Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
They Nay Not Accept Him as Francis
JOseph's Successor.
WIFE IS BLAMED FOR THE TURIol
Afronts Premier by Choice Of Escort tC
See the 0zar.
CLERICAL PAPERS NFlAEt THE INCIDENT
Deputies TO Diet VIII Demand why
that Branch of Government Was
Not Represented at st.
Petersburg Court.

Copyright. 1902. by Press Publishing Coz
VIENNA, March 1.-(New York World
Cablegram-special Telegram THE en-
peror is giving number of sittines to
the eminent Hungarian portrait painter,
julius Benezur. in Buda Pest, for a life
size. full-hgure portrait in the uniform OF
his English guards regiment, the Triest
(king's) dragons. He is a colonel-in-
chief. The picture, which Benezur will
paint with an the gorgeousness Of form
and color for which he is famous. will be
coronation gift TO King Edward, to be
presented by the Archduke Francis Ferdi-
na7d. the heir presumptlve to the Aus
trian throne. together with a basket Of
rare old Tokay wine, when he goes to
England to represent the emperor at the
coronation.
The portrait would have been made char
ectsristic had the emperor consented to
have It painted in the Austrian uniform
he usually wears. and that they all know
him we'll in, but courtesy demanded that
he should wear the scarlet coat conferred
upon him by Queen Victoria. along with
the eolonelcy OF the guards regiment He
wears the grand collar Of the golden
fleece and the ribbon and order OF the gar
ter at the sittings.
Plays a Dangerous Game.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is playing
dangerous game. He has offended the
Hungarians. who were not too deeply In
love with him before, and who do MOI
mind discussing the possibility Of MOI
taking him for q king when Francis Jo-
seph disappeared from the scene. The
archduke is paying a visit to the cEar tc
thank him for his comforting upon him
the epaulets Of a Russian colonel. II ID
tlme-honored custom that in such q
case the archduke should be attended By
suite made up Of Austrians and Hun
garians. as this always proves the fact
(of which the Hungarians are jeaiousl
that Hungary Is just as important q part
OF the monarchy as Is Austria.
The archduke, whose wife makes hin
haunf his clerical notions In everybody
face continually. chose the leader OF th.
Reichstag. Count Johann Zeichy. whom
the archduke does not even know per
sonally. and made him an oKer to 90 I,
st. Petersburg with him
Hungarian Premier Objects.
ZeIchy readily accepted. but when tn
Hungarian premier learned what had hap
pened he rushed OF to Vienna and ex
planned TO the emperor that 1t was i'm
possible tnat noted clerical, the mos
violent opponent to the Hungarian gov
ernment. should be the man chosen anon
all HungaFians 20 attend the heir 70 tn
throne on an important mission to
foreign court.
The archduke refused to see the Hun
eArian premier at nrst. Then. when b
was made TO do 50 and was asked to selec
someone else from list Of ten Hungaria
noblemen. he tore up the list and said
would take no Hungarian at ali.
OF course the Hungarian premier kep
The secret Of this unseemly incident. bu
the clerical papers published II. and mo-
she radical deputies 20 the Hungaria
Diet win ask why no Hungarian appeare
with the archduke at the court Of s
Petersburg. Perhaps the archduke wi
learn too late that he has done all b
could to make himself unpopular
Hungary.