El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-24
CHARLES Is NOW
ON THE THRONE
p Royal Proclamation to An
nounce His Assumption
Of Sovereign Power.

Vienna. Austria. Nov PA royal
proclamation is soon to be issued by
the new monarch. emperor Charles Of
Austria Hungary, the archduke Charles
Francis having ascended the throne
promptly after the death OF emperor
|, Francis Joseph
The funeral OF the late emperor viii
take place in the afternoon of Novem-
her 80. Emperor Charles has ordered
personal bereavement to most Of the
people
Vienna in Mourning.
Ieaden sky wet streets. mourning
Tags. with black rain beating against
damp walls. the mournful tolling Of
bells made Vienna today a veritable city
or grief Faces eVeryWhe snow that
the death of the nations emperor Is
reavement to most Of the people
our emperor" does not refer to the
young man who has now assembled the
throne It is still meant for the old
man who for nearly 20 years presided
over the dual monarchy the ten races
of which gave him their love and de-
VotiOn.
Emperor Francis Joseph was the
formation upon which the dual mon
archy rested. This fact gives to the
death OF the old emperor and the ac-
cession of the new a peculiar signifi-
canoe. 1t is not a case in which q racial
unit accepts automatically a new ruler
because nature course maze mat Alll-
perative, but an event in which ten diff
ferent races are to agree among them
selves to continue under q sovereign
who is theirs in common
Thus today 1t was not so much that
one emperor had died. but that a new
monarch had taken the throne.
budapest shouts "LOnE Live the King
While in Budapest there are shouts Of
long live the king the Nienesse still
occupy themselves with the passing Of
the old man. who was their co-citizen
for so many years, and to whom they
owed allegiance The emperor had
come to be regarded as an institution
Dredestined to live forever and when
the hour came to prove that there IS
nothing on earth eternal. II found the
minds OF the people wholly unprepared.
Schoenbrunn palace lies in a wide
park eXpanSe. with 4 black flag stand
ing out i'm the wind and a background
of leafleSS trees adding to the sOmber
appearance. From its many doors issue
men in black clothing and high hats,
others come necessarily in automobiles
palace employees IN livery and gov
eminent messengers hurry in and out;
the sentinels look Eraver than ever
Empress Is Highly Accomplished.
With the advent Of the new empress
Zlla- curiosity would ma Iurally be
aroused as TO her personality and &C
cOmplishments- From her early days
she has been studious and is an accom-
Dlished musician and well versed in
literature. history and philosophy. She
also IS fond Of society and is graceful
dancer.
Empress Zita was born in the villa
Reale at Pianore. in the Italian prov
1nce OF Lucca, May ., 1892. the daughter
Of duke Robert and duchess Marie An
toinette Of Parma She is of Bourbon
descent but rapidly became Niennese,
owing to the fact that life in the cap I
ital on the Danube interested her ex-
ceedingly- Her early training was in I
the hands of the maT0uise della Rosa /
Later she entered convent at Fang J
bert, where she advanced rapidly in mU- /!
sic
Have Four Children.
Princess Zita made the acquaintance /
Of archduke Charles Francis at Frazen-
bad. Bohemia. in the spring of 1909.
on June H. 1911. their engagement
was announced, and on Oct q Of the
same year they were married Their
first child was born Nov. 20. 1912. and !
was named Francis Joseph Otto He is
now heir apparent to the Austrian .
throne The other children are the
archduchess Adelaide, born Jan 3, 1914; /
archduke Robert Charles Louis. born !
Feb 8. 1915. and archduke Felix Fred |
erick August, born May 81. 1916. the
date on which his father was a victor in
the battles in Aserio and AsiagO. in
Ttalv