New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
-rTwEEN CUP AND LIP.
,srs WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
PS'''O ,,~cEs FOR THRONES.

..r,, indeed Is the destiny Oh
grange an ,onerial women whose priiha"'S
nose royal al" h ~ character and predomi-
q intellect mon their fellow-creatures-espe
,snt inh"e"1e so,-appear TO qualify theih !"
daily upon tor the exercise Of sovereign iu'e'
marked oe- - these qualities is invar'ao'S az
n. posses an inordinate ambition lor po"e''
conpaheu ... ;ts own sake. or for the pun po9'
not 20 nnu'" % ,ersonal pride and vanity as wiz,
| o. gra'H!'"s ,ob,ing the numerous "lohe' "'.D
tie oo)e0' ,orntless evils which the pe'o''
rfornniis ,.orress Of these gifted women e''-
sacty anu 20. around them more clearly Una"
sbe tHe' VET in well-nish every iiis'ai'O0 w.
rost peopie' s.saonointment and at the very
sr dooni'r tho dream Of their life seems 10 oe
r,neh' W." - realjzation. the cup OF power io'
nhe o ,hjrsted 80 long is dashed from
,iS '"e' ~ srcb suddenness as 10 sha''e' II
tsi iHp' - While there are some VINO may
wa i1f1.-' r,ora ill-luck there are many WHO
~ eco T., the destruction ofthese horeS
IN" 40, , tho hand Of an all-wise ProVi-
81 an'o'''I -. ~ the dangers that attend
tsaee ,s,,dden and radical a character re-
aans'r - too drastic and zeal 1or gooo
Arns mo .i,,a Moreover. great cleVerhess'
hat j. ,,ooen is usually accompanied py
sspecd"' -. ,eonla not so bountifully endowed
hloTr""N ohvties. and Of all the faults 10 De
win Hei''a' -.,,,,ant If throne-faults which
ieared III ''' ,-,r, about disastrous consequences
are ceF''4I more grave than that o. intoler-
snce ,,. -. fate OF Archduchess Maria
ihuS' .,,.-,a cannot fail to excite the SYM
..,bv NJ those who are acq"a'".eu VIZ. '''.,' 80
pa"'' =. the word remarkable woman there
:.
.rd Hungary is likely TO derive oenent
ro,be- than injury from her c'u''''"s U.Sappo."
'G'".' I-n,u Monday last the crowns OF Rudolph
~ uapsburg and ST. s'epheh Seei''eu " 'e "''''"
o' 60 uer brother-nlaw, the Emperor. was
.o,sideraby older man than her husoaho' ana
rim, 10 be much broken by sorrows. do
81. .s well as national, his reign having been
,o,r succession of misfortunes involving loss
y, ,srrjtory and loss o. prestige. humliating con-
...ssons vrung from him almost by force in de-
,ca of his political and religious convictions: sad
,.-..von,epts and strl., in the bosom Of his fam
Ne rnd4sd il IL known that Francis Joseph has
So, several times az the point of abdicating, and
~, II has only been the appeals to his strong
.,s. Of duty and Of patriotism that have induced
,n 70 remain on the throne. Ever since the
,rari. death 0. Crown Prince Rudolph at Meyer
sas stood next 10 his brother the Emperor. in the
succession to III. Crown. She has thus been able
:, obtain foretaste Of the sweets OF sovereign
rank BY being called upon TO represent at all state
functions and court entertainments her sster-in-
hx, the Empress wAo, since the death OF her only
sDn. has manifested pronounced aversion to ap-
pearng anywhere in public, spending most OF her
time either travelling abroad or in the seclusion
distance from Vienna.
Three weeks ago the Archduke Charles Louis
xho had spent the major portion OF the winter in
Egypt in the company of his eldest son, now dying
e.conumption. fell suddenly Ill at the close Of an
entertainment given by the Archduchess In honor
q The English dragon officers visiting Vienna;
riby tomorrow night he will have been laid TO
.sbeside his ancestors IN the vaults OF the an
aECapucine Church. before either his wife, his
hxolk and his fellow-countrymen have had
17e 10 recover from the shock For. strange 10
rate. the possibility Of his dying before either
lis own afflicted son or the Emperor had never
been taken into consideration as being within the
ange of possibility All the expectations which
his widow had so confidently entertained Of one
day becoming Empress are. therefore. az an end.
and she cannot even cherish hopes OF exercising
any influence upon her stepson. Otto who, owing
TO the moribund condition OF his elder brother,
now becomes heir-apparent TO the throne. There
has never been much love lost between the Arch
duchess and her stepchdren.
Had Charles Louis lived TO succeed his brother,
and had the Archduchess been permitted 70 adorn
her shapely head with the diadem Of the Empress
Queen. there is but little doubt that Austria and
Hungary would speedily have been involved in
I'll
duke completely under the influence of his
quick-witted and brilliant consort, and would have
continued to remain. as ne was until the hour Of
his death. mere passive instrument In her hands.
That this influence would have been exercised. Az
hitherto in an in,oierant sense, is a foregone con-
eusion. Although Maria Theresa Is wonderfully
secompished-indeed. there is no art. be It sculpt-
ue. painting. music. literature. swimming. rid
mg and driving. shooting. fencing and mountain
eefng-in which she does not shine pre-eninent.
!e' sne IL the personlhcation Of reaction and des
po'lsm in all that concerns politics and religion.
enc has openly espoused in Austria the cause Of
'ae anti-Semi.es looking upon the Jews much in
'ae same light as the medieval Crusaders
namely as the murderers Of the Saviour, while
IN hungary she has cor1bated by all the means
WITHIN her power the concessions recently secured
VIZ @4N"4c"S anu lne PrOtestdNts, LOT DplH VI
nn0n' may add she processes equal aversion.
.0pu'ar rights and constitutional government are
".f W ousoear. and believing as she does in the di-
'"e i'sht OF kings. she would have been certain
.a"e advantage Of her position Of Empress to
.'s ABOUT the Withdrawal OF every constitu
ia p'efogatve granted to the people Of Aus
,hsaiy since Francis Joseph ascended the
.a.," e'sh' and forty years ago. That any re-
ms -, l.
49, 'S either the Msgyars or the Austrians
,.. u. desperate popular struggle in the de-
r u 'neir harewon liberties must appear IN
0'e 10 those who recall the sangulnary insur
An AIMS OF 1913 N vienoa and OF 1s49 at Pesth.
-'Nser o. recurrence OF these bloody scenes
''ea by the death Of her husband.
s'epson Otto FAR from sharing her political
~. .e"sious prejudices is exceedingly modern in
'.eas and In spite Of his detestable character.
... oe relied upon to maintain unimpaired the
e'us OF his uncle the present Emperor not only