New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

France some eight or ten years ago they stayed tor
a few days with the Czarina's only brother. the
Grand Duke of Hesse at Darmstadt While there
they were visited by Emperor William who came
over from Mainz 10 luncheon. On rising from
table the entire company was photographed. and
Just before the picture snapped, William
who standing next TO Nicholas. placed hlS arm
in kindly fashion round the shoulder of the Gar
The latter attached importance to It at the time
but later he discovered that the photographers had
struck of thousands OF pictures from the negative,
which the remainder of the group did not appear
and only the two Emperors We're shown, the KAISER
with his arm round the other monarch neck
Both rulers at once realized the political significance
the picture and the Interpretation placed upon
coming 50 soon after the magnificent hospitality
With which the Russian sovereIgns had been enter
tanned q Paris. Great the annoyance which
il gave the Gar and Czarina, the picture was
even still more bitterly resented by the halser Who
was lust then at pains strengthen his friendship
with Nicholas and keeny alive to the fact that
the portrait was calculated disturb rather than
promote his aims. Indeed, William took the ini-
tiative causing the seizure and destruction OF all
he pictures on which the German police could lay
their hands, at the same time urging the zar to
adopt similar measures IN Russia, winch OF course
was done.
Infinitely more Objectionable was the extraor-
iinarv photograph published IN French, English,
and American papers, and widely circulated and
sold abroad purportlng to show Emperor fT4TciS
Ioseph with his daughters and his grandchildren,
seated at luncheon AT SCh0nbrunn, the mead 81 the
table being taken. not by the martNred Empress,
but t.z the popular Viennese actress Katy Schradt,
whose name was formerly associated with that OF
The Emperor The picture had been made up by the
-r.arsposition OF heads That OF the actress had
teen placed BY s6Ilful but dishonest photographer
on The BODY of one Of the Archduchesses 50 clev-
erlv as 70 leave trace OF the fraud Naturally It
rave much pain and ANNOYANCE to the Emperor and
his daughters. all the more As the picture rnp1ed
an incredibly heartess and shameless attront 10 the
memory OF the amented Empress. Needless to say,
the picture is strictly forbidden II Austria.
Another picture which to-day j. almost lmpos-
slble to obtain Austria. though It Is not actually
under the ban Of the law Is the portrait OF the mss
ing Archduke John. who disappeared from human
view under the name OF John Orth some sixteen
wears ago while voyage round cape Horn.
Before leaving Austria after resIgnIng ms rank ana
urerogatives as a member OF the relgnlng house 81
Harisburg. he went to considerable expense to buy
up and destroy all the portraits OF himself IN
existence. so as avoid being recognized. and IN
deed the which he devoted 10 thus obHteratln3
all pictorial record Of himself contributed III no small
measure to the belief that he had planned ms dlsap-
reara1lce beforehand. and that instead OF having
persisted he had Purposelv vanished IN order
TO enable him start life dne" II another part i
the world.
picture which has been suppressed by the
Austrian and German police Is the photograph