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Center of Prussian Stronghold 2*** THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. JNEW YORK. SUJNJDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914. KOENIGSBERG, STORM CENTER OF PRUSSIAN STRONGHOLD to supreme commercial importance on founded by Duke Albert in 1544. the coast of the Baltic. Where the Famous in connection with this his- caravans of the medieval traders led toric seat of learning is the name of Modern and Ancient City of from the plains of Venice or the val- Immanuel Kant, the founder of mod- leys of Northern Russia, in these days philosophy, whose immor- that were inevitably coming were tal remains peacefully rest in a lit- seen the wide running lines of steel- j tie tomb near the cathedral. During Kings and the Sentiment laid tracks of the railway system of the course of his lifetime the great Eastern Prussia and Russia. Com- philosopher never found cause even merce received anew impetus. Koe- for once to leave the bounds of the nigsburg became anew city. Prussia ctiy of his birth. Like Socrates, who That Surrounds It. regained its Hanseatic capital of me- never left his city of Athens, Kant dieval days. confined his study, in fact the rou- Koenigsberg has been looked upon tine of all his life’s duties, within as the impregnable" fortress of East- the walls of Koenigsberg. Daily he would go his rounds from his house the terrific and splendor of this capital city was ern Prussia. Alone on the hilly along the streets of the historic city storm center revolving in its further heightened when, in 1525, the banks of the Pregel, it stands as the second capital of Prussia surrounded to the university grounds, never de- vortex the power of Kaiser Duke of Prussia established in this viating KOENIGSBERG, by its line of fortifications. once from his direction, never city of his palace and and Czar! Guarded by her kings royal con- loitering for a second behind the ducted the affairs of his domain from stubborn fortresses the an- regular schedule of his coming and thriving trade-city. Modern Koenigsberg cient captital of olden Prussia has the center of this going. Whenever Immanuel Kant fought a long struggle to preserve her Not Like the Ancient. thus passed through Koenigsberg the venerable history of German culture Royal House of Prussia Koenigsberg the modern does not city of Koenigsberg knew it could and Prussian chivalry from the sword retain marks now set its clocks with infallible mm many of the Koenigs- ac- UHOSKHOtO \ / ) of the Slavic invader. Sat There on Its Throne. berg the ancient. The gloomy little curacy. The memory of this great- '■ M||||||| ... -. ':M | [| u { .) M! L[ ' • Koenigsberg is old, as old as Prussia est of philosophers, who critically For over a hundred years, well into quarter of Aldstadt, with its long and Itself—certainly older than realms of the house the seventeenth century, the royal narrow streets and overhanging scanned the the entire uni- of the Prussian rulers. The Altstadt, verse, seen and unseen, the walls MASSIVE house of Prussia sat here on its throne. houses, might suggest perhaps the from ENTRANCE TO FORTS AT KOENIGSBERG. the dilapidated medieval quarter orig- of the City of Kings, is forever bound From all quarters of the country on days of the old Hanseatic market town, inally forming the bounds of the city, up with the history of that city, for The “Steindammerter,” one of great towers gates encircle the the week of the market fair W'ould but the other innumerable quarters of seventeen and monumental which grew up around the castle built in 1255 city roomy, he is known already as the “Sage of flock caravans of merchandise. From the with its broad streets great fortified city of Koenigsberg, in East Prussia, captured by the Russians. y~ by the Teutonic Order, on the advice Koenigsberg” to the of the all corners of the continent, in the and dwellings of modern convenience, historian of the historic warrior Ottaker II of present day. month of the royal Prussian corona- dispel to a disappointing extent the Bohemia, the king after whom the charm, tion, would gather the diplomatic emis- quaint of Middle Age dusk Koenigsberg is replete with museums, place was named. In olden bygone capi- saries of European courts. Koenigs- that lies thick over the other Hansea- educative schools and libraries—a WIRELESS TELEGRAPH NEW WAR FACTOR days, on the soil where the city now tal of culture. It is the real City of berg was indeed the king’s city, the tic towns of Medieval Germany. Only stands, was a little fishing hamlet, the market place of Aldstadt is like Kings, a typical German capital. In center of Prussian richness and splen- message known as Steindamm, which was de- us direct from Germany by a could, no doubt, be sent 180 dor. Not to say Koenigsberg did