The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-28


pressed at the State Department that Maximi-
lian's life Will be spared, now that the news is
con tnat ne mas 81 iaen @ IntO Ene 0i
here, charges that the Imperialsts raised the
black flag and first executed Liberal officers,
and that he cannot control his under officers in
this regard. The Emperor will probably be
shot most certainly if he has fallen into Esco-
bedo's hands.
THE ARCHDUKE MAMMALIAN.
Ferdinand Macmillan Joseph, Archduke of
Austria and sometime Emperor of Mexico was
His father was Francis Charles Joseph, Arch.
duke Of Austria, and his mother Sophie Doro-
thea, daughter Of Macmillan /, King of Bava-
ria. Upon the abdIcation of Ferdinand, EN-
peror OF Austria, the Archduke renounced his
claim to the succession in favor of his eldest
son, the present Emperor, the brother of the
subject of this sketch. The abdicating Emperor,
IN giving up MS throne, unequeiiy dlvnded ms
Macmillan, to the detriment of his elder bro
ther, Such was the origin of the constant. and
at times very warm, differences which arose
Macmillan received his education at Vienna.
then, as now, one OF the gayest and most dlsso-
Lutte capitals of Europe. He did not, however,
indulge in the frivolities so common to the
nobility of Austria, but appears to have spent
great part of his youth in study and travel.
AT an early age he entered the navy of the
sailing about the Mediterranean, and visiting
all the adjacent countries-Greece, Italy, Mo-
At the age of twenty-five he was placed at
the head of what is termed by courtesy the
Austrian marine, and with a squadron visited
the coasts of Syria and Palestine. He went
also 10 the Red Sea, and took great interest in
the works Of the Suez M Canal, which were then
and spent fortnight at st. Cloud with Louis
Napoleon.
of Lombardy and Venice, and In the exercise
| of the powers attached 10 the position soon
Italians. This popularity was. however, dis
! Pleasing to ksancis Joseph, and In 1859 he was
courage and Needed administrative abilities
! while Viceroy IL Is related That he used to
quite alone during the Jetes and among the
crowd. and would never allow the police to be
one day at Venice, when the Italian mobiles
| had plotted to make a hostile demonstration
| against him on the Plaza st. Marco, he dis
| by tucking his wife under his arm and coming
| among them unattended, and on foot, with
| courage and frankness that disarmed every
one. Another time, just after Orsni's attempt
at Paris, his life was said to be also threatened
/ and his friends begged him not to expose him
| self; but he Immediately ordered his carriage
| to go to the theatre, taking with him Count
| Stromboli, to whom he said, laughing, IF am
to be blown up, 1T shall at least be IN good COM
Maximilian remained idle after his removal
| tian kingdom until 1868, when Napoleon de-
cided upon making eats,paw OF hlm IN IN
him by Napoleon in August 1868, and the
| diplomats were put to work TO arrange Tor
Nearly q year was occupied in this work,
| and 1t was not until the 10th OF April,
| 1854, that he formally accepted the prof.
| tered crown. By the terms of the accept
| tance he made a conditional renunciatton OF
| the right of eventual succession to the throne
| of Austria and an unconditional renunclation
| of his share of the family estates, amounting TO
| 20000000 of forms. The condition reserved in
| the renunciation Of the right to the succession
| was that such renunciation might be revoked,
| should Macmillan, finding his foothold in
| Mexico insecure, choose to resign, within SIX
years from the dare of his acceptance of the
| crown of Mexico.
The career of Macmillan as the so called EN-
| peror of Mexico is we'll known to the people OF
| this country. His first official act was to offer
| terms to Juarez looking to the submission of
| the latter. These were rejected, and then fol-
| lowed the past years Of war and bloodshed, with
| alternate success, and the present final defeat
| grafton and to develope the resources of the
| sonal sacrifices for the success of his cause.
pected,result, but IL is doubtful II he would have
| met the terrible fate to which Juarez assigned
him had he not issued his famous order de-
claring the republican President and his sup
porters bandits and outlaws
| The entire responsibility of his death Qf he
| has indeed been exeouted) must rest upon Ma
poleon, who first induced him to accept the
/ pToffered crown, and afterwards deserted him.
| Personally Macmillan has the reputation OF
| being q most accomplished gentleman and
| scholar. That he is kind hearted and humane
we are assured from the frequency with which
| he saved the lives of many unfortunate Libe.
rails who fell into the haneg of his generals, and
were COudomua1 q death