The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
THE HISTORIC scHoENBRUNN,
Austria's Royal Palace tho Scene Of
Many Dramatic Events.

Austria's Royal Palace the Scene Of
Many Dramatic Events.
Less than three miles southwest OF
the Ringstrasse, which surrounds the
inner city OF Vienna. is the impressive
pile OF masonry known as Sch0enbrunn.
where some Of the most dramatic cpl
sodes in the history Of Austria have
been staged and where Emperor Fran
els Joseph's death brought to a close 4
phenomenal reign Of sixty-eight years.
A National Geographic society bulletin
gives the following description Of the
royal summer residence and some Of
the episodes which have had 4 regal
setting there:
with its more than 400 rooms
S~choenbrunn is a splendid example Of
imperial residence modelled on the
standard of the great palace at Yer
sailles. One of the striking peculiari-
ties Of this home Of Austria's royal
family, however, is that instead Of
browning an eminence it is built on low
ground, while the magnificent park of
nearly 500 acres occupies the high
ground. rising gradually from the pal
ace doors until it terminates on a hill
adorned with a beautiful colonnade
called the Gloriette.
"Three important events Of the Ma
pOleonic era were staged in the i'm
perial apartments of Schoenbrunn. The
first was the treaty of 1906, signed here
by Napoleon and Haugwitz, the latter
acting for the king of Prussia. BY this
document Napoleon inflicted a humiliat-
ing diplomatic defeat on the Prussian
statesman. who agreed to surrender
Cloves. Ansbach and Neuchatel to
France In exchange for Hanover,
whereas he had come to see the en-
peror for the express purpose Of deliv-
ering an ultimatum demanding the
return of Hanover. In the same year
(Dec. 30 Napoleon issued the procla-
nation of SchoenSrunn, in which the
Bourbon dynasty in Naples was declar-
ed at an end.
-Four years after Haugwitz's humili-
alton a second treaty of Schoenbrunn
was signed, the principals this time
being Napoleon and Francis l., the
Austrian emperor. who less than a year
later was to become the father-in-law
Of the 'upstart Corsican.'
"On this occasion the emperor Of the
French again drove a hard bargain,
but this time his antagonist had no
alternative, for the Austrian army had
just sustained the crushing defeat at
Wagram. The vanquished nation was
forced to give up Salzburg. a portion
of upper Austria and extensive terri
tory In Carinthia. Carniola. Croatia and
along the Adriatic seaboard. In addi-
ton, Francis was compelled to relin-
quish that share Of the booty which
had fallen to Austria in the third dis
memberment of Poland Q795).
Zone OF the most pathetic scenes ever
witnessed within the walls Of this
palace erected by Maria Theresa was
the final hour in the life Of the I'M
happy Due de Reichstadt, son of Ma
poleon and the Austrian archduchess
Marie Louise. The 'Eaglet,' as he was
called, was just twenty-one when he
died Of tuberculosis In a room once
occupied by his illustrious father on
one of the occasions when he held
~Schoenbrunn al his military headquar-
tiers. A perhaps too highly colored and
historically warped but superbly ap-
pealing picture of this deathbed has
been given to the world by the distin-
guished poet-playwright of France.
Edmond Rostand, in his widely known
drama of 'L'Aiglon.'
Zone of the novel features Of Schoen-
brunn is its amazing number Of kitch-
ens-139."