Koenigsberg of old, the rest of Koe- accordance with the German ideal of Takes the Place of Several isolated miKs or more. stroyed by the Prussians returning that way of the aerial waves flashed from during years nigsberg has passed before the on- monarchy, the city has been the cen- While the range is good, the dis- from the Crusades and rebuilt in 1283 not suffer, for all these, her high-power wireless stations and Koenigsberg coming of the new. ter of vast commercial enterprise that Tables and Wires and Aids tance to which messages eo'Jld be present site. As the centuries was compelled to stub- picked up by our own. sent has been object in con- on the The center of the City of Kings is had been spreading from the interior not an bornly struggle with difficulties caused Where the wireless stations are lo- so porta- gradually rolled past the bounds of the the old historic- of Russia to the farthest seaports of Armies and Navies. struction much as has been by silting up palace, the Schloss, cated on friendly territory the im- bility and of creation. As re- little settlement at the foot of the crag- the constant shifting and ease an extensive and imposing edifice, in- the Baltic. In harmony with the mense advantage to the nation con- gards the later point, any of the gy grew of the channels leading to its harbor, castle in bounds, until it in- closing a magnificent quadrangle, dat- dreams of the German rulers, it has trolling them as a means of instantly equipments can be unloaded, set up, and by the great Northern wars lhat GERMANS HAVE FINE SYSTEM. transmitting cluded other quarters .of Lobenicht ing back to 1255. In midst of been the home city of a flourishing orders and instructions and at work within fifteen minutes .of swept over the plains of Prussia dur- the. to troops and civil can be arrival, and they be taken down and the little island of Kneiphof, be- the splendid architecture rises lofty culture, a culture which has in at authorities can ing the seventeenth century. In spite a realized. Especially valuable is the and packed in even less time. As re- coming a collective seignory of no mean tower shadowing the little chapel in least one instance raised the mind of of these difficulties this plucky Hanse- No Longer Depend on Telegraph and service in connection with the control gards portability, a horse will easily importance. The tradesmen were in- which Frederick I was crowned King the nation into great prominence in of the battle fleets. Without touching carry an outfit of average range, while atic city made rapid steps forward Telephone to Transmit dustrious, the crafts regulated by the of the Prussians in 1701. A century the ultimate history of civilization. Messages at cable stations or waiting for in- a long-distance set can be carried by conscientious discipline under the energetic efforts of its in- structions conveyed by dispatch boats four bourses which also carry riders. A of the guilds and a half later—in 1861—the found- In agreement with the general policy In the Field. prospered, and the burghers were given dustrious burghers and the military and messengers, without even coming pack-horse and a man between them ing of the German Empire was cele- of the German Emperors, this City could take of the lager sets a rights and in the course of power of its royal leaders. within sight of shore the commanders one privileges brated within the walls of this little of Kings stands also for the “mailed of the warring fleets and battleships distance of thirty miles in the twenty- by neighboring interesting Wireless telegraphy as a means of time the prince, who An story could form the chapel with the coronation of Wil- fist,” for militaristic send and receive their and four hours. invulnerability,; communication between armies in the can reports was forced by dire need or was im- tale of Koenigsberg’s history. Welded liam I. This was the seat in the cen- for Koenigsberg is a naval and mili- instructions from the source which >s It has been recognized that it might field and as a source of news from be necessary to take an outfit into a pelled by his own toleration to accede into a single great city by the Emperor turies long past of the Teutonic tary fortress of the first order. Its directing their movements, and can the beleagured countries to the other hold the scattered units of the various position where neither horse nor to their demands. Frederick William I, the municipality knights. The course of centuries has fortifications are the result of sixty motors could pass, u,nd the German nations of the world is getting its squadrons in close communion with The plucky little city in less than was left in Eastern Prussia to bear seen many alterations in the general years of constant labor and planning.
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