New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-02
THE MISSING ARCHDUKE.
is THE AUSTRIAN HEIR PRESUMPTlVE
GOING IN SEARCH OF THE
REREI1 UAPSRI'RG


has given rise TO vast amount of speculative
gossip which chiefly centres upon the ruInOr that
the real object of his tour is TO discover the
whereabouts or ascertain the fate of his missing
kinsman Archduke John. Whether this rumor
be well founded or not is difficult to say. IL
such were the real mission Of the Archdukc, the
fact would naturally be kept secret Bat there
are certain indisputable circumstances that give
a deep color of probability TO the rumor.
In the first place, the direction Of the Arch
dukes journey, and, indeed, all his plans therefor,
indicate that he is to search for the wanderer
Archduke John, it is true set out for the Argentine
Republic and is commonly believed to be now
living there. There are other stories, however,
by no means incredible, that he has gone to
Australia or 70 New-Zealand, or even TO some
of the minor islands of the South Pacific Ocean
Certainly he would be more securely hidden there
than in Argentina. since the latter country is
simply swarming with Germans, Austrians and
other Europeans. Now Archduke Francis Ferd
nand is TO set out IN December an Austrian
warship. with three Ioblemen of the court as his
companions. He will go to British India, and
thence to Australia. He will spend much time
in the latter country, and then go to New-Zealand
and afterward to various island groups in the
South Seas. Then he will proceed to South
America, landing in Chill, and crossing the Andes
to Argentina There is also some mention of
voyage down the coast to Cape Horn by private
steamer. After making pretty extended tour
through Argentina and the adjacent cou.' tries he
will proceed TO the United States and visit the
Chicago Worlds Fair 1t is thus seen that he
will spend most of his time in those very countries
in which Archduke John has been reported TO
be living.
Another notable fact is that, from the Emperor
down, the Hapsburs family has never ceased to
manifest the strongest possible interest in and
anxiety regarding the fate Of the voluntary exile.
Ties OF blood have proved stronger than any
other feeling. Exasperated as they were against
him, and complete and hopeless as his alienation
seemed to be, his kinsmen have looked eagerly
for every bit Of news concerning him, and have
kept him constantly in their thoughts. Every
dispatch concerning him has been read and re-
read, and not infrcquently travellers from South
America have been invited to the palace and
piled with eager questions That the Emperor
would allow his kinsman 70 vanish from view
with no effort to recall him or TO mako certain
Of his welfare and dongs has never been believed
by any one who knows the generous and SYM
pathetic nature of Francis Joseph And thus the
setting out of the heir presumptive sort Of
relief expedition seems entirely appropriate.
That the Emperor has forgiven Archduke
John is not, however, likely. The latters olTcnsc
was far too deep for that. Indeed, nearly the
whole Tuscan branch Of the IIapsburg house has
become offensive to the rest Of the family. Three
of the four sons of the last Grand Duke OF
Tuscany, on coming to manhood, set themselves in
an astounding manner against all the traditions
of their order" 1t was as il the revolution that
drove their father from his throne has utterly
changed their minds Charles Salvador shook the
dust Of Vienna from his feet and went to live at
Baden. The Imperial Court was too stiff and
stuffy" he said he wanted TO be where he
could live as other people do, not prince, but
as His brother Louis, for exactly the
same reason, fed from Austria to a charming es
tate on one Of the Baearic Isles. John the
youngest of the three, and was only some seven
years old when his father was driven out of
Tuscany. Years afterward when he had attained
the age Of manhood he expressed his opinion of
that expulsion very forcibly. noblcman Of
the Austrian Court was referring to it with in
dignation and regret, lamenting that the Arch
dukes illustnous father had been thus wickedly
deprived of his throne, and the Tuscans them
selves of the best Of rulers.
Nonsense exclaimed Arohduke John, i'm
patiently; the revolution was all right. The
Tuscans are Italians, and they, like all their
countrymen, aspred to Italian unity The Grand
Duchy was an obstacle to such unity, and so, of
course, 1t has to be abolished. The Tuscans were
perfectly right in what they did,
Such sentiments as these made the hair of the
other Hapsburgs stand on end. But John did not
hesitate to express them freely and often. At
the age of about twelve years he was taken 10
Vienna to be educated in the hereditary faith
Of the Hapsburgs. He was bright and hand
some lad, and a splendid student But his
teachers complained that he seemed to lack a
sense of reverence. He thought more highly
Of prince than of any ordinary man, and had
no regard whatever for the elaborate and ancient
etiquette with which the Austrian Court is
heiged about. This was in their eyes heinous
fault. They would rather have had him block
head than democrat. What is the good in
these forms and traditions?' he would ask The
good Why, they were established by your an
cestors. n thousand years ago" "Ah, that cX-
plains it, said he, coolly; they knew no better
in those days" So his teachers regarded him
with horror as little better than a blasphemer.
When he entered the army he set out to re-
form abuses, and to introduce Improvements OF
various kinds This startled the Powers that
ruled the State, and they bade him stop. IL was
dangerous to NEEDLE with such matters. lie
would best leave them alone Changes were ter
rible things; reforms were almost as bad as
revolutions Thus rebul1ed, he kept quiet fol
time. and then startled the Empire by publish
ing pamphlet in which he scathingly reviewed
the Encouragement which the Austrian Army mac
suffered so long, and in which he denounced
Prussia as the greatest Of Austras enemies 1t j.
impossible to describe the effect which tins pun
LEGATION produced, the CONSERVATION at Court, TIT
wrath at the War Office, the popular enthusiasm
throughout the Empire, for the people of Austr'
a.reed with everything he had said. Perhaps III
Emperor himself did, too, though he was unable
10 admit it: but that he did admire and sympa
thize with his young kinsman is certain, for III
refused to let him be seriously punished for VIVA
the War Office regarded as terrible offence
He merely sent him to Cracow on garrison duty
and told him not TO publish anything more with
out permission. Indeed the Emperor and Empires
always manifested strong personal liking 10