Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-29
Geographic News
Bulletins By the
National Geographic Society
ABOUT TICINO

ABOUT TICINO
A major item of geographical news
arises from the accession of the Fas-
cisti in Italy because of Mussollni's
reported announcement that bis gov |
eminent will seek the transfer of the
Swiss Canton of Ticino to Greater
Italy,"
"Italy's irredentism, born in the
late seventies of the last century.
bore fruit when the Trentino region
came to her after the World War.
With that encouragement 1t is not
surprising hat her dream of uniting
Italians under the Italian govern
ment, should persist.
''Tfcino Is so situated and so pop
ulated that it could not well help
being the next place for the irredeu-
fist lightning to strike. This canton
makes a trowel-like thrust into the
saw-tooth boundary of northern
Italy-a thrust which becomes es-
pecially conspicuous since similar
Austrian projections were 1roEed out.
At The Tunnels End
There Is no gainsaying hat Ttci-
no Is thoroughly Italian in race, d
guage and culture. 1t is q question.
however, whether the Ticinese wish
to forego their hard won status as
a fairly autonomous unit Of the Swiss
confederation for government by
their home land. Across the Alps lies
Italy, for the southwark traveller
through the Simplon tunnel. To all
appearances the southbound pas
senger emerging from the st. Goth
| ard tunnel also is in Italy. The lit
tie town of Airolo has every aspect
| of the Land of the Madonnas' and
down the course of the Ticino rivsr
l 1nfn tho UnndarnTG Ea11nu nf nInn.
teous waterfalls, the Laventina, the
people, the scenery, wen the vege-
tation is ~distinctively Italian.
However, Airolo is on the north
ernmost frontier of the Swiss Canton
and after passing town after town
| which exert the spell of Italy, the
| traveller finds himself at Ticino's cap
| ital of three castles, Bellinzona,
where the st. Gothard line forks.
"Locarno beckons from the east.
only fourteen miles away, and Lu-
gano allures him to the south. Hav-
ing gotten this far into Switzerland's
Italian Canton, where American WIS.,
itors are few and Germen guests
| formerly were many, the wise trav-
eler would see both.
Lowest Spot in Switzerland
"Locarno offers the famous Con-
vent of Madonna del Sasso, with its
magnificent view along the Maggia
| Valley and acros the Maggiore Ike
This valley is one of the deepest in
the Alps and it's river gathers in the
| torrent waters from many tributary
wales. Being less than 200 feet
above sea level is a distinction in
the land of the Alps, in fact Locarno
can advance a tenable claim to be-
ing the lowest spot in Switzerland.
"Lugano aspires to a more TAR
reaching superlative-to that of &C.
cupying the most beautiful location
in Europe. Rivals T many for
that distinction but when n sub
mits to the spell of the lake-encir-
cIed Monte San Salvatore AID Monte
Generoso across the Lugano waters
he Is likely to throw discrimination
to the winds in unquestioning enjoy
ment of his hours amid such beauty.
If scenic determination figured in
politics the almond and the grange
trees, the meadows and the groves,
all shout aloud that the austere
grandeur Of the Swiss Alps have
here given way to the softer seduc-
ton of an Italian landscape.
Ticinese Founded Delmonico's
'"The Ticinese are industrious
growers of vineyards and gardens.
l IuClI CdLlO 10 a ~ q No
Rhode Island. Despite mountains
and glaciers they have two-thirds OF
it under cultivation.
Industry is so little developed
that men must farm or migrate, and
so many of them leave that ONE
are in the majority by several thou
sand. Sons of Ticino founded the silk
industry in Zurich ard established
Delmonico's in New York
Missing California messenger
with $4,000 was caught in Georgia.
That was carrying It too far.
It takes two to start a fight and
too many too long to stop it,
Who said Friday was unlucky?
William Vanderbilt was twenty-one
and inherited a big fortune on
Friday.
Closed autos and closed mouths
are becoming more popular.