The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-09-21

catcalIs and Curses When He Ap
pears on street-Inspired Denial o.
Rumors Says czernin Knew of Six
tus' Peace Letter.
A few months ago several official OF
semioficial denials were made regard
ing charges against Emperor Charles
of Austria and his wife, Empress Zita-
What these charges refer to is becom-
ing known by degrees. The Aus
trian censorship has so far prevented
a full statement reaching the wires in
neutral countries, but the news Is fill
tering through of a scandal in the inn
perial palace which is likely to lead
to a divorce.
The empress is accused of shield
Ing and protecting the Italians. The
disaster on the Piave was the result of
a plot engineered by Empress Zita, the
people believe. In Vienna the excite
ment Of the people knows no bounds.
When the emperor appears in the
streets he is received with catcalls
Ind curses. Recently a mar ran after
the automobile in which the ruler was
driving, calling out: "Fie upon thee,
Parma 7"
Empress Zita is a daughter Of the
house of Parma, one of the royal fam
flies formerly reigning owe parts of
Italy Zita's brothers are accused of
betraying Austria There is no end Of
denials coming from official sources.
These denials, proclaimed even from
ministerial benches In parliament,
show the seriousness of the situation
caused by the reports, rumors and Cos
sip affecting the imperial family. While
some of the reports no doubt are ex-
travagant the Austrian people insist
that where there is smoke one is
bound to find fire.
Divorce Thought Imminent.
The first Swiss newspaper which
prints anything about the scandal in
the Hofburg, aside from the official de
malls which were cabled to all parts
of the world. is the Thurgauer lei
tung. 1t says:
according to semioficial and press
reports coming from Vienna, there arr
sinister rumors and accusations re
garding the imperial family afioat II
Austria and Hungary. In these ru
mors scenes are mentioned which ar
said to have taken place in the i'm
perial palace. These scenes are al
legged to be the forerunners of a di
vorce that would sever the marital re
lations of Charles and Zita. TIL,
great mass of the people hold the I'm
perial couple responsible for the de
feat suffered on the italian front. En-
peror Charles and his wife, Zita, ar
said to have forbidden the use o
sitting gases and flame throwers TO
the offensive in Italy. italian prison
ers of war are receiving preferential
treatment, it is charged.
"Other members of the imperia
family are not spared. They also ar
accused of being implicated in darI
plots. Two brothers of Empress Zite
Princes Sixtus and Xavier Of Parma
are singled out as most dangerous con
sp~irators. The fact that they wer
in the enemy's country during the wa
and the part they played in the affai
of the emperor's peace letter are bein.
brought up against them.
'aThe excitement is growing in vi
emma, it is reported, leading to an in
cident in the streets of the capita
where a man ran after the imperial au
tomobile, shouting: "Fie, Parmal p TIL
emperor was at that time being driveI
from his palace at Schoenbrunn to tn
Hofburg. Finally the reports and ru
mors became so widespread and dan
gerous In their character that bot
governments, in Vienna and Budapest
were compelled to publish denials an
corrections in the newspapers. BE
sides, the charges were officially deniei
in the Hungarian parliament, and Dr.
Won Seydler, the Austrian premier, re
ferred to the accusations In a speed
delivered at a reception to the Aus
TRAN deputies and at a meeting at tn
Vienna city hall.
Allies Blamed for Gossip.
"a semioficial announcement sen
out by the Vienna correspondence br
reau says the reports concerning tn
imperial family were disseminated b
the entente powers as part Of a props
ganda offensive, for the purpose 0
creating unrest and disturbances I'm tn
monarchy. In the Hungarian house 0
deputies Prime Minister Wekerle mad
a vigorous speech in which he denie
the truth of all aspersions east upo
the emperor and empress. He calle
all these reports false. lying. imposs
BILE and unthinkable. His remarK
led TO an enthusiastic ovation plede
ing loyalty to the imperial couple O
the part of the house.
"The most minute correction wa
given out by Doctor Funder, editor /
chief of the Reichspost. who addresse
a great Catholic mass meeting In IN