The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-23
WAR TO Hit IS
! new EMPEROR'S
EDICT TO PUBLIC
~Karl the First" in PrOcIama-
ton RevereS Franz Josef.
81 VIII Complete His Work."
Declares Successor.
FUNERAL CEREMONY SIMPLE
Pail of War Eclipses Pail OF
"a Sorrow ThruOut Empire.
Promises "Peace With Honor"
at Earliest Time Possible.
FUNERAL CEREMONY SIMPLE
Pail of War Eclipses Pail of
Sorrow ThruOut Empire.
"Peace With Honor"
at Earliest Time Possible.

London, Nov. 23.-Emperor Charles
cf Austria has issued a proclamation
TO the -Hungarians declaring
his inflexible decision to maintain the
war until a peace assuring the exist
ence and development of the mon
archy," according to Vienna dispatch
10 Reuters via Amsterdam. The dis
patch says the proclamation was
printed in a special edition of the
Wiener Zeitung, Dgether with an
autograph letter addressed to premier
Foerber. The letter announces the
new monarch had taken over the gov
eminent and confirmed the premier
IN his present functions. After paying
homage to the late emperor, the
proclamation said:
"I will continue to cor -plete his
work. 1 ascend his throne in a
stormy time. Our aim has not yet
been reached and the illusion OF the
enemy to throw down my monarchy
and our allies is not broken. You
know me TO be in harmony VII, ~
people in my inflexible decision 70
Continue the struggle until peace
assuring the existence ana deVel
ppment of the monarchy Is optalile"'
II will do all in my power 70 pan
ish as soon as possible the horrors
and sacrifices of the war and 10 re-
,htain peace as soon as the honor
= our arms, the conditions OF NE
of my countries and their allies ..nit1,
the defense of our enemies VIII
allow"
vienna Not Parading sorrow
81 4,aon Nov 2s.-Vienna will not
parade her sorrow in making IorIIlal
observance of the funeral of Emperor
Franz Josef and the assumption OF the
throne by his successor, Charles fran
els Joseph. Dispatches from Nlenn i
indicated today that departure Woul9
ne made from the rigidly formal ana
richly ceremo nial customs which mere
fofore have marked the passing or one
Sovereign and the ascending 10 the
throne of another. The pail OF war
will hang over even the pail OF sor-
row.
pate for the interment of the re-
,,,ains of emperor Franz Josef has not
E-et bcen fixed, but it will probably
take place a week from today. Vienna
was literally wrapped in a shroud TO-
day. The citys mourning Tor those
lost In the war was intensified by uni
versal sorrow for the late emperor.
Mineling with the half-maSted nation
nj colors were great streamers OF
black The great columns of the mu-
snicipal and state buildings were wrap
ped IN the mourning badge and their
Fronts all but covered with the pail.
Il Body Lies in State.
81 The emperor's body will lie in state
at the Hofburg-the imperial palace
In VIENNA building the aged en-
peror never liked and which he never
occupied except on formal state occa-
sions, prefer ring the beautiful Schocn-
sbrunn palace, in Sehoenbrunn park
where he was born. From the Hof-
burg the late soveregin's body will be
Carried thru Nienna's narrow streets
three short blocks to the church OF
the Capuchins for interment Ordiner-
lily this funeral parade would have
been a ceremonial full of ponp and
color--But Vienna dispatches today
Indicated that on this occasion, the
lcortege and its escorts would be of the
simplest possible form.
Proclaimed Karl the First
81 Amsterdam, Nov. %. - Charles
Francis Joseph, new ruler of Austro-