The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

Gen. Joffre, Generalissimo
of French Army. Least
Known Of Them All in
This Countrywide
Taciturn Won Moltke

This Countrywide
Taciturn Won Moltke
son of the late Grand Duke Nicholas
NiCholaiovitch. who commanded the
Russian army in that campaign, IL
rated by the German War Department
at Berlin and 10y the military experts
of Europe as the most clever and brill
liant cavalry leader now living, and has
for several years past been at the head
of the military district Of st. Peters
burg ana OF the capital. and as such re-
sponslble for the safety of the Car, the
rrignng house and of the Government.
Like Gen. Sukomilnoff, he is married to
a Divorce. his wife. Grand Duchess
Staua, one of the daughters of the
King OF Mon enesro. having secured q
dissolution of her union to the late
Duke George of Leuch,enberg in order
TO we'd him.
1t Is TO Archduke Frederick that EN-
peror Francis Joseph has confided the
chief command OF his armies in the
present war. Very short and stocky.
he is the eldest brother of the Queen
Mother of Spain, and il on terms of
the utmost intimacy with the Kaiser,
and as such a frequent visitor to Pos-
dam. where one OF his daug srs Ia
married to PrusSlan officer, Prince
Emmanuel Salm. Enormously rich. he
inherited the vast fortune az well as
the DuchN OF Teschen from his uncle.
Archduke Albert, victor OF the battle
or tustozza. and who for so many
years was Generalssmo OF the Aus
;rian army.
Moreover. he IL grandson OF that
/ rchduke Charles one of the heroes OF
| the Napoleonic wars al the beginning OF
the nineteenth ce2tury and famous as
the victor of the battle of Aspern. Arch
duke Frederick is one of the only MEM
oers of the imperial family whom the
murdered heir presumptive, Francis
Ferdinand did not dare to eliminate
from the army, aware Of the reputation
which he enjoyed as one of the most
capable OF Austrian comman ders Yet
the two men were barely on speaking
'erms with one another. since the lat.
! Archduke Francis Ferdinand could not
forget that his morganatlc wife, the
| Duchess Of Hohcnberg. had been sum
marily dismissed from the household OF
Archduchess Frederick on It's being dis
covered that she had induced the M
/ fated heir presumptve TO Silt for her
sake the daughter Of her employers.
Two other Archdukes who are called
upon 10 play a role in me present war
are Archduke Leopold Salvador. who as
Inspector General OF Artillery has done
much To place this branch OF the ser
vice on an excellent footing. and Arch
duke Eugene. Grand Master OF the
| Teutonic order, who IL IN chief com
\ 4 -. A.
/ and Hungary. The war has served to
/ ailay for the nonce all the animosi les
Of the Hungar'ans toward the Austrians
ana To unite them together against Rus
STA. For there is no nation In the world
Cor which the Magyars entertain such q
bitter hatred as the Russian. since they
can never forget the devastation which
they suffered az the hands II the Pus-
sian Marshal Paskiewitch, who at the
head of Muscovite force put all Hun
, gary to the fire and sword when he in
vaded the ancient kingdom OF At.
stephen in lS49 to assist Austria in SUI
pressing the Magyar revolt.
Gen Conrad Won HotzendorfY, as chief
! of the general staff of the Austrian
army. Is likewise a very prominen, fig
ure in the great war in Europe A WOO
derful organizer, a soldier of the Field
Marshal Won Moltke and Kitchener typa
insisting that everything in connection
with the Austrian army shall work with
clocklike precision and that nothing
! shall be left To chance, II is to him that
has been confided by Emperor Francis
Joseph the task OF preparing for the
presen. conflict. Indeed he spent se".
eral weeks in April last very quietly a. a
small resort near Carlsbad with Gen
julius Won Moltlis. the present Chief q.
the General Staff of the Germs. ss.-,,,.
celebrating plans for the present Joint
action of the German and Austria n
armies againSs nrrsia and France.
Short epS fair, he stands particularly
| high in the confidence of his sovereIgn
who has the very highest opinion OF his
ability. Indeed on the several occasions
when he resigned his position as chief
of the general stan in consequence OF
| his differences with the late Archduke
Francis Ferdinand. with whom he was
| continually al variance, the old EN-
peror insisted upon his remaining at his
post, would not hear Of his going and
upheld him agains; his nephew.
As for Gen. julius Won Moltke. the
Of the General Sisff in consequence Of
| the nephew of the great Field Marshal
Won MOltke ana ~ as huge and burlv
as Gen. Won tIotzendorff is short and
| spare The great Field Marshal Won
Moltke, II may he recalled, was cele-
brated for his taciturnity. His nephew
German Chief ~ the General STAFF. he IS
partment at Berlin In in the same way
renowned for the rarity Of his smiles,
while such thing as laughter is en-
tirely foreign to his character
al h...
found gloom, and even of downright
misery, impressed upon his fat Coun-
tenance To such an extent is this the
case that the Kaiser always speaks
OF him as der traurige Julius" the
gloomy Julius), There is il must he
admitted. some reason for this gloom
For Emperor William is a difficult man
10 satisfy in military matters. and the
| General IL a constant subject OF i'm
perial criticism Notwithstanding this
he has managed to retain hold Of his
office for close upon seven years. aC-
CordinG to some owing to the difficulty
| of finding a better man for the place
Emperor william himself of course