The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-11-22
WAR HASTENS
. END Of RULER;
. LONG REGIME
Head Of Hapsburgs Gave Empire
Years of Peace and Pros.
perity !,
AGED MONARCH SUFFERED
CATARRHAL AFFLICTIoN
Young Arch Duke Carl Francis
Will Succeed to the
Throne !;
DEATH CONFIRMED.
Washington, Nov. 22.-1he Aue.
trian embassy officially announc.
ed that Franz Josef 10 dead.


ed that Franz Josef 10 dead.
London, Nov. 22.-Although Official
sources refuse to confirm Emperor
Francis Joseph's death, special mes.
; sages from news agencies confirm the
demise Of the ruler of Austria Hun
gary.
For the past few days he had been
failing fast. Late yesterday his tenn.
perature was high and he suffered
from catarrhal trouble. Monday eve.
ming he rallied and was able to re.
ceive few intimate friends.
He was born August 18., 1880, and
was proclaimed Emperor. Of Austria
in 1S4S at the abdication of his uncle.
Ferdinand l. He was crowned king
Of Hungary in 1867. /#
Emperor Joseph succeeded in avoid.
ing assassination, which terminated
the lives Of so many members Of his
family during his long reign. His
wife died at the hands of an anarchist
in Geneva in 1898. A son, heir appar-
ent, committed suicide in 1882. His
eldest brother, Macmillan, was shot
in Mexico, in 1867.
His nephew and niece, heirssto. tho
throne, were murdered in 6arajpvoy
Bosnia. which crime was the immedi.
, ate cause Of the present war.
Charged to War.
Like the death of Pope Plus x, the
end of the venerable Emperor Fran.
cis Joseph is charged largely against
the great war. The one man was a
great. helpless spectator, shocked at
the horror of such a sudden and wide.
spread clash Of arms; the other the
man whose action in avenging the az.
sassination of his heir engulfed nine
nations in combat.
With Francis Joseph's death In the
midst of this great conflict there is
a remarkable climax to long list
of tragedies in the Hapsburg family
"a list unparalleled in any other
reigning house in Europe-including
the assassination or violent death Of
seven near relatives. ,
The fortitude with which the en-
peror bore each blow and in later
years withstood the inroads of Ill.
health himself was the wonder Of his
people. Fears that the shock of the
assassination of his heir, the Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, and his con.
sort, while on a state visit to Bosnia,
on June 20 last. would kill the en-.
pcror we're answered in characteristic
manner. '
Francis Joseph. then nearing his
84th birthday, recuperating at 1schl,
from a catarrhal afflictiOn which
each spring had wore heavily upon
him. mustered strength to return to
Vienna Immediately, and take drm
grip on the confused state of affairs.
New Heir.
With the royal funeral rites observ.
ed, and the new heir, the young Arch.
duke Carl Francis Joseph, recognize
ed, the venerable emperor and his I'd.
visers turned to Servia with demands
which startled all Europe. From tho
ultimatum of July %, denouncin9 the
anti-Austrian propaganda and demand.
ing prompt punishment of tho assas.
sins of Archduke Ferdinand; accord.
ing to items supposedly dictated BY
JOSSHu Al"oOlA1 ~ AVSANO3y.
dates the war now ravaging Europe.
In his manifesto Of July 2S, the day
of formal declaration Of war upon
Servia, Francis Joseph said:
"The intrigues Of malevolent op.
ponent compel me in defense Of tho
honor of my monarchy and for tho
protection of its dignity and the So.
curity of its possessions to grasp the
sword after long years Of peace.
",rhe hope that Servia would keep
it's word has not been fulfilled; the
fame of its hatred for myself and my
house has always blazed higher.
"ln this solemn hour am fully con.
scious of the whole significance Of my
resolve and my responsibility before
the Almighty. have examined and
everything, and with serene
set out on the path that
duty points.
Feared Assassination.
With the war on, communication
with Vienna was practically cut on.
Rumors of the emperor's assassina-
ton, or his impending death from
shock over the great war he had or.
dered, were widely circulated, with
denials following:
On August q, when the Germans
were moving into France, Francis 10.
seph conveyed his greetings to EN-.
peror William in these words: ~.
Victory after victory, God Is With
you. He will be with US also, most
congratulate you, dear