The Washington times., 1916-11-23
KARL THE FIRST
ISNEW RULER
Berlin Says He Will 30 SO Pro-
claimed at Coronation
In Vienna.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2s.-Kari Franz
Josef. new ruler OF Austroy Hungary,
will be proclaimed Kaiser und Koenig
Karl the First" according TO German
newspapers received here.
Reports from Vienna said arrival OF
Kaiser Wilhelm and Car Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria was expected at Vienna today.
The crown prince Of Turkey. sent as the
Ottoman empires representative Mt the
funeral Of Emperor Franz Josef. 10 ex-
pected within two or three days.
LONDON, Nov. 2s.-vienna will not
parade her sorrow nor her welcome In
parking formal observance of the
funeral of Emperor Franz JOSEF and
the assumption OF the throne by his
successor. Karl Franz Josef.
To Set Aside Pageantry.
Dispatches from Vienna indicated to-
day that departure would be made from
the rigidiy formal and richly ceremonial
customs which heretofore have marked
the passing OF one sovereign and the
ascending Of the throne by another. The
pail Of war will hang over even the pail
Of sorrow.
Date for interment OF the remains
OF Emperor Franz Josef has not yet
/
place a week from today. Vienna was
Literally wrapped In q shroud today.
The city's mourning for those lost IN
the war was intensified by universal
sorrow for the late Emperor. Minglins
with the half-masted national colors
were great streamers of black. The
great columns of the municipal and
state buildings were wrapped In the
mourning badge and their fronts all
but covered with the pail.
To Lie In state.
The Emperor's body will lie In state
at the Hofburg-the imperial palace
in Vienna building the aged EN-
lperor never liked and which he never
OCCUPIED except on formal state occa
sions preferring the beautiful Schoen
lbrunn palace, in Schofbrunn Park
where he was born.
From the Hofburg the late SOW
erefgn's body will be carried through
lvienna's narrow streets three shor
blocks to the church of the Capucini
foe interment. 4.
| Ordinarily this funeral parade
would have been a ceremonial full o
pomp and color-but Vienna dis
patches today Indicated that on THU
occasion the cortege and its ESCORT
would be OF the simplest possibis
form.
AilIng for Months.
The Emperor had been falling 70
months. Age vas rapidly telling OF
him by his low resistance to colds
The slightest draft affected him.
troublesome cough hung on despit
efforts OF his physicians. His vitalit.
was slapped. He frequently fell asleel
| at his desk and reused himself will
, an effort. But to the very last tn
Emperor kept up his work schedule
arising at $3.50 in the morning and be
ing at his desk shortly after 4 o'clock
He left the palace invariably-if tn
weather was fne-about noon an,
took a short walk In Schoenbrun
Park. III It was Indictment, he exeI
cised in the glass-covered barracks
like structure connected to Schoer
brunn Palace.
The ceremonial OF investiture o
the Archduke Karl Franz Josef will
| probably be postponed. He has a.
ready assumed the reins OF sovei
eighty automatically.
The new Emperor has literally bee
Crowned" during the past two year
in preparation for his kingly dutie,
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, az
sassinated at Sarajovo, had ron
through years of study to mt him 70
the crown. But Karl Franz, on whor
his death placed the succession, wa
totally unprepared. Therefore he wa
Immediately put through a course q
study. Eight months ago, II was al
nounced that Count Won BerchtolS
former foreign minister, had bee
named grand master OF ceremonies I
the new heir-apparent. The length
title was merely designed to coneei
: the fact that Won Berchtoid, acknow
edged one OF the empires stronge'
and wisest statesmen, had been a
3 signed to tutor the future Emperor
| statecraft