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It's on ot the tiniest countries In the world, on of the happiest, one ot the beet raed an a one of the funniest, w world- - But not one In thousand, yftttor much as glances In that direction, for the chief attraction Is the ta "All they do Is sing The' men hoe a their gardens and the women spend their time being beautiful. What rot!" ltjsn't territoryand: most tn about But when you consider Liechiensteln, fXriiv these--n-- : i:- ', "What rot," they growl. "In these comic opera fends people never aeem' to worry about publlo 4btf, or tues, of service In the army, or wars, - 4r anything that ordinary m.ortl have to worry , - for, this is the' IHUf that boasts bf'Moni par !o. the world's greatest "gomhilng isort. r"" Monaco covers- - an area Sf Ahojt eight square mites. A greetVrtne fortification aurrounfllng' thT?)flhce'r palace in Monta Carlo wis constfurt--eIn Uli and Is regarded $USi f f the finest examples ot masonry It SM K T swwL ' . . The rmallest of of - ' toumeti Of comic- - opera plots. .Li. igsg;faaioll . " ' -- I- Monaco, for a new- comic opera, with singular bDndatsi overlooked a comic opera land al- noat Kt ' their own d6ortep-- lh Independent principality of Xlechteneteln. iour frumpy old men, when dragged to the let -i BTRAUBS, J ffl xM-'r- x From Lehar. 0kt nd all tht reit ot that famous band ; 9t VlenoeM walti kings, when they were eek , r ? AUSTRIA : i THE SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1925. X j f Princes Alfred and Karl gov-- , . , Ss" .. .ji fSXf aav . It also has the hrlir to th ht$-iace"n ver' v Prince throne, Frjtnr. JI Both are old bachelors. When Hjey die" the ' was attained. tVm ha nnr. mnra appeara rnnnng urroundet by high mountalnsJLIechtenstejn 'to'iitrtTffor wmn'p3g men and once more was visible to his loyal sub- faaoa -THE OLDEST BEPI BUC 7 . Many ot the prince of the various lints Jhuve . Jwts. It aitehds alongillghtbankjBt the. Rhine; old age of H, he is not serene the at San' "ferried into the oldest. anT proudest royal and Today, Mrlno's "greatest claim to TjttWs Castle, eppoalt the Swiss canton ot St. Gall. th father but tha grandfather of his pecp. princely families of Austria and Hungary. distinction IS this: It I th most eneast by the It la .bounded on the north-analt history th f during "free state-ILIVED IX GAY VIENNA HIS COINTRVS BENEFACTOR ly Austrian proving otrVorarlberg,-- - And oldest republic in all end smallest The first ruler, Johann the Fi.rst, grandfather He is not as rich as 'his ancestors. The war , deputation to the ruling house. This time the' dents in the comic opera' existence of this funny " " w World'. II miles long and abo4t six miles wide. In fact, of the present prince, didn't tarry much in Vadux. elder in Liechtenstein v. ...iTfK ... ha cat down his possessions and his revenues, ' i put it to their ruler' as Tittle state. area ..but total It II square Austria and Prussia went to war "with each hardly anything but one mountain valley, with an It was a dull little place and the first Johann a. reasonable proposition: ' ' just as it ha done with. plain folks. miles.' an had he one sided Liechtenstein ether. with Austria at area ot (1 square miles;", wasa, gay. young prince. jAnd.M j . our to are to and "We show down But an even Marino a still Yet lived you he has about San at loyal eager that, pulls Income ot about one million dollars a year, he and, declared war Cn Prussia. ' Bonce Its tnaln trouble is the spring freshets. fought its way down the centuries half million dollar a year. lomlty. Butthls thing of welcoming, you and. could afford to be as gay. as be liked. BISMARCK'S DISCOVER! But It his been an independent state, lying sine 350 A. D. mor Ihaa 'lDO' As bis own wants are few, he spends money on At that period in history Vienna was the magcelebrating your birthday and Jfcast days is an It contributed an "army"of SO men, & bugler , eutstd th troubled vortex of European politics, net Jthat drew all the young blade? Handsome expensive-businessyears. , -- . r bis little state. Government buildings, churches, cause marched to tha and and y. The little country wa founded lc,' a, captain they ; tor practloally two cnturlea." "T ' Johann joined the merry throng. roads, dike against floods, all kinds of things are Marinas, who