New-York tribune., 1906-10-28
AUSTRIA'S NEW PILOT.
Goluchozosk9s Successor Is Heir
Apparent's Friend

/ PHc1 Cftt y 4 ItCfIU.
Baron Lexa Won Aehrenthal who has tust been
appointed successor to Count Goluchowski as Min
Oh Forelsn Affairs OF the dual empire and
as minister OF the Imperial House. is a Bohemian
oy ohth allied to the family Of the rnorganatc
"lIe OF the heir apparent and is generally under
o slooo 10 staho nigh in the favor and In the con-
hOe o. the 1utnre Emperor. In fact. his nonina-
uoh may be ascribed to the latter and To Princess
i'ileIIoeig' aho his advent to Office cannot be re-
saIceo as otherwtse than indicating a new depart
ure IN the foreign policy of Austria Hungary
Archouke Francis Ferdinand has notoriously been
| always aFerse TO the Triple Alliance and has on
; t,. occasions gone out OF his way TO manifest
POilcIy ms antagonsrn toward the Italian govern
- ~iu ~ aILfont the Italian court. On the other
/ - ms relatlons with the imperial house Of
t,Ussia nave been very intimate Baron Won Aehren-
u"t mas spent almost his entire diplomatic career
q S'' petersburg and a residence there OF nearly
tN"I' ter or a century has naturally had the re-
| - "a Using MIN TO form many friendships
| He banks OF the Neva. and to develop the
oHsest KIND Of sympathy for the Russian people.
may therefore be expected that be will direct the
IoFelga policy OF Austria Hungary toward a revival
- ms Ine ailance between the three empires namely
austria, Russia and Germany ia the Mace Of the
-L4ple Alliance constituted
ME the baron is a Bohemian he is connsotsd
oy ms marriage with Countess Pauline Szechenyi
Win al the greatest houses of the Hungarian ars-
toeIacS1 sucE as the Apponyis the Esterhszvs the
- Ine AndIassys. etc, and consequently his
appointment meets with less dissatisfaction on the
| part Of the Magyars than would Otherwise be the
| - -
aus selection furnishes striking demonstration
=. He growing power and influence OF Archduke
FRANCIS Ferdinand n poLdcaI matters The En-
perof' although he has little affection for the
-ep'e" VINO Is TO succeed him on the throne seems
nevertheless 10 be disposed to leave the retns of
eoVerhinenr more and more the archduke.
Ferhaps he IS prompted thereto by lassituds and
asenlent also by falling powers consequent
upon his advanced age 1t is also possible that he
{ n advr
that the archduke should secure firm seat IN ths
SADDLE and have the reins OF power well in hand
during his (the Enperor's lifetime so as to avoid
any oynasuc troubles and disturbances his death.
1t has been freely asserted everywhere in print
that the demise of Francis Joseph will be followed
by revolution in Austria-Hungary owing 10 the
re1usa1 OF the Hungarians, OF the Italian speaking
provinces and of the Advanced German Liberals
10 submit TO the rule OF Francis Ferdinand that it
would be quite in keeping with the old monarchs
unselhsh devotion TO what believes to be the
interests OF his country and of the House of Haps
burg 20 foresta this trouble by placing the rens Of
government In the hands Of his nephew even at the
sacrifice OF his own views, pre1udices and synpa-
thies.
PLOT TO KDNAP VICTOR EMMANUEL.
That King Victor Emmanuel narrowly escaped
from being kidnapped has Just been revealed by
the diaries Of the late Prince HohenIohe. Chan
| cellor OF the German Empire. In an entry dated
June 20 1885, shortly after the death of King Louis
OF Bavaria he tells how he presided. In his capacity
OF the highest dgnitaries OF the Bavarian
! Crown. over the Royal Commission appointed in
vestigate the tragedy OF the starenberg Lake and
the circumstances which led to the violent end OF
the I'll fated monarch. He relates how the Kings
whims and caprices fostered and encouraged
by the INSCRIPTIONS people who constituted his
encourage. and how he had organized even 70 its
smallest details plot for the kidnapping OF the
Prince of Naples, King OF Italy. The idea Of
King Louis to take advantage OF the at
that time sixteen-year-old princes presence in the
highlands Of Northern Italy to kidnap him. convey
him across the frontier TO some remote spot in
the Bavarian mountains, and 10 hold him as
/ hostage there for the purpose OF compelling King
Humbert and his government TO restore Rome 10
the papacy.
OF course It was a crazy idea. born OF lunatio
brain. But il must be remembered that King LOUIS
was surrounded by unscrupuous people, ready. as
have said above. fulfil his caprices while there
were also certain number OF his retalners "hose
loyalty was Of such blind and devoted character
that his word to them was law and in tneir eyes
the King could do wrong.
That this conspiracy took actual form and mar
roxIy escaped execution we now have on the au-
+boritv Of the former Chancellor Of the German EN-
rra and il was indeed the discovery Of the plot by
The italian authorities and the latter's notincaton
+sraf 10 the late Prince Bismarck. that compelled
the F3avaran ministers TO resort 10 the extreme
measure Of placing Louis II under restraint
Prince HohenIohe in his diary charges three
/ members Of the Kings entourage-namely, Lutz
Psordten and Bomhard, all of whom supsequei.'-
" became ministers Of etate-wIh having purposeS
isolated Louis II and with having promoted his es-
trangement from his relatives and from the gov
ar-rer- If the day in order enable them 70 fur
Their their own selfish interests and those OF their
creatures He likewise mentions tnar w1en Frlnce
louis OF Bavaria, now heir presumptive to the
crovyr roede his state entry into Munich after his
marriage TO Archduchess Marie Therese OF Austria.
the King who should nave been on hand to vel
come the bride to his capital, declined TO take any
mart in the ceremony and remained IN bed