The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
~ Dr. J. r. ROCHE.

T was at 3 o'clock on Good Friday
afternoon hat I called in COM
pany with Graf Harrach to pay
my respects to Gen. Won Sar-
kotic, civil and military governor Of
Bosnia. I felt as I entered the cham
Der in which he was waiting to re-
ceive us that the day and the hour
were singuiarly appropriate for such
a call. The Generals first words Of
greeting showed too that his thoughts
wee running in the same direction:
Welcome" he said, ito Bosnia! A
hearty welcome to Sarajevo and to
the very room in which the world war
has had its origin"
Noting my puzzled look as he
uttered these words he quickly added:
Behold The couch on which the
Crown Prince breathed his last sigh!
Behold the bed In the adjoining cham
Der on which his murdered wife was
laid and the place where her body was
rcbed for burial"
Seeing that I was still somewhat at
a loss for words to express the
thoughts which came surging through
ny mind at that moment the Cen
e'al cont!nued:
\ have just been thinking while
awaiting your arrival that nev since
tie great day Of Calvary has there
been another spot which has played
so tragic a role in world history. It
Is indeed a second Calvary. and the
spot on which We stand will be asso-
ciated for all time to come with the
greatest and most terrible Of world
wars"
II was impossible to remain IN
Affected by such a greeting. As he
spoke there arose before my mental
gaze a vivid picture Of those terrible
through Europe in which the men Of
the warning nations were pitted
against each other. Standing as 1t
I'D in the foreground OF that mental
picture the bloodstained couch took
on a weird and uncanny appearance
and the appropriateness OF the Cen
eFaPs comparison struck me with par
tcular force.
Graf Herrach had been telling me
on our way thither that the royal
pair had been taken to the Kanak
Immediately after the fatal shots had
been fired in the little street, located
about a half dozen blocks away. I
I'd not realize, however, until the
foregoing words had been spoken that
NE kanak was merely the ancient
turkish name for the Governors Of
hcial residence and was consequently
surprised to learn that the Dom In
~hich ! stood had witnessed the clos
'hg scene in that bloody drama.
Ny visit, TOO, was rendered MEM
oraole by another circumstance. The
hooleman who accompanied me was
"e!n whose car the royal couple were
'uhg when the fatal shots were fired,
'e man in whose ear the last words
W The dead prince had been uttered.
When Archduke Eugene, COM
mdhder in chief OF the southern army,
informed me a few days before my
departure from ujvidek that he was
seha!ng with me as courier and guide
very distinguished and intelligent
o"cer he made no reference to the
ppar' played hy Graf Harrach in the
Sa'a|e'o bu ness. 1t was only when
" were we. on our way that ! dis
w.e,ed IN me modest and courtly
s,"neman Who was acting az my
suue on" ~ the central figures in
mat lamcr,itlc AFFAIR.
was ".', Harrach. who, as aide
lump to b ate Imperial Highness,
a. made a' the arrangements for
;" Sslt and "Do had personal charge
ms VINO 'rogramme. As already
,onWu II Was in his car the royal
.,s' Were ting when Princip's bull
wa ua Inc deadly work. The Graf
csS "ahdn" n the sideboard Of the
= = uu'' UNI lnately for the prince,
h,,nMe "fonr de. He did all that a
s,s. mar Il under the circum-
pns'.s 70 90 '"ct the lives Of his
Ma nNl 'n' crime was so well
ina, n.y. ai' 10 quickly committed
ln,."''e '' hing could be done to
sni,.'e "" me work OF the con.
ernos 'ouS 70 our call upon the Gov
ana we one yer the ground
yer, NV '''' rad pointed out the
has, 'po' W. the ~assassin's bullets
stem r'u mark, the high door
wbics '"' roo" barber shop on
atlsG 'rN H'ood and which en-
the ""n "'" above the heads Of
walk "' .""ted on the side
viii. OF him. 1t was
Tia, r"h Hn that historic spot
and m,''' ne first time the full
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