New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26
TOPICS IN VIENNA.
TIE DAY OF PRINCE RtDOLPlfS DIAL
VENICE A>kINi FOR HEX
STOLEN PICTURES.

Tie fDuril. anniversary Ol me 'ToNh ''''''
dolphs traeical death nj Meycrlins was o's'rN'" u,
the accustomed manner 10y TIE Imperial ""'
I1lr,d Lv t'. people as we'll. throughout tl' sum"
Empire. ~ lime goes bv the popularity oil I'VE IVA"
Prince seems 10 increase ratIcr thrn d'hh"'" "
remembrance ~ li, faults ana errors l""cN "' W.
liyon and his memory lives SIN III ~" hearts :"
his fathers subjects as that OF the popular anu UNI
v.r.,u, b.oycd Prince Rud" WHO reflected more
u,,r amy other member Of hi, house all the many
charms rs we'll ~ Tie shortcomings of t"e p'op''
among whom lic was born. IL" WIS an ->"N"''"
Prince. in every scii,c Of the word. ana 40 oiIeF Aus
;riau Ar,hdnk,. ha, more thoroughly deserved me
cb.racteri,ricallv Vicmnc~c cncomlum Of "I'- H.
cIn,. r,e. f,r fl,. dead were celebrated In nearly
every church Of TIE land ana early In the MORNING. AT
: o'cIock both the Emperor and the widowed crown
Princess ~cplanle niet Rave been seen hh''''"H III
tEc Il Jo,cphS Chapel Of the Imperial rance NJ
Vienna while mas, FOR Prince Rnd"lp9 was p''"9
cclhr.ted ON #, termination the Emperor. whose
manner toward his dauehtcrin. law hiohchrd u''
gree Of curdaliy ana even affection to which she "''
hul,.rto been nnaccustomcd. drove oil 10 IA" In
p.ral Iurill vault underneath the CaDuchn tUurch
ON his arrival there r. WAS received bN TWO oi NV
attendant monks who Will i-ht'd laDtrS pic'''"u
him into the vault where many hundrcds oil conin'
containing the dust Of his ancestors ANA r'A'Ne'
| are placed ON marble slabs and tables knecInS AT
a priciI,n beside ca>kct in which are III" remains
~ his al liz SON. he remained for quarter Of an houi
fin prty,r quite alone. everybody cse having Win
,r,,,u u.for, leaving tie vault he knelt for a
minute. or two beside TIE coffin Of Ais brother the III
| fatrd Emperor Macmillan, ana on TAKING us u'
parturc hi, face BETRAYED traces Of considerable GRIEF
and emotion During the course Of the day beautliu
| wreath, bearing the names Of It's Crown Princess
| stophanic: Of Ter little daughter. the Archduch"S'
| Frzarh. Of the Archdukc harl"S Louis, and ot I'm
pcrur william H. laid ON ID" coffin Of TIA" crown
| Prince, while throughout the dav TIE 'huio"'' j."
Vienna were throng,d with large crowds oil people,
| A
| \ considerable ecn,aIlon has been created at
| Vienna Ly the action on the part Of ia" CIV o'
| Venice which has ju, put forward ~ legal methods
| fl claim for th, restitution Of no les, than o'ooo
| valuable pictures, old masters which were removed
| from the city between the years Loo and 1910 The
| majority OF thr~. pictures were taken away by
| Emperor Napoleon J. after the capture Of Venice iN
| the French and were brought 10 Paris where th'v
| were hung I'm the Louvre. After the overtime" "'
Nopoleou and the entrance Of the allies into Paris.
the pictures carried of by him were distributed among
| the Government, t. which they had formerly be
| longcd and inasmuch a, Venice assigned To the
| Austrian Empire. it e. Vienna Instead OF u"
| the civ 81 the Docc, that the pictures stolen from
,.,e Inter wcr. returned. Nor was this all In l-J-
| during a period Of peace Emperor Ferdinand o'
| Austria taking advantage ~ lls sovereignty over
Venice coolly lad ~ 81 the hnes' masterpieces len
to the civ II Venice removed 10 his capital aud dl'
trbut,N among ~" galleries Of his various Nl"hnr'e
palaces The oiiy 81 Venice Is now bringing pressure
| Ia bear on the Roman Forclrn ono" :" support by
| diplomatic mcihDds the decree II H. tribunals IL
connection with the restoration Of the picture. and
# Is likely that pretty quarrel VIII ans. rs The
feeling through King Iumbcrts dominlon is 20 strong
I'm the matter that the Government canno, afford 10
| Ignore IT, ~ course. such awkward Incidents a.
