New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1918, Page 5

CONNECTICUT GUARD COMPIEGNE Gity Wherew Burgundians Took | § Joan of Arc Prisoner Compie most important ity alor f the attempted advance ermans on the | §§ Novon-) idie front | i Situated on the southeast hank | | of the River Oise, just a mile below its confluence with the Aisne, the city of Compiegne, with a population of 7,000 at the outbreak of the war, is 2 miles by rail northeast of Pa Quentin railway, of Amiens, and 2 west of Soissons most interesting cities in this part of I'rance, having n known as Compendium in the s of Clovis, Its autiful loca- tion, on the northwestern fringe of the superh forest of Compiegne, made it a favorite country residence of many French mon on the miles south 5 mil t is one of the which contains more and is 38 miles in circumfe for centuries a preserve. “It was Louis XV who commis- sioned Gabriel to build the magni- ficent palace which is still well pre- served, and it was that monarch who | here welcomed Marie Antoinette, the ill-fated daughter of Maria Theresa, | to France when at the age of 15 she became the bride of the dauphin, the future Louis XVI It was here that that other Austrian princess, Marie Louise, spent her brief but happy honeymoon with Napoleon T. As an evidence of the Emperc fatuation for his bride (an inf: tion which caused Metternich to write that *he is so evidently in love with her that he cannot conceal his feel- | ings and all his customary w. lifoe are subordinate to her there is still to be seen in the p: surrounding the palace an iron trellis which he ordered built to remind the 19-vear-old empress of her favorite trellis at Schonbrunn. This incident is reminiscent of the devotion dis- playved by the Babylonian king who | built one of the seven wonders of the world—the hanging gardens—in order that his bride might not be without her native mountain scenery even on the plains of the Huphrates. “It was at Compiegne that one of the saddest episodes in tory occurred—the captu of Arc by the Burgundians in followed by her martydom at stake just twelve months later in Rouen. “Before the war Comp industrial town of consider vortance, its chief activiti being boat-building, vope-maRing, distilli and the manufacture of chocolate machinery, sacks, chemicals and hat It also carried on a thrivir river borne traffic in timber and coal, ana | its asparagus farms were “In 1814 Compiegne 5,000 acr ence, at royal hunting s of ne was an e im- PLACE OF LEGENDS Hero of Arahian Nights Said to Have Founded It Tabriz, where the Turks are re- ported to have committed outrages inst the Amer 1 consulate is ibed in the OWing war 20- society from its Washing- ters “With a population of 200,000, Ta- | one of the most important ‘-m.wf in Persia, Teheran, the capital, is the ¢ only dominions of the | Is it in =ize eantifully situated in a on the river 'Aji, which the s=alt lake of Urumiah 35 miles to the west. Altho arently surrounded by mountains, Tabriz has an elevation of more than 4,000 feet and the climate in winter I8 extremely severe. A City of Tradition. “Hundreds of springs and fountains water thousands of beautiful gardens In this ancient city which for cen- turie enjoyed a deserved repu- tation as a health resort. Indee tradition says that the place was tounded by Zobeideh, the wife of Harum-al-Rashid, hero of the “Arab- | lan Nights'. According to this legend, Zobeideh came here to uperate | from a fever In the vear 791, and a €ure was quickly effected, thanks to the salubrious climate, hence {he name Tab (fever) riz (poured away), or er destroying.’ As a matter of istory, however, Tabriz was in Kk At the beginning of the | occur 7 B four centurics befc the j to northwes distance of 360 | world war it wis occupicd hy & Furk- | prosperity, tor at &bout thiy time the | briz is with Russia. Its chier imports ‘Mo Deautitul Zobeideh | ioe | ish but rsequently the | population of the cily is said to have | are cotton and woolen tissues. Up to the time of: the completion ar buildings of dnter- | Russian forces -took _possession | reached 000, | and tea.” f a railway through the Caucasus{ ¢ iz, © has suffered from | : % e “Of the three hundred mosques of | 5 e the imnprovement of transporta- | t ck of ents the ruth- | Manyali st auskes {hiion the olty hoastsionly ore dbberves The Chance for Latin. tion facilities on the Caspian Sea, T les: s of 1 conquerors. It hag “Man has not piayed as great havoc | special mention It is the (’:mmus1 (KFrom the Boston Her briz was the emporfum of Persian| been held' at various times by the| with the building of Tabriz, however, | Blue Mosque, so-called because it is| The study of the c trade with the West. Now, however, | A . the Slojacks. the Mongols, and | as have earthquake Tt has heen | covered with blue tles. Tt dates from | {dent Neilson says, * most of ite trade has been diverted to | the Turkomans. Fersia took it from | visited many times by auakes, the | the 15th century andis now in ruins | plight.” Ihe real imous, offered a stern resistece to the Prussians, and in the Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870-1971 it was one of the headquarters of the army. “Now and for all time to come Com- piegne will be dear to the hearts of rench people not hecause it was a favorite residence of Louis XV Touis XVI, Napoleon I, Louis Phillppe, | and Napoleon Il but because on Christmas Eve, 1894, there was horn h Georges Guynemer, ‘Ac ot | Aces’, the foremost airman of ance, who before his tragic death the age of 23 had won every honor that his grateful country could bestow upon the matchless defender.” savings are indeed much greater. furnishings during this semi-annual CLEARANCE SALE | BARGAINS Thousands of dollars saved for the people of this community now. 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