Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-13

iu the "IIuwhB Castle on the banks
uf the riycr Aar
Two hundred or more muuarch4
vf thIs historic huus" II liupsburg
ruled for centuries the land ~ Mag
yaLr, Sluy ana Trutun ..Ceuiurirs ~
b.uoisn"d, tyranny and aggression
Iud sleep their last sleep In N"
wonderful crypt Of the Chpaurhiu
rhJrh iu vienna, Emperor Fran.
.is Joseph The aged prrdcrcBsOr ~
IA" yvu'uful NuarI"z. seeing "lho
handwriting ON the WnlI had
hoped 'u amt" the dIBCprliaut "ir.
u"us among GlH ,U.Uuy,Du -Ihjocg
whose racial uuitgoHisua W'rr COM.
plJrdtod uy IN" absorption los Austria
~ the Srrbiau provinces Of HuHuIt
ana Herzegovina IN 1905
n was the AruhduF" Francis I'''-
dluhnd'H determination ip hrluK
about 'riunr empire made up Df
MagYnr. Slhv and German states. -
ia generally believed that led 10 h.A
= "Iwanation iu 5nrnJevo Francis
Ferdinand feared IN" dual monarchy
mIRhi b." ended upon the death 81
Francis Joseph by the intervention
of Russia or Germany and souFh,
.hJH 10 forcHlHIl H.
Born In 1897.
htrIrs waS born August IT,
1881, tho sou Of tho late ArchIuko
otto Of Soxony lie married the
rJiuccss Xi'a pf the Bourbon houar
Of Parma tIttlitnJ In 1911. When
lhr sumo BimIttls was sung for hts
dead Ertuduucl", the Emperor Fran
ris JuHrph. the only achievements 81
'nhrics brought to public nOucc
w"I" ihat he w'Is a Keen sportsman.
IN excellent shot ana mulur.7t Ere
lu"niy hr was seen In the purka ~
vienna wheeling one Of his young
dukes ~ q baby pcrambu HtOr. When /
b" HCCcdcd to the throne on Dc. |
ccmb"r so. 1916, Austria -iluuglry. !
torn by four years of war saw th" /
first rant Elcnm OF possible peace. b
The COURSE Of the new ruler vas |
reg ulat"d largely from Berlin and !
Tor ~" FIRST nix months 81 his rriEn !
Aust Ia hungary was regarded ns a
mere German state. llindcnburg |
success In ialicia IN 1915. In which
''hnTlcA shared uS "A commander In
the field gave the young monarch "A
prestige which enabled him to hold
the Austriaus to the central powers
until Ia" collapse ~ bulgaria and
Turkey ana the final crash.
Numerous peace uycrturcs and
characterized the diplom
acy Of the dual monarchy after
Francis Juscphs death. prcCipi- I
tated Doubtless by bread riots and
other outbreaks throughout Austria
Unable To maintain his pledge to the
German emperor TO continue the
war to the end" Charles made use
Uf the famous Dear SiNtua" letter
An AUTOGRAPHED miaTyc written In
April, 1918, to Prince. SiNtus de
Bourbon for trHDsmissiOn To the
French government In which the
monarch said Frances claim TO Al
sace Lorraine was Justified"
Reveals Break.
Although the letter was announced
az forgery" In Vienna. the tor
cign office claiming II had been
written by a French cCCleshastlc who
had been acting as confeSssOr to the
Empress Iita, subsequent events
proved its authenticity II was the
first revelation Of tho break between
the German emperor and hls vaSssll
king, Previously, Emperor Charles
had indicated his desire for peace,
however. In speeches before the
rciChsrat, In December. 1917. he
declared his willingness to conclude
peace with the allies II they would
the integrity OF Austria
Hungary.
Conditions In the dual monarchy
were rapidly growing worse. There
were many cabinet changes, and AS
IN sal ma tons The Magyars, CZeChO-
Slays and other nationalities were
rlamoring for constitutional reforms
and autonomous government.
Thereafter Charles lot WAS far
from being happy one, lie was
reported To have refused to send
Austrian troops to the western bat
'lcfront despite the German emper-
Irs Importantly. In every way he
andCaNored to stem the tide OF rev.
Dlutlun which seemed TO be rising
lie promised all kinds ot reforms
and as sop To his discontinued
subjects pardoned 20 prisoners
awaiting trial at Sarajovp for higha
treason.
In October, 1918. he announced
plans for the liberalization OF
Austria Hungary and In an address
To the Hungarian diet frankly ad-
mtted his throne was Tn peril" A
day or two later Count karOlyi,
leader OF the Hungarian republicans,
the success ut blOod|
less revolution in budapest and de-
rlarcd Hungary free an independ-
eut state. still later the German
ard other provinces declared their
purpose to become autonomous en-
titles and the house OF the Haps-
burgs, once the leader OF the Holy
Roman Empire, seemed TO be about
TO collapse like house OF cards.