The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-25
AUSTRIA'S IMPERIAL PAIR
TIsIr OF THs EMPEROR AID En.
PRESS TO IBB RIVIERA.

Their Popularity - Ausiri--Hs-esry sss
Asrsad-Is,sresii.E Personality 90 Each
| Their Apsri.eat- 1t Cap. Msstta.
LONDON. March 15.--Althouzh u has been
somewhat ostsntatiousiy Affirmed that politie.
play no part in the visit Of their impsrial Ma.
Je.ties Of Austria Hungary 20 Care Martin -st
tits aimos impossible to prevent certain de-
gree Of Importance icing attacnsd 10 their
presence on French territory. II is felt that
the italian Government would have been only
too happy TO offer Francis Joseph and his con-
sort cordial hospitality in auY Part OF the king
DOM from Genoa to Naples. while on the othsr
hand even the close ties Of the Triple
| Alliance have not stihed the express
sions Of sympathy Of the Emperor FOR
Frances sympathy Of which his present visI:
Is construed into visible sign. Already las:
rear his Majesty was on the point n Joining
the Empress az Nice. but the general state Of
! public affairs was then 90 troubled and uneer.
tain that however plausible and innocent the
motive Of his journey wa. II might have been
I mIseonstrued. and have huttered eusceptibil.
I tiles which Il vas more prudent 70 leave der
J mAnt To-day Italy herself cannot JudRe or 10.
terpret the star At cape Martin otherwise thAn
favotablT.
The Emperor and Empress were received q,
| the frontier By q con gratulatory message from
the President Of the Republic and on the Ri.
viera with undisRuised enthusiasm. Aretro.
| spective glance shows hov popular feeling has
| changed In France. Under the old monarchy
| two Austrian Arehduehesses occupied the
| throne OF France. Marie Louise and Marie
! Antoinette Neither succeeded In achiev.
| ing popularity or winning the affection
! OF the people The hrse ended By be-
Ing hated. and. however uniustiy. was
made responsible for having fastened
| the downfall OF royalty and precipitated
the horrors and excuses OF the revolution.
The second. wifs OF Napoleon L. and mother Of
the King OF Rome. disappeared without lesv-
ing any regrets. and was barely rem embersd
by the indifferent Parisians. On the other
hand. in 1871 the year OF the great exhibition.
Paris rapturousiy welcomed Francis Joseph
who vas feted By Napoleon ILL.,. and in 1894
under the republic. Monsieur Carnot smulatss
Napoleon Ill IN honoring the same guest -
The Emperor ofAustriA- n unRary has frank
honest countenance that attracts and inspires
confidence Asa younger man. with his clear.
healthy complexion and elegant aristocratio
figure. he was remarkable. even 10 land
where these attributes are common. At ca he
has remained alert. erect distinguished. and
military looking. His broad white vhiskens
and sad seriousness; his high forehead. from
which the hair has rsceded. and his thoughtful
eyes I'm rart TO his face q gentle. almost patri-
archal expression. Its melan eholy 10 more
than accounted for. Few monarchs in . reign
OF nearly hall a century have had 10 endure
such misfortunes. reverses and catastrophes
Others less admirably constituted and en-
dowed with less energy would have been
crushed. Fran els Joseph has veathered every
storm. and lifted his head after each blow TO End
himself respected and adored by his people
In spite OF tho Parliamentary fiction which
has reduced him to the status OF . eonstliu.
tional sovereign and placed respon s!bls Minis
tiers between him and the nAtion. the Emperor
Is still the direct adviser OF all who wish TO lay
before him their private troubles and ind..
viduh com plants. In the hour OF distressanI
family tribulation writes n de Hnbner tho
most humble OF his subjects says: Let Us
GO to the Emperor" Since his accession to
the throne. Francis Joseph has always set
aside several hours Of every Monday and
Thursday to give audiences. The only for
maty required to be admitted into mis- pres
ence Is to inscribe ones name few days
previously at his private chancellerie briefly
stating the object OF thesolicfted suffcnes.
In Austria more than In any other country
monarc ny is linked indissoluhly with the dyn-
asty. After sadowathe empire and the Emper-
or seemed lost yet not a ingle voice was lifted
In favor OF q revolution which might recreats
Austria under different regime. The politi-
cal system alone was modified: the different
component parts OF the empire received liberal
privileges; a COMPLETE reconciliation vas et-
fectsd with It's most i'm portaLt portion. Hun
gary; but no change Of ruler was suggested. so
that at the present day. thanks to the infinite
tact and perseverance inherent In the house
OF Hapsburg. tho Emperor has achieved the
apparently impossible result Of making Aus
tria. dispossessed Of its Italian. and German
provinces. an empire so powerful that It hard
ly remembers the disasters oil 1884
The Empress Elizabeth was once the lowell.
est woman Of Europe. aud 10 still remarkably
handsome for her aga Since the death Of her
son she has sought surcease from her gnaw-
Ing pain IN incsssant travelling. Her restless;
her Bavarian blood have been intsnsised by
sorrow. AMI 1t seemed as II she c0uid never
hs 9sa es9isp @
Greece: she built n sumptuoua palace At or
hrchduke and XyehiacSes. francis saivatOr'
but this year she refused to return there. and
southern aS ''sF Sa T r0 f%nrs !s:
and much rSs.p
time I, the reports were 80 ultng and indecent
the Empress suffers from acute chronic nsu:
sSd tor,u,ing thai she i insapacitAted iron
.aSlisr and GappPsr e' avs sRe grace,
d iry and 81. fulfilled her FSy
s sd 5h. Tf:saeitJh1t HanEarian Mobility
faiis. and :acssn,ed the ps,ioS by ioicr hs
The pIGee;ssions Of Faster aud CORPUS Christi
spoke many languages
she had learned To look upon her daughter
ln-law. Stephante, as her successor. The light
haartedness. grace. and youth OF the Arch
duchess was once more Investing the Aus
which u had been famed. when the drama OF
sey srlinE again plunged II into deeper gloom.
And now IL is only the advent IL not the mar
fiARe Of the heir prssumptlvs. Francis FeTdi-
nand. which can lift the cloud.
Inc Cape Martin Hotel - which their i'm
perial MaIestss have a!lghted, IL not in the
commune OF hentOns but In that OF hoccA-
bIuna. a small VII. age standing high on the
hills, aud chiefly renlATkAb Tor its unwaysr-
Ing determination TO resent aud oppose any
Improvement or Innovation. The hotsi IL al
an hours drive from heRtOnA the pictureslue
road dropping through thick pine forests to
The shore.
The rooms taken by the iIIustrious guests
IRE the same occupied two years ago by the
Prince OF Wales and the KiuR OF SWaisa: they