it came un- der the Hungarian crown.
 In 1S47, Croatia was made an Austrian crownland. It remained under Austrian supremacy until it passed, again, to Austria in 1867.
 Ten years later an agitation was started for Greater Croatia" in cluding Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's activity resulted in riots which were quelled with difficulty
 A petition, opposed by both Aus ria and Hungary, was proposed in 1906 by Agram favoring union of Croatia with Bosnia and Herzegov. ina. It was feared that this would create a too formidable Slavonic nation.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Under the Roman rule, Bosnia had no separate name or history
 and until after the Slavonic immi- grafton in 636, it remained an un differentiated part of Illyrania. Bosnia was divided between the Greek and Latin churches and was | subjected to various religious con. troversies. At this time three dom mate characteristics in Bosnian his,
 tory are noticed: The strength of | the aristocracy. the corresponding weakness of the central authority, | enhanced by the lack of any definite
 rule of inheritance and the supreme ! influence of religion.
 After a period of Hungarian su-
 premacy, the Bosnian kingdom was established in 1876. Bosnia became maritime state and the ruler dreamed of founding an empire
 stretching from the Black Sea to the
 Adriatic. When Tvrtko, the ruler of
 the Kingdom when 1t was at the summit of it's prosperity. died, the Bosnian Kingdom entered a period of decline
 After the fall of Constantinople, in 1453. the Bosnians were left de- fenseless against the Turks and in
 1461 surrendered. Herzegovina sur rendered in 14S3 and save for the district of Jajce, most of Bosnia and Herzegovina were under Turk ish rule. AfNer 65 years of resis- tance, Jajce fell in 1928, consummat ing the Turkish conquest
 The Turks plunged the country nto a series of wars against Aus tria, Hungary and Venice which last ed for three centuries.
 Then about 50 years were spent with internal wars against the Chris tians. A Christian rising in 1875 involved the whole country and the Bosnians and Herzegovinians held out against all the forces the Turks could despatch against, them for a year Finally Montenegro and Serbia and year later Russia. joined the struggle against the Sultan.
 At the treaty of Berlin in 1878, the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegoy- ina by Austria Hungary was author ized. Until 1882. the Austro- Hungar- ian occupation resulted only in in- insurrection. Then the administra-