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KAISER KARL
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about the city. The most recent report
in connection with Emperor charles
was received IN November :. when IL
was said that he had announced i'll,
intention to ahr!icnI".
Sketch OF Career.
EmDcror Charles / If Austria, KING
Of hungary. was IN Unproinl$lhE hidJ"I
III al Austrian infantry regiment whell
the shot OF the Assassin WI" klIIcd 'n u,
Archduk" Francis Ferdinand. on Ju II, ,ho
1919. mad" him III" heir apparent 10 tnc
throne III III" "linwks taSflc on 'hF
banks of the Rive Arr.
Two hundred or more monarchS OF
this historic house Of llnpSburE ruieu
for Centuries tho land of the Magyar
Slav and Tcutnr-rcnturics OF hioou-
shed. tyranny and aRgrcSSiOn-und sleep
t"hir Inst sleep in the wonderful cT:p
of the Capuchin Church in Vienna. I'm
pcror Francis Joseph. the aged pirHects-
Eur of the youthful Charles. seeing the
Handwriting on Tho wall. had hoped 10
unite the disrordant elements among MS
City million subjects. whose rariaI an
tnguniSmS wCr" complicated ny NV Az
vnrpti0n by Austria Of the SERBIAN p[ou,hc
nc"s of Bosnia and HorZc SOVina IN l!pS.
1T was tho .Archdukc Francis Frrdl-
hands determination to bring ahoH, a
triunr empire made up OF Magyar. HihV
and German StairS. il is grh"rhliH ":
iicvcd. thai led 10 his assassination IN
dual monarchy might bc ended upon me
death Of Francis Joseph by the inter
r"nt!on OF RUSSIA or Germany. and mus
sought 10 forcstall it, ,ec-
Charles | was born August II. 1891.
tn. son Of tho late .lrchduke Otto or
EaXnny.. He married tn" Princess aus
VI the Bourbon house Of Parma tltallan)
in 1911. When the Nunc D!mit!ls was
Gung for his dead grandunclc inc En-
ncrnr Francis Joseph. the only achieve
mnnts Of Charles brought to public not
tee were that hr was Il kccn sportsman
nm excellent shot and motoriSl. re
rucntly he WIS seen in the parks u
Vienna wheeling ono Of his young dukes
in n baby r"ramhulator. When he &C
ceded To the throne on December ~.
1916. Austria-Hungary. torn ny -FOUR
years OF war saw the trst faint CLEAN
Of possible peace.
Tho course of tho new ruler was reEuo
lated largely from Berlin and for the
FIRST six months of his reign. AUSTRIA
Hungary was regarded rs m"rc Ger
man state. UndrnhurE's successes IN
S;aiica in 1916. in which Charles sharcd
as a commander in INC field. gave the
Young monarch 81 prestige which enabled
him 10 hold tho .AuStrians tn the Central
Powers until the collapse Of Bulgaria
and Turkey and the final crash.
Numerous peace oycrtuTes ana mah ~
rrcs chara Ct Crizrd the diplomacy Of the
dual monarchy after Francis Joseph
death. nrecipitatcd doubtless hy bread
rimts and other outbreaks throughout
Austria. Unable to maintain ms pledge
t0 tho German Emperor TO "cnEtlnuc Inc
war Ia tn. md" Charles made use Of the
famous Dear Sixtus" letter. an auto
grarhed mlssivc written in April 1918.
. 10 Prince SiXtus dc Bourbon for trans
mission to the French government in
which the monarch snid Frances claim
In tlsarr-I .orrain" was justified.
Although tho letter was denounced rs
q "fnrg"ry'' in Vienna. the Foreign
Onlrr claiming it had been written n?
French cccl"siaStic VIII" had h"rn aciinE
as confrssor tu the Empress Tita. suhse-
nucnt events proved its authenticity. II
was The first revelation "f In" break he
tween the German E,mp"rro and ms vas
sal king. Previously. Emperor Charles
had Indicated his d"sirr for rrncr. now
"vrr. in speeches before tn" R"t"hsrat.
In TIccrmber 1917. hc declared MS Will
incnrss to eolH'lude peace with the
Allies if they would guarantee the integ-
rity Of Austria Hungary.
i Conditions in tn" dual monarchy were
, rapidly growing worse. There were
many cabinet changes and nsSaSsina.
lions The Magyars. Czccho-Slars ana
other nntionaliiieS were clamorlnR LOT
, constitutional reforms and autonomous
! government.
Thereafter Charles lot was far from
! hclnc happy one. II" wa: reported to
! have refused In send Austrian troops 10
. tho western battlcfTonts despite the yer
! man Emrcrnr's importantly. IN every
! way hr crdra"nrrd Ia St"m IN" zoe OIL
revolution which s""mrd Ia nc rising.
! He promised! all kinds "f reforms and as
. n sop 10 his disrnnientrd subjects par
dnncd 81 prisoners awaiting trial at Sar-
ajcvn fox high treason.
! for tho liberalization Of Austria-Hun-
: cnry nnr in - address To tho Hungarian
D"i frankly admitted his thron" was IN
'rrrI." \ tla: ar tw" later Count har.-
! niyi. leader uf the hungarian trnuoll-
, less revolution in Budapest and declared
) Hungary n fro" and independent state.
! sun lnicr tho German anu other prov
! nrns declared their purpose To- occotnc
tnm,nrnn,nus entities and the House OF
! the Hnpsburgs. once the leader OF inc
: Holy Roman Empire. seemed to be ABOUT
! 70 COLLAPSE like n house of cards.