Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-17
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Limburu..

"Dutch"7 Limburg, that portion O. ancient LimburE- which Belgium seek: to, have Holland restore to her be- cause it will enable her to fortify hel frontiers more strongly, is described in the following bulletin from tht
 Washington headquarters of the Mt tional Geographic Society. That portion of Limburg now rul- ed by Holland lies east of the Mouse is smaller than Rhode Island in area. and has a population slightly less than that of Detroit, Michigan.
 'Limburg's cheese is famous, though its significant history is almost for fotten. Its name, applying to con
 siderable area, dates back to the elev- enth century and was derived from {,
 castle built along the Vesdre river on
 the site of the present town of Linn
 burg. ~>-
 For centuries thereafter the his- tory of Limburg was one of tedious disputes until it suddenly was iilum- mated by the exploits of John of Bra bant whose brilliant battles against of Lifnburg and Brabant Thus Linn burg became the beneficiary of that Magma Carta of the continent, known as the Joyous Entry, granted by John III, Duke of Brabant. The doc ument established a miniature league of nations among the feudaI states, pledging the rulers of Brabant to re- spect territorial integrity and to a referendum of axes, wars and Urea ties to their subjects.
 For a time Limburg was annexed to France; portions of it then fell to Luxemburg and thus passed into the German confedera tion. That section Of the original Iimburg now in con- troversy was incorporated in Holland by the London conference at the close of our Civil War. After the Belgian revolution, nearly 30 years earlier, it's chief city and present capital, Maas- tricht, adhered to Holland. The rest of Iimburg, including the area which now is province Of. Belgium, sent it's legislators to the Brussels assembly throughout the period of nearly a decade when Holland refused to rec ognize the independence of Belgium. ploit was its four months resistance of the siege of the terrible Duke of Parma. With small garrison as a nucleus. citizens and peasants from the vicinity resisted a veteran army of about equal numbers. Parma had miners tunnel under the walls. A 'womans regiment from the city scalded hundreds to death with show CTS of boiling water. Meanwhile men employed bellows from church organs \ ~<nean trenches. Then the wo- men, nicknamed mine mistresses',s hurled blazing torches of pitch upon the enemy at the, city gates.
 w DSU, dI6I a IeTTlI1C S1ege, the de- fense crumbled the citizens threw up inner Qualifications. They held out until. attacked as they slept from ex- haustion one night. a concerted at tack by overwhelming numbers in- vaded their last stronghold Red hot sand and boiling water deiuged them from their own roof tops. Even the age women and the children were butchered. About 5000 perished, and the city was p1undered.'
 
 Limburg famous, the bulletin quotes ! communication from William Wis ner Chapin as follows: Garden of Holland. Of the celebrat- t has long been a query how an ar and considered such a del md still retain its self respect This cheese responsible for many amusing incidents.
 A Dutch American rural citizen purchases, among which was some of l lis odiferous commodity. For con- yenience he placed it in long box n the wagon, behind the seat. Hap | ,ening to stop on the road an in, 1 ind asked what the box contained |
 '1n answer he raised the lid and eplied, I have my grandmother,
 Well rejoined the inquirer, as he | aught whiff of the contents, She's | ,ot in a france, '' -~.sf