later became it vChrli 'jTear pocket can stand it better than ours. bravely away to join their allies. And then one day his comic opera existence of Back in the 17th .century the Liechtenstelhs provided by him.' Hereafter we suggest that you donate a regular', : But they never got there." The Prussians beat tian Mint. He wat so persecut'' balls and parties in Vienna was rudely Interrupted Were oh of th great noble famlllee of Austria,' One of. his last benefactions was to supply in his nath'e Daimstta 'that tie ;ne annual aum for such expenses as welcoming the stuffing out of Austria en the field of Sadowa come had eomlo delegationwhlch opera Their family tree ran back and back into e. very by money, to utilize the water power of the little " across the Adrtatio tp, the'l'cllfyl!ei soon was two between and the peace etc." proclaimed etc., fireworks, state arches, of Liechtenstein. thither from his loyal country. , 41m past. Rimini, where he lived many years big states. The deputation, without much hesitation, exSo as Id, so done. Aloyslus came across in a The result la an electric light plant which gives ' Hi persecutors found hlnrigalrt Tbsy owned Immense estates and had very large The Liechtenstein army marched back to Vadux, plained to Johann that they did not object to handsonj the peoplewho want It electric light . at the and air manniir, and a national crisis,' was " i .tltne, liit again' he - Revenues. their wheretb Thi "day:Bre being ruled by him. Trofound'Bowa on both sides. .... cost of $1.25 per ear per lamp. averted. of - Monte Tltnev the' .fastnesses', 80 IU 80 liked More bows. brass martial gwry In fact- they rather helmets, ' Tbelrmen were handsome and many wer Cotton and weaving mills, saw mills and other where he lived .in, bi And then way backrnTt85S-JoysJusdie- d end grlin.Vw But theyobjected to being tSxed for the privimuskets, bnpglBr'fe6i,.fMcyw.catain'a Industries have bean started and are run by cheap tain .hiflltrg' blac for or dashing soldier. was succeeded by his son, the handsome Prlnc rniwy mort- " eword and the untarnished and undefeated red and ' lege, especially as their liege lord was enormously current.electric . In lSjtt and in 1711 the head of the house ot ' years. : blue banner of the state. rlch.l Johann opined that - sounded reasonable. Johann the Second. -nd.rcrownmg fcumorou touch, Prince Johann 9t the. he.iriit, aUecbtenatelrfbought the feudal rights in a moun-Uto more come, But there wns Fiften years later the mighty Bismarck, having Like his grandfather, he found Vienna more en- has connected his big mansion in Vienna with Moltta; Tit n4;j. )Hibiti valley, .from The citmted' denuaii was .. a, big empire, going through JVadux by o special. telephone line. 7 , '. TlIcTng tnan Vaaue, THEABMH)F U MEN on whose' aetata b mountain some papers one day, when to his horror he dlsTh consequence is when the of the fopl "who' inhabited this country Vera mainly And that brought about Comic opera delegation tinder an Agreement with Austria, Johann had gave ttrtO' JBatimis, bellen ;h ' covered that Prussia Was still at .war. ant noted for their longevity and their good three? "Once again a deputation went principality need cash they can get' It quickly. to furnish to the federal forces of the Austrian would found a monastery.',- , f. " And Prussia was. the leading etateot the GerAH they have to do is to call up their prlnca and to Vienna, onoe again they barged In on a fine teok. Instead be founded a rtpubllo enipire an army ot SO men and a drummer. man over had. .Tha Prussian Statesmen empire. how teH to him hire much one end demanded th of expect ear up. pony they again thia they, party The' army the world's first and amallest, might just thought deputation I . ;' ropcLATioNOFtm looked the fact that they had never declared a . . , as well be 'raised elsewhere and allow the men - their lord. NO P0VERTI, fiO RICHES LIECHTENSTEIN ODDEST . They spoke German but peace with Liechtenstein. - , ' " legend says the lan-- , ot Liechtenstein to remain at home, occupied with", A BLSINESS rROPOSITION ' It is. In Liechtenstein, however, in a state. ilka this on doesn't expect Naturally " 1381 So to in a, he minister wa one hastily dispatched a rude sort of Latin. , less dangerous but more profitably jobs. fettag They put it to him a a man who knows " th and it Is indeed consplouou where customs, from th American by It the little state. A treaty was formally signed, any poverty Joltann didn't crack a smile. But he made a' value of a thaler. " For that reuon it 1 supposeoTthe origin of the absence. .'