The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25

the exception of agreeing to ALLOW
Austrian authorities to enter Ser
bia to stamp out the alleged anti
Austrian conspiracies, Francis
Joseph declared war.
In his manifesto of that date,
July %. he said:
The intrigues of a malevolent
opponent compel me in defense of
the honor of my monarchy and for
the protection of it's dignity and
the security of its possessions to
peace.
The hope that Serbia would keep
its word has not been fulfilled: the
flame of it's hatred for myself and
ry house has always blazed higher.
I'm this solemn hour | am fully
conscious of the whole significance
of my resolve and my responsibility
before the Almighty. l have eX-
amined and weighed everything, and
with serene conscience set out on
the path that duty points"
Aside from the great wal Fran
! Gig Joseph's reign was one of the
most eventful in history. From his i'm
perial vantage point ne say the
French monarchy go down, the
Second Empire rise and crumble,
the Commune flare briefly. and the
Republic of today rise on its ashes.
He saw the black pinions OF the
Prussian eagle stamped on the flag
of the new German Empire-later
t. tower ~threateningly ove Austria
itself; he saw the papacy shorn OF
its territorial demesne, while about
il a pickering family of petty priI-
cipalities was welded into unitedi
Italy; he saw Spain, once the great
est of colonial powers, lose the last
OF her dependencies in two oceans
he saw Japan opened to western
civilization, and later defeat the
sprawling Colossus of two contin-
ents; he saw the most absolute des-
pCtisms-Russia, Turkey and Per-
sia-concede representation to the
people; he saw at a distance the
United States cement its federation
with the blood of a great ~internecine
war, and he saw his own brother
prove that monarchy could not take
new root on American soil.
In his own country he faced in
ten nal dissensions and external ag-
to the throne. BY the wal of 1SoA
with France and Sardinia, he was
forced to cede Lombardy to ltaiY.
by force of arms and treaty he lost
the Duchy of Holstein to Prussit
and Venice to Italy; and by the
revolt of Kossuth, the Hugarian
patriot. he barely escaped having mis-
] duel empire cut in two.
But in human interest his per
sonal sorrows overshadowed all.
/ One after another they came upon
him. In 1853 the list Of tragic in
cidents began with an attempt upon
his own life. In 1867 his brother,
the Archduke Macmillan, after q
| ~three-year experiment as Emperor
of Mexico, was captured by the
army of the patriots and condemn
ed to death by a court martial whose
| sentence was executed notwithstanG-
! ing intercession in his behalf by
the governments of the unltel
States, England and Prussia.
Gossip dealt plentifully with his
private life, filled with romance and
misfortune. 1t is related that his
mother intended him to marry
Princess Helena, eldest daughter OF
Duke Max of Bavaria. with pas
sive indifference the young Emper-
O, agreed to his mothers wishes
and set out to pay court to MS IN
tended bride. He got no further
than the park surrounding tire
Dukes castle. where he spied a lit
tie girl whose extraordinary beauty
attracted him.
He learned hat she was Princess
Elizabeth, younger sister of his
intended. He resolved that Eliza
beth should be his bride and so