The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02

Elizabeth, adjoining the walls of the nal
ace of Miramar, which / nave seen and
vAtravasantIy admin Ell, where the royal
couple spent their honeymoon on tbe
shores of the Adriatic
For one decade the Austrian ruler lived
in comparative peace and pleasure and
then began series OF political disas-
tiers and personal sorrows which emb;t-
tered his public and pri ate life to an ex-
tent that few men are called upon 10
endure and which followed him with such
relentless presidency that it seemed as
II remorseless fate had marked him for
its own
In 1853 Austria was master of central
rnrone and its ruler bore the proud title
OF emperor of Germany. Italy was d.
voeo INTO q dozen petty principaities or
dNFedons al of which, with the excep-
ton of Naples and Sardinia, were ruled
o. scions and representatives of the Aus
tran crown
Napoleon TT had recently executed his
constituencies coup d'etat overthrowing
the French republic. and he needed mill
tary success to divert the public mind
from the flagrancy of his act No one
foresaw the trend OF events more clearly
than Cavour, the astute and incompar-
able prime minister, of Victor Emmapuel.
the King of Sard mia, who styled himself
the Honest King" and he was quick
to take advantage of Napoleon's predica-
ment. Blountly the prime minister asked
the French Emperor to name his price for
assistance In the unification of Italy, and
with equal sang froid came the reply.
savoy and the hand of your masters
daughter for Prince Jerome Ponapart .
The COMPACT was made ana side bv de
Victor Emanuel and Louis Napoleon
entered Milan as successful combatants
in war against .dstria The battle
n a
the eagles of victory to the banners of
the allied troops and with tears in his
eyes Francis Joseph surrendered Lom-
hardy to the Italians. But this was not
all. Though the treaty of villafranca
ratified the surrender of Lombary.
NAPOLEON had most treacherously termi-
mated the war and left Modena and
Parma under control of Austria
For this Victor Emanuel refused to
stand. and hv resort to a plehescite these
dependent, duchies were united to Italy
followed by the annexation of Naples at
'r-s'~ "e~'''a'd' who had driven
the Neapolitan king into exile. Only
ema ned under Austrian
domination, but that was doomed also to
go.
Austria in 1864 united with Prussia to
wrest the Schleswig-Holstcin provinces
from Denmark, work which was soon
accomplished. In the distribution of the
spolis Quarrei ensued resulting in the
seven weeks war 1866 between Aus
tr'a and Prussia. ITALY allied itAelf with
Prussia and when the crushing Aus
TRAN defeat of Sadnwa was announced.
Francis Joseph sued for peace and asked
Napo'eon III to dispose of Venice as he
thought best.
AS nrasi atonement for hts treaeh-
erv OF 1859 the French Emperor handed
Veni"e over to Italy so that Austria
lost It's last footho'd on Italian soil. and
its ruler the title of Fmreror o. GER
ranv as well. for in 1870 King william
Nv OF Prussia was crowned at Versailles
Erreror Of the German empire.
hunting box. and the naughty bend Of
i'real to private vengeance. Francis Jo-
seob's only son and heir to The throne
committed suicide with his mistress at
y h-rt'-~ box. and the naughty head
the Hapsburgs tele~raphed to the pope
at Rome, Holy Father. can my son be
burial as anv other man?' pathetic,
humble plea for a Christian burial
More crushing st'lI was the ASA ssina-
ton of the Empress Elizabeth in Switzer-
land, leaving the monarch without wife
or son. Elizabeth was always self-wi'led
and pronounced cratic She maintained
her private circus where. att'red In the
short slsirts'of ballet dancer. she would
ride around the ring standing upon the