South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 327, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 22 November 1916 — Page 3

iHE SOU'IH BEND NEWS-TIMES viNoiY imrvrvn, xcmiMniTi; z?. inn

FRAWGIS JOSEPH S

LIFE EVENTFUL

Believed to Have Held Longest Reign in History Had Many Sorrows.

Th dath of l'ran i Jo-ph is a rmarkaM'- riiinax t th- lun list of trapflif-s in th IlajburK f.iniily a liM iin;ara!U.lJ ir any othvr ieiu-nin house in II :irjr. He diIn thf rniI.-t of th' world's i?rate.:t 'Aar. which he hims'If larpoly rotii.'ht a!out t-y Ills l-tr!riin;iti(m to av-nv' th aft of assassination of J. in hcr. th- Archduke FrunrU I "t rdi n;i nl. a thf- rtsult of an al-)-Ja SYrt'Lin -or. ;irary, while on .1 st.ite is;t to I'.-.-si.ia on June L'S, l 1 4 . Francis Joseph w.is m; yc.irs old ;it the tirm of Iiis k'.ith. He was horn Auk. 1. lS.'IO. He was only 10 e.irs old wh'-n he ücended the thror.c of Austria, upon the alnlkation of his tincle, Ferdinand I.. Dec. IMS, making his aftie rcitrn .- terul 'iver a period of ',s years, all hut the hrst 20 of whhh h was also npoMolie kint; of Hungary. It i-i flouhtful that if In all history

th-re ha hvn an actlv. authentiiatd r'iu'n that wax lon-rr. Tradition say.s a I'haroah ruled for -ars and there i.s the more r-dihl instant,; of Kameses II. H-sstrU of the Creaks, who.-c r-i ir n is renuted to haw oiverfi! years. Hut in rt forde history there certainly has 1 en no reiur of eUal duration t that of Francis Joseph. Fouis XIV. of France was nominally kini; for 72 year. He actually occupied the throne for little more than half a century. A closer rival, and the only on- of modern times, was Queen Victoria, who reigned for 11 years. Kept linn (irlp cm AfTairs. The at;ed monarch, although he had suffered serious inroads upon l.is health for many years past, was strong enough to keep a firm r ri p on affairs of f-tate almost to the last. There were repeated reports of a .-eriom illness from a hronchial affection, and frequently rumors of his death, which were proven unfounded, when official announcements were made from Vienna. Some of the reports asserted that his mind had hecorn- atf- ted through worry over the meat war. hut the truth of these rumors was not admitted. In Xovernher, F 1 .', on the occasion of a visit of Fmperor William of (lerniany to Vienna, it was rumored that Francis Joseph was ahout to make a possihle move for a separate pence, hut owint,' to the strict censorship in Austria thefe was no confirmation of smh h a report. The ultimatum of July 2.. 1914.

which Francis Joseph sent to Kintr I'eter of Sert'ia. denouncing the an-ti-Austrian propaganda in that country and demanding prompt punishment of the assassins of Ar hduk'.- Ferdinand, was supposedly dictated iy Francis Joseph himself and it was this document that directly precipitated the war now r.ivairiiitr i: "ope. Five days later, after Ser'-i : 'ad complied with all the tJemanc. with the exception of ;mrini; to allow Austrian authorities to enter Serhia to j-tamp out the alleged anti-Austrian conspirat ies, Francis Joseph declared war. In his manifesto of that date, July 2 he said: "The intricues of i malevolent opp'tnent coopel me in defense ot the honor of my monarchy and for the protection of its hnity and the security of its posses.-.ions to urasp the jword after Joni; years of peace. "The hope that Serbia would keep its word has not heen fulfilled; the tl. itues of its hatred "or myself and my house has alway- hlazeil higher. "In this solemn hour I am fully conscious of the uht.le significance of my rtsidve and my responsibility hefore the Almighty. I have examined and ueiuhed everything, and with serene conscience set out on the path that duty points." Most i:cntrul llHffn in IlKtnr.v. Aside from the great war Francis Joseph's rin was one of the most eventful in history. From his rmpeiial vantage point he saw the French mo'narchy ro down, the sec-

two oceans; to western defeat the two contin-

ond ernpir- rise and crumhle. the coriimutie üate hriefly, and the repuMic of lo.l.iy rise on its ashes; h- saw the Mack pinion- of thrt Prussian eai-'le tamped on ;he t' of the new lerman rrnpir iater to tower threatenin-ly ovr Austria itslf he saw the papacy shorn of its territc rial denesn. while ahout n hickerim,' family of pftty principalities was wielded into united Italy; he .v.is Spain, once the greatest of colonial powers, lose the last

of her dependencies in ne saw Japan opened civilization, and later spr.iAlin t'oiossus of

ents; lie saw the most ahsolute de-spoti.-ms Hu-sia. Turkey and Persia concede representation to the people; he saw at a di-t;:nce the Fnited States cement its federation with the hlood of a unat internecine war. and he saw his own hrothr pro that monarchy could not take new root on American soil. In his own country he faced internal discussions an. I external auiiressions from the moment he came to th- throne. I'.y the war of 1 "'' with France :nd Sarlinia. he was forced to cede Fomhardy to Italy; 1y force of arms and treaty he lost the iMichy of Holstein to Prussia and Venice to Italy; and hy the revolt of Kossuth. the Hunuarian patriot, he 1-arely escaped having his dual empire cut in two. Life On of Sorrows. I'.ut in huma- interest iiis peisonal sorrows overshadowed all. One after atuher they came upon him.

