New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1929, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 192. —_— ICELAND PIONEER IN POPULAR RULE Had Assembly in 930, When Despots Ruled Europe hington, Aug. 23 (A—Ten cen- with civilized Europe lying inert in the intellectual stupor of the dark ages, Iceland establish- Then, its founding went unheed- ed; now, the entire world will join hands with the homeland of sag s and Viking heroes to commemorate an event which time has reveal a “the most instructnve and intecest- ing phenomenon in the histery of the middle At holy Thin , site of the es tablishment in 930 of the parlia- . ment, or Althing, the one thou- sandth birthday of the oldest of all xisting national assemblies in the civilized world will be celebrated next June. The spot was selected by odd Vik- ing chieftains and is known as “the plain of the parliament” to some and to historians as “the cradle of political freedom of the world and of the self-government of all na- tions.” Steep walls of basalt hem in the plain, which is three miles broad and six miles long, and the fourth side opens on the greatest lake of Iceland, Thingvalla-vatn. . In the vast, natural amphitheater, & popular assembly was held each vear, all the heathen priests and LIy A \ freeholders being required to attena i > the sessions, unless exempted. e & Europe, when the Althing was es- . tablished, was in a state of feudal- = u ism, Christianity spreading out 7 3 ; its arms to convert the world R America’s shores had not felt the foot of the white man. 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