The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
HAND OF THE
 ARCHDUKE It Is Seen in the Balkan
 Trouble.
  PICTURE OF FRANZ FERDINAND Strong Man Is to Be Reckoned
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PICTURE OF FRANZ FERDINAND
He is The Successor to FraRx Josef and tm One of The Most Aggressive Char acters in Austria-Hun&ary-
 How he Chose his Advisers.
BY LEO w, HARBURGER.

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 Vienna, Oct. 31--While annoyance has been aroused in England, France and Russia with regard to Austro- Hungarian diplomacy. on account Of the unexpected way In which the con ditions of the Berlin Treaty have been disregarded, the man who is at the heart of this matter. and is the spiri- tus rector of the Vienna Foreign ohice remains in obscurity and Is surround ed by that mystery which Is his chief desire and also the source of his power. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro- o-Hungarian dominions, Is this man behind the scenesi he Is re- sponslble for everything that has been going on lately In Austrian foreign af- fairs.
 The Archduke rarely appears in public: he detests publicity. His char acter in that respect reminds one or Charles ", the great Spanish Haps- burg. He has no more regard for the usual standing rules of international relations than he has for the aspira- tions of his country-men- He has no interest whatever in popular move fuenL5 OA Ao P~0RAO S1A altogether beneath him. Neither is there any love between him and the aged Emperor Franz Josef. But owing to the family laws of the Hapsburg dynasty. the Emperor is forced not only to listen to what the Archduke Franz Ferdinand says. but Is also compelled to take his wishes into consideration, whatever they may be. The Emperor Franz Josef, who has ever been the personification of right and honor, al- lows his personal feelings. to be put into the background, and yields to what he considers his obligations. as chief of the Hapsburg family. towards the man who will one day succeed him as chief. s-s s}9't.fA | The krehdul<s Franz Ferdiunna- is not the son of the Emperor, and 1t is by chance, as 1t were, that he Is heir to the throne. When tho. Archduke Rudolph. the only son of the Emperor, died by his own hand in the summer house of Mayerling, on January 30. 1889, the succession to the dominions of the Hapsburg family devolved on the Archduke Karl Ludwig, younger broth CT of the Emperor @ man not particu- Iarly gifted, but sympathetic and full of bonh omie, who in his own way tried to help art and science Che was pro- tector of the Austrian Academy of Science). but who was certainly not a statesman, and never had any aspira- tions to the throne. Even had he lived long enough-he died six or eight years ago-he would probably not have been Emepror long, for he often said that he would abdicate In favor of his son, Franz Ferdinand.
 The Trouble Maker.
 Franz Ferdinand, who Is now in the forties, is tall and good-Iooking. and has lately grown a moustache- It was once feared that he had consumption, and he was sent for year or so to Egypt, where he recovered Since then his physical condition leaves noth- ing to be desired. He has the long. oval Hapsburg face and deep-set blue grey eyes. He Is an excellent horse- man, and likes to enjoy, from time to time, the life of a country gentleman on his large estates in Bohemia. He also takes an interest in archaeology, and with a liberal hand gives money to restore castles and historic build ings, chiefly in Bohemia. He is gifted musically.
 The Archduke Is a devoted husband. He married the Countess Chotek, a governess in the family of Archduke Frederic, brother of Queen Chrlstiana of Spain, and his wife Is & singularly
 
 married her after a courtship lasting several years, and by the force of his indomitable will compelled the Elm peror to give his consent to marriage far below his rank.
 The Emperor. bound by the Code of the House of Hapsburg, at last con- sented to a morganatic marriage, which, if some people are to be be- Iieved, may one day become real mar riage, and will give to the present Fuerstin Hohenberg-th countess's new titIe--the rank of Austrain Elm press. and to her eldest son the right of succesion-provided. of course, that the Archduke can force the Austrian Government to consent to this altera- tion of the Austrian Sanction, by which the succession to the Austrian throne is regulated. So far as Hungary is concerned he will probably find little difficulty, for Hungarian lawyers have ever since the morganatic marriage took place. pleaded that no such form of marriage is known to Hungarian law and that therefore the son of the Archduke born In such wedlock is en- titled to- the Hungarian Crown, and that the Feurstln Hohenberg would be the rightful Queen.
 A Staunch Catholic.
 The Archduke Is a staunch Roman Catholic and very great friend to the Vatican He has, In spite of repeated Invitations. refused to go to the Quiri- nal. and it Is said that he once went to Rome incognito to see the Pope. so as to avoid having to call on the Italian King.
 Kaiser Wilhelm and the Archduke e are friends and though 1t may be dlf- ftcult to say how far their mutual sym pathy is due to personal attraction, there Is no doubt that they both look upon themselves as Men of Destiny. This seems to be the chief link btween them. Franz Ferdinand is extremely self. willed. he admits no obstacle, and Iika the German Emperor Is an Rbso- lute believer in the theory of Divine Right.
 The German Emperor loses no oppor- tunity of endearing himself to the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. and no doubt looks upon him as a trump card in the great international game which will begin in earnest when the aged Emperor Franz Josef passes from the scene.
 only lately the Arohduke was tho