The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-12
kocmgsberg :
Facts Of PolisI. and Prussian
History

tsEa aShi1gtO1i April 4.-EOeniS>-
berg, where homefotind Polish ::o..l1s
from France nls5 land, rather 'iiisn
risk dislut banees with the Germans
al Danzie, is described iii the fo;l'':"-
,l.e bulletin from the Nationsl Geo
sra piiic Society:
fed city l5Fing on both sides OF the
Pregel River. less than i've mi!sa
from the t,riscile HofT, and more THAN
3UG miles northeast Of Berlin- fh!s
separation from The center of Tic
empire influenced the. hi.sfotv~ nf the
city and of East Prussia CT which it
rs the capital
The oldest OF the th:'ee towns
which wsre merged to form KcenlE3-
Berg. .Sistadt, was built around The
castle cf the Order or 'ieutonic
Knights during the thirteenth cen
JuryF Two hundred years later the
Grand Duke Of that order took up
his abode there, and for a hundred
Feafs the Dukes Of Prussia lived
there
This Tsutonic Order is worthy OF
Study for The light il throws on 20
lands present claim OF East Prus::aii
territory 10 furnish her an outlet Oh
the Baltic Tie order wa. founded
during the Third Crusade. led by
Ears5arcssa By the fourteenth cen
tiiIy It Held sway over hall a fiu,i-
dred cities. thousands OF smaller
places and embraced about 1000. 600
persons All virtually were German
colonists upon Polish territory. Ma
Erienberg, gust cut OF Dan1iS, was
the capital. IN that century the Poles
and Lithuanians united against the
order and defeated its army OF q mil
lion men, inf1icting loss OF 10000.
Thus Poland reco--ered some terri
tory and ezac1ed tribute from The
rest.
Cities remaining within The order
soon rsvol1ed. and paid Frederick
| III 1000 sold forms for a scrap CT
paper containing guarantees which
were cancelled when the order PAID
over Ewice as much. Ihereupcn the
cities Appealed TO Poland ior sd
west Prussia vas conquered ana East
! Prussia was left German island
surr rounded by Sia-s. and by- The peace
! Of Thorn became zubjscr TO Poland
efforts like that Poland no,5 i
making TO find an outlet TO the sea
are as old as nations, nor are tley
peculiar to Europe american colo
nies experienced similar anlhir ions
Erie IS the Danzig Or Koen1Esbers OF
Pennsylvania. and, II you examine &
map OF that State You viii note, IN
the far northwest corner q triangle
which forms Pennsylvania: corridor
to the Great Lakes.
To get that concession the KeT-
stone State had a vigorous, though
bloodless, struggle with Massaof,,-
setts and Connecticut. with the ~,
tive indians, and 1inaily purchased il
| through The newly created Fedora
government AT IS cents an :lcrc-
/ $50 G4G225 IN all a fair price Tor {
! good business corner III Erie CT TO-
day.
TO return to Koeniasbers-th.
first site Of Alstadt, having been De
stroyed by- the Prussians, the toWl
was rebuilt on its present location Il
( LIE west VI ltIS CSSIy ILCSDf-IIt!l
grew UP along the east bank and the
third part Of the city. Kneiphof, de
| veloped on an island The three
towns were united in 1924, by Fred
erick William l.
In Frederick William, father OF
| Frederick the Great. are 10 BE- foun6
some eariy manifestations Of PfuS-
/ sian traits Coarse cruel. ana ms
erly, Frederic operly ayowed bis ha
/, tred OF 81 things French and preacia
cd that CerYnanv must have Il cnlturt
all her own He fouted all &clenct
that did hot haze a practical use. h
| forbade Germans TO wear any bu
made in Germany clothes, and he
imposed heavy duties on imports II
ala other German industries.
Under the pseudo simplicity OF
the tobacco parliament . nickname
for the group Of officers statesmen
ana diplomats who gathered evenings
to smoke, drink and harangue about
| politics, Frederick developed a con
/ cepIion OF absoiutisl1l which was IL
be more fully exeniplified III his son:
req . He ostentarionsly discharged
/ all but one of ms Queens ladies IL
| waiting, and carried a heavy sticl-
when be walked through the streets
with which he belabored those who
| seemed TO be idling.
Frederick I and William ] were
crowned Kings OF Prussia at koenis's-
berg Kant, the philosopher. who
/! was Born and spent his life here is
buried IN The cathedral. Th, ci!E
was both q navai and nulitary fort
! Before the ual' IT was industrially Iin
portant ana bad :, population about
equal TO that OF Providence, e l.
It was famous Tor the manufacture
| OF the sfTeetrneat nnarzipan.'