these ae not calculated 10 Improve IL" rchtion' bo
| tween Au~tliaus and Italians, or 10 strengthen The
bond, Of union between tbs membeFs OF the Triple
| Alliance.
one u the most remarkable feature Of the pres
| ent winter In Austria has been the Inauguration By
the War Department Of long marches and military
mauocuvrcs by the troop. during the recent severe
| frost The cold Aa, been tntcn-c enough 10 mark
| 30 degrees. Fahrenheit. below freezing point. nj
| Will. tandiug which dcachmcnis OF iropp- some oi
| tim accompanied commanded by members oi
| I'm. lmyIal Family, have been cent out On marches
Of several hour duration. Although Ia certain dis
| tici, Of IInn-ylvaula and H1lcla The number of
| cases Of frost-bitcn hos',, hands and feet. have
reached "a, high q, 40 In one single regiment. yet
| Iu th. whole both officer, aud men seem 10 hav
-iood tie hard ship, - which thcy were exposed with
most satisfactory result, and +, now said that th"
military auihoriti", have been encouraged ih"r"b,
10 make a trial Of having men camp out ana sb'p III
| tent, during the next severe frost. Thee winter
| manocuvr,,. which likewise being carried on In
GERMANY are the result Of the action Of The Ku, san
| War Department, which first inauglralcd them With
| the object OF iuurng the troops To the rd'hl~ 81
| a winter campaign. At Vienna. as well rs nj Berlin
and t. Petersburg Tie opinion IS gaining ground
among the leading military men that the neat ennt
| European VIII open not II, hitherto III sprnS or
summer but IL the depth Of winter
A great scn-alion at Vienna mas been created
by the revelations contained in the
| memoirs Just published Of the late Count Rudolph
ncly who wa, chief orderly officer Of Held Marshal
Count Gynlal who held the supreme command Of
tn. Austrian Army In the di7astrou, campaign %!
l559 that terminated In the battle OF Magenta or
ooliclino II viii be- remembered that after lh'
termination Of the battle both combatant, had with
drawn from the scene of batl" to the positions
which they had respectively occupied before the
battle the victory being altogether undecided. the
| lranco Italian force having Duhcr'd even more
severely than the Austrian troops. Al 10 o'd lok
| that night Count Mchy received Instructions from
| Field Marshal tiyuai 10 carry orders forthwith TO
| the three Austrian corps commander 10 pFoc' ed
10 occupy duriug night, TIA" field Of battle. Count
Acy ',at", iaI The mr., H ~" ,Trp ,. n
| IF ih. commander in chief on TIA" ground that his
men wee tired, and That Ii. could not cApo,"
| IN occupy the ncld. The commander u the second
corps, To whom lie then addressed nm ell, was 80
| uclplcssy drunk that it was Impossible 10 bring lni
10 III, enc or to him either 10 promls" ol"di
cncc or 10 refuse compliance with the ORDER. whir
/ | hc third commander CAV" written answer ldrhh ~
to that OF lis colleague of the first corps.
Meanwhile. Nap,Icon who had ALREADY on tn clos
I'm order 10 organize troops "a dispatch which. OF
lis pub ication had created depressing cn'ci IN lh'
| lrcch c,pita discovered toward dayhrqk that the
Au-f.ians Ind not a. expected, occupied III" abaH
. doncd battlefield. Ther"upDn NapO' % ~ once loll
posecs ion field while the Austrian. now di,
,,ifitcd and discouraged thereby. Logan Their retreat
According to Count NcN. therefore. Magenta haG
} | lr,adv Irrn a French reverse. and was ONLY turned
into nm Austrian defeat Y the sam" di,' d. go ana
| Decentralization Of Austrian corp cOmnindcs ~
| th.ir chief iuat wa destined even later ~
| rrsuI, I'm the overwhelming Austrian dlsa-tcr al
SadOwa.