The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-23
TRAGEDY OF QUERTARO
THE NOTED MEXICAN CITY IN
 THE PUBLIC EYE AGAIN.
Expiatory Chapel to the Memory oi Emperor Maximilian Recently Consecrated at Vienna.
 Saw His Death.

Detroit Free Press
 For some months> past. in addition to the
 ernments Vienna has been harboring new
 diplomatic mission from Mexico. The pres
 enSs in the amperia, . ry men or tnis nisb tbe Ssh
 sounding names of Don Jose de Teresa MI,
 randa Ca near relative of President Diaz) ana
 Manuel de Lizardi, means that there Is now
 a complete renewal of official relations be-
 tween Austria Hungary and Mexico, which
 were broken off thirty-nye years Ses.sdoT aSo dns
 was. however. preceded by the consctration oi
 an expiatory chapel at Quertaro erected to
 .he memory of Maximilian. and to which the
 Emperor Francis Joseph sent a magnificent
 altar piece, as a memorial of his martyrec
 brother. The new state of things natura,s o ny
 noted Mexican city. where a generation aga
 was played the last act of tragedy,
 gctic iitie man who was an eyewitness oi the terrible event. the Habsburger Maxi- milans cruel death. This man. Professor vor Emperor. during the Winter months is em ployed as teacher of experimental pathology
 to the medical faculty ot vienna reaicns s Marienbad He was the only European th' Emperor took with him in his suite when m n' left the Mexican capital to go to Quertaro Professor von Busch therefore able tt give the world a graphic and authentic ac count of the last days of this short-iived an' According to Professor Won Muschs state ments, Maximilan from the very besinnini tlayeu A tndnkiesS SuiiouLhaoN e-o H l was by his treacherous assistant Emperor ant his not too unselfish ministers, Marshal Ba zaine appears, though, to have been the great est enemy of all. and Professor Won Busch ac | cuses him, in his book tsanctioned by Ma | poleon III) of grossly violating the contrac | by the withdrawal at a most critical time Q | the French troops, which, according to tn l convention of Miramer. had been placed a the service of the Emperor of Mexico.
 l ihIs Mexican expedition, however, seem 1 not only in its ending, but throughout tn l whole affair. much more like an adventur | than anything else. Through 1t liberal prime | became the tool of the Tuileries by allowin 1 himself to be forced upon foreign peopi | who had no wish for foreign monarch | Maximilian found on his accession an empt | State treasury, and in this beggared conditio | expedition to Quertaro. Consequently durin l it's siege, he suffered many hardships ana ex | perienced untold anxieties. He waited 10 | money and troops. but neither was sent | | him from the City of Mexico. And to add | | all his other troubles a perfdiouS followe wound himself successfully into the Emperor confidence who unfortunately, mistook treach | cry for faith. But his greatest bitterness wa l against the French. And only few day 1 before his execution in a conversation wit | von Busch the emperor dwelt with sadness O | the infamy of Baxaine, who not only hal | shown himself indifferent to the fate of Mex | ico but who also before his departure Iron the capital had dishonestly sold the furnitur | belonging to the Government and had turne | the State equipage-the carriage of Santa An l into money, and who. 1t was also discov | those fighting against the Emperor. But hi | forsaking his post four hours earlier than h | had promised, and thus imperiling the cit seemed the most direct treachery of all.