Charles then rose from his seat, and leaning on the shoulder of the Prince of Orange, because he was unable to stand without support, he addressed
Why Charles V Abdicated
Charles had been attacked early in life with the gout; and, notwithstanding all the precautions of the most skilful physicians, the violence of the
What the Augsburg Diet Decided
Such are the capital articles in this famous recess, which is the basis of religious peace in Germany, and the bond of union among its various states
Why Charles V Convened the Imperial Diet
The members of the Diet readily agreed to Ferdinand's proposal of taking the state of religion into consideration previous to any other
Lion Attacks Livingstone
Growling horribly close to my ear, he shook me as a terrier dog does a rat.Continuing Livingstone's African Discoveries,with a selection from his
“So Ends Finland.” To Rise Again After World War I
In November of 1909 the Finnish Diet was dissolved by a ukase of the Czar. Since then the Russian Government has been passing decree after decree for
Power Shifts from Finland’s Government to Russia’s
The attempt to curtail Finnish constitutional liberty has taken different forms. Early in 1908 the Russian Council of Ministers, over which M.
Finland’s Constitutional Rights Before World War I
The arbitrary and corrupt Russian bureaucratic regime little by little forced its way into the country, while Finlanders watched with bitter
Russia Begins to Assimilate the Finnish People
The desirable abolition of the customs cordon between the two countries is bound to give a powerful fillip to the growth of commerce, which is the