The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
The Archduke Eugene
Hopes for a Lincoln

and he is of the Spanish rather than
the German type. Born in 1863. the
years sit lightly upon him n he looks
to be in the very prime Of youthful
strength and vigor.
A soldier from boyhood days. he has
given the best years of his life to the
study of military problems He has
the brains. too. and the personality
that inspires confidence in the officers
and men serving under him Being
the commander In chief of the Teu-
tonic knights. he is vowed to cclibacy,
and this fact surrounds him with the
glamour of romance in the eyes of the
people, who have still a lingering re-
gard FOR the knishtly traditions of the
olden days.
Interviewinc the Archdukc was not
by any means an easy task. He was
too modest to speak of himself and too
re ticent when there was question OF
military affairs. 1t was only when I
touched upon the valor of the Aus
trian-Hungarian rank and file that he
showed how keenly he realized the
tragedy Of war and 10Y much he re-
GREETED the necessity of shedding the
nations best blood even i'm a war of
defence.
This liz n struggle to the death"
he said, "and we must go on with
IL. 1t is too late to discuss causes
or to dwell upon the issues which
have led up to this worldwide strug-
gle.
you people in America are ey-
tremely fortunate. You are free from
Tho r,aiaI lut,aJg - s,,r,, and fr,,,
the entanglements of Old World di-
plomacy.
ION this side of the Atlantic we
are the heirs of old time animosities
and, though we are supposed to he
animated by Christian principles.
there is ne disposition to forgive OF
forget.
The saddest thing in connection
with this whole struggle is that it
will not settle anything. Europe has.
I fear. no Abraham Lincoln to sound
the note of reconstruction or to lay
down those broad principles of sym
patty and good will which lead ma
tons as well as individuals along the
paths of peace.
THE great soul OF one great man
unified America at the close of your
civil war. Let us hope that God
will raise up for Europe, i'm this
crisis. a few statesmen who will be
dominated by similar sentiments Of
pity and compassion for their fellow
men and that national selfishness and
brute force will not he the paramount
considerations in arranging future
terms Of peace.
NNa hnnrl "a rvnnh dnn1 nt Tho hn-
ginning of this war. about consult
ing races and people az to their own
futures. I fear that altruistic declara-
tions of this character will he entirely
forgotten and that unhappy Europe
will have n new assortment of in
fiammable materials when this strug-
gle to "A close.
II am a soldier. but I believe that
soldiers are frequently less bitter than
non-cornbatants. 1t was a soldier
President who put Lincoln's principles
into practice in your country.
II can well believe that it was his
knowledge of wars barbarities which
dictated his c~onciliatory policy and
made it possible for him to do so
much toward unifying the North and
South. j have a great admiration for
both Lincoln and Grant and would
like to see their principles and policies
put into practice by the men who
will be called upon to settle Europe's
present difficulties.
81 wish mere and now too TO en-
press the conviction that the respon-
sihle Ministers of this monarchy were
guiltless of any wish OF desire To bring
on this world war. History will place
the responsibility. where it properly
belongs. but we soldiers. in the mean
time, must do our duty.
THE path Of duty, as | see il, is
plain and simple. Though a COM