Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-23
British Press Scores Late
N, Ruler As a Weak
Blunderer.
DARK FUTURE FOR
DUAL MONARCHY
Newspapers Of Empire Declare Aus.
tria. Hungary stands to Lose No
Matter What Outcome OF Conflict
May 6e-Te Remain vassal Of Ger.
many Unless Kaiser 10 Crushed, in
Opinion Of London Press. #

London. Nov. 23.--According to the
Berlin correspondent OF the Copenhag-
en- Politiken, as quoted In Copenhag-
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company. Archduke Charles Francis Of
Austria a-Hungary will assume tho title
Emperor and King Charles !.
Emperor Charles Of Austria has Is
ued proclamation to the Austro-
Hungarians declaring his intiexible de-
ision TO maintain the war until -
| ,eace assuring the existence and de-
velopment of the monarchy, according
to Vienna dispatch to Reuters by
way Of Amsterdam.
The dispatch says the proclamation
was printed in a special edition OF the
Wiesner Zeitung. together with an au-
tograph letter addressed to Premier
koerber Tho letter announced that
the new monarch had taken over the
government and confirmed the premier
II Ais present functions.
Premier to Complete Work.
After paying homage to the late ems
peror, the proclamation said:
h u will continue to complete his
work. / ascend his throne in a stormy
time. Our aim has not yet been
achieved and the Illusion OF tho enemy
to throw down my monarchy and our
allies is not yet broken. You know me
to be in harmony with my people In
my lnflexible decision to continue the
struggle until a peace assuring the ex-
1stence and development OF the n,on-
archy Is obtained. Will do all In my
power to Danish as soon as possible
the horrors and sacrifices of war and
to reobtain peace as soon as the honor
of our arms, the conditions Of hfe OF
my countries and their allies. ana the
| defeat Of our enemies will allow"
Sec Dark Future, Eli
Editorials In the morning newspa-
pers concur in the view that the death
I Emperor Francis Joseph and the ac-
cession OF a new monarch-will not ma
terially affect the cause of the wal.
THE future OF Austria Hungary"
says the Morning Post, was never
darker or more forebod,ng Whatever
the outcome Of the war, she stands to
lose. Even If the central powers avoid
a decisive defeat. she Will remain a
Ivassal Of Germany in fact, II not in
name"
Altho Emperor Francis Joseph is
! ecognized by the editorial writer's to
have been personally friendly to Great
| Britain and the tragedies of his reign
are sympathetically recalled. today's
estimates OF his achievements and his
| ersonality are not f1atterIng
Late Ruler Blamed For War.
Beyond his devotion to the dynasty
| nd his desire to transmit It's possess
sions undiminished to his successor
says the Times, "he seems to have Ind
a. positive purpose. Turnout life he
CROPPED in the dark toward the line of
least resistance and ended by involv-
Ing himself, his family and his subjects
] in n catastrophe the like of which the
civilized world has not seen"
Behind the divinity which came to
hedge him he remained what he al
ways had been. a man of cruel. crook
Sel, cavernous and m!santhropic mind :.
| avs the Chronicle.
His star has set In the horror Of n
iConvulslon In which the fortunes Of
the Hapshurgs may well finally he en-
irulfed.' says the Telegraph This Is
not the moment to allot his exact re-
Esoouslbility for the unpardonable crime
of war. but future ages, with the ad-
Vantage Of cooler Judgment, will not,
we think. estimate less sternly than we
the guilty record of one Of the arch
malefactors Of Europe"