The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-04
mere boy TO Be
SUCCESSOR Of
FRANZ JOSEPH
Young Archduke, Heir Appar-
ent to Throne, is Only TWen-
ty-Seven Years Old.

tsY As.se,A1re PRESS,
VIENNA, Aug. 4.-In the month
since the tragedy by which the Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, heir-apparent
to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was
removed by an assassin in Bosnia, a
remarkable phase of the changed con-
ditions is the wave Of popularity now
raging about his young nephew who
suddenly finds himself confronted
with the prospect OF soon being EN-
peror of Austria and King Of Hungary.
With the venerable Emperor Francis
Joseph now in his eighty-fourth year,
1t is certain the actuary cannot allow
him a very long lease of life.
Confident Of Success.
AS the new heir-apparent, Archduke
Carl Francis Joseph appears already
to have won more affectionate re-
gard from his people than his uncle
had, and quite as warm place in the
hearts of many as his great-uncle en-
Joys. Everybody seems proud OF him
and confident OF his future success as
q ruler.
At twenty-seven years of age he
finds himself with little more than a
military training. He was only a
junior reglmental officer when the
news Of his uncle's death reached
him. Now he will turn to statecraft
and in the time that may be allowed
him, try to acquaint himself with for
eign and. domestic affairs.
Archduke Carl Francis Joseph is
described as an officer through and
through. In his army work there has
been nothing Of the archduke about
him. He has worked and studied and
learned and observed and done his
duty in every way without for one mo-
ment claiming or desiring any special
consideration on account of his high
rank. Indeed he would have been
very much surprised If anybody had
suggested that he should be shown
any extraordinary favors or prefer
ence.
Cavalry Lieutenant.
He began as cavalry lieutenant
and was most popular among his COM
rades who never felt that an imperial
hfghness and future monarch was in
their corps. He performed his duties
with the utmost exactness and was
Just as punctilious in his behavior to
the senior officers as any young sub
altern. No duty was too small. He
carried out the routine work most
carefully and when he heard of his
young comrades grumbling would
merely say What do you expect
orders are ORDERS"
Going later into the infantry, the
archduke has always looked back on
his service in the cavalry as the most
delightful time in his life. He was
proud to ride into new garrison at
the head of his squadron and it was
generally said in the regiment that
the officers in his squadron had the
best time of any. He was hospitable
to high degree and none the less so
after his marriage with the Princess
lita of Parma, who is just as we'll
liked as her husband.
When she accompanied him to his
garrison she came as a simple junior
officers wife and not as an arch
duchess. She went and called upon
the wives of all the officers senior
In rank to the archduke instead Of
waiting for them to call upon her. She
took the greatest interest, not only in
regimental affairs, but also in the in
habitants OF the country districts
where the regiment was stationed and
became greatly beloved by the Jews
in one of the small garrisons in Gal
icia. She went out among the people
there and talked to the children and
gave them little gifts as no officers
wife had ever done before.
Special Instructors.
But so long as Francis Ferdinand
was living the young couple were left
in the background. With two small
babies to look after the Archduchess
Zita was quite content that 1t should
be so, and was not at all anxious to
become involved in the intrigues ap-
parently inseparable from the daily
life at most courts, and certainly at
the court OF Vienna. But under the
changed circumstances 1t is expected
that she will assume her rightful
place as the first lady at court, po-
sition now held by the Archduchess
Maria Annunciata.
The emperor intends that the new
heir shall lose no time in taking his
place. In all probability the Archduke
Carl Francis Joseph will be advanced
rapidly in the army, while spending
most Of his time in familiarizing him
self with political and administrative
affairs. Special instructors, includ-
ing highly placed officials, already
have been nominated to inform the
new heir apparent in technical mat
tiers relating to the government and
he will be gradually initiated into the
most important affairs of state.