The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
Not a II Nation Has
Escaped Having
Someone Disgraced,
Even Neutrals Be-
ing Affected

Dual Monarchy on the Italian front The
Field MarshaPs entire life has been
devoted to a study of the strategical con-
ditions of precisely those portions Of
Austria and Italy which are now the scene
of the operations against the forces Of
Generalissimo Diaz. The dream of his
life has been TO communicated the
armies of the Dual Empire in a war
against Italy.
And now, because after driving the
Italians back TO the Pave he has failed
TO continue in his progress westward and
southwark into the Peninsula and is in
The course of being driven back to the
1sonzo by Italy and her allies, he has
been strapped, sharing in this respect the
fate of many hundreds of other Austro-
Hungarian commanders, including the
former Generalissimo Archduke Freder-
lex, Gen. Won Bruderman, Archduke Eu-
gene and Gen. Potiorek, the last two Of
whom are now under restraint in lunatic
asylums.
Bad Split Seen in Austria.
Prince Berehtold and Count Otto
car Czernin have both been obliged to
abandon the Office of Chancellor and of
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dual
Empire at Vienna, while another high
dignitary of the Hapsburg realm who has :
been somewhat ANONYMOUSLY shelved has
been Prince Montenuovo, in the reign Of
the late Emperor Francis Joseph the
most powerful figure at the Court of
Vienna, but now living under a cloud and
in complete obscurity.
He is man of very Interesting origin.
For his grandmother was Empress Marie
Louise, the Austrian eonsort of the first
Napoleon. After the Emperor's death at
st. Helena she married her Austrian
chamberlain, the one eyed Field Marshal
Count Neipperg, whom Sardou in his his
torical play of Madame Sans-Gene,
pOrtrays in the role of the Don Juan of
the drama
Unfortunately Prince Montenuovo's
father was born to Empress Marie Louise
and to Count Adam Neipperg a few
months prior to the death of Napoleon
at St. Helena. Being Legitimate, the
extremely proud mediatized house Of
Neipperg declined to allow the boy to
bear its name. So the child's grandfather,
Emperor Francis, who under all his ap-a-
pearance of sheepish imbecility had a.
keen sense of humor, invested him with
the title and name of Prince Montenuovo,
the latter being the Italian translation Of
The word Neipperg. y
Two British Admirals Shelved.
In England Admiral Lord Jellieoe and
Admiral Lord Fisher, popularity regarded
As the foremost of Great Britain's naval
have been to all intents and
purposes shelved. So, too, has Field
Marshal Lord French, now, it is true,
Lord Lieutenant of ireland, but super
'eded two years ago in his post as Gen.
.ralissimo of the enormous British armies
n France by Sir Douglas Haig.
Lord Grey of Falloden, the Marquis
# Crewe, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Reginald McKenHa, former First Lord Of
he Admiralty and Chancellor of the !.
1xchequer, Lord Haldane and Lord Har-
curt have all gone by the board. So,
90, has Sir Edward Carson, while the
ormer Premier Herbert Asquith has
zen out of Office for the last two years.
These are but small percentage of the
ames of men who have gone under since
he beginning of the present war While
n few cases their eclipse is merely
emporary, such as, for instance, that Of
Herbert Asquith in London and of former
'remier BRAND in Paris, in all other
Instances it may be looked upon as com
ete and as final.
There are indeed at the present moment
ut two great statesmen who retain to-day
ne same Offices which they held at the
eginning of the present war and which
ley have continued to fill without inter-
upton. The one is Baron Sidney Son.
inc, the half English, Egyptian born4-