El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-23
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hQnor of NY monQucliy And-f0rthc 81
! teQlton Of its dignity ana the aecuri
q US possessions to grasp the swsol
\ AFTER long yeaTaxof peace.
f9he hope that aeThla would kes
= ts word has not been frafllIeas 40
!, IiQnfe az its llatEed foF&myaeif and ID
J Rouse has always ,blazed higher
In this solemn hour am fuiiv Col
aoious OF the whole Significance Of b
resolve and my responsibility befpl
tne Almighty, have examined an
weighed everything, and With sereh
! copseleDrg set out on tho path tbs
} duty points,
Aside nom the great WAR FrancI
dqseph's reign was one Of the mos
leventfui If history, From his irnps
rial vantage point he saw the Frefc
monarchy 30 down. the second afnpir
rise and ernmble, the COMMUNE FLAIR
briefly and the Fapllblic OF today ris,
Aon its ashes he sew the black pSnion
tot the Prpsgiap eagle stamped on Id,
nag Of the now German einplrelate
70 tower threatenlngly over Austria il
self he saw the paDacy shorn of. iii
territorial demesne while about /;
pickering family Of petty principali
Yes was welded into united Italy. II,
saw Spain once the greafeat OF colon
ial powers lose the last of her depend
encies il two Qceapss be saw Tapar
opened to western civilization. ant
later defeat the sprawling Colossus 81
two continents; he saw the most abso
lue Observation-Disclosures Turkey and
Persia-cpnceae representation to The
people; he saw at distance the Uni,
led States cement its federation with
the blood OF a great ~interlecine war,
and he saw his own brother prove that
monarchy could not take new root on
American soil.
IN his Own country he faced internal
dissensi0ns and external a~ggressions
from the moment he came to the
throne. BY the war OF 1859 with
France and Sardinia. he was forced Id
eede IoMbardy 10 Italy; by force Of
arms and tfeaty he lost thesBuchy Of
Holstein TO Prussia and Venice to
Italy: and by the revolt Of Kossuth,
the Hungarian patriot, he barely ess
caped having his dual empire cut in
two.
The Hapshurp Tragedies
But in human interest his personal
SORROWS 0vershadowed all. One after
apnther they came upon him. In 1853.
the list of tragic iheidents began With
attempt upon his own HE. In 1857
his brother, the Archduke Macmillan,
after three wears experiment. as en-
peFor OF Mexico, WIS captured BIZ the
army Of the patriots and condemned
70 death by a courtmartiai whose sen.
tence was executed, MISUNDERSTANDING
ln~tercession in his behalf BY the gov.
ernnients Of the United States, Ene
land and Prussia.
There followed the burning to. death
Df a niece In Vienna; a sister met sim
lar fate in Paris; and a. cousin drown.
ep himself In Stahrehherg lake. YET
these We're but minor tragedies in.com-
pnrisons with that which befell the am
clent house OF the Hapsburgs in 1889
when Rudolf, the imperial prince upon
2hom the Austrians pinned their
loDes, met death in a mystery which
% this day lis not cleared
Graves hold the secret OF that fate.
spl night alta hunting lodge In Meyer
inc. There have been 81 dozen versions
u what occurred. One true story 4
that the crown prince was
struck dead BY ,Baltarri, a Hungarian
'heyalier who loved theaBaronasa Ma
70 betsera, and who was frdnzied BY
hiding tho girl and Prince RHd0lf to.
ether in the castle of Meyerling afteri
he crown prince had given his pledgeII
lot to see the girl again. Anether
bat the crown prince killed the uncle
i the young baroness when he came
2 rescue her and that both OF the
ioung lovers Rfteryard committed
ulcide. The truth Is not known.
Ct0uded IN stiil deeper mystery, It'll,
iossible, ysas the disappearance that,
atne year Of Francis Joseph's favorife
Iephew, the Archduke Johann Saixa
Pr. Heir 70 the throne at the death
Rpdolf. he renounced all his impe-
ial dignities and fled the country asi
Ohm Ortiz. captain OF a merchant ship.
ever to be heard Of again. The nexti,
1 kin. the Arahdukc Francis Ferdi.
and. who became heir presdmptiye.
dded q further burden TO his -unele,s
cart by ~morganatic marriage with So,
hie, the countess OF Ghotek. IL was
e and his wife who were assassinatedi
{ SaraieYo in June, 1914.
But - e doubtful il any or all Of
lese reyerses weighed more heavily
pom the emperor,s heart than the
at Geneva. when the Empress t
lizabeth, who had been called the
lost beautiful woman in Europe, was 4
.abped to death by an Italian araFch- /
i, in 1898. True, She long had been i
stranged from the emperor. but be
ad never ceased to respect and adore I
er. When a courier Brought him the Z
ewS OF the crime be exclaimed: s
Alas, nothing can be spared me, moth. q
e. 4af
After each blow he renewed his de- ;
ltieRte tAe state. his only solhce be- I
e in hardef work. He Iabored ypfc. b
IgiopslN He was yhelofed for his
holiness, hissmodes8y and reetitude
I'd his high moral courage made 1T
)ssiele for hin 70 hold IN leach the !
zeehs, the Poles, the Serbs, the Ruth. /
iians and the Tulsars. WHO made up i
e mosaic Of ~nationaiifies IN his dual i
npire. !
GOSSIP dealt pleHtifnliy sSth his prf. (
lte die. filled with ponIanee and mis- !,
rtNne, II issrciatndafl1at MS anlothor 1
tanaet him 10 marry Brfneess aHei, \
~ eldest dpNghterf of. Duke Max. OF !
aEariaa WIKI passive Indifference thel !
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