The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-08-22

ST %, 1914.
tically. that is of course, absolutely
validity. but she is not sharing his
rank. She received the title of Ser
enc Highness, Princess Hohenberg,
and he gave his word that she should
not share his throne either as En-
press of Austria or Queen of Hun
gary, and that no son of the marriage
should succeed to either of these
thrones.
Whether the first part of the pro-
mise would have been really carried
out. or whether latterly it was even
intended that adherence to it should
be exacted, seems questionable. The
fact that the Archduke's wife was af-
forwards promoted to the rank of
Highness and Duchess and, more still
the fact of her recent official recep-
ton with her husband at Berlin and
London, seem to point to the like
hood that, when the occasion should
have come, she would have received
the titles of Empress and Queen.
But it is scarcely proboble that their
elder son would have succeeded his
father. and, indeed. if any real ques-
ton Of it should have arisen it
might have fraught with grave dan
ger to the whole Empire. The Doch-
ess of Hohenberg was a devout Cath
Ollie.
A Vastt Conspiracy.
No one who knows the feeling
amongst the most numerous of the
three divisions of the population of
Bosnia and Herzegovina will be al
together astonished at the outrage
of June %. 1t was not the deed of
mere anarchist, though, apparent
ly, from the answers of the assassin
in court, anarchism and the reading
about it had something to do with
inducing the crime. But vast con-
spiracy was discovered, and that was
based on different grounds.
Dream of a Greater Servia. {.
BY the treaty of Berlin, in 1873,
the provinces of Bosnia and Herze-
govnia, though still remaining ncm-
inally part Of Turkey, were put un-
der the administration and military
occupation of Austria. BY the same
treaty Servia's independence of Tur-
key was officially declared. Though
the kingdom of Servia is not very
large, the Serb race is numerous and
widely spread over the southern ter
ritories in the Austro-Hungarian do
minions extending to the Adriatic,
and many Serbs today look back with
longing eyes to period when their
race ruled large empire, including
the present province of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and great part of Dali
malta. That empire was finally de-
stroyed by the Turks at the fatal bat
tie of Kossovo, in 1889. But today
many Serbs actively speculate on the
revival of the Greater Servia. Natur-
ally the center of their aspirations is
the present kingdom of Servia, whose
capital is Belgrade.
Belgrade is finely situated at the
junction of the Danube and the Save
The town and it's inhabitants give the
impression of very rude stage of
civilization. The predominant ele-
ment is the military, who seem large
ly to control Servia. The officers in
Belgrade present, as a rule, very
smart appearance. In one of the
main cobblestoned streets stands the
palace where, in 1903 the late King
and Queen were brutally murdered
by gang of officers in consumma-
ton of a wide military conspiracy.
Queen Provoked Hatred.
It is true that the Queen had given
grave provocation for the hatred and
distrust with which she was regard
ed. But nothing could justify the
brutal manner in which she and the
King were done to death at night in
the palace; and more dismaying still
was the extraordinary callousness
with which the Inhabitants of Bel
grade treated the foul deed-a fact
which goes some way to show that
as a merely cursory observation of
Belgrade suggests, the Servian is on
low footing of civilization.
When strolling close to the palace
the writer CHANGED to see the present
King Peter coming out in his car
riage for his afternoon drive and lat
er in the afternoon, on wild sort
of common leading to the model con-
vict settlement Of Topshidere, about
two or three miles outside the town
to meet the carriage on its return
journey. It seemed impossible--no
matter how BETTING that visitors to
a country should respect its sover-
eign, or no matter how, as especially
on the second occasion was the case,
deserted the spot was, so that even
the lowly wayfarer could not escape
notice-to salute a sovereign who