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cordant elements arnong'i his $4,000 900
subjects Whose racial antagonisms
were complicated by the absorption
by Austria of the Serbian provinces Of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908.

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1t was tie Archduke Francis Fer
dinard's deteamination to bring about
a tyune empE made up of Magyar
Slave snd German state it is generally
believer that led to his assassination
in saajevo. Francis Ferdinand fear:
ed the dual monarchy might be end
ed upon the death of rrfnci4gJgseph
blythe Intervention Of hdssh Or Ger
many and sought thus4o forestall it.
y Charles was born August II, 1887
the Son of the late Archduke 1tto, of
saxony. lie married the Princess zi'I
of the Bourbon house of Parma 0ta-
LIAM in 1911, When the Nunc Dimit-
It's was sung for his dead 5randuncle
The Emperor Francis Joseph, the
only ACHE achievements of Charles
brought to public notice were that
he was IA keen sportsman; an excellcn,
shot and motorist. FREQUENTLY he was
seen in the parks of Vienna wheeling
one Of his young dukes in baby per
N1mbulator When he acceded to the
thiSpe on December 30, 1916 Austria.
Hungary torn by four years of war
saw the first faint CLEAN of possible
peace.
The course of the new ruler way
regulated largely from Berlin and
fer the first six months of his reigS
Austria Hungary was regarded as a
mere German state. Hindenburg', t.
successes in Galicia in 1916, in wi
Charles shared as acommander in the
field, gave the young monarch "a pre-
stige which enabled him to hold the
Austrians. to the Central Powers un-
ill the collapse of Bulgaria and Tur-
key and the final crash
Numerous peace overtures and man
oeuvres characterized the diplomacy
CT the dual monarchy after Francis
Joseph's death precipitated doubtless
] Y bread riots and other outbreaks
throughout Austria. Unable to main
tain his pledge to the German Emper-
{ ito continue the war to the Charles
llade use of the famous Dear Sixtus"
tier, an autographed missive writ
{ N in April, 1918 to Prince Sixtus
g. Bourbon for transmission to the
Trench government in which the mon
arch said Frances claim to Alsace.
Lorraine was Justified
Although the letter was denounced
as forgery" in Vienna the Fore
i'm Office claiming it had been writ
by French ecclesiastic who had
! cen acting rs confessor to the EN-
ress Zita, subsequent events proved
rs authenticity. II was the first reve-
'ation Of the break between the Ger.
i an Emperor and his vassal king.
! reviously, Emperor Charles had in
Gated his desire for peace. however.
n speeches before the Reichsrat. In
'cember, 1917 he declared his will.
irgness to conclude peace with the
Allies if they would guarantee the
!. tegrity of Austria-Hungary.
Conditions in the dual monarchy
r&pidly growing worse. There were
:2any cabinet changes and assassi
tions. The Magyars Czecho-Slave
a ID other nationelities were clamer
i"g for constitutional reforms and
autonomous government.
Thereafter Charles lot far from be.
lng a happy one. He was reported to
have refused to send Austrian troops
the western battlefront despite the
German Emperor's importantly. In
'ery way he endeavored to stem the
hIe of revolution which seemed to
7 sing. He promised all kinds of re-
rms and as a sop to his discomfort
~ subjects pardoned "a prisoners
waiting trial at Sarajevo for high
treason
On October. 1918 he announced
plans for the liberalization of Aus.
ira Hungary and in an addvnSS tn tho