New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26

"a hail him King of Hungary and the CZechs
have only ragged because he hestated to be
formally crowned King Of Bohemia with the
crown Of ST. Wenze al Prague. lie has learned
to sneak their seventeen different tongues, ana
has won their hearts. lie knows that IL Is
only his own personal influence that hoids ms
realm together, and therefore he continues TO
wear a burdensome crown that otherwise lie
would long ago have laid aside he reahzes
that after him. OF truth, will come the dei-
uge and he is willing TO proloDg his martyrdoin
for the sake Of postponing the day OF wrath
For many year he has longed to retire IRON ron
his exalted station. and since the death OF his
4 only son the cares and pompS OF state nave peen
! hateful torture TO him. All this MS people
know and perhaps 1t is this knowledge OF the
burden he Is bearing for their sake that makes
their love for him 50 constant anu ~ 'o"
siderate. 1870 ..,
Mr. Chamberlain is said once to have quoted
| in denunciation Of the peers OF Great BIiuilh,
.They toll not, neither do they spin" But this
assuredly Is not reprOach Justly TO De o.
rected against the Emperor OF Austria no
chief executive OF practical. workaday. no,
/, fummery" republic works harder than me- no
| business man with a vast fortune TO make or
| to safeguard. Nor Is his work only IKE that
| which so taxes the energies Of the Prince OF
Wales-the entertaining Of guests, the laying
of dbrnerstones. the opening OF public buiidihss
| and institutions. dress-parade activity ana iay
figure usefulness These things he does WIFI ai
| "a a vast mass OF real work-the work at once
| of legislator and executive. the work Oh 'he
diplomat, the financier, the statesman.suc "a, as
| Minister'S but which Francis Joseph insists on
doing himself. with much burning of midnight
Note. for example. his duties in connection
with the Hungarian Parliament. Under the
| Constitution he has the prerogative of exam
| lining every proposed bill before it Is intro
| duced by q Minister. This does not mean
| simply that he Is TO know Its scope and genera
| purport but that he Is to have placed before
| him its entire text, every sentence and WORD
He regards this not merely as privilege put a
! as n duty to the performance of which he de-
votes himself WITH the utmost estrnestness
| Sometimes an important bill will come before
| him covering scores Of printed pages. He VIII
study it diligently, perhaps FOR weeks win IRE, ire
quent references to Ministers or other
| with his initials on the first page In
dcating that he approves the Introduction.
of 1t into Parliament. But 1t will not be I'D
in its original FORM. by any means Every
| page will be covered thicldy with nterline-
| ations and marginal notes and comments IN
His Majesty's own hamdwnting, with WITH mere hv
| some Of his Ministers. These anDotations snow
| him to be master of the subject In hand,
| and are often Of great value in the framing
| ~ Legislation On one bill, for example he made
| n certain criticism, and then referred 1t 10
| one ,of his Minister'S Who wrote beneath II
this reply: "Your Majesty Is right The meas
| IRE as proposed would have FLASHED. wholly
| against our intention. with an act already In
| force"
| for weeks past upon the Civil Marriage bill.
| over which so furious political fight has long
! been raging. This Is one Oh the most iinportah'
| measures proposed In Hungary for many years,
] and the text Of the act containing 1t does a
| history of marriage in its preamble. fills a
large volume which it took the Government
printer two weeks to put In type. His Majesty
| has read and reread every line OF It, and looked
nm innumerabie authorities bearing on disputed
| points He has studied carefully the volumi-
| nous arguments Of the Prime Minister and the
Minister OF Justice In favor OF 1t, and Of Cardinals
Sclauch and Vaszary against 1t. besides hold
ing almost daily conferences with all four con.
| corning IT, In fact, it Is seriously estimated
| that from the beginning OF August to the early
part Of November, he gave an average Of five
hours hard work daily TO THIS one measure
and e important, especially those connected with
ahe Evolutionary disturbances in Bohemia, 1t IL
! evident that the Empress Ehzaoeth was guilty