Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
THE NEW AUSTRIAN REICHSRATH

homogeneousness filed with a single as
piration. will place the name of Francis Jo.
seph high upon the roll Of the truly good
ana great rulers Of the world. lie Temps
tria are an augury Of good and 1t is I'M
derstood the Tribune afffrms It, that Fran
| els Joseph. In the main, is neither vexed
| nor unhappy over it."
| ~
] Governments today irrespective of their
forms. whether monarchies or democracies,
are based upon the rights OF
| Basis OF men and universal suffrage
! Government. when practicable. Egypt and
India and Persia are de-
| mandfng constituent assemblies and univer-
sal suffrage. Autocratic Russia has its duma
Austria should not be the only government
In Europe to refuse to recognize the will of
the people in political affairs, as opposed to
| the ancient doctrine of divine rights Democ-
| racy has assumed until now that II alone
Afforded protection or could concilate or
assimllate the tendency of socialism to gov
| ern That assumption has been challenged
| Dy the Emperor of Austria. who proposes to
govern henceforth with socialism devoted
! to empire.
1t Is not the form. but the substance,
Whlch the people seek: it matters little by
what name the government that rules be
designated. The memory of Henry w,
whose reign was devoted to the happiness
and grandeur Of his people. is cherished for
tnat and because he said his greatest am
oltion was to live for the day when every
peasant in his kingdom might have a fowl
In the pot every Sunday
nor Is 1t necessary to look back to the
sixteenth century to discover the model
ruler under crown. He is found in our
own day in the house of Savoy in Dom
Pedro of Brazil in Alfonso of Spain. in Ed
ward OF England. in Francis Joseph of Aus
tria. In Henry v of France.
-
Henry Count de Chambord) refused the
crown because he would not suffer that the
flag with the f1eur de lis
denry should be changed for the
of France. tri-color. which to him was
the symbol Of the blood shed
In the revolution. He would not permit
that the standard of Henri w, Francois I
and Jeanne dare should be snatched from
his hands" The Count de Chambord. who
may be compared in many ways to Francis
Joseph, said in his manifesto in 1874: THE
christian monarchy, which in it's essence is
a conservative monarchy, has nothing to
borrow from governments of adventure
which promises the golden age but which
leads to the depths A conservative mon
archy carries with 1t two chambers, one
II.
nation: according to the law. Where Is
the arbitrary"
The writer met the Count de Chambord
in 1875 in Plombiere. France where. al
though living in style at Frothsdrof Aus
tria. the republic permitted him to return
unquestioned to take the treatment in the
baths in the Vosges The writer was Just
returned from his expeditions to the Nile
sources and was at Plombere seriously Ill
and under the care of the physician of the
establishment
One. early morning the writer. slightly
convalescent. strolled through the village
and entered the cafe. Approaching the
table on which the journals of the evening
before were spread he scanned them hasti-
~ impatiently, and threw them aside.
There was an elderly man in blouse and
sabots quietly smoking and absorbing cof-
fee, who observed the movement, and turn
ing said: Monsieur, here Is something
which may interest you, as it has inter-
ested me-" and handed the writer a copy
Of the Figaro.
Thanking the stranger, who appeared to
be peasant, the writer found the article
to-be report of his ad-
a Snance dress delivered a few days
Encounter. prior before the Geographic
RI" cal Society of Paris. "Oh,"
the writer rejoined. II beg you will keep
1t, 1t will not interest me- For a fact. It ia
all on account of those expeditions 1 am
here for treatment"
The other started: do YOU mean to
say" he asked. that you are the subject
OF these adventures?" pointing to the Jour-
nal. Would 1 mind telling him in brief
some or my experiences? When his curl
os1ty had been somewhat satisfied and he
mad remarked the writer's fatigue he took
up the conversation, and, puzzled at the
WrlIers unconscious use of Arabic, asked ::
what country are you from?" And when
he was answered. America" "Ah;" he
said, then you are democrats?
Inc stranger treated the writer to a
learned disquisition on forms of govern
ment and the principles developed by
Guizot, the relations between prince and
peasant and the possibilities of democracy
IN feudalism and In monarchy.
Inc writer was charmed but not a little
chagrined at receiving an unexpected les
son, and from peasant! He was young
then, inexperienced and a long time sepa-
rated from letters by military service in
African JungleS, and was ill-prepared TO
meet arguments that were advanced with
art.
The writer defended democracy rs best
he could. declared for the principle that
vox populi was the vox del, and that this. in
short, was the key to the arch, ETC. etc
and emphasized these somewhat hollow ex-
press1ons by vigorously pounding the table
for lack of better argument In the midst
of this exercise the door opened and there
NJ
distinguished architect from Paris, who sat
next to the writer at table d'hote and who
had assumed sort of paternal authority
over the invalid). His attitude of surprise
and embarrassment gave way to most re-
spectful inclination of the body as he ut
tered the salutation "Sire.''
At, the same moment the stranger arose,
smiled, offered his hand cordially to BOTH.
and expressing the hope that he might meet
the writer again. wished him speedy con-
valescence and passed out
M. Belle, when quite recovered. said "Do
you know to whom you have been speak
ing?"a mo. took him for n peasant, al
though remarkably well read"
"Malheureuxr' cried Belle; ''the man
whom you took for a peasant is Henri v,
the King of France"
M. Francis Charmes in the Revue des
Deux-Mondes for June 1 says: austria
for the first time makes trial of universal
suffrage trial which is always redoubtable
and which results in surprises as in Aus
tria."
The elections in Austria appear to have
startled every one in Europe. Every one
except Francis Joseph. The Emperor Of
Austria doubtless recalls with profit the
tardy manifesto of Henry V. who had GER
tainiy reigned as king of France had he
substituted the manifesto of 1874 for that of