The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

r INFERIOR, FRANCIS JOSEPH in
r. ms e!ghty-first year. is like all
IL old soldiers. d!sposed to be con-
serVatiVe in military matters.
ana to hesitate about the Inauguration
OF innovations. as regards armament.
drill strategy. equipment. etc. In this
he is supported by the Minister OF war.
Baron Won sehonaich, who. having
celebrated recently the nftieth anniver,
safy or the receipt OF his FIRST commits .
dior as as an an ofiieer naturally is sol !.
With much the same prcIudiccs as his
sovereign.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. mex,
meir 10 the throne. belongs to another
generation. is abreast OF all that Is
newest in everything that regards the
| army and navy. and Is bent on keepIn y
the dual Empire quite as closely up
many and France. This, OF course, lead s
20 constant differences OF opinion be-
! tween the future Emperor and the
present occupant OF the throne. on
/ seyeEa! occasions the aged monarch
mas given way. because nc felt that IL
was best for the future welfare OF
austria tnal he should allow some voice
20 the Prince who. VIII I no very dis
tant GATE be called upon 10 assume III
burden and the obligations OF ruler
snip. as we'll as the supreme command
or the army. CONSEQUENTLY he sacri-
need though with reluctance, for
OF the general stan. who enjoyed his
tull confidence and shared his views
Out who had excited the anlmosity OF
cd reforms
Now General Baron schonaich. the
present Minister OF War, IS in turn
Deing compelled TO retire. owing. to
me opposition OF the Archduke. That
hered more or less intolerablc for him,
and he IS naturally unwilling TO incur
b ine I ramh 1,1 hostility OF the Arehduke
quests to do so by the Emperor The
latter. who has given evidence OF late
or an altogether wonderful revival OF
physical and mental vigor. seems to
nave been thoroughly aroused by the
treatment OF Schonaich. and while
consenting TO his retirement. has In
sisted upon the removal of General
saron Won Holzendorft from the office
OF Chief Of the General staff Holzen-
dorn being one of the Archduke's men
Nay; more. IT is reported at Vienna
that me emperor Is resembling the ap-
ago, when he decreed that Archduke
Francis Ferdinand should be regarded
as ms alter ego and locum tenens in
al affairs relating to both the army
now been a sort Of vice generalissimo
and deputy adnliralissimo. and II Is to
him that must be ascribed the fact
mat the Dual Empire is now being
fleet of a nature to place her in tho
front rank OF the great naval powers
of the world, and to enable her to
play very Important role at sea: at
any rate in the Mediterranean.
according to some, it is the En-
peror who is relieving the Archduke
OF the authority which he has of late
years enjoyed in military and naval
matters. in token of his disapprovai
of his nephew's course Others again
insist that IL is the Archduke who
finds it Impossible to accomplish
owing to the support which his OPP
poncnts find in the Emperor, and that
in consequence thereof he is deter
mined to withdraw from all further
participation in the direction of naval
and military matters, until his own
supreme command, and wholly free to
carry through his reforms.
That these reports are no mere Cos
sip is best shown by the fact that
even the most cautious of the organs
OF the. Viennese press. those which
the government and are regarded AZ
semi official newspapers. intimate the
imminonce of the removal of the Arch
duke from the position which he has
until now occupied. representative
and alter ago OF the sovereign in milf
nation not only of the Minister OF
War. but also of the chief OF the gen
eral STAFF.
or course, all this has served TO re-
vive stories OF the feud which exists
between Archduke Francis Ferdinand
family. on the subject or his morgan.
attic wife, the Ducheas OF Hohenbero
Certain II Is that Ny far the croater