New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

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treacherous war on Austria in 1864
The archduke passed over all the Ger.
man princesses and went TO Belgium.
where, in the famous Hermitage castle
of the Princes de Croy, he found his
bride in the person Of the Princes
Isabelle.
Sway Over Court Increases
Germany refused TO acknowledge her,
and even in Austria the high court
circles treated her as an intruder with.
out the requisite royal standing. But
the new archduchess accepted the stu
alton for the moment with surprising
calmness. She set about TO win her
way. First she conquered the Emperor
Francis Joseph himself. Then, as her
influence began to be established. she
welded a constantly increasing sway
over the whole court, and before long
the former Princess Isabelle de Croy
was the despotic ruler of the proudest
court Of continental Europe, a court in
which the Hohenzollerns and practical
ly all the royalties Of Germany-with
the exception of Bayaria-are held %
be mere upstairs in the matter Of he.
reditary nobility.
Her husband. the archduke command.
er. has cheerfully submitted 10 her
rule, which has now been extended
from the domestic circle into the field
OF military operations. The Belgian
princess's rule literally goes into the
tented field where her husband holds
the command. In no other country to.
day at war has any woman succeeded
in exercising a dominant role at the
front. The Archduchess Isabelle has
created for herself a unique position
as an autocrat in regulating camp life
at General Staff Headquarters. At her
husbands table, even when it is laid
far away from headquarters buildings
and even in the days when the repass
have TO be taken in close proximity TO
the battle line, the archduchess insists
on the observance OF all the etiquette
that in times of peace surrounds his
imperial highness the grandson OF an
Austrian Emperor.
The archduchess not only has no
sympathy with the Hohenzollerns; she
has no sympathy for the present war,
in which, as she believes. Austria is
now involved through the criminal
weakness of the Hungarian statesmen,
with Count Tisza at their head, who
permitted themseive. to be inyeigled
into it By the German Kaiser and his
minions. She is determined that Aus
tria at least will not lose her honor in
the war; that she will come out Of I.
with credit.
Has Agitated for Peace
Her husband, the archduke. submits
delightedly TO her domination. and IL i.
known that this brilliant and domineer-
ing Belgian princess has a remarkable
influence over the young Empress. who
considers herself an Italian. Indeed,
the fact that the Empress, marrying as
a girl in her teens, succeeded in ~
once assuming control over the aims
and aspirations and very mode OF
thought OF her young husband, despite
the efforts of the statesmen who a.
tempted to direct him, is regarded ss
q proof OF the influence which the
Archduchess Frederick Charles hss
been able 10 exert on the Empress.
When, nearly year ago, the Empress
undertook the agitation in favor al
peace which her husband, as il became
known from many sources and even
Germany, proposed 10 the German
Kaiser on a visit he made 10 the Ger
man Great General Headquarters. the
archduchess's name was Immediately
mentioned in connection with the agl-
tation, and the statesmen Of Austria
and Hungary treated personally with
her, in the hope of winning her 10 their
views, which conceded TO great eN-
tent with those OF the government AZ ,
Berlin.
Their efforts are said TO have been
utterly fruitless.
The Austrian Empress, following the
Francophile and anti-Hohenzollern SEN
timents of the 'Archduche Isabelle
has been insistent in her efforts 20 pre-
vent the Austrian troops being used on
any front where the French, Belgians
and even the British are engaged.
Austrian heavy artillery was superior
az all times 10 that OF Germany, ana
some Of the great Austrian Skoda guns
are believed tc have been used by 'h'
Germans in the advance through BeI-
GUM and Northeastern France. The
Austrans have never admitted TINS
fact, and the Germans have consistent
~ alleged that the monster guns were
Of German make, and Of - centimetre
calibre, while the biggest Skoda guns
are but of 80 centimetre bore. Even
against inc Ailleu 1OrCes OF inc Sai""-
lea expedition. il is German and not
Austrian troops which have .cooperated
with the Bulgarians. IL is only against
Italy and Russia that the Austrians ad-
NIT they are waging active warfare
and both these countries began opera
tons by invading Austrian territory.
The logic of the imperial ladies re-
garding the status Of the war. IL az
fects the many nations at present en-
gagged in il, may not be wholly accurate.
hut it is certain that their point Of view
has been impressed on large numbers
among the different peoples which
compose the Austrian Empire, and that
so far AS 1t depends on them the Ger
man Kaiser will not be allowed 10 use
Austria as his mere tool in his machi::
nations against the independence o.
other nations. They never tire OF
pointing out that Germany half a cen
Jury ago violated Austria's sovereign
rights and that Austria's ideals and
principles have nothing in common
with those of Germany.