.: ::f.. - Tinf pf view, are thoddstHer was the disbanded and the army inhabltantjVer. if he cam to Vadui attd lived there part ofiv- Iforeverera'A rV'tiO'Trery Hch people" Neither are "the peopl. are" less interfered irjth itesent peopl was really Roman. They celled great speech: - released fnom liability, to- - military service;; ivll .listv compared wlr thehonorlhAj"ear-l- t "What 4s- Would draw tourists and tourist lea' ' ther any very poor. ValUa S Puleis-j-by th. government than In any 6thr weef Valley. lr eeltoy . of ruling over you? you are right! I will tax money. ' KEPT HIS FACE HIDDEN ' V ' They are tn tha main aolid, subetantlai, church-going- - Jl country In th world. was Anstwaros mis corrupted Into Vadut, you io more. .- - ".' If he remamed in Vienna few tourists .would In, the great wnr of -farmer. Liechtenstein Te- ' Thl ' peasant Godfearing . ountry ruler, Hce hioh is today the nam of th capital town of ." "As to the' army, come Jo thInkof It, why come, and his loyal people would suiter. mained a haven of peace! and quiet and after the And Vaduz s inhabited by equally aolid, sub- . Johann. spends moot Of hi Urn h littl ftat. "should El of my honest Liechtenstein exchange Johann the Second was as generous as hi tors' war her only troubles went to keep out the horde' stantial The principal' product of away from home, yiennaj .Tha the honeat and useful spade for the sharp and bears. He agreed to live in Vadux for a time each The country' has 900 Inhabitant and Vadux ot hungry persons who waWii ta 11 In what Liechtenstein, mr th crops of th farm, and ', inhabitant enjoy not only a itifh. sword? ' dangerous . liotldl BOttia'UM of theee. . seemed to them Utopia. year. mum ot rui but entire embroidery. "Go n peace end dig your potatoes. I will seek What' more, he thought It up to his people to Is the final comic opera, tune the But there Is pne ton of tragedy in this other- -' Andhere Sa recognition of the' services of th family to ' from military service , and,'; direct . my soldiers elsewhere. take more part in their own government, eo In, wise Ideal little places, . i Ux"-- : principal source of revenue 1 the. sal of postage ' , 1 m Austrian mplrt their "valley purchase was Tn Hue time thla hint Tirlnn mthArA tit Via 1861 he gave them a ready-mad. constitution. Prince Johann was stricken, stamps! , years ago Many within 8tepplng th border' 'of eVchued by Austria, as a separate ad lndependeiSt fathers and was succeeded by Prlnc Aloysiu th Under thia Liechtenstein ha a parliament of 15. with a very sever form of eczema. II eonsid-ereThe little state gets out quite a gaudy set and Liechtenstein, ' with its ' 60 quart Hat to be called thereafter Liechtenstein. First. To welcome him the people put up a Three are' named by th ruler and 13 elected by " it so marred bis looks that he refused to apth form la often Changed. . mile of territory and lO.OOOIrihabV triumphant arch and gave grand firework .." v. , And all th rest of Europe followed Austria' - ' the people. . the result that stamp ooUector th world tants, la llki turning back th pear In society. paces s And th JU?ptey their prlnc" pays of history a hundred salary as well as. V H entertained his friends, but they sever saw over eagerly seek them. tts years' .SECOND DELEGATION those. oTthrj chancellor of the excheauer. the fcim.tH rematnM uatifcl lHlnl vmn. nh. i A""1 th Llechtensteiner equally as arnestlyvpeaBant-4ypeia:T-ikri- f Tip v; So prolific 1 th princely family that today thai chief5 JusUc, th And all Was mefry a a marriage bell unt-aand the chief served tWr'Tf"1"; ll UtVnTginr comer. Far more slriv t pleas by serving-allj"' squet probabh.. to all Kurr--. are four princely line. rfUArj. "VSWtXCll' .the bill cam forester! In kronico and keptMself .lnviaibj.! afi '" t.h . I prent-ru!a- r f iTheiensuedTtKs Tsecond, treet aejsj(t,flMj H2i ; " ':r'f-Lff'ff.;VY': " "V ri ;::-.'..f':r'::::f-:: .' 7;K'.v,v; jX C MOUNTAIN ST VALLEY Weprt - : - .- . Austria, cradle of Liechtenstein Mbedlini - . . 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