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place near the Bosnian capital and at
tended various fetes as well as army
maneuvers which ended Saturday. He
issued an army order expressing great
satisfaction at the maneuvers
kilograms have been received from
all parts of the kingdom announcing
the immense sensation caused by the
crime. All public festivities have been
cancelled.
A~nti-Servian demonstrations occur
red outside the Servian legation and
stones were thrown at the residences
Of prominent Servians. Troops were
ordered out to suppress the disorders.
1t is reported here that several
Bosnians and Serbs have been arrest
ed at Serajevo for completely in the
plot, which is said to have wide rami-
ications. The newspapers have is
sued special editions with black bor-
ders expressing adherence of the
crime.
Ever since the publication of an i'm
perial rescript, on Oct. Z, 1908, FRO
claiming the annexation of Bosnia
Herzegovina to Austria, strong oppo-
sition to Austrian rule has been dis
played by the Serb and Moslem resi-
dents of those provinces.
Former in Turkish Territory.
Bosnia and Herzegovina were for
merly included in European Turkey,
but the Austro-Hungarian occupation
was authorized in 1878 by the treaty
of Berlin. The treaty, however, con-
templated the evacuation of the occu-
pied provinces after the restoration of
order. In 1908 there was a reform
movement in Turkey which might
mean the revival of Ottoman power,
and Russia, after her war with Japan,
showed weakness. Events in the near
East seemed propitious and, with
small formality, the Austrian govern
ment added the two provinces to its
territory. In this act Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand is said to have played
an important part.
Servia was so incensed at Austria's
action that she threatened war, but
after several months of negotiations
among the powers, capitulated and ac-
cepted the situation.
1t is feared that the Serajevo trag-
edy will still further embitter the none
too friendly relations between Austria
and Servia.
Born in 1863.
Vienna, June 29.-The assassination
Of Archduke Francis Ferdinand not
only complicated already troubled Aus
~tro-Hungarian succession, but also re-
moved from the stage of international
affairs one of its most secretive and
romantic figures.
Born at GratZ, Syria, on Dec. IS,
1863, the son of the late Archduke
Charles Louis and Princess Annuncia-
ia, daughter of King Ferdinand of
the two Sicilies, his succession to the
throne seemed remote. The heir APP
parent was Crown Prince Rudolph, son
of Emperor Francis Joseph.
When Francis Ferdinand was but 8
years old his mother died, and his ia
Their gave him into the hands of Jesuit
teachers, with instructions that he be
brought up untainted by the wicked
ness of the nineteenth century. Con-
sequently the nephew of the present
ruler was not educated as a future
wearer of the crown. But when the
tragic end of the crown prince in 1889
brought him to the steps of the throne
he began assiduously to prepare him.
self for the high position which seemed
destined to be his.
Dissipated Early In Life.
His early youth was clouded with
designations which threatened to re-
suit in his undoing. In fact an episode,
the exact nature of which has never
been disclosed, resulted in his Danish.
meDt from Austria, only to be recalled
after the sudden death of the crown
prince.
Though various archduchesses and
Processes were suggested as proper
objects for the attractions of the new
heir apparent, he persistently refused
to act in accordance with them. and
in 1900 he Mortified court circles by
announcing his intention to marry
not an archduchess, but a simple lady
in-waitHg to an archduchess, the
Countess Sophie Chotek, daughter OF
a diplomatist of an ancient but far
from royal house.
But under the law such a marriage
between a member of the royal house
and a subject, while binding between
and wife, was morganatic-which
means that it would require the arch
formally to Jul all possible
of his wife to royal rights and
OF his children to possible succession
to the throne.
Francis Joseph DispIeased.
Francis Joseph, however, was never
pleased with his n~ephew's conduct.
but he gave his imperial consent to
the marriage upon condition that the
archduke strictly observe the Haps-
burg laws and never attempt to place
~morganatic wife upon the throne or
establish the right of succession for
his children.
The real significance of the whole
however, lies in that the tragic
death of the archduke and his wife
before the formers ascension to the
throne leaves the heir apparent to the
not the elder of the %archduke's
two sons, but his nephew, A~rchduke