New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-02
THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR.
CELEBRATING TO-DAY THE FOkIlElh ANN
yERsARY OF HIS ACCESSION.
FEATURES OF HIS REGINA STEADY MAH0h
TOWARD LIBERALISM.

danube one OF the most interesting states OIL huiVpo
Since France has been forced mo eonpSi"'No f"'s
ness BY the overwhelming defeat iron '"o 0
Austria has taken tho place of the .eniant 'eriip"
in the European concerto. students oi meuao'"' '
tory will smile at the nickname thus offered TO one d
az. o,dost rmnircs on the Continent Austrian rulers
vorc German Caesars hundred years ago, and TIC
foundation Of the Ostmark. the future Austrian EN-
p,re was early recorded in historic annals but 'he
modern era has altered the rank of the EMPIRE anu
while II formerly of the foundation stones o.
conservative monarchical principles 1t Is CONSIDERED
,odav nv such statesmen as Prince Bismarck the dan
corous point for the European equilibrium. Since
Nanoeon's thesis of national states has been adapted
as general principle by the nations OF Europe peace
has left the Austrian Empire. Not less IMAM
seventeen tongues spoken within IT, seventeen
different naonalitcs in fourteen provinces. all are
Jealous Of their national rights and yet pouhu 10 ooeS
the command OF the same ruler
There is no more intense national hatred on any
spot on earth than there is between the three million
Czocbs of Industrial Bohemia and the two million Ger
mans of tina. province; or the nine million Magyais
NJ Hungary and tho four million Germans OF old Sic
phan's kingdom; the two million foilsh peasants
and the same number of German Jews in Oallcia; or
,he Italian South Tyrolians and the free leu'ohic
rnopntaspeers of the Tyr0l. between the saVohahs
and Croats or the RuhenanS and Polacks- InooSS""'
IS the clashing between these natonantlcs III 'o os
jslarc and It is the Pan lavonic and The fah-"vra
tende ncies of the different tribes WHICH C""'""' '
great European danger alluded TO above No"'m
s,a,d,,r the eyer present peril the Austrian Empire
SIN looks with tranquility TO a future apparently I'M
disturbed That this is true is due to the man VINO
today celebrates rare anniversary III an i'npcrI"'
career
Francis Joseph born August Is lo3o' III
Vienna lie inherited little from his mother. the
Hawaiian Princess sophie. Yet the almost despo'c
Influence which this strong minded and intrigue loVlhS
pncess exercised over him gave to his character The
subducd determination which the Emperor owes
his success in his difficult walk Of life. princess 70
phc always had the reputation of being woman Oh
boundless ambition. A peculiar similarity OF nina
and character may be traced between the present I'm
prcss Dowagcr Frederick of Germany and the la'c
mother of the Austrian Emperor
1t was not said the cradle of Francis Joseph tha
he would be Emperor some day. His father 'he lalo
tlchduhc Francis Charles played an insgnihca am ro'
Al the court Of Ferdinand the Kindhea ted an lnslS
nlacancc. by lhc way. which he always MeserNo'
during bis whole life. after his son became En-
pcror lie was the embodiment OF HapsburSlan DC
ncvocncc he hated to NEEDLE In politics. ana Only
once att acted public attention during his whoN ca
rcrr This was when he left lschl at time wren d
visit Of the Emperor william of Germany was eX'
pcotcd. because he did not like the OLD man. hu'
the Princess sophie gave severe and syS'e"'a'"
education 10 her iistb bonn, and 1t could early be seen
that >hc had great plans for his future
Francis Joseph was brought up In the Theresanium
Fa>iSut a college reserved only for the cream OF INC
arstocfatc youth OF Austria All the great statesmen
and soldiers produced Icy the Empire wore the manu-
some uniform of ThcrcsiaEists in their youth. just
p Francis Joseph wa graduated and ready for life
there revolution In the land OF his 1ocia'he's'
The year lSf-. the great year of the revolution
oiou>c! political storms in the state never eve"
drcamf Of before
Tie FmIcror Ferdinand weak man. Tie
fcd 10 Omutz. ard now came the opportunity thc
Prince. so1bic had long waited for She induced tie
old FmIcrcr r. sigh ia favor OF her cdeSt SUI
Fraucis Joseph. lie nineteen years OLD al thl'
time arl when he returned TO Vienna after peace
was with dicu!tc restored, Tho people of the metopo
Is saw young. heaIdlcss man "a their new ruler
lie was not exactly a handsome mar. The heavy
HANGING IIa.sburgai, undcrip was the most prom
pcnt feature in his face lie could compare Wit!
the ideal manly beauty Of his younger BROTHER the
unfortunate Archdulc Macmillan, who was then the
fsvorli, O. tic people and later met such uagic
end iA Mexico.
In the first years Of his reign It can be authora-
tyrly stated aLougn he fac |, generally recorded
I'm history his mother. 'thc Princess sophie lmI| helu
the icns of government in ncr own hands II was
She who accomplished the reaction Ihcugh hef
advice Robert Blum aad othcr IcvouiioniSis met
shameful deaths at the muzzles of Government guns
\ general cxoGu5 Of liberty loving men took place
America at this time. received good share Of the
nnlrani,. Her iron hand indeed welded the
secure of Austria during ths years OF reaction.
perfect military Gordon AID system of detectives
those famous sptzcls" 30 hated by The popuace.
watched every action OF tie citizens and suppressed
The slightest arpioach to any liberal movement. The
cases numbered hundreds where respectable citizens
wee thrown into dungeons and never returned TO thcr
families because they had dared to make derogatory
remarks concerning the young EmTcror'' iron rule A.
This time q sensational attempt upon the Emperor
He was made by Joseph Libenyt 1t was or February
H. l-53 Tie Emperor reviewed his troops on the
schrnclz when the young hungarian suddenly broke
through the masses, sprane upon The Emperor seized
him by The neck and attempted to cut his thioa
with a heavy butchers knife only the iron buckle
which is attached the uniform Of Austrian officers
saved the Emperor Count O'Donn;l ard citizen
seized the wolld-bc assassin and delivered him to
the police he hanged the next day.
Those years are the darkest period in the Empcror's
lie Eut # must be said to his honor that he was
entirely innocent Of the crimes against liberty ana
Justice p,rpetraicl in his name. His time taken
MP almost entirely with numberess amuscments.
The notorious Count Gruennc Obclststallmestcr was
engaged 10y the Princess sophie to take charge OF
Tie numcl Gus fancies of the young sovereign But
although his early years were orclbly miscailled ne
proved 10 be an excellent character on reaching man
hood. In AIril 1854, the Emperor was welded TO
The Princess Elizabeth Of Bavaria who, II Is said was
at the time one Of the most beautiful women ever
on a throne. He was welded is said advisediy
because IL was the will Of the ArchducheSs Sophie
that the marriage should take place. The first part
of the EmvcrOr's marital life was very happy
Elizabeth in the blOOh Of her youth, most az
comp,hcd woman. The Crown Princess Gisela, now
the wife of Prince Luitpoh Of Bavaria. and Crown
Prince Rudolph were born.
The Emperor, in the meantime had gone to the
front against Italy IIc proved to be personally
brave soldier and possessed of that most necessary
of virtues for a sovereign nowadays the faculty OF
submitting to the advice of men more experienced
than himself Admiral TcGethOh. in the celebrated
battle of LISA, splendid victory and It's splendor
shone upon Francis Joseph.
From this time begins his slow but determined
emancipation from his mother When once emancpatc'
Francis Joseph what be termed a liberal
monarch OF course, the idea of Apostolic Majesty,
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