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57 STYXEISHQP ZSJi YIOMEN

In is.".:', tlrv list of tragic ini ider.ts i rrr-

I life. In w;7 his hrother. the Arch-j duke Maximilian, after three years

experiment as emperor of Mexico, jwa.s captured hy the army of the (patriots and condemneJ to death hy

ja co'.ut martial uhn.-v sentence was: ; executed not w it hs ta nd . r. s,' iuterces-j ! s:on in his hehalf hv the govern- i

j meiits of the Tinted States. England i and Prussia. j There foil -d the hurnin'-: to I death of a niece m Vwnna; a sitter J met similar fate in I'aris, and a

eou.-in drowned himself in Stahrenherp lake. Vet these were but minor tragedies in comparison with that which hefell the ancient house of the Hap.-hurs in 1SM when Kudolf.

the imperial prince upon whom the I

Austrians pinned their hopes, met) death in a mystery whi 'h to this day j

! is not cleared.

Craves hold the secret of that

laieiui nielli ui ii iiuiiun n'Up.1- in i

j Meverlin. There hae been a dozen J

ersior.s of what occurred. One j "true storv" n lates taat the crown ;

prince was struck dead by I'.altazzi, a llunirarian chevalier who loved the Ilaroness Marie Vetsera and who was frenzied hy finding- the girl and Prince Iludolf together in the castle of Meyerlinp after the crown prince

j had piven his pledge not to see the

f trirt asrain. Another thai the crown I

prince killed the uncle of the young

Ilaroness when he came to rescue her and that both of the youn? lovers afterward committed suicide. The truth is not known. Nophcw Pisupixvirs. Clouded in still deeper mystery, if possible, was the disappearance that same year of Francis Joseph's favorite nephew, the Archduke Johann Salvator. Heir to the throne at the death of Rudolf, he renounced all his imperial dignities and fled the country as John Orth, captain of a merchant ship, never to he heard of ai:ain. The next of kin. the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, who hecame heir presumptive, added a further burden to his uncle's heart by morganatic marriage to Sophie, the countess of t'hotek. It was he and his wife who were assassinated at Sarajevo in June. 1M4. P.ut it is doubtful if any or all of these reverses weighed more heavily upon the emperor's heart than the tragedy at Geneva, when the Empress Elizabeth. who had been called the most beautiful woman in Europe, was stabbed to death by :i man Italian anarchist, in 1898. True, she lon had been estranged from the emperor, but he had never ceased to respect and adore her. When a courier brought him the news of the crime he; exclaimed: "Alas, nothing can t.e spared mc, nothing." After each blow he renewed his devotion to the state, his only so

lace beins in harder work. He lab-!

ored prodigiously. He was beloved for his kindliness, his modesty, and recitude, and his hi.uh moral courage made it possible for him to hold in leash the Czechs, the Poles, the

Serbs, the JiiUhenians, and the Bui-j

Kars, who made up the mosaic of nationalities in his dual empire. Gossip dealt plentifully with hs private life, filled with romance and misfortune. It is related that his

mother intended him to marry Prim

hin

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cess Helena, eldest daughter of Duke . Max of P.avarLi. With passive indif-

ference the younjr - emperor agreed to his mother's wishes, ami set out to pay court to his intended bride. He pot no further than the park surrounding the duke's castle, where he spied a little jirl whose extraordinary beauty attracted him. He learned that she was Princess Elizabeth, younger sister of his intended. He resolved that Elizabeth should be his bride and so she became in 1S5 4. Flcvs to Ha aria. Tn addition to her beauty Elizabeth was highly endowed with tal

ents, but she found no welcome at j court. The emperor's mother wouM ' hardly countenance the match, and all of the Viennese aristocracy held J aloof from nor. Elizabeth returned scorn for scorn. Her enemies bore J her every tale that could wound her ! pride and estrange her love. At last j

they succeeded. In a burst of pique f

she fled to her native Havana. She came back, but the Viennese never

forgave her. They charged her with ! t

loving fox-hunting in Ireland better i

than her duty and preferred to re- I .

member her always as the absent' wife. I The estrangement widened. Th? j emperor was fond of pretty women J and Vienna did not lack them. The j empress grew more and more to J consider herself 'a dutiful sovereign j lady." and less and less a wife. The tragic death of her only son drew i her neater to her husband for a ' while, but there came a succeeding t period of stronger repulsion, and

thereafter she almost disappeared from the Hofburg. Then appeared Katharina Schratt, formerly of the imperial theater. By her tact and wit she succeeded in treating for herself a place below but beside the throne, never accorded before her time so openly and so permanently to any woman. Speculation as to her relations with the emperor was wide ard malicious. f course it found its way to the empress, and there followed an incident

wnien te-tihes to her uncommoji ! delicacy and courage. Nettled by the continual humllia- j

J tion of such distasteful scandal mon- -jirering. she devised a w;.y to end it. i I One day she took her youngest;

daughter by the hand, and, to the j immeasurable astonishment of her I

guests, set out to pay a

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on Frau Schratt at her country palace in Ischl. Allere üll the world

knew the emperor spent hours dail;. j iTh.it ended it effectually. It was im-! j pos.-ible to gossip before the em- j ! press about a condition which she ! herself had socially legalized by her i presence.

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