New-York tribune., 1910-11-02
Remuneration Not Voluntary.


In all ths stories told Of the archdukes
rerunCiation the impression has been con-
veyed that il was of voluntary character.
due 10 mis- being tired Of the restrictions
ir posed upon his life BY his imperial rank.
TIis IS altogether mistake. I have the
best OF reasons for knowing that his aban-
dcrnent Of his command in the army in
which ne held the rank Of general and his
status an imperial archduke. very far
from being voluntary. was compulsory I
have had n my hands Z number ot ex-
oeedingv interesting letters in mis- hand
writing. in which ne declared, over his own
Signature. that the Emperor had strictly
forbidden him ever 70 return TO Austria
whence h had banished him. He stated
that The Emperor rad likewise declined TO
permit mis- mama 70 appear among the con-
r-ibUtors to the magnificent work. entitled
-'Austro-H Hungary in Word and Picture"
started by the late Crown Prince and sup
posed 70 have been completed by his widow
4 the request Of the Crown Prince he
wrote very remarkable article for this
work bur al the last moment. when IL was
already N type, the Emperor placed his
veto upon its appearance. and by his or
6ers the manuscript was returned TO Arch
duke John
these letters that there was no truth In the
tales according 10 which he looked for
ward with pleasure to leaving Austria for q
sesfaring life. and TO his freedom from the
restrictions imposed upon him by his for
u1er imperial rank. On the contrary he
ststed in these letters that he was so in
teLsely miserable and broken hearted that
he vas only able 70 obtain sleep by means
Of copioUs use Of morphine. These letters
are mostly dated from London. q short tine
before he set sail for South America.
IN the last letter, written from Chatham
near London, he described himself as =
man whose entire hopes had been shattered
forever. whose past ambitions and aspirs-
tons are obliteraTed, and whose only desire
n was TO be forgotten. YET it was but
few DAYS previous that he had contracted
N London that marriage with the Viennese
actress, Marguerite Stubel, for whose IKE
II was alleged he had been willing to re-
nource all his titles. Certainly his letters
Go not convey the idea that he was either
deeply in love with his wife or that he
looked forward TO a life Of happiness al her
side. Indeed, one would almost be led 10
believe from this last Chatham letter that
MS marriage had increased rather than
diminished his bitterness. Nor did he in
~i-f VI MS LVltCA> ITO LONDON from 1naT-
ham. and afterward from La Plata. 10 his
Niennese lawyer. the late DR. Won Haberier.
one Of the Leading Austrian jurists. giving
directions for the mana cement Of his fort
me, make the slightest reference TO mis-
wife. OF any provision whatsoever for her
or for her family
Fortune Of Old Grand Duchess at Stake.
i is NOT only the fortune Of Archduke
John which is now about to be disposed
of. but also that OF his mother the late
DoVager Grand Duchess of Tuscany. She
never believed in his death through the
foEndering Of his ship off the rocky coast
q Patagonia, and until her own demise.
eight years afue-ward, was convinced that
hs would one Gay return 10 her. For this
reason she kept a light burning all night
long IN the window Of her bedroom which
she occupied in her beautiful castle on the
axe OF Gmunden, and also in the easement
y the apartment devoted 10 the use of
Archduke John when he stayed with her.
her VIII contained a provision 10 the effect
hat the greater part Of her fortune should
oe held in trust for her missing son. sub
Ject 70 his orders. insisting. however, that
under no circumstances should single
penny OF II ever 90 TO any of the Srubels:
mat IS 10 say, 70 the family Of his actress
VIE The old grand duchess added that
nos until most definite and legal proof OF
John death have been obtained should the
money 20 10 her other children and to
theiI heirs
IN conclusion it may be pointed OUT that
tl-s decision Of the Austrian courts 10 the
ehect that ArchdAze John retained his
siAtlS as q prince OF the blood in spite of
H-s oeprlval by the Emperor of his rank
aH1 olgniyes as such is certain 10 lead to
complicstsons in the disposition of hts fort
me For If Archduke John remained a
prince OF the blood after he became John
oith, then. too his nephew, ex-Archduke
leopold Who married and divorced Mile.