The chronicle=news., 1914-06-29

whom he constituted himself the spe.
cial body guard after the bomb had
been thrown a short time before by
Nedeljo Gabrinovics.
The archduke was joking with the
count about his precautions when the
reports of several shots rang out.
The aim of the assassins was SO
true that each OF the bullets inflicted
a mortal wound.
For an instant after the attack
Field Marshal Potiriek thought the
archduke and the duchess seated op-
posite him had again escaped. Meth
er the archduke nor the duchess ut
| tered a sound, but moment after
ward it was seen they had been hit.
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Merrizzi,
who had been wounded by the bomb
in the first attack. was today pro-
nounced out of danger, while the in
jury sustained by the Count Won
Boos- -Waldeck is said to be insigni-
fcant.
From all parts of the dual mon
archy, as we'll as from most foreign
countries, messages poured in today
testifying to the profoundly painful
jimprcssion produced throughout the
world by the assassination of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, heir - the
Au),tro-Hungarian throne. and HIS
consort. the Duchess Of Hohenberg.
Tho newspapers pay the warmest
tribute to the late Archduke and his
wife, and reflect the sorrow and SYM
pathy evoked among all classes by
their death.
When the old Emperor arrived at
a suburban station from Tschl at I
O'Clock this morning he was greeted
with cheers by large crowds.
The opinion has gained ground in
authoritative circles here that the fut-
urc of Austria Hungary now, more
than ever. depends on the healt, of
the venerable Emperor Francis Jo-
seph.
1t was pointed out in high political
circles that If the Emperor is per-
mitted to reign only few years
more everything may continue as us
ual and Archduke Francis Ferdin-
and's death will have little lasting
material effect on the foreign or do
mestic affairs of the dual monarchy.
1t was argued that should a youth
full and inexperienced ruler like the
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph.
son of the late Archduke Otto, sud
denly be called on to take the reigns
of government, a period OF anxiety
might supervene.
The young Archduke and his wife,
who was Princess Zita of Parma. are
both extremely popular among all
classes of society and everybody from
the Emperor down is said to be pre-
pared to do his utmost to help them
in every way to riso to the respon-
sible position so suddenly thrust up
on them.
The suggestion put forward in
some quarters that Archduke Francis
Ferdinand's death is likely to cause a
political upheaval, is said to have
little real foundation, as the old En-
peror has kept the reisns of the gov
ernment in his own hands, delegat-
ing as little power as possible to his
late nephew.
Much mystery always had exist
ed in Austria-Hungary regarding the
late heirs real political claims. He
was credited with being an ardent
Catholic and the chief supporter of
the powerful Christian-Socialist or
anti-semetic party in Austria. 1t
was known he was not in sympathy
with the Magyar regime in Hungary,
nor was he pro-German in Austria as
some of the German nationalists fac
tion desired him to be.
The late archduke, it is believed,
really favored some form of three
fold system for the future govern
ment of the Austro-Hungarian en-