New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-12
Active Court Party in
Vienna Anxious to
DiSCredit Him.
ARCHDUKE AND PRINCE
MONTENEGRO AT ODDS
latter'S Friends Foresee He
Will Lose High Position When
Present Emperor Dies.
M. canle to Tho rrIhune. J

Vienna. July 1.-THE role of the
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph as
he new heir-apparent 10 the AuStro-
Hungarian throne has begun with lit
rlt less than open war between him
and the active cour: party. and there
is every indication that the contest
will be OF the bitterest kind, with
every attempt being made to discredit
trc Young archduke with the old En-
ueror and the governing classes OF the
pusl Monarchy.
While there has long been little
sympathy between the archduke and
The court. an open fight has broken out
ever the responsibility for the break
down ia the arrangements for the
funeral Of the Archduke Francis Eel
oinand and the Duchess of Hohenberg'
Tire EMPEROR left the funeral arrange
rents with Prince MOntenuevo, court
marshal. not knowing that the prince
ana the murdered archduke had been
enemies for years The prince, 1t is
charged. sought 10 take a belated re
,eree on Francis Ferdinand, and de-
cided. seeing that the Emperor insisted
IN having the archduke and his wife
buried together, that every royal honor
should be omitted, and the ceremony
conducted with the utmost simplicity.
Prince Montenuevo, too, telegraphed
~ all foreign royalties. including the
German Emperor, that their presence
ri the funeral would not be especially
Welcome" owing to the private char
seter OF the burial. The prince also
failed 10 summon representatives OF
re army, the navy and the nobility,
though the dead archduke was general
Inspector Of the army and navy ana
chief of the Austrian nobility. mus
Il was the princes idea to have the
archduke buried not as helr-apparent
- the Austro- Hungarian throne, put as
-.he nan Of the Hohenberg woman
IS the murdered prince Is now calleo III
court circles.
few hours before the arrival OF the
two sofins at their last resting place
the new heir-appsrent, who also was
personally on bad terms with the muir
dered archduke, sent for Prince monte,
puevo and asked what preparations mao
been made for the funeral. Inc prince
was deeply vexed by what ne terms
.te "meddling" of the ArchduKe
Cbarles nut was compelled to give an
svnIanatjon and the archduke getting
-, rom his chair. exclaimed IN pas
sion: 60
rske us the ridicule Of Europe want
lie Mans altered. army and navy ON
cerz summoned and full honors gwen
20 both collins" a
changed the arrangements as far as
possible. but deep anger at the arch
dukes intervention prevails IN court
circles. The prince even complained 70
ne EmDeror. and the latter expressed
his satisfaction with all the things the
prince has done.
Still il is an open secret that the
rule OF Prince MONTENEGRO Is practlca'-
lv II an end. and that his position IN
H. inoDerial court will terminate with
the death Of the present Emperor;
Meanwhile the court marshal ana
mis- friends are doing all that IS posi-
bic 70 make the position OF the ne"
beir-apparent difficult. Their papers
renresent him as a simpleton ana ms
We as "a mere peasant girl strange
stories about his dislike ior mllltat!
and naval work are being circulated III
court clubs and a Dackdoor campaign
has been started 20 induce the I'm
neror 70 give the Office OF generaIlsAi
mo. held By the late heir-appareht' no.
% the present heir, but 70 the Areh-
duke Frederick. ,,:.o
on the other hand many. vienna
napers defend the young archduke ana
congratulate him on his courage ana
dignity. ,..,.1 o,.or
Count Sternberg has published over
So ~, name in the Wiener journal
= violent article, entitled IAN Enemy
N the Dead" in which Prince Monte
-uevo is denounced and the emperor
ssked 10 dismiss him at once.