Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 312, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1918 — A Cameo Kingdom. [ARTICLE]

A Cameo Kingdom.

Prince Liechtenstein, whose frank utterances formed the most striking Incident of a peace demonstration held recently in Vienna, is heir to a principality which enjoys the unique distinction among continental nations of having no army and no compulsory military service. Prior to the AustroPrussian war the tiny state of Liechtenstein constituted part of the Germanic confederation; and was bound to maintain a quota of men for service in the federal 1 army, but after Sadowa Its force of eighty soldiers was disbanded and have never been revived.