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...Principality of Liechtenstein, a five-by-twelve-mile independent State in the central Alps between Austria and Switzerland, is dogged but slow. Back in 1866, when Liechtenstein decided to join Austria and go to war against Prussia, its Army...
Since Bismarck considered Liechtenstein too microscopic to list in the peace treaty, the Principality technically continued, and still continues, at war with Germany. This is the oldest and most peaceful declared war in the world.* It is also probably the most one-sided in history. Despite this disparity, Liechtenstein is one little slice or territorial pie with plenty of German raisins in it (over 99% of its population ot 10,000 are of German origin) for which Adolf Hitler has not yet developed an appetite...
Prince Max, although ardently pro-German, keeps his fingers crossed, has a passport which makes him a subject of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Last week he mobilized his villagers, his gamekeepers, his servants and his toddling infants, all of whom gave the Nazi salute as Lord Runciman arrived in formal black jacket, wing collar and black bat tie. Herr Henlein turned up in brown tweed coat, grey flannel slacks and white shoes. Present was the German agent known as "Princess Steffi," who generally operates in London. There she has been hostess to Herr Henlein and to Adolf Hitler...
Died. Prince Franz Paul I, 85, who four months ago abdicated as ruler of the 65 square mile principality of Liechtenstein, which snuggles between Greater Germany and Switzerland; at Castle Felsburg, Czechoslovakia; after a lengthy illness...
...Liechtenstein now becomes part of Greater Germany the inhabitants will almost certainly lose their most cherished liberty-freedom from taxation. The ruling Prince, having long footed the Government bills himself, discovered in 1926 a way to relieve the strain on his own diminished income. Watching the rise of confiscatory taxes on corporations, wealthy citizens in Europe and the U. S., he smartly invited foreign corporations and private citizens to incorporate in his state and pay minimum taxes. Since then these foreigner-paid taxes, small as they are, have paid some 45% of the nation's expenses. The Liechtenstein family...