New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-30
WORLDS SYMPATHY
GOES TO EMPEROR
George V to Send Prince
Arthur of COnnaught
or Duke of Teck.
INV CAME 10 The Tribune.

or Duke of Teck.
fBy Gable TO The Tribune.l
London, June 3O.-World-wide sym
pathy was expressed yesterday for the
grievous loss which the aged Emperor
Francis Joseph has sustained by the
assassination of Arehduke Francis
Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohen-
berg.
King George called personally on the
Austrian Ambassador, in Belgrave
Square. Yesterday morning to express
his sympathy with the venerable En-
peror. Other members of the royal
family also paid visits to the embassy
or sent representatives to the King.
1t is understood he will appoint either
Prince Arthur of COnnaught or the
Duke of Teck to represent him at the
funeral of the murdered archduke. The
British field marshal and the colonel
of the 1st Dragon Guards, representa-
tives of the British army, also Will be
present.
The tragedy that has befallen the
Inflated house of Hapsburg, according
TO all available news reaching London,
was the result Of a carefully prepared
Servian Nationalist plot in revenge Tor
fhe annexation of Bosnia and Here
rovina. which defeated the dreams and
aspirations Of creating greater Ser
vie.
The asgassins of the Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand and his wife have con-
fessed that the plot was matured at
Belgrade, and the terrible event whlch
has thrilled Europe is only another
af nQf
the anxiety always present in the
minds Of European politicians and di-
plomatists about the unstable condi--
tions prevailing in the Balkans and
even in the dual monarchy itself.
This anxiety is considered likely to
increase during the short period be-
fore the aged Emperor, who alone is
believed able to hold together the
heterogeneous components of the Aus
tro- Hungarian empire, finally disap-
pears from the scene. He has been
displaying his customary strong char
acter in the face Of his latest bereave-
ment, and seems in excellent health.
But apprehension of the possible Ell
feet on his much tried constitution has
led his advisers to hurry the funeral of
the Archduke and the Duchess, with a
view to restoring calm to the disturbed
empire and enabling the Emperor 10
return to the Ischi at the earliest pos
sible moment to resume his inter-
rupted summer holiday.
Every dispatch received here from
Saraievo and Vienna brings additional
evidence that the assassination OF
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the
Duchess of Hohenberg was one of the
most carefully planned crimes ever at
tempted and carried out against royal
peIsonages.
Indications from the scene Of the
! bloody tragedy show that it was engl-
neered by persons possessing more ma
| ture organizing ability than that OF the
youthful assassins. 1t Is generally
thought in Austria and Hungary that
! the plotters' had their headquarters in
I Belgrade, the Servian capital.
Servian hatred of Austrians, which al
ways has been violent, has, IL is point
ed out, recently been fomentfd by the
newspapers in Belgrade and by lgita-
tors throughout Sergia and Bosnia, who
/ have helped 10 infame the minds of the
/ students and to induce them to sacri-
| flee their lives in the belief that they
will 20 down to history as patriots.
( Sundays crime seems likely to have
/ a contrary effect to that desired by Its
authors, Tor even before the bodies OF
+ the murdered couple have been inferred
/ the Austrian authorities are con-
| templating severe measures against
/ the Serbs among the inhabitants OF
/ Austria and Bosnia. and these are likely
| further to embitter the relations be-
/ tween the two countries as wei! as
/ those between Austria and Russia, the
protector OF all the Serbs.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Il Is
asserted, was we'll aware of the dan
| ger he was running during his tour OF
/ Bosnia. which he undertook as in
spector general of the forces Of the en-
pire, title which had been conferred
( on him last year by Emperor Francis
/ Joseph. His chief task was TO inspect
/ the Austrian army which had guarded
! the Servian frontier during the recent
/ Balkan wars and prevented any en-
croachments by Servian troops.
The ServiSn Minister at Vienna told
/ Archduke Francis Ferdinand of tho
merrill of his visit to Sarajevo at the
] present tine. and iplplored him. even
4 in he insisted or gong there himself
al least TO leave the duchess AZ home
when the Duchess of Hohenberg was
I informed. however, Of the dangerous
nature OF the journey the arehdukt
was about 10 take she said her place
/ was az her husbands side.
/ When the Archduke and the Duchess
arrived at Saraievo on Saturday some
signs Of hostility were shown by the
Serb portion Of the population, and
/ only lust before the couple passed
through the city the authorities sue
ceeded in getting rid Of a great dis
play of Servian flags which the people
had hoisted instead of flying the Aus
trian colors.
The bitterness Of feeling, however
was carried to the EXTREME when at a
session Of the Bosnian Diet. called 70
express sorrow al the death of she
/ Archduke. four Scrvian Deputies APP
pcsred in light suits, in contrast 10
the somble black Of their fellow Depu-